I cannot continue my testing if new users cannot get validated!!!

Please help!

Thanks,

Ray

Is the new user email validation supposed to work out of the box with the uservalidationeamail plugin?

Somewhere along the way of the email it most likely gets rejected because the sending server (the MTA on your server) is not a gmail server.

By default, Elgg requires a MTA to be configured on the server that handles sending of mails. If the MTA is configured correctly, you wouldn't have to configure anything in Elgg at all. But the MTA on your server might already accept only mail addresses from the server domain as sender address. So, on option you have is to use a mail address from your domain as site email address (e.g. create a mail address like no-reply@yourdomain.url).

The other possibility is to use an Elgg plugin that adds smtp as mail transport protocoll (https://elgg.org/plugins/2624874 might do - the other smpt plugins haven't been updated to work on the recent versions of Elgg unfortunately). Then you should be able to use an external mail address, e.g. from gmail, as site email address.

With regards to validation emails the uservalidationbyemai plugin should work out-of-the-box if sending of emails (like email notifications from Elgg) from your Elgg site works.

So, it seems you already have php 7 installed. If any php package is missing, try it with "php7" instead of "php5" in the package names. Elgg 2.3 is compatible with php 7 and the latest 2.3.x releases already with php 7.2.

@Rayj00, Anything is possible with Elgg Engine. It depends how much you are willing to spend on a web hosting budget. There are several plugins that have been built for Elgg here on Elgg Community and elsewhere that can make your project come true. For example, if you are on a dedicated server, you can host all of your videos within Elgg data folder and let them stream on timeline like Facebook or Elgg activity page without much problem by using YouTube Clone for Elgg plugin  for self hosting videos like Facebook and YouTube videos. OR If you want to do Live Streaming of your videos and comments you can use third parties like VideoWhisper Live Streaming application which might cost you some more money as your Elgg members or users increases.

For the live comments plugins, you can use New Live Notifications Ajax or other Elgg Live Notifications plugins to customize your Elgg site.

There are several Websites which are running on Elgg or started their Facebook or YouTube like sites and now have customized their core codes to accommodate their new user's streaming demands. One of those organizations is Minds .

So, a simple answer for your question "Is this easily doable with Elgg?"

The answer is Yes it can be done with Elgg but it will depend on your hosting budget and how much you are willing to spend to customize your site. 

If you need customization of your Elgg site, ask for help on Elgg Professional Group and someone can pick up your project and help you achieve your dream.

Thanks Tom, that's good news.  I have been trying to get Sngine to do what I want but their code gives me headaches!  

Does Elgg use PHP?  I have not installed yet.

Thanks again.   I am going to give it a shot!

Ray

Elgg uses mainly php. There's also some javascript code but for a start coding in php should cover the basic customization cases. Best would be you just install Elgg and try for yourself.