icametoplay wrote
I am also using the solution(s) listed - Hew users are provided a page that I create from a 'template" page and the page is set to Hidden so as to keep the nvigation manageable.
I also have two concerns about this -
1.) The site does become a little unmanagable to admins as there become many many pages.
2.) The process does become 'busy' as was described when the activity of the site picks up and lots of users want pages.
Does anyone have experience with managing a huge list of "hidden" pages effectively and efficiently - and has anyone developed an automated extension such that when a new user registers - the page along with appropriate permissions can be added quickly?
I have actually thought of an automated method of creating home pages for users and finally I came up with the conclusion : must develop a custom module. Unfortunately, I don't know any programming so I can't do it myself. As far as I know, there are 2 modules that let us do the same thing. The first is Smart-Thinker My HOme Page, which is retired due to the ineffiency (if you like, you can contact Rodney Joyce to purchase it but I'm not sure it'll work with the latest version of DNN). The second one is bizmodules Personalized Album, which will be even harder to manage because it creates 1 role for each user and DNN doesn't support more than 1000 roles. There's another one, which is best in my opinion : DNN Fusion My Profile but I think it's rather somewhat limited because the built-in modules are too simple and really boring to use. However, I think that with the new function of DNN : add specific user permisson to page, I think some similar modules will be developed soon.
About managing many hidden pages, I prefer altering them through the database. Besides, to make the process less busy, I create a support tickets page to let users submit problems they face and I also try to limit as many modules as possible as well as their functionalities so that errors are prevented effectively. Let me know if you have any other methods.
Best regards,
Duc
P.S : AFAIK, there isn't a method to redirect specific users to specific pages. The only thing we can do is to show them a link to their personalized page whenever they log in.