Proposal: Account activation via email

Status

Implemented in trunk

Target Release

4.0

Original Authors

Sedat Çiftçi, Dave Johnson

Abstract

This is a proposal to support Account activation via email in Roller. If activation is enabled, then user accounts must be activated via e-mail before they can be used.

Requirements

  • Support e-mail activation of new user accounts
  • E-mail message must be I18N/localizable
  • E-mail activation must be optional

Issues

No major issues to be considered.

Design

List and describe new manager methods, Struts actions, JSP pages, macros, etc.

  • New runtime properties with these defaults:
    • user.account.activation.enabled=false
    • user.account.activation.mail.from=
  • New field in UserData object and corresponding rolleruser table: 
        activationcode varchar(48)
  • New method un UserManager to retrieve user via activation code: 
        public UserData getUserByActivationCode(String activationCode) throws RollerException;
  • Code in UserNewAction.java to generate & store activation code and send email

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