Members vs authors

e107 members (users) vs eFiction Authors (members)

fanfiction_authors table

field name	Note	e107
uid	Author ID
penname	Author Penname	user_loginname
realname		user_name
email		user_email
website		(UEF)
bio		user_signature
image		user_image
date	Date of registration	user_join
admincreated	Created by Admin, not real user
password		user_password

Note: eFiction separates authors by numbers of stories - if you have at least one story, you are listed as the author, if you are just registered, you are listed as member.

Not to mess those terms (meanings), we try to use this naming convention:

• user - e107 user

• author - e107 user + fanfiction_authors table

• member - author without story... this should be replaced in the future

e107 users are all members (including authors). eFiction authors table just extends users table and allows to use eFiction functionality.

fanfiction_authorprefs table

Explanatory notes:

❌ - moved to Removed fields

✅ - replaced by something else

User's settings for eFiction part. The user has to be author to have access to this settings.

Field name	Meaning	Note
uid	Author ID (not User ID)
newreviews	Contact for new reviews
newrespond	Contact when author responds to review
ageconsent
alertson	Contact when favorites are updated
tinyMCE	Use tinyMCE WYSWYG editor
sortby	Default Story Sort
storyindex	Display table of contents for stories
validated
categories
contact
stories
level	✅
userskin	❌

There was a question if not to move those settings to UEF (e107 user extended fields). In this phase, it was rejected. This table is too much used, so it will be left untouched for now.

Replaced fields

✅ - applied in version (last checked)

Field name	Description	From version
level	replaced with UEF	✅1.0.3

<extendedFields>
     <field name="level" type='EUF_DROPDOWN' text="Level" default='0' active="true" system="0" parms="^,^^,^^,^0^,^^,^" 
			values="1,2,3,4" read="255" write="250" applicable="253" signup="0" />
</extendedFields>

After installation there is the record change in the setup file. To be sure, always check UEF after installation.

Available UEF in 1.0.3

Removed fields

Key	Description	From version
userskin	it was used for choosing the appearance of the site. Listed skins from skins folder except for hidden skins from site prefs.	✅1.0.2

fanfiction_authorfields table

This table was removed and it was fully replaced with UEF (e107 user extended fields) functionality.

The always-installed field is the only beta-reader field. If there is a need for some next field, new fields can be added to the installation. For example website from the author table. Any new field can be added via the admin interface anytime now.

<extendedFields>
	<field name="betareader" type='EUF_RADIO' text="Beta-reader" default='0' active="true" system="0" values="LAN_YES,LAN_NO" />
</extendedFields>

When the author clicks on the Author fields, the user settings page will be displayed with those fields. Those settings/fields are available for all users, not only for authors.

How to work with e107 users:

USERID - user ID for actual logged-in user

$userData = e107::user(USERID);

• get all user data + all extended fields in one array

$author_uid = $userData['user_plugin_efiction_author']; $author_level = $userData['user_plugin_efiction_level'];

• author UID and Level for checking access to efiction stuff

efiction constants:

uLEVEL	for checking access to not only admin functionality
isADMIN	user is admin for efiction part
isMEMBER	user is member for efiction part
USERUID	author user ID (ID for member for efiction part)
USERPENNAME	author penname - it can be different from e107 username

to check how this work, look at inc/get_session_vars.php

TODO:

e107 user profile - e_user.php fix

efiction_authors