Coders Refuge Forums: Simple Validating Message

Sometimes, new members (especially those new to forums) may not always be aware they need to validate their account. I used to have a simple message back on 2.x.x to help them and have now done something similar for IP.Board 3.

It's a very simple skin edit to create a box with a reminder message in it.

ACP > Look / Feel > Manage Skin Sets / Templates > (choose skin) > Manage Templates / CSS > Global Templates > GlobalTemplate >

Scroll down about 3/4 of the way down that template and find:

			<div id='content' class='clear'>
				<a id='j_content'></a>
				<if test="mainpageContent:|:$html">{$html}</if>
				<br class='clear' />
			</div>

Add this above, after the closing div on a new line:

<!-- validating message-->
<if test="authenticating:|:$this->memberData['member_group_id'] == $this->settings['auth_group']">
<div align='center'>
<br /><div class='general_box' style='width: 75%;'>
<h3><img src='{$this->settings['img_url']}/comment_new.png'> Thank you for registering!</h3>
<div align='center'><br /><strong>As part of the registration process, we require you to validate your email address. You will need to do this before you can post.</strong>
<br /><br />Please check your inbox for your validation email from us and click the link provided in it. If you did not receive this, please <a href="{parse url="app=core&amp;module=global&amp;section=register&amp;do=reval" base="public"}" title='{$this->lang->words['resend_val']}'><strong>Click Here</a></strong> to resend it.<br /><br />
</div></div></div><br />
</if>
<!-- end of validating message -->

Save the template.

This is the simple message all validating members will now see, along with the extra link to click for a new email if required. You can easily customise the message (for example by allowing validating members to post in a certain forum) as required.