Administrative and Maintenance Tools - User Awaiting Moderation Email Notification

This modification will enable the sending of an email to the email address specified in 'AdminCP > Settings > Options > User Registration Options > Email Address to Notify About User Awaiting Moderation' when a users clicks on the Activation link in the registration email.


INSTALLATION

Go to:

AdminCP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

...and import the 'product-th_moderate_user_email_1-2.xml' file.

Once installed, new options will be available within AdminCP > Settings > Options > User Registration Options allowing you to enable this setting. It will only send the email if the following settings are set to Yes:

- AdminCP > Settings > Options > User Registration Options > Moderate New Members
- AdminCP > Settings > Options > User Registration Options > Verify Email address in Registration

If EITHER of the above settings are set to No, the email will not be sent.

UNINSTALLING

Go to:

AdminCP > Plugins & Products > Manage Products

...and select 'Uninstall' from the dropdown next to the Product.


TRANSLATIONS

The email text uses a new Email Subject Text and Email Body Text Phrase (moderatenewuser). These can be translated within the Phrase Manager into your own language if this is not English.

The AdminCP phrases used are:

- setting_TH_UAME_active_title
- setting_TH_UAME_active_desc
- setting_modnewemail_desc
- setting_modnewemail_title

Note: Although not tested in previous version, given that the code has not changed, it's likely that this will work in previous version including 3.8.x however if there are any issues with previous versions, they will not be supported. If the code changes within the vBulletin core, this product will only be updated for that version onwards.


Versions

1.3 Changed variable names in email body text to account for users ending browser sessions then completing activation.
1.2 Added separate field to allow notifications to be sent to a different address. Removed product dependency.
1.1 Corrected Email Body Text phrase to use AdminCP directory from config.php rather than hard-coded value
1.0 Initial release

Thanks to BirdOfPrey5, Lynne and Paul M for putting me right on some rank stupidity with this...

[Snowhog]

If you can work it in, I think it would be a useful addition to you MOD.

I don't have a problem per se, with vBulletin sending emails to Administrators on new registrations (Users Awaiting Email Confirmation). As we were not getting them prior to adding your MOD, and then finding that our Administrator email address needed to be added to the default field, I 'thought' that we would only receive email notifications when the registration confirmation email was responded to, moving the new member into the Users Awaiting Moderation usergroup.

I don't see any need to have the core code modified. But if your MOD were to include its own email field in which Administrator emails were added and used it instead, then we get the best of both worlds.

I'm a picky guy, and I like 'perfection'. Your MOD is a very useful addition to our forum, and if you incorporate my suggestion, then IMO, your MOD would be dang near perfect!

[Bluemax712]

I've been using Fractilizer's - Show Items Awaiting Moderation on vB 4.1.12
which shows items in the notification area - but doesn't email the moderators
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=241301

Do you see any problem/conflicts running Fractilizer's and this mod together?

Thanks

Update:
whoops - I was hoping this would send email to mods anytime there is something awaiting moderation
but after rereading looks like it is only for new user notification.

Any way you can adopt this to work with Fractilizer's to send email
whenever there is something in the moderation queue?

[Trevor Hannant]

Haven't tried that one but can't think of there being any issue

[Bluemax712]

I wish all contributors were as quick to respond as you are

You responded before I had a chance to get my update in - is it possible to have it email whenever there is anything in the moderation queue?

Thnks again

[Trevor Hannant]

It's only designed to work with the Registration process. To have a generic moderation email notification would require a different plugin

[Bluemax712]

dang - just what I didn't want to hear :-(
Appreciate your time though

[Snowhog]

Tevor Hannant@

Thank you! Just uninstalled ver 1.1 and installed v1.2. Put our Admin emails into the 'new' field and removed them from the original. Now we will just get email notifications when a new member actually requires moderation.

Most appreciated.

[Trevor Hannant]

No problem

[Snowhog]

Well, there seems to be a problem.

I had removed the email addresses of our Administrators from the 'original' field and put them in the 'new' field, and ensured that Moderate New Members' AND 'Verify Email address in Registration' settings MUST be set to Yes the other day.

There were seven new members in the Users Awaiting Moderation usergroup this evening, but I had no email notifications for them.

Is there something I've missed, or is there a problem with the MOD?

[Trevor Hannant]

Can you give me a screenshot of your User Registration Options - I can't recreate it based on what I think you've got there...