I seem to have solved this problem by adding the plugin called Higher Walls. So far it's working the way I want it to, so for now I'm going to leave it alone.

It seems I was a bit hasty in declaring this problem solved. The Higher Walls plugin certainly does close all access to the site. It does it so well, new invitees cannot even register! I've gone from no security to total security and nothing in between!

I'm still looking for some help on removing the double image when using the walled garden plugin.

Also anyone who has some knowledge of the Higher Walls plugin to see why it locks out new invited members from even registering.

I've managed to get rid of the double image by not using the walledgarden that comes with the siteaccess plugin. In fact I disabled the entire siteaccess plugin and installed the invitations plugin. The double image is gone, and the site is totally secured, that is no one not logged can see anything beyond the main page, which is what I was looking for. But the problem still exists that registration is impossible since clicking on the registration link tells the visitor that he must be logged in to see that page.

Any ideas anyone?

Well... Here is how I approached a solution... Personally speaking I created a mod with all my customizations and options and included this in the start.php... I am not using any security plugin except siteaccess with walled garden disabled... BTW, Higher Walls turns off registration! Hope this helps :)

register_elgg_event_handler('pagesetup','system','mysite_restrict_access');

function mysite_restrict_access()

{

  global $CONFIG;

 

  $allow = array();

  $allow[] = $CONFIG->url;

  $allow[] = "http://example.com/pg/expages/read/About/";

  $allow[] = "http://example.com/pg/expages/read/About";

  $allow[] = "http://example.com/pg/expages/read/Terms/";

  $allow[] = "http://example.com/pg/expages/read/Terms";

  $allow[] = "http://example.com/pg/expages/read/Privacy/";

  $allow[] = "http://example.com/pg/expages/read/Privacy";

 

  if (!in_array(strtolower(trim(current_page_url())), array_map('strtolower', $allow)))

    gatekeeper();

}

Update: Probably you need to the pages with www.example.com or other variations if needed.

@Khaled
intewesting code ;-)
i can recreate the whole plugin from yr code snippet ;;) 
but...
why don't you just post yr plugin anyway ?
if you not want to.. understood ;-)

@Dhruva :)

A plugin to secure the site... Only few public sites can be viewed and the other pages will require login.

http://community.elgg.org/pg/plugins/afiouni/read/479029/log-in-required

@K

thx

a new twist on "walled garden"

;-)

@K...

until you "allow comments.." on yr plugin's page lolz ;-) I had a peek into yr code.. rather very interesting coding and extensibility style ! I hope more people download and check this out -- even though a little bit of coding may be required to extend the functionality, I believe that this may help some people cure some headaches they are having with the other, heavier plugins.

@Khaled Afiouni

Very Nice Plugin!!! Exactly what I needed for my Site. Since I'm not a Dev-Geek, can you help me, setting the profile Pages also as allowed pages in the Code?

What Code should I add, so that a not registered user can see the Profile Pages of my Site?

Thank you indeed for our help!!!!