Can I disable forum registration & login?

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Can I disable forum registration & login? - Fri. May 22, '09 3:32 PM
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Hi, thinking of buying your forum software to integrate into my existing asp.net website. I use asp:membership with sql server and would want to use single sign on (which seems straightforward having read your instructions).
 
However, I would only want users to be able to register and login via the asp:membership system on the existing site, i.e. is it possible to disable any registration and login links on the forum? I would ideally redirect the user to the existing asp:membership login page if they try to use a forum feature that requiresthem to login.
 
Thanks,
 
Justin 
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Re:Can I disable forum registration & login? - Fri. May 22, '09 4:05 PM
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Hi Justin,

Yes, you can disable login/registration for the forum:
  1. registration can be turned off via the admin control panel
  2. you can set the loginurl for the forms authentication to point to your own login page
  3. the login form in the software is a user control, and you can in the code behind file do a simple response.redirect to your own login page.
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Re:Can I disable forum registration & login? - Sun. May 24, '09 2:46 AM
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Great, many thanks for the prompt response. Will purchase shortly.
 
Justin
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Re:Can I disable forum registration & login? - Sat. Nov 7, '09 2:57 AM
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hello, i have a classified site with register and login using php/mysql and i want to integrate a forum.
I don't want users from my site to register and login twice ...
Does somebody know how to do that?
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Re:Can I disable forum registration & login? - Sat. Nov 7, '09 12:56 PM
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take a look:

http://www.aspplayground....-database-m397994.aspx

but I don't know if php can work with the membership provider pattern at all.
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Re:Can I disable forum registration & login? - Thu. Apr 1, '10 8:58 AM
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Hi,
 
I'm uisng the trial version at the moment and had a question regarding this thread. What exactly does it mean to disable forum registration?
  1. Does it mean that the Registration/Sign Up button is disabled or hidden? if so, where is the UI for this in the admin CP?
  2. Does it mean that users are not required to review the registration agreement on first login? If this is the case then I have found that option in the admin control panel. I would then need to modify the registration code behind page to redirect users to my websites registration page?
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Re:Can I disable forum registration & login? - Thu. Apr 1, '10 11:15 AM
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Hi,

Thanks for your questions. Let me answer them one by one
  1. yes, the button will be hidden and the registration page will show a notice (server message). The interface is under User Related Options -> User Registration -> the Registration Format drop down
  2. nope, that is something different. if you import users using the Fast Member Import, you can decide whether to ask users to view the registration agreement using the checkbox.

    If you wish to do a redirect, there is an easier way to do so: the server message for registration agreement is HTML compatible, meaning anything you put here will be saved literally. Therefore, you can put a javascript redirect in the agreement to sent people to your own page.

    If you wish to do this, then don't disable registration using the drop down otherwise people won't see the Registration / Signup button.
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