Brian Teeman

One of the slides I had to drop from my "Hidden Joomla Secrets" presentation was an ugly hack to solve what for me has been a long standing issue with Joomla user registration.

By default joomla provides no method to pre-approve registrations before providing access. Currently there are two choices

1. Automatically approve on signup.
2. Automatically approve once email has been confirmed.

There is no option for the site administrator to approve registrations first. For me that has been an issue on many sites, hence the ugly hack, and I see many people installing complex extensions e.g. Community Builder to resolve this simple issue.

Not any more!!

Name
Steve Burge

On-Line name (Skype:Twitter:Joomla forums)
alledia

Website
alledia.com / joomlatraining.com

Location
Atlanta, Georgia

Job
Joomla trainer for joomlatraining.com / Joomla SEO guy and blogger on alledia.com

Very, very soon.

This is a very important opportunity for all Joomla users and developers to download, test and provide feedback.

If you don't take up this opportunity then you don't have the right to moan later.

You can provide feedback via forums, google groups and of course now via twitter. (But I don't think the latter is particularly beneficial for the developers to keep track of potential issues.)

Please don't forget that this is an Alpha release. That means it is definitely NOT suitable for a live site and might not be a definitive base to build extensions upon.

On Friday I did something that I never thought I would ever do. I bought a Mac. To be more exact I bought one of the new aluminium Mac Book Pro.

I've been a PC user for more years than I like to remember and although I have dabbled with OS X on occasions in the past I have never before succumbed.

Right now I feel a little bit like Adam being tempted to take a bite out of the apple by Eve, I just hope it doesn't lead to the same result.

So what made me take the leap?

Name
Daniel Chapman

On-Line name (Skype:Twitter:Joomla forums)
Usually - Danayel  but twitter is daniel_chapman

Website
http://ninjaforge.com

Location
Japan (but I am originaly from Australia)

Job
Web developer and Joomla Extension Developer

Name
Pete Coutts

On-Line name (Skype:Twitter:Joomla forums)
Skype: ghostdesign, Twitter: joomlach, Joomla forums: ghosty

Website
www.joomla.ch / www.stachelbeeri.ch / www.dave-2003.ch

Location
Switzerland

Job
IT-Support Specialist

Last weekend, June 12-14, I had the pleasure and honour to speak and present at Joomla!Days in the Netherlands.

Over large amounts of coffee, and some beer, I spoke to friends, old and new, and with (only a) little exception the topic of conversation was the same.

"I'm going to stick my head above the parapets now and say aloud what so many are thinking and saying in private."

Where is joomla going? What is the future of joomla?

Name
Mathias Verraes

On-Line name (Skype:Twitter:Joomla forums)
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mathiasverraes (also check http://twitter.com/nooku)

Joomla: mjaz http://forum.joomla.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=11437 (but I must confess I haven't been very active there lately)

Website
http://nooku.org

Location
Ghent, Belgium

Job
Software Developer @ Nooku

Last weekend I was fortunate to have been invited to present at Joomladays.nl in the Netherlands.

"Remember my name you will be screaming it later"

Name
Kyle Ledbetter

On-Line name (Skype:Twitter:Joomla forums)
joomlapraise

Website
www.joomlapraise.com, www.cmsmarket.com, www.covertapps.com

Location
Austin, TX, USA

Job
Internet ADHD (design, marketing, cheerleader)

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