user registration & login on mapped domains in multisite

For #1 – Yes. It’s a cookie thing and it’s how web-browsers protect you.

For #2 – Yeah https://jollyvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dashboard-subblog.png is right, but generally I suggest using WP Hide Dashboard to avoid that.

Thanks Mike.

I’ve now used a (hacked) copy of WP Hide Dashboard as I’ve also installed Custom Admin Bar plugin.

Maybe my query for #1 is not clear.
I noticed the cookie thing (esp. on IE). However what I wanted was a login plugin for multisite which is not in a ‘form’ display. For now I’ve hacked the WPMS Sidebar Login Widget (as the ‘create new account didn’t work for me) but I am not declaring it fully ‘tested’. Still looking for a multiside login plugin that allows the same behaviour as in single site installation.

BTW how do I get rid of ‘redundant’ plugins? I must admit I forgot to deactivate before I hacked/changed files in the plugin folder. I see 2 entries (same version) of the plugin I’ve changed in my plugin list.

Many thanks again,
Cher

You delete plugins in wp-admin/network/plugins.php or via FTP.

I’m not sure what you’re asking about with logins… You do always have to log in between subdomain sites, it’s a browser thing. Generally I end up logging back in all on the same day, and it’s annoying but there you are.

Hi Mike,

Oh! I can’t remember. Most likely via FTP & then when I saw the duplicate entries I tried to delete via wp-admin.
What should I do now? I still got 2 entries in wp-admin/plugins

Thanks again,
Cher

I’m not sure what you mean by 2 entries. Can you take a screenshot?

Sure. The screen shot is at https://jollyvip.com/plugin-snapshot/

I don’t know how to post the image here.

Thanks again,
Cher

Linking is how you post images here ?? You did it perfectly.

You said you ‘hacked’ the plugin… when you did that, did you make a copy of it? And if so, did you forget to change the header data of your hacked plugin?

Oh! I didn’t change the header data. It’s my first hack of a plugin.

I removed all codes that I do not need. This is the content of WP Hide Dashboard.
Where is the header data?
Thanks.

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: WP Hide Dashboard
Plugin URI: https://kpdesign.net/wphidedash/
Description: A simple plugin that removes the Dashboard menu, the Personal Options section and the Help link on the Profile page, hides the Dashboard links in the admin bar menu (if activated), and prevents Dashboard access to users assigned to the <em>Subscriber</em> role. Useful if you allow your subscribers to edit their own profiles, but don't want them wandering around your WordPress admin section. <strong>Note: This version requires a minimum of WordPress 3.1. If you are running a version less than that, please upgrade your WordPress install now.</strong>
Author: Kim Parsell
Author URI: https://kpdesign.net/
Version: 2.1
License: MIT License - https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

Copyright (c) 2008-2011 Kim Parsell
Personal Options removal code: Copyright (c) 2010 Large Interactive, LLC, Author: Matthew Pollotta
Originally based on IWG Hide Dashboard plugin by Thomas Schneider, Copyright (c) 2008 (https://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/iwg-hide-dashboard/)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.
*/

/* Disallow direct access to the plugin file */
if (basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) == basename (__FILE__)) {
	die('Sorry, but you cannot access this page directly.');
}

/* Plugin config - user capability for the top level you want to hide everything from */
$wphd_user_capability = 'edit_posts'; /* [default for Subscriber role = edit_posts] */

/* WordPress 3.1 introduces the admin bar in both the admin area and the public-facing site. For subscribers, there's also now
	a pesky link to the Dashboard and a redundant link to the user's profile in the My Account menu. Let's remove the Dashboard
	link and only show the Profile link on the site. */

/* There's also an admin bar menu in WordPress Multisite that lists all of the network sites that a user belongs to, which includes links
	to each site's Dashboard. Let's remove the default menu and create one of our own that only links to the sites a user belongs to. */

/* Now for the admin sidebar menu and the profile page. Let's hide the Dashboard link, Help menu, Favorites menu, Upgrade notice, and
	the Personal Options section. */

function wphd_hide_dashboard() {
	global $blog, $current_user, $id, $parent_file, $wphd_user_capability, $wp_db_version;

	if ($wp_db_version < 17056) {
		return;

	} else if ((!current_user_can(''.$wphd_user_capability.'') || !current_user_can_for_blog($blog->userblog_id, ''.$wphd_user_capability.'')) && $wp_db_version >= 17056) {

		/* First, let's get rid of the Help menu, update nag, Personal Options section */
		echo "\n" . '<style type="text/css" media="screen">#your-profile { display: none; } .update-nag, #screen-meta, .color-option, .show-admin-bar { display: none !important; }</style>';
		echo "\n" . '<script type="text/javascript">jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(\'form#your-profile > h3:first\').hide(); $(\'form#your-profile > table:first\').hide(); $(\'form#your-profile\').show(); });</script>' . "\n";

		/* Now, let's fix the sidebar admin menu - go away, Dashboard link. */
		/* If Multisite, check whether they are in the User Dashboard before removing links */
		$user_id = get_current_user_id();
		$blogs = get_blogs_of_user($user_id);
		if (is_multisite() && empty($blogs)) {
			return;
		} else if (function_exists('remove_menu_page')) {
			remove_menu_page('index.php');							/* Hides Dashboard menu in 3.1 */
			remove_menu_page('separator1');							/* Hides arrow separator under Dashboard link in 3.1*/
			remove_submenu_page('profile.php', 'profile.php');		/* Hides Profile submenu link in 3.1. Really don't need to see it twice, do we? */
		}

		/* Last, but not least, let's redirect folks to their profile when they login or if they try to access the Dashboard via direct URL */
		if (is_multisite() && empty($blogs)) {
			return;
		} else if ($parent_file == 'index.php') {
			if (headers_sent()) {
				echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url='.admin_url('profile.php').'">';
				echo '<script type="text/javascript">document.location.href="'.admin_url('profile.php').'"</script>';
			} else {
				wp_redirect(admin_url('profile.php'));
				exit();
			}
		}

	}

}

add_action('admin_head', 'wphd_hide_dashboard', 0);

/* That's all folks. You were expecting more? */

?>

This stuff:

Plugin Name: WP Hide Dashboard
Plugin URI: https://kpdesign.net/wphidedash/
Description: A simple plugin that removes the Dashboard menu, the Personal Options section and the Help link on the Profile page, hides the Dashboard links in the admin bar menu (if activated), and prevents Dashboard access to users assigned to the <em>Subscriber</em> role. Useful if you allow your subscribers to edit their own profiles, but don't want them wandering around your WordPress admin section. <strong>Note: This version requires a minimum of WordPress 3.1. If you are running a version less than that, please upgrade your WordPress install now.</strong>
Author: Kim Parsell
Author URI: https://kpdesign.net/
Version: 2.1
License: MIT License - https://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

That’s the header ??

Now again, did you make a copy of the plugin and edit that, or did you edit it in place?

OH! I did not remove the header.

I copied the file to another name and then edited it and then rename it to the same name.

Thks,
Cher

I copied the file to another name and then edited it and then rename it to the same name.

Okay, so what you need to do is change this line:

Plugin Name: WP Hide Dashboard

Make it Plugin Name: Cher's WP Hide Dashboard ?? Problem will magically be solved.

OK did the change. Now I have a plugin Cher’s WP Hide Dashboard and also the un-activated ‘old’ WP Hide Dashboard. What I did was, I ‘delete’ the plugin entries and also check that no such folder in the plugin directory. Then I copied the WP Hide Dashboard folder (with the changed file) to the plugin directory. Somehow the ‘old’ WP Hide Dashboard reappeared.
I am missing something again.
What are the sequence of steps?
Thanks,
Cher

Honestly? Delete both your hacked plugin and the original from your WP site.

You shouldn’t be hacking that plugin (especially not if the concept for forking a plugin is proving to be complicated for you, it’s not a slight, it’s just a step you’re not ready for yet).

I see… Well I’ll never learn if I don’t ‘play’ or hack. If there’s a plugin notes/doc I can refer to, I’ll certainly follow the notes/instruction. As it stand, I’ll just leave things as they’re (& learning stops).

Thanks for you help.
Cher

Well don’t learn in your live site, though ??

Learn how to make a test site on your own PC via XAMMP or MAMP and test there. Much safer, and less annoying.