Tips and tricks

Ok, ok.. don’t get excited: it’s not a plugin :(, it’s a core modification, but it works. Tried the plugin way but there are not many / none good resources on the internet about Vanilla Addons, so would have taken me much more if it was even possible.

Enough talk:

1. Download and install latest vanilla forums ( ‘2.0.17.8’ )
2. Open _install/conf/config.php and make sure the registration methor line looks like this

   $Configuration['Garden']['Registration']['Method'] = 'Basic';

3. Open _install/applications/dashboard/views/entry/registerbasic.php and make sure it looks like this

   [php]<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit(); ?>
   <h1><?php echo T("Apply for Membership") ?></h1>
   <div class="Box">
      <?php
      $TermsOfServiceUrl = Gdn::Config('Garden.TermsOfService', '#');
      $TermsOfServiceText = sprintf(T('I agree to the <a id="TermsOfService" class="Popup" target="terms" href="%s">terms of service</a>'), Url($TermsOfServiceUrl));
      // Make sure to force this form to post to the correct place in case the view is
      // rendered within another view (ie. /dashboard/entry/index/):
      echo $this->Form->Open(array('Action' => Url('/entry/register'), 'id' => 'Form_User_Register'));
      echo $this->Form->Errors();
      ?>
      <ul>
         <li>
            <?php
               echo $this->Form->Label('Email', 'Email');
               echo $this->Form->TextBox('Email');
               echo '<span id="EmailUnavailable" class="Incorrect" style="display: none;">'.T('Email Unavailable').'</span>';
            ?>
         </li>
         <li>
            <?php
               echo $this->Form->Label('Username', 'Name');
               echo $this->Form->TextBox('Name');
               echo '<span id="NameUnavailable" class="Incorrect" style="display: none;">'.T('Name Unavailable').'</span>';
            ?>
         </li>
         <li>
            <?php
               echo $this->Form->Label('Password', 'Password');
               echo $this->Form->Input('Password', 'password');
            ?>
         </li>
         <li>
            <?php
               echo $this->Form->Label('Confirm Password', 'PasswordMatch');
               echo $this->Form->Input('PasswordMatch', 'password');
               echo '<span id="PasswordsDontMatch" class="Incorrect" style="display: none;">'.T("Passwords don't match").'</span>';
            ?>
         </li>
         <li>
            <?php
               echo $this->Form->Label('Purchase code? <a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5929085164_d858b3f7dc_b.jpg">Find it here</a>', 'DiscoveryText');
               echo $this->Form->TextBox('DiscoveryText', array('MultiLine' => FALSE));
            ?>
         </li>
         <li>
            <?php
               echo $this->Form->CheckBox('TermsOfService', $TermsOfServiceText, array('value' => '1'));
               echo $this->Form->CheckBox('RememberMe', T('Remember me on this computer'), array('value' => '1'));
            ?>
         </li>
         <li class="Buttons">
            <?php echo $this->Form->Button('Sign Up'); ?>
         </li>
      </ul>
      <?php echo $this->Form->Close(); ?>
   </div>[/php]

4. Download Purchase Verificator from http://wiki.envato.com/selling/tips-selling/essential-resources-for-marketplace-authors/
5. Unpack and edit config.php to match your details
6. Open _install/applications/controllers/ and copy both config.php and Envato_marketplaces.php
7. Open _install/applications/controllers/class.entrycontroller.php and add at line 806 or so ( function RegisterBasic )

       [php]require dirname(__FILE__).'/Envato_marketplaces.php';
       require dirname(__FILE__).'/config.php';
   
       $e = new Envato_marketplaces();
       $e->set_api_key($config['api_key']);
           $v = $e->verify_purchase($config['username'],$_POST['User/DiscoveryText']);
           if(!isset($v->buyer)){
               die('Press Back Button and enter the correct purchase code..');
           }[/php]

8. All done!