Enable self registration and change homefolder
Using python to setup self registration and member type creation, using a normal setuphandlers.py.
I needed to change the member-homefolder from the default Members to my own member folder called 'mymembers' and change the type of the created member object to my own membrane contenttype.
def setupVarious(context):
mp = getToolByName(getSite(), "portal_membership")
# set type to custom member type
mp.setMemberAreaType('mypackage.contenttypes.member')
# set member folder name
mp.setMembersFolderById('mymembers')
# call update security
set_up_security(context)
Enabling the security settings can be done in the control panel or with some code:
def set_up_security(context):
""" Enable/disable security controlpanel (a.k.a. @@security-controlpanel)
settings.
"""
site = context.getSite()
#site security setup!
secSchema = ISecuritySchema(site)
secSchema.set_enable_self_reg(True)
secSchema.set_enable_user_pwd_choice(True)
secSchema.set_enable_user_folders(True)
Now we have a website with self registration enabled. When people register, an object of type mypackage.contenttypes.member will be created in mymembers