Registration

The Registration component for Interaction allows visitors to register as new members of your site. Registered members can sign on with a username and password to get access to restricted locations.

The component supports:

• Fully customizable registration form that can be on the same or on a different page than the response.
• Response messages tailored in dialogs makes it easy to customize the feedback.
• Optional retyped password reduces the chance for typos.
• Optional email address stored for the new member.
• Custom email sent to new members with a message that can include the registered username and password.
• Access groups specified by the webmaster to give limited privileges to new members.
• Access groups can be selected by the new member from a list of preset options for security.
• Webmaster can approve new members before granting them full privileges.
• Members can change password or email address by submitting a form.
• Open Source so you can customize the component to your needs.

Activating registration is as easy as placing the entity reference &registration.response; in any Interaction document. Here is an example of a basic registration form:

Submitting this form adds a new member to our site and inserts a verification response in place of the form. The webmaster can customize the form including placing it on another page than the response entity reference. The response message is tailored by editing the entities that start with "registration" on the Entities dialog of Interaction. You can also create your own HTML registration form as long as it is submitted to a location that has a &registration.response; entity reference.

Installing the Registration Component

1. Download the Registration archive.
2. Unstuff the archive (most browsers will do this for you).
3. Find the appropriate version of the component in the folder that best matches your version of Interaction.
4. Put the component file in the Components folder of Interaction
5. Restart Interaction to activate the component.

After restarting Interaction, place the entity reference &registration.response; in any document. This immediately provides a form and handles the submission. Modify the Registration entities found on the Entities dialog of Interaction to customize the form and responses.