it doesn't work

[LouNik1984]

What I need:

members of a specific group cannot login directly after registration, they need to be confirmed first. Other groups (such as general) can login directly.

What I did after installing this extension:

I set 'require activation for specific groups only' to yes and chose the group I need to be confirmed, 'Activate new Customer Accounts by Default' to no. I also set email notifications both for admin and customer. Then I created a new account from frontend and:

• notification emails are not sent, only the default magento emails have arrived;
• customer is activated by default, even if it in the group that should be confirmed first, and even with the two options set as above.

So, is the extension not working or do I fail to understand how to set it properly?

[Vinai]

I think the settings you describe are correct. I don't have the time to check myself at the moment, but the code in question can be found in \Netzarbeiter_CustomerActivation_Helper_Data::getDefaultActivationStatus() in the file `htdocs/.modman/customeractivation/app/code/community/Netzarbeiter/CustomerActivation/Helper/Data.php´.

Here it is:

    public function getDefaultActivationStatus($groupId, $storeId)
    {
        $defaultIsActive = Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_DEFAULT_STATUS, $storeId);
        $activateByGroup = Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_DEFAULT_STATUS_BY_GROUP, $storeId);

        if (! $defaultIsActive && $activateByGroup) {
            $notActiveGroups = explode(',', Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_DEFAULT_STATUS_GROUPS, $storeId));
            $isActive = in_array($groupId, $notActiveGroups) ? false : true;
        } else {
            $isActive = $defaultIsActive;
        }

        return $isActive;
    }

I suggest you add some Mage::log(['defaultIsActive' => $defaultIsActive, 'activateByGroup' => $activateByGroup, 'isActive' => $isActive]) statements to see what is going on in var/log/system.log.