Drupal was made for community web sites but it lacks some of the most important features that a site like that requires.
One of those features (for a new site) is to be notified when someone registers so you can check out their profile, welcome them to the community and generally get the ball rolling.
As an example, I run a free article directory and I like keeping tabs on new users so that I can spot a spammer quickly and put an end to the trouble before it even begins!
The solution is a Drupal module called (quite aptly) User registration notification. It's very easy to install and each time someone registers on your site, you get emailed with a link to check out their profile.
Now, on my article site, that means that I also see any articles they've added as they're displayed on their profile.
It's this ability to add simple, focused modules that do their job really well that makes Drupal (like Linux) such a pleasure and so damned flexible! There's nothing you can't do in Drupal!
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Chris Luckhardt is a Canadian web media specialist, working in industry since the late 1990s. Over the course of his career in Canada, Chris has worked with countless technologies, equally splitting his time between the worlds of design and development.
Dhrubajyoti Rakshit (not verified) | Thu, 01/24/2008 - 09:32
Dear Sir,
I am new to Drupal and I dont have much knowledge of Web scripts.
I want to configure my drupal so that any user can get the email with the password at the time of registration in my site made by drupal.
Plz help and if possible plz send me the reply at my mail Id dhrubajyoti_rakshit_online@yahoo.com
Thanking you
Dhrubajyoti Rakshit
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»Norio De Sousa | Thu, 01/24/2008 - 10:10
I'm not sure I understand your query, Dhrubajyoti, but if you're using Drupal 5, go to /admin/user/settings and...
Hi !username!
Thank you for registering at !site. Click here to login: !login_uri
username: !username
password: !password
Enjoy the site!
Sincerely,
The !site team
That should work but, if not, go to http://drupal.org and post a question in the forums. I got plenty of good help from drupal.org when I was just starting out.
Good luck!
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»Guest (not verified) | Sun, 03/23/2008 - 16:59
Thanks for the useful module ! :-)
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»Andrew (not verified) | Tue, 11/04/2008 - 14:54
Hello,
I'm using the 'User Registration Notification' module and it's almost what I need, however the Admin notification email does not contain the newly created users email address. Is there any way I can modify the code so that the new user's email address is in the Admin notification email.
Many thanks
Andrew
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»Norio De Sousa | Wed, 11/05/2008 - 10:22
Edit the .module file and, where the email gets sent, add $user->mail into the email body. I haven't looked at the module so I'm not sure exactly where you'll need to do this but, if you can code PHP, you'll manage to find it.
Post here again if you don't come right.
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