We currently have only two users in our network. We need more members to be able to make connections. One way to create more users is to repeat the steps laid out in Chapter 3, Remote Installation and Managing User Profiles. However, as web developers, we have other options to generate users for testing purposes.
After migrating our site to a remote host, we need to know how our users will interact with each other. The foobla Users Generator (or JLord Users Generator) is a Joomla! component that provides us with the ability to generate users for testing purposes. The component can be found under the Joomla! extensions on the Joomla! website: http://extensions.joomla.org. Click on Communities & Groupware | User Management | Users Generator to access the component. You can visit the official foobla website to download the component at http://foobla.com/products/ free-joomla-extensions/foobla-users-generator-for-joomla.html.
We will create test users through the following...