XF 2.1 Welcome emails or redirects

[Jon12345]

On my old vBulletin forum, when a member joined I would point them to a particular forum post where I list what they should do. Is this possible with Xenforo?

 

[djbaxter]

You can include the link in the welcome email or welcome conversation.

There is also an add-on that does this:

[OzzModz] Force Users To Read Threads

au lait submitted a new resource: Force to read a thread (STFRT2) - Force a user to read a thread before he can perform further actions in the forum. They have created rules for your forum in a thread, but nobody reads them? Then use this add-on. It forces users to read a particular thread and...

xenforo.com

Now @au lait has retired but has apparently passed on the addons to another coder. See if you can still download a copy of that.

 

[Jon12345]

Thank you for the recommendation. I will try to find the other coder.

Can I ask, when I click the Confirm your email button on signup, it takes me to a page that says Page Not Found. Have I missed out a setting or something?

 

[djbaxter]

Thank you for the recommendation. I will try to find the other coder.

Can I ask, when I click the Confirm your email button on signup, it takes me to a page that says Page Not Found. Have I missed out a setting or something?

I would guess yes. Check to see what URL it is trying to find. It may have something to do with your basic settings as well - see your other thread on that.

 

[Jon12345]

Ok, thank you. I will look into that, and the million other things I'm tweaking!

 

[Jon12345]

Ok, I had a look at the Confirm button url. On my test user, it was this: https://www.access-programmers.co.u...mation/newboy.149607/email?c=w0UeJvoUaNhr4u7C

You can see what happens when you click it.

 

[djbaxter]

That URL is wrong. There is no .xf after forums. Your forums are set up at https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/

 

[Jon12345]

Ah, good spot. I think I must have setup the forums and before switching it live added that user. Might explain it. Will test with another user. Appreciate your good eye!

 

[kelle67]

Why you don't use a welcome pm instead of email.
Then you don't need an addon, xf brings everything with it.

 

[Jon12345]

Good idea @kelle67. Maybe I could do both. If someone comes straight to the site from the confirm email link, then they may not notice the PM for a while, so I would prefer a different solution. But I haven't seen the confirmation page yet, because of an issue with that. I will sign up again.

 

[Jon12345]

I managed to fix my issue with signing up and now I see the page you get after clicking the confirm registration button in the email for new users.

The page I land on is very basic. I would love to add a button saying, "Read this first". Then it would take them to a sticky thread I have that tells them how to use the forums. Better would be some redirect, but failing that, is there a way to add a Read this first button?

 

[Mr Lucky]

Why you don't use a welcome pm instead of email.
Then you don't need an addon, xf brings everything with it.

You don't need an addon for welcome email either

then they may not notice the PM for a while,

I have found this to often be the case so I prefer the welcome email.

The page I land on is very basic. I would love to add a button saying, "Read this first".

I use a big fat notice for new users to do this.

 

[djbaxter]

I use a big fat notice for new users to do this.

This is a clear and blatant example of fat shaming for the notices community. There are laws against that now.

 

[Mr Lucky]

This is a clear and blatant example of fat shaming for the notices community. There are laws against that now.

Lucky I didn't emntion the colour or gender, or sexual orientation of the notice then.

 

[Jon12345]

I use a big fat notice for new users to do this.

Your fat notice interests me! Where do you go to set that up for a new signup?

 

[Mr Lucky]

In the ACP > Communication > Notices I just set the user criteria for no more than 0 posts. Not exactly new signups but sort of what you might want.

 

[Jon12345]

Ok, that is close but not quite what I wanted.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Ok, that is close but not quite what I wanted.

I know, but as long as the notice is dismissable I think it doesn't really matter if some long time users with 0 posts also see it.

 

[Jon12345]

@djbaxter That add-on that you recommended, do you know who the other coder is who took it over?

 

[djbaxter]

No. I haven't seen an announcement since the one on the Xenmade site.