New Account Form Mod

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New Account Form Mod
Summary	Changes $text variable for override and adds a Reason to Request an account
Validation	This mod is XHTML compliant.
Mod Updated	3 Oct 2020
Download link	For TNG 13.0 new_account_form_v13.0.0.2.zip For TNG 12.0 TNG 11.0 TNG 10.0 new_account_form_v10.0.0.1.zip For TNG 9.0 new_account_form_v9.0.0.0.zip For TNG 8.0 new_account_form_v8.1.0.zip For TNG 7.0 new_account_form_v1.1.zip for TNG V7
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Author(s)	Ken Roy
Homepage	New Account Form Mod (This page)
Mod Support	TNG Community Forums
Contact Developer
Latest Mod	v13.0.0.2 for TNG 13+ v10.0.0.1 for TNG 10+ 9.0.0.0 for TNG v9 and up 8.1.0 for TNG V8 1.1 for TNG V7
Min TNG V	7.0.0
Max TNG V	13+
Files modified	newacctform.php
Related Mods
Notes	You need to edit the config file to reflect your own reasons for a User Account Request and the information required in the Notes field. If using multiple languages, please add the custom text for your other language files.

Introduction

Note that with TNG V8, $text['acctcomments'] is used for the newacctform.php and can be overridden using the normal custom text overrides in cust_text.php without impacting the use of $text['comments'], which might eliminate the need for this mod.

This sample mod:

• changes $text[comments] to $text[usercomments] to make it easier to override the text since $text[comments] is also used elsewhere within TNG V7 and provides the languages/English and English-UTF8/cust_text.php overrides for $text['acctcomments'] for TNG V8
• adds a $text[userreason] to indicate when a User Account is required
• makes the Phone Number a required field
• makes the Notes a required field

This mod Automated Install was tested on TNG 7.1.0 and above. The mod will work with other TNG version where you are using the Mod Manager, or you will need to figure out what line numbers to modify, since no Manual Install instructions are provided.

The New Account Form Mod is provided as an example of how to modify the New Account Form (newacctform.php). Since this will be unique to each site, you will need to edit the config file for the text you want to display and whether you want to make certain fields required or not.

Note that you cannot use php comment characters to comment out lines in the Mod Manager config file, you need to remove the lines. You can add comments between the end of a keyword parameter and the start of the next keyword parameter sequence. See Mod Manager Syntax

Developer

Ken Roy developed this mod with help from several other TNG users on the Forum or User2 list.

Advantages

This mod

• identifies the reason you need a User ID on your site, such as to view information on living cousins
• reduces the number of User Account requests received from people who are related to ancestors in the 1600s and 1700s
• eliminates the need for additional correspondence with the requester to determine how they are related to a person in your family tree

Revision History

Version	Date	Contents
13.0.0.2	3 Oct 2020	Reworked mod for TNG V10 provided by Bryan Larson. Updated for TNG 10.1 to add Wiki icon and URL generated by %wikipage:New_Account_Form_Mod%
10.0.0.1	25 Oct 2014	Reworked mod for TNG V10 provided by Bryan Larson. Updated for TNG 10.1 to add Wiki icon and URL generated by %wikipage:New_Account_Form_Mod%
9.0.0.0	2 Feb 2012	Reworked mod for TNG V9.
8.1.0	24 May 2010	Reworked mod for TNG V8
1.1	17 Dec 2009	Changed hard-coded name to use $dbowner to make it usable on all sites, increased the number of rows and added a width="30%" to the column for the $text[usercomments] that replaces Notes, based on feedback from Bryan Larson
1.0	17 Dec 2009	updated config file and published to TNG wiki. Original Mod Manager config file was created on 25 May 2009 but not uploaded to the TNG Wiki.

Automated Install

1. Download the appropriate distribution for your TNG version from the download links in the status area in the upper right.
2. Extract the New_Account_Form.zip to your admin/mod_folder (V7) or mods (v8+).
3. Edit the config file as appropriate for how you want to modify the New Account Form. This mod is provided as an example on how I modified the form for my site as shown in the Visual of Mod below.
4. Follow the normal automated installation for Mod Manager, as shown in the example Mod Manager - Installing Config Files to install the new_account_form.cfg.

Custom Text Additions

Note that config file only includes the English language changes, so if you support multiple languages you will need to modify the config file to add the custom text for your other languages, or you need to manually add the custom text.

The following custom text will be added to your English/cust_text.php file by this mod. If you are using other languages, you must add these lines to each of your language cust_text.php files with appropriate translations of course.

//  New Account Request Form additions
//  Reason why you need a User ID on our site
$text['userreason'] = "Note that you must provide a direct connection to the <strong>person ID (Innnn) of your grandparent, great-grandparent, or great-great-grandparent</strong> who is in our database.  A User ID is only needed to view information on <strong>Living Cousins</strong>, and will only be approved if you provide information that documents your relationship to a person already in our family tree.  <strong>Relationships from the 1600-1700 are too far removed for me to grant access to Living people.</strong> Thanks. $dbowner";
//  Change to Notes field
$text['acctcomments'] = "Person ID of person you are related to and relationship *:<br /><br />Please enter the <strong>person ID (Innnn) of your grandparent, great-grandparent, or great-great-grandparent</strong> who is in our database and indicate how you are related to that person and thus to our family tree.  A user ID is only needed to view Living cousins. <strong>Relationships from the 1600-1700 are too far removed for me to grant access to Living people.</strong> <br />Thanks. $dbowner";
//  Make Phone Number and Notes field required
$text['enterphone'] = "Please enter your Telephone number.";
$text['enterusercomments'] = "Please enter Person ID to whom you are related and how you are related to that person, including the information on your parents and grandparents.";

For TNG V7, $text['acctcomments'] in above text additions was $text['usercomments'].

French Custom Text

For example, you would add to the French/cust_text.php

//  New Account Request Form additions
//  Reason why you need a User ID on our site
$text['userreason'] = "Notez que vous devez fournir une parenté <strong>directe à l'identification de personne (Innnn) de votre aïeul, bisaïeul, ou trisaïeuls</strong> qui est dans ma base de données.  Un compte d'utilisateur est seulement nécessaire pour voir l'information sur les cousins et cousines en vie. <strong>Les parentés du 1600-1700 sont trop lointains enlevés pour que j'accorde l'accès aux personnes vivantes.</strong><br />Merci. $dbowner";
//  Change to Notes field
$text['acctcomments'] = "Veuillez écrire <strong>l'identification de personne (Innnn) de votre aïeul, bisaïeul, ou trisaïeuls</strong> qui est dans ma base de données et indiquez comment vous êtes lié à cette personne et ainsi à notre arbre généalogique. Un compte utilisateur est seulement nécessaire pour voir l'information sur vos cousins et cousines vivants. Les parentés du 1600-1700 sont trop lointains enlevés pour que j'accorde l'accès aux personnes vivantes. <strong>Si vous n'êtes pas parent, un compte utilisateur ne sera pas fournie.</strong><br />Merci. $dbowner";
//  Make Phone Number and Notes field required
$text['enterphone'] = "Veuillez écrire votre numero de téléphone.";
$text['enterusercomments'] = "Veuillez écrire <strong>l'identification de personne (Innnn) de votre aïeul, bisaïeul, ou trisaïeuls</strong> qui est dans notre base de données et indiquez comment vous êtes lié à cette personne";

For TNG V7, $text['acctcomments'] in above text additions was $text['usercomments'].

Visualization of this mod

Without Mod

Without this mod, the Register for New User Account Form displays as shown in the image on the right.

With Mod Installed

With the New Account Request Form Mod, the New User Account Form includes a Reason for requesting a User Account above the form, and what information you should enter in the Notes field that now is shown as Person ID of person you are related to and relationship as shown in the image on the right. The Phone Number and Notes field were added to the required fields, so will display a message if left empty.

Sites using this mod

If you download and install this mod, please add your TNG site to the table below:

URL	User	Note	Mod-Version	TNG-Version	User-language
Our Roy and Boucher Family	Ken Roy	I use this TNG mod to indicate my requirements for a User ID.	13.0.0.2	TNG 14.0.4	EN, FR
Leverette Family History	Jeff Leverette		10.0.0.1	10.1.3	EN
MyMispoche	Carlton Brooks		10.0.0.1	10.1.3	EN
OurLife Family History - McMullen Clan	Sean Thompson	Not a public site	10.0.0.1	11.1.0	English
Our Acadian Family	Randal Suire	Modified Mod - comments on right side. Media/Private	10.0.0.1	12.0.1	En, Fr
Our Family Histories	Bryan S. Larson	Customized for my own use. Public site.	See here	See here	EN
LookingBackwards - All Our Relations	Ashleigh Mitchell	Public	13.0.0.2	13.0.4	EN