And I mean "Use 'Email Notification' by default?"
It defaults to on for some weird reason and me no like. How to set that to off when people register?

Probably by altering the templates by putting the 'checked' to the No checkbox, rather then the Yes one. I will have a looksy in the admin control panel's style manager, back in 5.

Back: It is the register template.

<td class="alt1">
<label for="rb_emailnotification_1"><input type="radio" name="options[emailnotification]" value="1" id="rb_emailnotification_1" $emailnotificationchecked[1] />Yes</label>
<label for="rb_emailnotification_0"><input type="radio" name="options[emailnotification]" value="0" id="rb_emailnotification_0" $emailnotificationchecked[0] />No</label>
</td>

Modify this to your needs (not sure how it is done in the quick registration though)

Thanks floris :)

I changed that same template before and it didn't work. I was looking for the value="blah" and couldn't find it in those same lines. It's kinda hard to believe :o

I switched the value= things and that works.

Then did a search through my templates for "options[emailnotification]" (search templates is definitely darn cool), and look what templates turned up for editing:
register_quick
registeradult_global
registercoppa_global

I would not check "No" be default during registration, let the users go into their control panel and change the setting once registered if they desire. The e-mail notification is a great feature; not only does it give notification to a question posted but it is a great reminder to continually drive returning traffic.

Just my opinion,
Scott Z.

Well, if people want notifications then they can subscribe to threads and forums. Now they get emailed all the time once they post somewhere.
And they can still set the thing to yes when they register, or later on.

I'm not worried about return traffic. If people really like the place then they return by themselves. If not, well... *shrugs*

Yeah, it can go either way.
*Set to yes, they change to No, Set to no, they change to Yes.*

Did floris' code send you in the right direction?

Personal preferences... We should all turn into Borgs and get it over with :D


And yes, floris did help me. Like I said, I was in that template before, and just didn't see the value to change. Sometimes it helps if someone just sends you back to where you were before.

It is a personal preference and I am glad my suggestion helped.

I have to go with Mike, think its best to set this option to "no" as standard for new users. Butt it also depends on what kind of community it is. If its mean goal is helping people and a place to ask questions it might be handy to set the standard to yes.

I have done a poll on this on a site with 15.000 members and we almost had a 50/50 result. I think it is like most choices in life, one personal would set it like this and the other differently.

I think for this web site, I'd like to have it on by default, the end-user has an option to turn it off anyway.