frontend users validation processing

[lundy]

I want my site to have front end users able to register.  

Question:

How should I handle registration information that is unvalidated?  My idea was to make a sub group of pages called unvalidated users, and once they validate move them to validated users.

Or I could name them unvalidated_username, and then rename it

Or I could have a field checkbox for validatation.

I guess in each of these scenarios, there would need to be some cleanup work... if a user stays unvalidated for x many weeks, delete the page?

How would you do this.  I expect to have thousands of front end users so I don't want to do anything manually.

And yes, this is my first time building a custom dynamic website of any sort, so I have no prior experience with handling unvalidated users.

Many thanks, aloha.

[Macrura]

tough one; have you considered using a different system that already has advanced front-end user management, like drupal, wordpress, joomla etc..

[lundy]

I am thinking about it.  I like processwire, I just wish there was a module for register/login/reset.  At the rate I'm headed, it will be a while before I can program that in PHP myself.

[adrian]

There is this module:

http://modules.processwire.com/modules/frontend-user-profile/

There are also these posts:

http://processwire.com/talk/topic/1716-integrating-a-member-visitor-login-form/

http://processwire.com/talk/topic/107-custom-login/

http://processwire.com/talk/topic/2937-creating-a-front-end-admin/