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The User Sign-Up Email Template

Important! Emails created using the User Sign-Up Email template are all sent as plain-text. You should not include HTML in this template.

This template is used by both the User Sign-Up process and the Recover Password process. When a visitor to your site creates a user account using the User Sign-Up process, or requests that a new password is sent via email, this template is used to create the email containing the new login details.

BLOCK {newuser} and BLOCK {newpassword}

These two blocks are used to display different messages for each email sent. As you might expect, the {newuser} block is populated when the user sign-up process runs, and the {newpassword} block is populated from the recover password process.

Both of these blocks have all the placeholders available to them which are available in the main body of the email. See the table at the foot of this page for the full list.

This is an automated email from {site_name}.

<!--  BLOCK {newuser} -->
  The user account you requested has been set up for you. To log in,
  visit <{site_address}content/login> and enter the
  following details:
<!-- /BLOCK {newuser} -->

<!-- BLOCK {newpassword} -->
  Here is the new password you requested for the user {username}.
  Your previous password is no longer valid.
<!-- /BLOCK {newpassword} -->

Email messages for new users and recovered passwords in the User Sign-Up Email template.

BLOCK {privilege}

If the user has requested access to a privileged zone during the sign-up process, BLOCK {privilege} will be populated to inform the user that their request has been received.

<!-- BLOCK {privilege} -->
  Your request for access to site section: {title}, has been
  received and you will be notified by email as soon as it has
  been resolved.
<!-- /BLOCK {privilege} -->

Reporting requested privileged access in the User Sign-Up Email template.

The other placeholders available for use in this template are mostly to provide courtesy features. The full list of placeholders is provided in the table below.

Placeholder Output
BLOCK {newuser} This block is shown if the email is sent as a result of a new user sign-up.
BLOCK {newpassword} This block is shown if the email is sent as a result of a password recovery request.
BLOCK {privilege} This block is shown if the user has requested access to a privileged zone.
{title} BLOCK {privilege}: Displays a the title of the requested zone.
{username} This user's username.
{password} The newly-created password for this user account.
{salutation} The salutation/title of this user.
{f_name} The user's first name.
{l_name} The user's last name.