[wpmu-trac] [WordPress MU Trac] #677: Automatically disable redirection to signup page when signups are disabled

[WordPress MU Trac]

#677: Automatically disable redirection to signup page when signups are disabled
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 Reporter:  jeremyclarke  |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  defect        |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  WPMU 2.0
Component:  component1    |     Version:  2.0     
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:          
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 [re: conversation in #wpmu irc on jul 14 '08]

 It seems that even if new signups are disabled on a wpmu install 404
 errors are still forwarded to the signups page (i.e. they are treated as
 'blogs that haven't been created yet' rather than 404's). This is
 unhelpful as you just get:

 "Greetings Site Administrator! You are currently allowing 'none'
 registrations. To change or disable registration go to your Options page."

 or

 "Registration has been disabled."

 rather than a 404 message which is what most users/admins would want and
 expect.

 It would be great if this forwarding were disabled when signups were
 disabled.

 There is currently a constant in wpmu-settings.php that controls the
 behavior, which is pretty user-unfriendly as a solution. Seems like it
 might be good to remove it from there, define it automatically based on
 the signup setting, and let people define it manually as a constant in wp-
 config.php if they want to, that way they can override the new behavior if
 they want to for some reason (like if the signups are only temporarily
 disabled).

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