Welcome post for new users
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Forum Name: Web Wiz Forums Modifications
Forum Description: Mod's and Add-on's for Web Wiz Forums.
URL: https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=28065
Printed Date: 29 March 2026 at 10:52am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Welcome post for new users
Posted By: TonyM
Subject: Welcome post for new users
Date Posted: 25 November 2009 at 8:52am
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Has anyone written a mod that automatically puts a post up welcoming new users when they register? This is a common feature in many forums so hopefully someone has done this for WWF to save me the trouble of doing it (bit short on time lately) I had a search on here with no luck, but hopefully I missed it. |
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Posted By: 123Simples
Date Posted: 25 November 2009 at 7:55pm
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Hi Tony This mod has been discussed several times, but as has also been said, and I'll try to explain it as well as the original person did (Scotty32) as follows: A new member registers and they get sent a PM saying whatever - hello and welcome to my forum. They don't come back again but that PM is now stored in the database. Not particularly a bit problem, but lets say 100 members have registered and they also did not come back - all you now have is 100 worthless messages taking up database space Keep multiplying that figure and you get the general idea that your database is now being expanded with pointless messages. As a suggestion, why not create a special welcome area, or an announcement area so after users register, then they are automatically redirected to that page. One message all users - problem solved  ------------- http://www.123simples.com/" rel="nofollow - Visit 123 Simples Web Design |
Posted By: TonyM
Date Posted: 27 November 2009 at 12:35am
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Hi MrTWS Thanks for your thoughts on this. I understand your concern relating to wasted space, however as I have just launched the forum this week I am more concerned about ensuring that new members feel comfortable in participating in the site, and having existing members welcome them is a great way of letting them feel more comfortable. The welcome idea you mentioned is a great idea - in fact that's what I have done, in my post above I mention creating a post, not a PM I do have a generic welcome as a sticky in the welcome forum, however the intention is to prompt existing members to say Gday to new members so they don't feel like an outsider - It can be daunting for a lot of people joining a new forum as they see many other people that obviously know each other so they have a tendency to be a passive member - In order for my forum to succeed I need to encourage members to share, and I believe this is a reltively simple yet effective way of doing this (I have allready seen promissing results since doing this manually) I do not intend to use PM's for this - What I wish to do is to programatically add a new post in the welcome forum that I have created. Currently myself or other members are adding a new post for each new member and others replying to that post - what I wish to do is automate that first post and the members will take it from there. I look forwards to having sufficient numbers of members on the forum that I need to start being concerned about storage space! Using the posts as I intend to I can easily prune that forum at a later stage if required. Oh well, I guess nobody else has done this one for WWF, so I'd better make some time to do it as this is an important part of my strategy for getting new members to feel comfortable enough to participate rather than just lurk. Cheers Tony |
Posted By: wistex
Date Posted: 25 December 2009 at 3:46pm
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In my case, new users are directed to a welcome page, and they have a welcome message and a variety of links to chose from, including a link to go to the forum are or page they came from.
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Posted By: snadowitz
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 4:12am
| care to tell us how you "did" this redirect? |
Posted By: Shaun
Date Posted: 24 March 2010 at 11:52pm
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When a new member registers a username, at the bottom of the registration form is a button called "Register" - Change where that redirects you when pressed etc.
So instead of where it takes you to now (as normal), create a custom page and send them there instead. Many thanks and take care, Shaun |
Posted By: dreamboy3000
Date Posted: 31 March 2010 at 3:43pm
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Where is this modifcation found please? Is it possible then to redirect folks who have just registered to say the rules page so they know to read them before doing anything else? Thank you
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