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 ====== General Settings ====== ====== General Settings ======
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 +Admin Page: **Registration Setup > General Settings**
  
 This menu allows you to control various fields (and their aspects) used within the registration form.  You can choose which fields to use within the form as well as which fields are required.  The fields you use will be the same on the registration form and the user information info and edit form page.  The same fields will appear and the same fields will be required. This menu allows you to control various fields (and their aspects) used within the registration form.  You can choose which fields to use within the form as well as which fields are required.  The fields you use will be the same on the registration form and the user information info and edit form page.  The same fields will appear and the same fields will be required.
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 === Just-in-time Registration/Login === === Just-in-time Registration/Login ===
  
-If enabled, this will allow users to complete a listing placement and a username and password will be created for them automatically.  The username and password created will be randomly generated by the software.  If you want to all the user to create their own username and password you can check the "Allow users to pick a username/password" checkbox and they will be prompted for a username and password within the listing placement process.+If enabled, this will allow a user to complete a listing placement before registering on the site. A site account will be created automatically based on the information entered into the auction or classified ad, and a randomly-generated username and password will be emailed to the lister for future use.  The field configuration for the user data you have set within the REGISTRATION SETUP > GENERAL SETTINGS admin tool will have no effect on the field requirements within the place a listing process.  If you use and require the "address 1" field for the user data at registration this will have no affect on whether the "address 1" field of the place a listing process is used or required.  But any "compatible" information from the listing data will be used to populate the user data when creating the newly registered user.  In other words if the "address 1" field is populated in the listing details of the place a listing process the software will automatically populate the "address 1" field in the new user's details.  If that "address 1" field is not in use at the place a listing process that information will be empty in the newly created user's details.  The same will happen for all other "compatible" fields between the listing data and newly created user's details. 
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 +Also note that turning this feature on will force the email field to appear in the place a listing process within the listing details collection page whether you have that off or not in the LISTING SETUP > FIELD TO USE admin tool. 
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 +If you select the "Allow users to pick a username/password" checkbox, users will be allowed to select their own usernames and passwords, and all other data will be collected from the listing details.  The "login" step that collects this information will appear as a step in the place a listing process.   
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 +Also the email verification step of the registration is not included in the JIT registration process.  If you have the email verification turned on for registration this will happen if the registration process is used but will NOT if the JIT registration process is used.  Within the JIT registration process the place listing process trumps the standard registration process.  The JIT registration is "worked into" the place a listing process and there is no "step" in the place a listing process to allow email verification.   
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 +Ultimately, this allows a first-time visitor to your site to jump straight into listing placement without having to go through a registration process first. 
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 +If an already registered user starts the place a listing process without logging in first they can click the "login" link within the JIT registration step.  They will be redirected to the login page to login.  Once logged in they can click the "resume place a listing" link within their client home page "my account links" to return to the step they were within the place a listing process. 
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 === Secret Hash Word === === Secret Hash Word ===
  
-This is a function of php that is used to generate random key to be used during registration confirmationThe default setting is shorterthan20, which means the key that is generated will be shorter than 20 characters. It is used to generate other keys and we recommend that this value be left to the default setting+This is a used as "salt" for certain hashes created as part of the registration processThere is typically no need to change this value unless you suspect automated exploitation of the registration process.
  
 ===== Optional Registration Fields ===== ===== Optional Registration Fields =====
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-This feature is not available in all editions of the software.  Please check the feature comparison chart on the geodesicsolutions.com site to verify this feature is available in your edition. 
  
 In addition to the preconfigured registration fields mentioned above, you may also add up to 10 customized fields to use during the registration process. This is on a site-wide basis. In other words, every registrant will be asked these questions when they register. Each optional field can be answered by the registrant by entering a standard text box or selecting from a dropdown box. The choice is yours. To create available registration dropdown boxes to be used during the registration process, click on the link at the bottom of the page. In addition to the preconfigured registration fields mentioned above, you may also add up to 10 customized fields to use during the registration process. This is on a site-wide basis. In other words, every registrant will be asked these questions when they register. Each optional field can be answered by the registrant by entering a standard text box or selecting from a dropdown box. The choice is yours. To create available registration dropdown boxes to be used during the registration process, click on the link at the bottom of the page.
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