Import users & self activation
By Pieter on Friday, 28 February 2020
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When I use the Easy Social import function the Joomla System sends out a welcome email with login and password. As for the Privacy Laws we can not send plain passwords trough email.

Is there a way to import users, and let them create a password with an activation link or something?
Hey there,

Currently, there is no setting to do it.

But you can try to add the following language constant which removes the password and ask user to click the link to reset their password into Backend > Extensions > Languages > Overrides:


PLG_USER_JOOMLA_NEW_USER_EMAIL_BODY="Hello %s,\n\n\nYou have been added as a User to %s by an Administrator.\n\nThis email has your username and password to log in to %s\n\nUsername: %s\n\n\n  <a href=\"http://smackit.nl/index.php?option=com_easysocial&view=account&layout=forgetPassword\">Click here to reset your password </a>   \n\n\nPlease do not respond to this message as it is automatically generated and is for information purposes only."


Can you have a try and see how it goes?
Irwin
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Friday, 28 February 2020 16:20
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Ah okay, that seems to be working fine.
Although it is kinda strange that this isn't an Easy Social standard. By EU laws it is not allowed to send passwords through plain text email.

This is a nice workaround, but I hope you guys will bring this feature to the next release
Pieter
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Tuesday, 03 March 2020 16:49
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Hi there,

Thanks for your input

Just for your information, I have locked and marked this thread as resolved to avoid confusions in the future. Please start a new thread if you have any other issue in the future so it will be easier for us to manage your inquiries.

Thanks for understanding.
Irwin
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Tuesday, 03 March 2020 17:11
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