TOPIC: Do you have an alternative to CB?

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If I do not use Community Builder, does DTR remember my users' details?

I guess in other words, do you provide your own user database? Do you recommend CB?

Thanks Sam

DT Register does store registration records in database tables, but the only way for user info (name, email, address, etc) to be remembered is if the user logs into the site. Otherwise DT Register would have no way of knowing who was trying to register. The default joomla user system does not store any data outside of name and email. That is why CB is very useful. When CB is installed, DT Register will create additional fields for address, city, phone, etc. When the users have this data filled into their profiles, it will be auto-populated into the event registration forms if the user is logged in. It is a nice feature to utilize.

Understood - I have used CB before (a year or so again 1.0 era)so just wondering if that was the standard now.

CB 1.2 is much improved over the 1.0 days. I hated it back then myself, but it works very well now. There are a couple other options out there, but not that are integrated with DT Register yet.

Hi

Just setting up DT Register, Acajoom Newsletter, Jevents and Community Builder for first time...

Does DTR add users to Community Builder if not already logged in or is it one way only i.e. user registers on CB and then DTR will pick up details?

If the latter, and using CB and DTR - should I make all events Private so only logged in users can access?

Ian

DT Register does not add public users to the Joomla user database, with or without Community Builder. We will be adding a new plugin for that very soon.

For now, it is a one-way situation. If you want to make sure all users have an account on your site, then yes, make your events in DT Register "private" so they'll be forced to create an account first.

In the new 2.6 version, JomSocial integration with a couple of plugins will also be an option in addition to the remaining option of Community Builder.