Got an odd one now, I have a client migrating from Drupal to Modx, they want their users all to agree [again] to the website terms of service upon their first login to the new site.
Now I’ve seen a bit about the various triggers being able to call different snippets at certain times, does this sound like something that can be done with a trigger? i.e. user logs in, if database field ’terms’ is ’not agree’ send them to the terms form?
-thanks
-sean
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Sean Kimball CLP, CLS.
Technical Director / Sr. Developer | BigBlock Studios
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There are a whole bunch of Events you can watch for. For instance, you could write a plugin, which is set to fire on...
Here’s a list of Events.
http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/System_Events
I think this is pre-Revo, but they should be mostly the same. You can edit an existing plugin, and look for the System Events tab to see a current list.
The only problem is, how do you "know" that the person has looked at it or not. Maybe by setting a cookie? Above my paygrade. Hope that gives you some things to look at.
You could mark them all as inactive and set the active field when they log in.
Which version of MODX?
Hi Bob;
it Revo, most recent....
I’m thinking maybe just a snippet on the login submit event [whatever that might be - haven’t looked yet] that checks that field in the database and refers them to a different page then specified in the !login parameters if they haven’t agreed [i.e. I default all the imported users to selection to null]
I suppose then I could auto log them out if they choose ’wrong’
-sean
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Sean Kimball CLP, CLS.
Technical Director / Sr. Developer | BigBlock Studios
._______________________________________________.
Bigblock Studios
http://www.bigblockstudios.ca Web site design & development.
27-1300 King Street East. Box 167 Oshawa, Ontario L1H8J4 Canada.
phone/fax: 905-426-5525
I think OnManagerLogin would do. It fires after the user has been authenticated and cleared for Manager access.
This should set all users to inactive:
$usersObjs = $modx->getCollection('modUser');
foreach($userObjs as $userObj) {
$userObj->set('active','0');
$userObj->save();
}
You might be able to just add the TOS to the login form with a snippet that returned the TOS for inactive users and an empty string for active users. Then you’d just need a plugin that set the active field on a successful login.
If the client thinks it’s necessary, you could put a checkbox in the TOS and check it in the plugin, redirecting users somewhere with $modx->sendRedirect() if the user is inactive and the checkbox is not checked.
Hi Bob;
thanks, actually they are all web users - none will have access to the manager, so shouldn’t I be using the onWebLogin event?
-thanks
-sean
*** Not just websites, we also create signage, banners, print, trade show displays and more! ***
Sean Kimball CLP, CLS.
Technical Director / Sr. Developer | BigBlock Studios
._______________________________________________.
Bigblock Studios
http://www.bigblockstudios.ca Web site design & development.
27-1300 King Street East. Box 167 Oshawa, Ontario L1H8J4 Canada.
phone/fax: 905-426-5525
Actually scratch that - I want the event ’onWebAuthentication’ -- i.e. if they don’t agree to the terms, I don;t want them poking around in the restricted areas.
hmm this just got more complicated, now I have to figure out how to capture the terms of service selection, record it, THEN somehow pass their credentials on for authentication.
Or does it work like this: when the onWebAuthentication event fires, the user is actually already authenticated, there is just no session started, i.e. all I actually have to do is deal with the TOS selection then just pas a ’true’ or ’false’ as the return value to the plugin?
-sean
*** Not just websites, we also create signage, banners, print, trade show displays and more! ***
Sean Kimball CLP, CLS.
Technical Director / Sr. Developer | BigBlock Studios
._______________________________________________.
Bigblock Studios
http://www.bigblockstudios.ca Web site design & development.
27-1300 King Street East. Box 167 Oshawa, Ontario L1H8J4 Canada.
phone/fax: 905-426-5525
OnWebAuthentication should be it. The user has been authenticated and determined to be a front-end user, but hasn’t been forwarded anywhere. If your plugin returns true, the normal login sequence will continue.
