blueriver/MuraCMS — Issue #246: Feature Request: Better handling of users not assigned to a group
Author: bhendel
Created: 2012-01-21 00:17:13+00:00
State: open

This is a big challenge for me when deploying apps that make use of Mura's Members section. If I create a member (either publicly, or through the admin) without selecting a group, the Site Members listing page shows up blank! "Your search returned no results.". I know that I can do an advanced search by why must I?

I see two possible solutions, and one hack to this problem.

Solution 1 (preferable): Show un-grouped members in the default Site Members manager.

Solution 2 (less preferable): Provide option in Mura admin "Default Membership Group" that will assign all members (created publicly or through the admin) to a particular group so at least they show up!

Hack (ew): Modify / hook into the Mura registration events and wire up the new user to a particular hard-coded group.

I am not sure who thought it was a great idea, but when my clients add a member and then the membership page shows up blank, they immediately think something went wrong, and try to add the member again!

On a related note, the "feature" of when search results find only 1 record, Mura immediately displays that record, is more confusing that it is worth (saving 1 click). I would much rather see that one result shown in a table, and then have to click that result to get to it's details. This is consistent with how much about every other web app works. My $0.02.

Thanks!

xoxoxox.

-Brian