Hello guys,
we´re having a wonderful wiki based on mediawiki but our legal deparment said we should include some terms and conditions on the registration process. We tried to find an extension which provide a simple checkbox with a text in the registration page but we cannot find anything.
We don´t really want to touch the mediawiki files so i would prefer a solution in the skin files or with an extension. We tried to find an existing mediawiki with terms and conditions, but there does not seem to be one.
Here my question: Do you know an extension which will include terms and conditions checkbox to the register page? Do you know a theme that includes such a terms&conditions checkbox?
Which files do I need to touch to include such a feature? where is the register page defined, and where is it prozessed?
thank you very much
Falko
Falko Richter schreef:
Hello guys,
we´re having a wonderful wiki based on mediawiki but our legal deparment said we should include some terms and conditions on the registration process. We tried to find an extension which provide a simple checkbox with a text in the registration page but we cannot find anything.
We don´t really want to touch the mediawiki files so i would prefer a solution in the skin files or with an extension. We tried to find an existing mediawiki with terms and conditions, but there does not seem to be one.
Can't you just include some sentence like "By registering you agree to the Terms and Conditions (link)"? Wikipedia does much the same thing by putting a notice underneath the edit box saying (among other things) "You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the terms of the GFDL**".
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)
2008/12/2 Falko Richter falko.richter@fon.com
Hello guys,
we´re having a wonderful wiki based on mediawiki but our legal deparment said we should include some terms and conditions on the registration process. We tried to find an extension which provide a simple checkbox with a text in the registration page but we cannot find anything.
We don´t really want to touch the mediawiki files so i would prefer a solution in the skin files or with an extension. We tried to find an existing mediawiki with terms and conditions, but there does not seem to be one.
Here my question: Do you know an extension which will include terms and conditions checkbox to the register page?
Actually the ConfirmAccount extension includes such a Terms of Service thing. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount
But then you have to manually approve each account. Perhaps you can tweak this extension so that all requests are automatically granted.
cheers Brianna
I knew someone was going to mention that sooner or later :D
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2008/12/2 Falko Richter falko.richter@fon.com
Hello guys,
we´re having a wonderful wiki based on mediawiki but our legal deparment said we should include some terms and conditions on the registration process. We tried to find an extension which provide a simple checkbox with a text in the registration page but we cannot find anything.
We don´t really want to touch the mediawiki files so i would prefer a solution in the skin files or with an extension. We tried to find an existing mediawiki with terms and conditions, but there does not seem to be one.
Here my question: Do you know an extension which will include terms and conditions checkbox to the register page?
Actually the ConfirmAccount extension includes such a Terms of Service thing. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount
But then you have to manually approve each account. Perhaps you can tweak this extension so that all requests are automatically granted.
cheers Brianna
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On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Falko Richter falko.richter@fon.com wrote:
we´re having a wonderful wiki based on mediawiki but our legal deparment said we should include some terms and conditions on the registration process. We tried to find an extension which provide a simple checkbox with a text in the registration page but we cannot find anything.
If you're running an actual wiki, i.e., one where anonymous users can edit, a checkbox on registration wouldn't be sufficient, probably -- you need the terms to be present on the edit page. Wikipedia handles this by having a link to the terms (in its case, just GFDL licensing) on the edit page, and saying "You irrevocably agree to release your contributions under the terms of the GFDL" right above the "save page" button (with "GFDL" being a link to the full license terms). You might want to ask your legal team if that's okay.
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