Is it possible to do away with the confirmation email, and just auto approve an account once they complete the signup form? If this can be done, how do you do it exactly?
Is it possible to do away with the confirmation email, and just auto approve an account once they complete the signup form? If this can be done, how do you do it exactly?
I looked into this a few versions back and at the time it had to be hacked out. You can use a plugin to minimize the hacks but a few edits were unavoidable. I'm not if it's the same now or not.
Btw, this isn't a plugin issue so I'm moving this to the discussion forum.
can you please direct me to the steps, and the plugin you are referring to, to be able to eliminate the email confirmation for setting up an account, and instead auto approve when someone signsup for a blog account?
thanks for your time.
Tony V
I'm afraid I don't have a step by step guide. I just looked through the code a while back to see what would have do be done. The plugin I was referring to doesn't exist either. I was just saying that some of necessary changes could be made via a plugin to minimize hacks.
Had a thought. When the user gets dropped into the "You need to check your email and click on the link" page, why not just produce the URL on that page and tell to user to either click on it or autoload/forward onto that URL?
by the way drmike, we did look into that but the email is still generated with the activation link, and you know as well as I do, that someone is going to click that link even if they get forwarded or a link is provided. so we did away with the activation email, and now just the one welcome email with login info and any other edited text I want gets sent. Works like a charm.
Tony V
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Erstwhile founder — 24th April 2009 #
Hiya,
I looked into this a few versions back and at the time it had to be hacked out. You can use a plugin to minimize the hacks but a few edits were unavoidable. I'm not if it's the same now or not.
Btw, this isn't a plugin issue so I'm moving this to the discussion forum.
Thanks,
Andrew
Member — 27th April 2009 #
can you please direct me to the steps, and the plugin you are referring to, to be able to eliminate the email confirmation for setting up an account, and instead auto approve when someone signsup for a blog account?
thanks for your time.
Tony V
Erstwhile founder — 27th April 2009 #
Hiya,
I'm afraid I don't have a step by step guide. I just looked through the code a while back to see what would have do be done. The plugin I was referring to doesn't exist either. I was just saying that some of necessary changes could be made via a plugin to minimize hacks.
You're best bet is to hire someone.
Thanks,
Andrew
Keeper of the Dark Chocolate — 27th April 2009 #
Had a thought. When the user gets dropped into the "You need to check your email and click on the link" page, why not just produce the URL on that page and tell to user to either click on it or autoload/forward onto that URL?
Member — 28th April 2009 #
thanks, I got a rent a coder to do it.
Member — 1st May 2009 #
by the way drmike, we did look into that but the email is still generated with the activation link, and you know as well as I do, that someone is going to click that link even if they get forwarded or a link is provided. so we did away with the activation email, and now just the one welcome email with login info and any other edited text I want gets sent. Works like a charm.
Tony V
Member — 23rd August 2009 #
Hi Tony,
Do you mind sharing how you were able to take care of this?
Erstwhile founder — 23rd August 2009 #
Hiya,
Have you take a look at this plugin yet?:
http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/remove-email-verification-from-signup
Thanks,
Andrew
Member — 23rd August 2009 #
That worked. Danke.
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