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mod_invites_page: New module to generate landing page for invites
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3 - 'Stage-Beta'
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4 summary: 'Generate friendly web page for invitations'
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7 Introduction
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8 ============
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10 This module is part of the suite of modules that implement invite-based
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11 account registration for Prosody. The other modules are:
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13 - mod_invites
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14 - mod_invites_adhoc
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15 - mod_invites_register
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16 - mod_invites_register_web
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17 - mod_register_apps
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19 For details and a full overview, start with the mod_invites documentation.
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21 Details
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22 =======
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24 mod_invites_page provides a unique web page for each generated invitation.
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25 Without this module, Prosody will only be able to generate invite links as
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26 `xmpp:` URIs (they look something like `xmpp:example.com?register;preauth=29Xbxr91`).
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27 URIs will only work if the invited user already has an XMPP client installed.
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28 This is usually not the case.
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30 This module transforms the URI into a friendly web page that can be shared
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31 via any method (email, SMS, etc.), and opened in any browser. The page explains
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32 the invitation and guides the user to set up their account using one of a
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33 configurable list of XMPP clients (to configure the list, see mod_register_apps
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34 documentation).
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36 Configuration
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37 =============
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39 | Name | Description | Default |
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41 | invites_page | The format of an invite page URL (must begin with `https://`) | `"https://{host}:5281/invites_page?{invite.token}"` |
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42 | invites_registration_page | The format of an invite registration page URL (may be relative to invites_page)| `"register?t={invite.token}&c={app.id}"` |
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43 | | | site_name | The friendly name of the server| `"example.com"` |
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45 The `invites_page` and `invites_registration_page` options are templates
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46 that support a number of variables. The most useful being `{host}` and
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47 `{invite.token}`.
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49 All the usual [HTTP configuration options](https://prosody.im/doc/http)
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50 can be used to configure this module. In particular, if you run Prosody
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51 behind a reverse proxy such as nginx or Apache, you will probably want
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52 to set `http_external_url` so that Prosody knows what URLs should look
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53 like for users.