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...

[Trevor Hannant]

Originally Posted by Flibnipktz

Hi, We've opted to use this instead of the welcome email, and it works well. However I'd like to edit some of the text in this email format, where can I do that?

The email body text can be found in the phrase 'moderatenewuser'

[Trevor Hannant]

Originally Posted by Snowhog

I want to modify the email notification message to reflect the following:

The following user is awaiting moderation:

$bbuserinfo[username]

Please visit this link to moderate this user:

$vboptions[bburl]/$admincpdir/user.php?do=moderate

View member profile: $memberlink

Check IP location in Melissa: http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/iplocation.asp?ipaddress=$ipaddress

Check for Spam (email): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$email
Check for Spam (name): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$username
Check for Spam (IP): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$ipaddress

Thank you

This 'works', except that the contents of the variables $email, $username, and $ipaddress don't appear in the email that I get. Why?

I know this is an old post - apologies that I've not seen it until now...

Those variables, as far as I remember, will only be populated when a user is logged in. When they register, they are effectively logged in (without a remember me option/function). If they leave that browser instance open, then when they click on the link to verify their email address, they will still be "logged in" and the variables populated and passed to the email text.

If they close their browser and then click the link in the email, they won't be logged in although the link will correctly set them from "Awaiting email verification" to "Awaiting Moderation". As such, the variables are empty and cannot be passed into the email text (hence why $bbuserinfo[username] will show as 'Unregistered' or something along that line".

If I can find some time, I'll look to see if there's another way to process these so that the details are picked up and passed to the email although I can't promise that or when...

[Trevor Hannant]

Snowhog, if you're still using the mod, this should work for you:

The following user is awaiting moderation:

$userinfo[username]

Please visit this link to moderate this user:

$vboptions[bburl]/$admincpdir/user.php?do=moderate

View member profile: $memberlink

Check IP location in Melissa: http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/iplocation.asp?ipaddress=$userinfo[ipaddress]

Check for Spam (email): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$userinfo[email]
Check for Spam (name): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$userinfo[username]
Check for Spam (IP): http://www.stopforumspam.com/search?q=$userinfo[ipaddress]

Thank you

[Trevor Hannant]

Updated to 1.3 to change the username variable to allow for those coming back to activate in a new browser session.

[Flibnipktz]

H'm... thanks for the quick reply. However, after some searching, discovered it under moderation_validated. Not sure if that's a recent change or edit? Anyway, looks like I'm on my way. Thanks-

[Trevor Hannant]

'moderation_validated' isn't part of this mod, it's been a phrase in the default vB language file for a long time

[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by Trevor Hannant

Snowhog, if you're still using the mod, this should work for you:

The Melissa query no longer passes the IP address - it just opens the Melissa IP Lookup page.

Check IP location in Melissa:  http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/iplocation.asp?ipaddress=59.89.35.201

Anyone know of another site that would pass the IP string as Melissa used to do?

[Trevor Hannant]

Seems most now require an account for this

[djbaxter]

Actually you can use your choice of:

http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/$ipaddress
http://www.ip2location.com/free.asp?$ipaddress
http://www.ip-tracker.org/locator/ip-lookup.php?ip=$ipaddress

[Trevor Hannant]

Hmmm, might add those in to it later...