George Lee wrote:
> I read through a previous thread on multiple member types, and wondered 
> if any work like this has been done or if it sounded like a good idea:
> 
> * Make the "join" link in Plone link to a controller script.
> * If there is only one member type, the script automatically create a 
> content object of that type and redirects to the edit screen.
> * Otherwise, redirect to a form where the user chooses what sort of 
> member they want to join as.
> * This then creates a content object of that type and redirects to the 
> edit screen.

this seems like a fine idea for some use cases, but there are certainly cases 
where there are multiple user types, but you don't want the people who are 
signing up for your site to be able to choose between them.

> Different member types will have different schema, etc. and different 
> registration forms, which is why the user should pick before going into 
> the edit forms which member type they are signing up as.
> 
> Thoughts? It seems like this would be very easy to implement. And yes, 
> sometime in the next couple of months I would be more than happy to 
> volunteer some code. =) Although one question is if this belongs in 
> remember or a separate product

i'd consider this in remember only if there was a way to turn the "choose your 
member type" page off even when there are multiple member types... in fact, 
i'd rather that the site admin would have to explicitly turn that page on 
(using an option in the remember configlet) before it would ever show up.

otherwise, i'd say we should just continue with the idea of a default member 
type, and leave it to those who need to allow users the choice to implement 
the form as you've described it.

-r