automatically assigning Author role to new registrants

[shimrah]

Hi there,

I would like to automatically assign all new registrants as Authors, so that they will be able to submit abstracts without confusion.

Currently, if the user clicks on "Register" to create a new account, this option seems to be already checked and listed (Author: Able to submit items to the conference), but if the user clicks on "Registration" (i.e., register for a conference), s/he can create an account on that page but is not assigned an Author role; nor is there an option to check a box on that page to make it so.

So my plea is as follows:

1. What code should I add (and to what file) to the Registration form to create that "Create account as Author" box?
2. Is there a way (on both pages) to add this role without the need for a box?

or, better than 1 and 2,

3. Is there a way to automatically assign the role of "Author" to a user if s/he tries to submit an abstract?

Thanks,
Shimrah

[asmecher]

Hi Shimrah,

If a user is following the manuscript submission link and ends up on the account creation page, there will be a parameter in the URL called "requiresPresenter"; if this is present, the "register as author" checkbox will be checked by default. The code responsible for this is in classes/user/form/CreateAccountForm.inc.php near line 126:

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if (Request::getUserVar('requiresPresenter')) $this->setData('createAsPresenter', 1);

If you want that role to be checked for every registration, I'd suggest changing the checkbox called "createAsPresenter" into a hidden form element in templates/user/createAccount.tpl. (Keep in mind that it'll be difficult to tell who the actual authors are, as all accounts will now have that role.)

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[shimrah]

Thanks, Alec. I'll try this out.

The ideal option would be to have it so that if someone were to register for the conference through the "Registration" link, thus not flagged as an author, then later attempt to submit an abstract, they would have the role "Author" added to their profile. Is there a way to do this?

[asmecher]

Hi Shimrah,

Agreed, that's the best approach. I've implemented it against the current CVS version, but the patch should apply against version 2.0; just in case, try applying it --dry-run first to be sure. See http://pkp.sfu.ca/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3131 for a link to the patch.

Regards,
Alec Smecher
Public Knowledge Project Team

[shimrah]

Ah. Perfect. This is why I frequent the forums, Alec. You're so helpful!

Thanks!

[m.giordano]

Hi all,

just two questions about this useful thread:
- I have 2.0.0-1 installed: is the above patch already included?
- if I understand well, with the patch applied, when a user completes registration, he's registered as a reader by default. But how could he submit a paper, in order to become an Author, given that he doesn't see the Author link when he logs in as reader?

Thanks all.

Marco

[jmacgreg]

Hi Marco,

No, the above patch is not included.

When this patch is installed, a registered user is automatically enrolled as an author when he clicks the "Proposal Submission" link from the Conference Information page.

Cheers,
James

[m.giordano]

Thank you, James.

Given that we decided not to use 'Account' page, but only 'Registration' page (we don't need a Reader role), we prefer to assign Author role since the registration submission. To this aim we modified the line

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$role->setRoleId(ROLE_ID_READER);

in the UserRegistrationForm.inc.php file, changing ROLE_ID_READER to ROLE_ID_PRESENTER, and it works.

Marco