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How to Allow Registration Only via Google and Facebook Using CB Connect?

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1 month 2 weeks ago #344146 by nesen
Hello,We are using Joomla with Community Builder and CB Connect, and we would like to allow user registration exclusively through social login providers (Google and Facebook).Our goal is:
  • Users should be able to create new accounts only via Google or Facebook using CB Connect.
  • Standard registration using username/email and password should be completely disabled.
  • Existing users should still be able to sign in through their linked social accounts.
  • There should be no way to bypass this restriction by accessing the default Joomla or Community Builder registration URLs directly.
Could you please advise on the recommended configuration to achieve this? Is there an official way within Community Builder and CB Connect to disable traditional registration while still allowing CB Connect to automatically create new user accounts?

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1 month 2 weeks ago #344149 by krileon
Within CB > Configuration > Registration set "Allow User Registration" to "Same as CMS allow registration". Next navigate to Users > Manage > Options > User Options and set "Allow User Registration" to "No". This will turn off normal registrations.

Now within CB > Configuration > General set "Login Method" to "None" to turn off normal login behavior.

Finally simply configure CB Connect and you're good to go. That will then be your only means of registration and login. CB Connect bypasses the above configuration to allow for this exact type of use case.


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1 month 2 weeks ago #344153 by nesen
Thank you!
And I think we should disable the "Linking" option in CB Connect.
Because otherwise users will be able to unlink their accounts and then won't be able to log in to the site anymore.

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