First Timer: Redirect new members on their first login.
Development and Programming
We just released a nice extension—First Timer—that we built for a client project. It allows you to redirect members to a location of your choosing upon their first successful login. You can also set a destination for any subsequent logins.
We built this because the client wanted new members to see a “how to” page for the website, but did not want to annoy the members with it each and every time they logged in. They also needed the ability to easily change (from within the CP) the destination pages (for both new and existing members) at any time.
You can download First Timer and get details here: http://airbagindustries.com/software/ee/firsttimer/
Before I dig into the code, how does it determine it’s your first time? Checking exp_members.last_visit, I suppose?
I tried that, Ingmar, but that field is updated before the hook, so it never worked. I ended up using a custom column to track the login.
Interesting. Guess I will need to take a closer look to satisfy my curisoity, then 😊 Thanks, it looks like a very useful extension.
Hi Ryan,
Just took a look under the hood and all looks nice 😉
Just wondering, haven’t tried it yet but will this also work with people who sign up and register but have to confirm the e-mail first? I guess it would, wouldn’t it?
Very nice addition which I’m sure a lot of people will find really useful.
Best wishes,
Mark
Just wondering, haven’t tried it yet but will this also work with people who sign up and register but have to confirm the e-mail first? I guess it would, wouldn’t it?
Yep, that’s exactly how we’re using it. It hooks in to the login process, so it doesn’t matter how they register or get registered.
Fantastic! In that case when I said that a lot of people will find it really useful I can now say a lot more will!! 😉
Best wishes,
Mark
I can definitely see a use for this in the future - great extension!
cool extension, Is it possible to redirect firts_login_user if self-activation disabled on the site?
This extension work with member_member_login_single hook, in this case redirect will work only after second login because is no hooks during auto login.
I think you need something like Stand-Alone Registration Form with Redirect
hi ryan
great plugin. can you tell me if it is compatible with MSM, with the ability to input different destination url’s for each site?
Hi Matt,
Currently the settings are system-wide, so it won’t support the MSM. I will take that as a feature request (and it’s a good one). Thanks!
Glad to be of assistance 😉
I was wondering if the URL inputs currently parse eetags? If so this is one way to possibly get around it now if you had the site structure similar on both sites. (sorry haven’t got around to testing this yet as I don’t want it interfering with my MSM setup).
ie: {site_url)/wiki/Gettingstarted
The inputs don’t parse EE tags. They just check for properly formed URL and redirect to it.
Hi Ryan,
Any chance there has been some progress on the feature request for MSM support? I have a MSM setup, but only want to use this extension on one of the sites… any hints on how to do that?
Cheers…