• KeyDog
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Topic: Welcome.tpl

I'd like to change the welcome.tpl for this site as follows;
does anyone see a problem in this? 


Subject: Welcome to <board_title>!

Dear <username>,

Thank you for registering in the forums 
at <base_url>. 

====================================================
Your username on the forums is:

<username>

====================================================
To complete your registration, you need to set a password 
for your account here:

<activation_url>

====================================================

Warning
********

Your account will be automatically deleted if you set either
- a website
- a signature

WITHOUT having ever posted in the forum.

Furthermore we reserve the right to put the 
URI / URL you put in website/signature on a blacklist.

Thank you for your understanding.

====================================================

-- 
<board_mailer>
(Do not reply to this message)

2 Reply by Grez

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Re: Welcome.tpl

Or... there could be an extension, which would disallow people adding signatures and urls websites without any posts  smile

Guess that would be better, than such email, right? smile

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  • KeyDog
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Re: Welcome.tpl

Yes that probably would be a more popular approach ! smile
/admin/groups.php?edit_group=3
that's where such a feature option would be added right?

IF you make such an extension would be very cool big_smile

4 Reply by Grez

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Re: Welcome.tpl

KeyDog wrote:

/admin/groups.php?edit_group=3
that's where such a feature option would be added right?

IMO it's not necessary, I guess in 99% times you'd like to block signatures and web as well so you don't need any option at all. I think I'll make it all directly in the code  smile (Yup, I'm lazy big_smile)

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Re: Welcome.tpl

It seems some forum admins/owners don't mind having "lurkers" (people registering but not asking questions) on their boards. But why those users need signatures or weblinks I don't really understand, so I agree with you.

Okay, just been thinking about it. How about if you have a forum where users can PM others, then maybe they want that info in signature or profile and it would be legit.

An option - on default set to block - would be cleaner?