Login without billing (Forum answers I've read did not work)

[Dean Notarnicola]

Greetings,
I would like to set up FirstSpot to require users to be able to self-register, but not bill. The other answers I've read in this column (ie. modifying the HTML) did not work properly, displaying errors on the page and/or not redirecting to the users requested page. Is there a way to allow the user to self-register and then go directly to their requested page?
Thank you in advance.

[alan]

Are you referring to the workaround specified in http://www.patronsoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=713 ?

What is the exact error that you encounter?
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[dnotarnicola]

Alan,
Thank you. Actually, the method in the referenced article does work. So, my question is:

Is there a way after login to have the browser redirect to the user's originally requested page (as would happen during a normal registration and login), rather than the one specified in the modified HTML from the workaround (ie. yahoo.com)?

Thank you in advance.

Dean Notarnicola

[jason]

The closest solution is to redirect the login page to the user and take him to the requested page after logging in.

you need to modify the following pages:

signup_form.php

replace:
<input type="hidden" name="success_url" value=cart.php>

with
<input type="hidden" name="success_url" value=login_form.php>

fs_signup.php
replace:
$status_message ="<span class=\"textspan\">".$return_result_text[0]."</span><br><a class=\"freelink\" href=".$success_url."?username=".$username.">".$success_message_footer."</a><br>";

with
$status_message ="<span class=\"textspan\">".$return_result_text[0]."</span><br><a class=\"freelink\" href=".$success_url.">".$success_message_footer."</a><br>";

and replace

if ($create_result == 0)
{
$submit_url=$success_url."?username=".$username;
$form_element="username";
$element_value=$username;
if(!session_id()){
session_start();
}
session_register("session_username");
$session_username=$username;
}
with
if ($create_result == 0)
{
$submit_url=$success_url;
$form_element="";
$element_value="";
if(!session_id()){
session_start();
}
}

let me know if there is any problem.
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