Extension:SignupAPI

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SignupAPI Release status: experimental
Implementation	User activity, Ajax, Special page, API, Hook, Database
Description	It creates a special page that cleans up SpecialUserLogin from signup related stuff, adds an API for signup, adds sourcetracking for account creation & AJAX-ifies the signup form
Author(s)	(Akshay.agarwaltalk)
Last version	1.0
MediaWiki	1.19
PHP	5.0
Database changes	yes
License	GPL
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Parameters $wgSignupAPIUseAjax, $wgSignupAPISourceCreation
Hooks used LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates SignupForm
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What can this extension do?

It creates a special page that cleans up SpecialUserLogin from signup related stuff, adds an API for signup, adds sourcetracking for account creation & AJAX-ifies the signup form.

Installation

To install this extension, copy the entire SignupAPI directory to your extensions directory

Add the following to LocalSettings.php:

$IP stands for the Installation Path (or "directory") of your MediaWiki installation, the same directory that holds LocalSettings.php, index.php etc..

$wgUseAjax = true; 
$wgSignupAPIUseAjax = true;
$wgSignupAPISourceTracking = true;
$wgUseCombinedLoginLink = false;
require_once("$IP/extensions/SignupAPI/SignupAPI.php");

Finally, take a backup of your existing database & run update.php to create the sourcetracking table.

Configuration parameters

$wgUseAjax This parameter is required to use AJAX & is set to true by default in MediaWiki 1.17 & above

$wgSignupAPIUseAjax If set to true, the extension will AJAX-ify the signup form & facilitate the validation of username, password, retype & email dynamically before submitting the form

$wgSignupAPISourceCreation If set to true, the extension will add the source tracking paramaters to the 'Create account' link & on successful signup will store them inside the sourcetracking table

$wgUseCombinedLoginLink This parameter is used to display separate links for Login & Create account instead of the combined 'Login/Create account' link.

Screenshot

See also

• Requests for comment/Account_creation
• Extension:E3Experiments improves the signup form "account creation user experience", also using AJAX validation.
• gerrit change 18127 adds an account creation API to MediaWiki core