Re: Confirming users email address when they register

Thanks Nicolas

That is very clear, I'll take a look :)

cheers
Edd

Nicolas Lafaury wrote:

> Hi again
>
> I am trying to be clearest
>
>
> On a JahiaPage I have a input Box that allow a user to enter an email.
>
>
> /<form method="post"// 
> a//ction="<%=((PageBean)pageNewsletter).getJahiaPage().getURL(jParams)%>">/
>
> /<input name="textfield" type="text" value="Votre email"/>/
>
> /<input type="image" src="<%=theURL%>/images/cg_21/bt_ok.gif" 
> style="width:21px;height:20px;padding : 2px;position:relative; top: 
> 8px;border:0;" alt="ok"/>/
>
> /</form>///
>
> This html code send the email to the page.
>
> The page check if the email has a correct syntax.
>
> To do that I use java regular expression.
>
> <%String/ textfield/ =request.getParameter("/textfield/ ");%>
>
> /chaineExprMail="^[a-zA-Z][\\w\\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]@[a-zA-Z0-9][\\w\\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]\\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\\.]*[a-zA-Z]$";///
>
> /if (java.util.regex.Pattern.matches(chaineExprMail,textfield)) 
> {                                /
>
> /                                       // /
>
> Then you send an email by using the API java with a link to the 
> validating page.
>
> /<a href="<%=//jData.params().getSiteURL(jData.page().getID(), 
> false,false)//%>?//validateEmail=//<%=texfield%>//">//validate</a>///
>
> The guy click on the link and send to the page the parameter. Then you 
> catch this parameter.
>
> <%String/ validateEmail/ =request.getParameter("/validateEmail/");%>
>
>
> And you register the user in Jahia y using API.
>
> _JahiaUserManagerService_ 
> <http://www.jahia.org/javadoc-dev/org/jahia/services/usermanager/JahiaUserManagerService.html>
>
>
> I do something like that but I use a database to store the email which 
> is waiting validation. Then when the page receive a parameter I check 
> if the user is in database.
>
> Another point is that I encode the parameter to not allow a person to 
> add lot of user by just writing an email in the URL.
>
> I hope this will help you, do not hesitate to contact me today if you 
> want more explanations, because I am going in holiday tomorrow.
>
> Nicolas
>
> For exemple : _www.mySite.fr/jahia/Jahia/pid/XXX_ 
> <http://www.mySite.fr/jahia/Jahia/pid/XXX>
>
> Use the standard API Jahia
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Edd Dawson [mailto:[email protected]]
> Envoyé : vendredi 19 août 2005 12:32
> À : [email protected]
> Objet : Re: Confirming users email address when they register
>
> Hi Nicolas
>
> What you explain is exactly what I wish to acheive.
>
> How complex was it to do? Any clues on how you acheived it would be
>
> really good :)
>
> thanks
>
> Edd
>
> Nicolas Lafaury wrote:
>
>>Hello
>
>>
>
>>I don't understand exactly what you want to do?
>
>>You mean in administration mode or the user register to the site with 
> the HTML code then you check its email?
>
>>
>
>>I have createn a template to do simimlar things.
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>
>>On a page the user enter his email.
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>>I check by regex if the syntax of the email is correct =>
>
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>
>>chaineExprMail="^[a-zA-Z][\\w\\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]@[a-zA-Z0-9][\\w\\.-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]\\.[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\\.]*[a-zA-Z]$";
>
>>
>
>>then I send an email to the customer with a link to a special page of 
> my site.
>
>>Ex: myJahiasite/.../pid/...?mail=monemailvalidating
>
>>
>
>>When he click on this link, I register the User in Jahia.
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>
>>I hope this will help you.
>
>>
>
>>Nicolas
>
>>
>
>>-----Message d'origine-----
>
>>De : Edd Dawson [mailto:[email protected]]
>
>>Envoyé : vendredi 19 août 2005 12:05
>
>>À : [email protected]
>
>>Objet : Confirming users email address when they register
>
>>
>
>>Hi Everyone
>
>>
>
>>Has anyone any experience of validating users email addresses who
>
>>register with a jahia site before activating their account..
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>
>>I am thinking by the usual method of emailing them a url to activate
>
>>meaning their account is locked until such a link is visited.
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>
>>Any idea on complexity of acheiving this with Jahia would be appreciated.
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>
>>cheers
>
>>Edd
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