New Member Notification

Hi

I get emails to tell me when a new member has joined which is great,

The email says "A new member, called "Chaz", has joined 4thGearPinned. You can view his or her profile using the following link"

but when i click on the link i get

"Sorry, but this user does not exist."

Please help

yeah this usually happens with me aswell.

You have to go to Administration Panel => User and Groups => Inactive user.
Then activate them
If you haven't activated them, they aren't an account:)

Hi wow what a speedy reply,

i have done what you said but when i go into user and groups , users no one is listed.

i actually went round my friend house and watched him sign up to my forum so i know he does.

any advice please to get this working

So, has your friend signed up to your forum?
And he's NOT appearing in the 'inactive users' list, correct?

Go to 'search users' and see if he is there

Yeah he is listed along with myself.

Go into his account, and go to the bottom of the page, and see if his account is ACTIVE or not.

If he is active, then he can sign into your forum

Also, check out

Admin panel >> Users & Groups(Tab) >> User options > User Activation > chose what one you want to use.


I hope iv helped out,
Darren.

I have checked all the options you have listed, His account is Active.

looked on the activation it says " new accounts activation " and Automatic Activation is highlighted.

Sorry for being a pain, but cant understand why he doesn't appear in inactive users new users column

i dont know if it would help but do you think you should have a go at signing up into my forum and see if it works, totally understand if you dont want to.

ok, so ill explain some thing's.

in the admin panel, under 'inactive users' that is the manual way to activate a user.

When you have "Automatic Activation" a new user does not go through that part of the admin panel, he is automatically activated.

When a user is there in the 'inactive users' list it means that he/she has
A) Not activated their account via the link provided in the email (Under user activation)
OR
B) Requires Administrator activation (Under admin activation)

When a user is not there in the 'inactive users' list, it means the account is active, and they can log into the forum and make posts, PM's ect.

Has this helped?
Do you need it further clarified?

If you would like a quick run though of the Administration Panel, you could check out my Run through of the admin panel (Tutorial)

Also, you could check out the Frequestly asked questions & answers list for additional information.


I hope this has helped,
Darren.

Edit: were not allowed to double post

Edit 2:
I understand why you said why you said on your second post, however I believe we can explain things here, I hope

Thanks Darren

That is a lot clearer now fully understand, the only problem i have is the one i first listed , when i receive an email telling me i have a new member to my forum it says

"A new member, called "Chaz", has joined 4thGearPinned. You can view his or her profile using the following link"

but when i click on the link i get

"Sorry, but this user does not exist."


but i know he does as i watched him sign up earlier tonight to my forum.

please help

Yes, that......

That is a mystery in its self. I do get it on occasion's myself.

There is, no explanation to that, within my grasp of knowledge.
Sorry.

i guess i'll have to wait untill another user signs up to the forum to see if i get the same message. will let you know.

thank you very much for taking time out to answer my questions.

before i created my forum i watched many to see how they all worked and layout, one of the forums i was most impressed with had a list of catergorys like most forums do but say for instance had a catergory about motocross it said in brackets motocross ( 7 viewing) is there an option i can turn on for this to happen, would be nice to know how many people are actually viewing each catergory.

Thanks

Gav

You'll probally have to change versions for that. I don't think that's on ForuMotion thought, so I'm not sure.

hmm....let me check out my test forum

ok, what I think you mean, you can do by:

Admin panel >> Display (Tab) >> Structures & hierarchy >> scroll down to hierarchy > Change "Display view online information box on index :" to "Always"


Its a pleasure helping out mate, and its nothing really

where will this display users online , will it be next to the category.

No, it will be displayed in the forum.

See my screenshot

Thanks Darren

I will check it out tomorrow, you have been a big help, really appreciate your time,

Sounds Daft but i cant wait till my forum kicks off, got high hopes for it.

Gav.

Its nothing mate, its a true please to help you out.
Time is only time, unless its put to good use, and that's something you have helped me do

Draft?

Only The Best things come out of drafts, trust me
(I'm running a 800+ forum from a draft)

Its been a pleasure to help out.



Darren ~ Non-staff helper ~ Have a great day