Send a welcome email to new HumHub members
HumHub's own emails confirm an address or an approval; they do not welcome anyone. This setting sends your own message to every new member right after they create their account.
1. Open the settings
Go to Administration → Modules, find Advanced Registration and click Configure. The settings page has five sections that open one at a time; the first is Email after account registration.
2. Write the email
- Tick Email the user after they register for an account.
- Choose a language in the selector at the top right of the section, then fill in Email subject to send and Email body to send for that language. The body uses HumHub's editor: bold, links, lists and images work.
- Repeat for each language your members use, then save.
Each new member receives the version of their own language. If that language has no text, they receive the one of the platform's default language (Administration → Settings → General). The email is only sent when the subject and the body exist for at least one of these two languages.
3. Tags
The subject and the body can contain tags, replaced for each member:
| Tag | Replaced by |
|---|---|
{firstname}, {lastname} | the member's first and last name |
{userDisplayName} | the name HumHub displays for the member |
{userTitle} | the title field of the profile |
{platformName} | the name of your community |
{platformLogo} | the logo of your community, as an image |
{todayDate} | the date of the day |
{center} … {/center}, {right} … {/right} | centers or right-aligns the text between them |
An example: Welcome to {platformName}, {firstname}! as the subject, then a body with the three first things to do, a link to the space where newcomers introduce themselves, and who to contact.
4. When it is sent
The email goes through HumHub's queue right after the account is created, so it arrives within a minute or two on a community whose queue runs normally. Accounts an administrator creates in Administration → Users go through the same sign-up and receive it too.
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