Send an Invite Link from the Frontend

Invite Links let an authorized frontend manager invite a person to finish their own Joomla account setup. The manager chooses an administrator-approved Invite Pack; QCFUM controls the linked Profile, expiration, email behavior, approval rules, and secure token handling.

Basic and higher tiers include Invite Links. The frontend account must have the QCFUM Invite permission, and the selected Pack and its linked Profile must both be usable on the current Effective tier.

Send the Invitation

  1. Open Invitations in the unified Dashboard, then choose Send Invite.
  2. Enter the invitee email and optional name.
  3. Choose an active Invite Pack. QCFUM rejects a Pack whose linked Profile is unpublished or unavailable on the current tier.
  4. Submit the invitation. QCFUM refuses an invalid email or an email already used by a Joomla user.
  5. Review Manage Invites or Tracker, when your account has tracking permission, to confirm the resulting status and delivery state.

Approval Changes Delivery Timing

If Invite Link issuance requires approval, QCFUM stores the Invite Link with status pending and does not send it. An authorized reviewer must approve it first; approval generates a fresh secure token, sends the invitation when the Pack allows email, and changes the status to sent.

Without issuance approval, QCFUM creates the active token immediately, stores only its hash, marks the invite sent, and sends the configured invitation email when send_invite_email is enabled.

The Frontend Does Not Hand the Secret Link to Staff

The current create-invite result intentionally returns no raw Invite Link for the frontend manager to copy. QCFUM delivers the tokenized setup URL through the invitation email workflow. Use the built-in Nudge/Resend controls for later delivery rather than exposing the secret token in notes or messages.

Verify the Invitation

  • Confirm the intended Invite Pack and recipient are shown in Manage Invites/Tracker.
  • For an approval-required invite, confirm the recipient receives nothing until approval.
  • For an immediately sent invite, verify the recipient receives the configured email and expiration.
  • Do not test by copying token values out of the database; use the real recipient workflow.

Community Discussion

Want to compare Joomla user-onboarding workflows, share practical QCFUM tips, or discuss how other administrators use this feature? Visit the QC Frontend User Manager Community. For private support, bug reports, account-specific entitlement problems, or feature requests, use the QuantaCade support system.