I must have done something idiotic but somehow I can't make the "request account" to appear for potential new users. The mediawiki (1.34) setup is private. The extension is also 1.34 compatible. Permissions are set up as:
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;
with
$wgWhitelistRead = array(
"Special:Request account",
"Spécial:Demander un compte"
);
What is missing ?
Many thanks.
Ok thanks, I've seen it, and I don't have errors (when for example using mediawiki:loginprompt to make the request account page appear).
Nevertheless, I'll have a go at what you suggest, and report here.
Hello, I did do as you suggested by adding/rewriting the hook to display the RequestAccount button. I did not touch at the ConfirmEdit bit: there are no errors showing up in the logs.
But the whole lot didn't work.
However: this feature worked with the MW version 1.33. I did not check when upgrading to 1.34 if the the feature was still alive. So, to make sure, I replaced the ConfirmAccount directory from 1.34 by the one from 1.33. And .... it did work. So I don't really know what's happening here: a quick diff on both directories didn't enlightnen me.
Conclusion: I stay with ConfirmAccount 1.33 until I have better ideas...
Here we go, I found my answer (got it of course from comparing 1.34 with 1.33):
in frontend/ConfirmAccountUI.hooks.php, line 32:
replace
if ( isset( $personal_urls['login'] ) ) {
with
if ( isset( $personal_urls['login'] )
|| isset( $personal_urls['login-private'] ) ) {
... which shows that the problem originated from my wiki being private!
Strange how this bug has yet to be fixed in REL1_35. This makes ConfirmAccount essentially useless for private wikis. Being private doesn't mean the button shouldn't appear.
The above patch solved the issue for me too, but I had to learn first, that the "Request Account" button has moved from above the login form (where it was in 1.31) to the upper right corner of the screen (where I didn't expect it after using 1.31)...
Thank you—this was a lifesaver! This was still a problem for me in version 1.36
