User registration settings reference
Here you can find the settings available for user self-registration.
User-Created Accounts
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Allow users to create their own account | With this check box selected, user-created accounts are enabled, and registered
users can invite others to join via email. For more information, see Inviting people to community. People can sign up for a new account from the community login page. The registration process then takes them through a brief set of screens through which they add information about themselves. |
| Require email address validation for users creating their own account | With this check box selected, self-registering users must validate their email. You can change the email template as described in Editing email notification templates. |
| Use Enhanced Registration Flow | With this check box selected, self-registering users can complete account creation before being approved by an administrator. This setting enables a simplified form with only required fields. If you have guest access enabled, users who complete the form can be directed to continue navigating the site while waiting for registration approval. |
| Enforce Community Domain list | With this check box selected, a person must have an email account belonging to the Community Domain List which is configured in its own section. |
| Allow new external contributors to create their own account when invited by email to an externally accessible group | With this check box selected, external contributors can create their own accounts. Alternatively, community administrators create accounts for external users themselves. For more information, see Managing external groups. |
Security
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Registration Moderation | With this enabled, new requests appear on the moderator page in the community (.) If you have a user administrator, that person must approve or decline requests; otherwise, the system administrator gets those requests. For more information, see Setting up user registration moderation. |
New Account Settings
Use the following table to configure user account settings.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Password Strength Check | This setting defines how strong user passwords must be. The password strength indicator then helps the person registering to create a password that's strong enough to qualify. |
| Human Input Validation | With this enabled, a person registering is prompted with a captcha image. The
image displays text (distorted to prevent spam registration) that the person must
enter correctly to continue with registration. This is a way to discourage
registration by other computers simply for access to the community for sending spam
messages. Human input validation generally isn't needed for internal communities that aren't accessible to the public. |
| Email Validation Settings | With this feature enabled, the application sends an email to the person registering at the address they provided. You can edit the contents of the template used for the email. By default, the email includes a link that the person must follow to prove that the email address they gave is a valid one. This is another means to discourage false registration. |
| Welcome Email Settings | With this feature enabled, the application sends the new user an email when they've finished registering. You can edit the contents of the template used for the email. |
| Fields displayed at registration | The fields that are displayed to prompt a user for information while they're registering. The list of fields here is based on the fields defined for user profiles. For more information on profile fields, see Configuring user profile templates. |