Not at this time… that’s kind of beyond the scope of this plugin, and there are many other plugins that handle site registration just fine already (we are using WooCommerce on our PTA site to automatically create site registrations when they purchase a PTA Membership).
In the future I may somehow tie in the member directory to user accounts to make it easier to create the list of members. Right now, though, each member in the directory is actually a post of the custom post type “member”, which I did so that each member can also have a bio/info page and photo, and also so I didn’t need to add any new tables to the database. But, since members are a custom post type, that is no direct relationship with user accounts at this point, and the plugin was never meant to handle user registrations — it was just meant as a quick and easy way for us to list a huge number of PTA Officers and Chairmen on our site with an easy way to contact them either individually or by group.
If these are posts, I’m wondering if there might be a way to make it work via email? If there was a contact form setup that sent the details to the posting email address, and we’re able to access the custom member post that the plugin is using …?
@veeber,
I’m not sure I understand what you mean. What are you trying to make work via email?
Are you talking about creating a member post when somebody registers for a site via some other method? If so, that’s not really the best way, and still would require some custom programming, and your registration form would need to also collect at least a name, the member’s position, and phone number (if you are showing that in the directory).
I have started working on an extension that will associate members and user accounts, and I will probably put in some kind of front end submission system so users can submit their own directory listings which would go into a pending status until the admin can review them (to prevent spam). This could potentially be tied in with site registration to create a new user account if the person submitting the form doesn’t already have an account.
I have only recently just started on this, so there is not much to it yet, and I’m considering all ideas and suggestions. I have no timeframe in mind for completion, as these plugins are very low priority since they don’t generate any income to feed my family and pay the bills… so, my real job and any other paid programming/consulting work takes priority.
