[Plugin] UserBlog - former Autoblog plugin

[sam2kb]

This plugin creates a new blog when user clicks a link in their profile page.
Blog short name and category will have the same name as login.

The plugin has several options built in:
You can choose if you want to use stub files or not, with or without extension, if you want to store stub files in separate directories or all in a subdirectory.
You can also decide if you want to give users administration rights and own media folder on registration or not, and set the default descriptions and default skin for the new user's blogs and much more.


Download v2.2.0

This plugin works in b2evo 2.x and 3.x versions only.

[alexandrehaguiar]

There is any way to set a user blog quota and config the blog name before create?

[sam2kb]

What is quota for you? Only Userblog group users can create a blog, only one blog per user, and you can disable blog creation in any time and continue using the plugin.

Are you talking about blog name displaying in urls? You can give your own blog names if you hack the code, it's pretty easy, but don't forget that blog name must be unique. Tell me what exactly do you need.

[surajit.kar]

Hi Sam,

once i have installed the plugin and the click on it its askin for this file "_autoblog.plugin.php"

then if place that file on to the plugin's folder then it gives error for the skin part i have download the lated version of the b2evolution ..

Please help me out

Surajit Kar
surajit.kar@gmail.com

[sam2kb]

Are you using b2evo-2.4.2?
Are you sure that you are trying to install Userblog plugin, not Autoblog?

Delete Userblog group, uninstall old plugin delete /plugins/userblog_plugin folder, then download a fresh copy of Userblog plugin and install it.

[surajit.kar]

Thank you.

All done..

I reinstalled b2e..

Thanks a ton

[phanatic]

Well, I don't know what to say. I synced the user group with the plugin settings, re-installed the plugin, enabled everything, installing on a fresh 2.4.2 installation, and it does not create a blog at all.

After user registration (but before e-mail validation):

Registered plugin IDs: 12
get_by_ID(): Instantiate Plugin (ID 12).
Loading plugins table data.
register(): userblog_plugin, ID: 12, priority: 60, classfile_path: [C:/wamp/www/b2evolution/blogs/plugins/userblog_plugin/_userblog.plugin.php]
Loading plugin class file: userblog_plugin
Calling userblog_plugin(#12)->AfterUserInsert( )
Loading plugin events.
get_by_ID(): Instantiate Plugin (ID 12).
Loading plugins table data.
register(): userblog_plugin, ID: 12, priority: 60, classfile_path: [C:/wamp/www/b2evolution/blogs/plugins/userblog_plugin/_userblog.plugin.php]
Calling userblog_plugin(#12)->GetDefaultSettings( )
Trigger event AppendUserRegistrTransact (first false)
No registered plugins.
Trigger event AfterUserRegistration
No registered plugins.




After clicking on "my profile" (when the blog should be created)

Trigger event AfterLoginRegisteredUser
Registered plugin IDs: 12
get_by_ID(): Instantiate Plugin (ID 12).
Loading plugins table data.
register(): userblog_plugin, ID: 12, priority: 60, classfile_path: [C:/wamp/www/b2evolution/blogs/plugins/userblog_plugin/_userblog.plugin.php]
Loading plugin class file: userblog_plugin
Calling userblog_plugin(#12)->AfterLoginRegisteredUser( )
Trigger event CacheObjects (first true)
No registered plugins.
Trigger event CacheObjects (first true)
No registered plugins.
Trigger event AdminAfterMenuInit
Registered plugin IDs: 12
Calling userblog_plugin(#12)->AdminAfterMenuInit( )
Trigger event PluginUserSettingsEditAction
No registered plugins.
Trigger event AdminEndHtmlHead
No registered plugins.
Trigger event AdminBeginPayload
No registered plugins.

[sam2kb]

Did you make Userblog group the default one for new users before you register a new user?

User Settings -> Default group for new users

[phanatic]

Yes. All users are being registered to the same group that is set-up in the plugin. I re-installed the plugin after making sure all of this was in-sync.

Very strange...

[sam2kb]

Do you see something similar on Users tab after you edited inc/users/views/_user_list.view.php ?

[¥åßßå]

Hi sam2kb,
this may be an error in logic. In AfterLoginRegisteredUser() you check if you're on profile page ( $disp ) or admin profile page ( $ctrl ), if not then you do nothing.

However that function is *only* called when a user logs in, so unless they hit one of those two pages on login then no blog will be created

You may wish to change your check to SkinBeginHtmlHead() && AdminEndHtmlHead() instead

¥

[sam2kb]

Thanks ¥åßßå

But this plugin doesn't create a blog right after user registration. User must click "Create my blog" link in their profile, so he has to be logged in.

[phanatic]

hhmmmm that's an interesting idea... I do NOT see the "create blog" link, although I do see the column header for it.

Also, I do not see a "create blog" link in the "my profile" tab when I login as the newly created user. I just re-installed b2evo and installed the plugin fresh, and it performed the same way.

[sam2kb]

Try to add a new user from backoffice, you probably *moved* that user from other group, but it has to be registered in Userblog group.

[¥åßßå]

Hi Sam,

I realise that, but the link will *only* be shown if the user logs in to the profile page, if they login to any other admin page ( dashboard is default ) then they won't get to see the link *even* if they then visit their profile.

try adding this and reloading the plugin :