List of questions

[Dillon]

I have a few questions i hope i can remember them all.

First, how do i make it so that everyones newsletter setting is set to yes by default. That way i know everyone receives the important messages unless they otherwise state. Second, How would i add more fields to fill out on the registration page either required or optional and last(i think) is how would i go about adding like a default avatar for members?

[kurt]

In phpMyAdmin set the dd_users.newsletter field to "yes" for default. That would be legally dangerous though as the law requires them to do a double sign up for newsletters.

In the templates folder, which ever template is being used. For 2.0, edit signup.php. For 2.1 edit signup.php and signup_emailcheck.php. You would need to edit the form and where it accepts the info back and enters it into the database.

The way I did it when I was altering the code for a site was to edit where it read the user's info and if it found the avatar field empty, it set a default for it. Plus I uploaded a default picture to be used naturally.

That help?

[Dillon]

yes it does but also for the newsletters wouldnt it be ok if i put at the bottom of them like disable newsletters in your user panel or something and also put a newsletter check box on the user sign up that is at default checked?

[kurt]

That has to be put in the newsletter anyways(by US law, you must give them in the newsletter the means to unsubscribe in the newsletter each time). No, as far as I have learned, the person recieving the newsletter MUST double verify that they want it. They must first sign up for it(first), then verify it a second time by clicking on a link in a verification email or something. Or, "Go to jail, directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200." You set it to automatically sign the person up on registration and you better hope neither you, your site, nor your domain name are anywhere under US federal jurisdiction, or you're begging for trouble.

[Frank]

Is suspect that Kurt is right, but as each country has it's own privacy acts and penalties then one would need to consider the laws of the country they reside in before doing anything.

Anyway, I for one would be livid if anyone automatically signed me up for a Newsletter or any other means that would deliver what could be regarded as unwanted spam.