Case study – customizing the user registration email

In this case study, we are going to customize the email message that the user receives after registering to our website. This scenario is one in which users register by themselves to the website without the need for account approval either by administrators or users.

In the Mail Templates feature, filter by Extensions and select Users, as shown in Figure 10.5:

Figure 10.5 – Mail Templates | Extensions – Users

In the list of emails, find the one named Users: New account without activation, as highlighted in Figure 10.6:

Figure 10.6 – Mail Templates | Detail

To start editing it, click on the English flag. The edit screen will look as follows:

Figure 10.7 – Mail Templates | Edit new account without activation email

Now, we can customize the email template. Let’s start by changing the email’s Subject...