Disabling user registration
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| − | [[Image:User_registration.PNG|thumb|User Registration]]If you do not want visitors to your website to be able to register themselves as your Joomla! website users, do this: | + | {{version/tutor|1.5,1.6,1.7,2.5,3.0}} |
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| + | User registrations are enabled in a default Joomla! installation. However there might be cases where you use extensions as a replacement and wish to turn off the default Joomla user management. To do this you must perform the following steps: | ||
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| + | [[Image:User_registration.PNG|thumb|User Registration in Joomla 1.5]]If you do not want visitors to your website to be able to register themselves as your Joomla! website users, do this: | ||
* disable user registration by changing the ''Allow User Registration'' field in Global Configuration to '''No'''. To learn how to do this see [[Changing user registration settings]]. | * disable user registration by changing the ''Allow User Registration'' field in Global Configuration to '''No'''. To learn how to do this see [[Changing user registration settings]]. | ||
| + | == Joomla 1.6+ == | ||
| + | For Joomla 1.6+ you must go to User Manager from the User menu. Then click on the options box and turn the parameter for Allow User Registration to 'Off'. | ||
| − | User | + | [[Category:Tutorials]][[Category:User Management]] |
Revision as of 12:38, 12 December 2012
This tutorial is for Joomla! CMS Version(s) 
User registrations are enabled in a default Joomla! installation. However there might be cases where you use extensions as a replacement and wish to turn off the default Joomla user management. To do this you must perform the following steps:
Joomla 1.5
- disable user registration by changing the Allow User Registration field in Global Configuration to No. To learn how to do this see Changing user registration settings.
Joomla 1.6+
For Joomla 1.6+ you must go to User Manager from the User menu. Then click on the options box and turn the parameter for Allow User Registration to 'Off'.
