Once User Sign Up has been activated via the Server settings as shown in Section 14.2, “Configuring the User Account Plugin”, users will see a Sign Up link next to the Log In link in the Nexus interface. This Sign Up link can be seen in the upper right-hand corner of Figure 14.2, “Sign Up Link Available for All Nexus Users”.
Clicking on this Sign Up link will display the Nexus Sign Up dialog shown in Figure 14.3, “Nexus Sign Up Form”. This form accepts a username, password, the full name of the new user, and an email account. It also asks the users to type in some text from a captcha form element. If a user cannot read the text in the captcha, they can click on the captcha to refresh it with new text.
Once the new user clicks on the Sign Up button, they will receive a confirmation dialog which instructs them to check for an activation email.
The user will then receive an email containing an activation link. When a user signs up for a Nexus account, the newly created account is disabled until they click on the activation link contained in this email. A sample of the activation email is shown in Figure 14.5, “Nexus Activation Email”.
Note
The example activation email in Figure 14.5, “Nexus Activation Email”, points to localhost:8081. You can change this URL by changing the Base URL setting in the Application Server Settings section of the Server configuration. To change this setting, click on the Server link under Administration in the Nexus menu.
