jfudem

I checked out the plugin and it didn’t work. I have been experimenting with code snippets in my theme’s function.php file and am getting close to a solution but haven’t fixed the problem yet.

The first snippet:

function add_new_user_to_mainsite($blog_id, $user_id) {
    add_user_to_blog( $blog_id, $user_id, ‘contributor’ );
}
add_action(‘user_register’, ‘add_new_user_to_mainsite’);

This snippet does add the registered user to the main site (according to my admin panels). But after the user clicks on confirmation email, the page that is supposed to display the user’s password states that this snippet triggered a fatal error. Nonetheless, when I visit my user list in the admin panels I do see that this user successfully registered with my main blog.

The second snippet:

function add_user_to_mainsite(){
global $current_user,$blog_id;
add_user_to_blog($blog_id, $current_user->ID, “contributor”);
}
add_action(‘wp’, ‘add_user_to_mainsite’, 10);

This snippet runs to make sure that the logged in user is registered with my main site and does not trigger any errors. Unfortunately, it only works when a logged in user visits the admin panels for his/her second time. The first time a newly registered user logs in he/she still sees the global dashboard. If, while logged in, the user visits the main site, and then clicks “site admin” he/she is redirected to the main blog. This is getting closer but I need to completely prevent the user from ever seeing the global dashboard so I guess I’m looking for some happy harmony between the first two snippets.

I am still teaching myself php so any help perfecting these snippets would be much appreciated. I have already spent many hours experimenting with different action hooks, revising the syntax, and trying to blend the two snippets but so far I have been unsuccessful. I based the two snippets off the following sites: Snippet 1, Snippet 2.

Thanks Andrea_r,
Perhaps now they will update the plugin to accommodate the new setup. But it sill seems to me that from an ideological standpoint, WordPress should have settings which allow all users who register to receive contributor status on a given site without any plugins. This the primary reason why WordPress allows you to change the default user role and I know that many other people user WordPress in similar way. If I can get WordPress to automatically make every user who registers a contributor on my primary site, Multisite User Management will take me the rest of the way – without any updates.

Hi All,
I also run a WordPress Multisite network and have the same problem. One of the essential feature of my main site is that users may register their own accounts. Previously, in WordPress 3.0, when a user registered an account he/she received access to the dashboard of my primary site and was granted “contributor” privileges. I also used a plugin called Multisite User Management to copy all registered accounts to a second website on my network. Since I have upgraded to 3.1, when a user registers they are placed on something called a “Global Dashboard” and do not have access to post on either website in my network and are not listed as belonging to either site in my network user database (just like ri-kun’s screenshot). I have deactivated all my plugins (including Multisite User Management) and have double checked my settings and there appears to be no way to allow users to successfully register on my main site. Additionally, I have been testing this same configuration on a secondary domain and have experienced the identical issue. My WordPress configuration depends on a successful cooperation between, my multisite network, open registration to my primary site, and the Multisite User Management Plugin, so it is really important that I restore the previous harmony. It would be great to know if there is a way to avoid this issue or if updates are coming soon to fix what appears to be a glitch. Thanks so much for you attention and time, as an aspiring web designer, it means a lot to me. Best, Jonathan

Some Additional Info which may be relevant
– I do not use Buddypress
– My main site settings (controlled in the network admin interface) allow users to register and have the default role set to contributor. My secondary site settings do not allow new users to register and have the default user role set to subscriber. This is how I deliberately established my settings and they worked flawlessly before I upgraded to 3.1
– The Multisite User Management Plugin does appear to function properly in 3.1. Normally I used the plugin to transfer users registered on my primary site to my secondary site. Now, since users are by default registered to the “Global Dashboard” the plugin transfers the registered users to my secondary site but they still aren’t registered on my main site. This would only confuse my users (as they wouldn’t have access to the most important site) so I have deactivated the plugin but I would like to be able return to normal operation as soon as possible.