Title: Front End Register
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Front End Register

 *  Resolved [niquejoe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niquejoe/)
 * (@niquejoe)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-register/)
 * Hi can the plugin do a front-end registration for the member?
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/pta-member-directory/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/pta-member-directory/)

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 *  Plugin Author [DBAR Productions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbar-productions/)
 * (@dbar-productions)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-register/#post-4088285)
 * 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.
 *  [veeber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/veeber/)
 * (@veeber)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-register/#post-4088488)
 * 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 …?
 *  Plugin Author [DBAR Productions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbar-productions/)
 * (@dbar-productions)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-register/#post-4088489)
 * [@veeber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/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.

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 * [Registration](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/registration/)

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 * Last reply from: [DBAR Productions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbar-productions/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/front-end-register/#post-4088489)
 * Status: resolved