How Do I Make New "Free" Members Need To Click A Link In Email To Confirm?

[Anonymous]

Currently my free members just register, and they immediately receive an email saying “Your registration is now complete”.

I would prefer that they receive an email with a link to click on to confirm.

How do I set that up please?

Thank you.

[mbrsolution]

Hi Mary, at present you need the Form Builder addon when adding free membership accounts.

Regards

[Anonymous]

Thanks mbr. I don’t need the Form Builder for building a form, but I don’t mind spending the money on it to have the benefit of that link. It’s a good investment.

BTW, I don’t think I told you that I believe all the problems I had before with SM and Membership2 Pro were due to my server on GoDaddy. I had other problems too that I would fix and then something else would go wrong, but through a very strange series of coincidences I ended up changing servers, and everything has been running perfectly ever since. Hallelujah! I wasted a whole year but things are good now.

I’m now with OVH, I have 8 GB RAM for less money than I was paying GoDaddy for 4 GB, AND big bonus, GoDaddy charges $5.98/mo US for a dedicated IP. These guys charge $3 per IP – one time only – no monthly fees. It means that all of my client’s can have their own dedicated IP.

Anyway, I will invest in the Form Builder. Thanks again for all your help!!!!

[mbrsolution]

Hi Mary, I am happy to hear that you finally solved your issues.

I think in the future the developers will add that option to the Free membership signup. But I am not sure. However the Form Builder addon gives you lots of fields you might consider adding in the future. So all in all it is a good investment for the money you pay.

My humble opinion.

Kind regards

[Anonymous]

I’m sure it is. Thank you again!

[Anonymous]

I have purchased and installed the Form Builder but at this point it doesn’t send an email link for confirmation. It says my registration is complete. No email.

I am on your support site at http://mbrsolution.com/wordpress/wordpress-simple-membership-form-builder.php but am still a little confused re instructions for Confirmation and Notification.

Confirmation says “After someone submits a form, you can control what is displayed.” Currently it says “Registration is complete” and that’s how I did my test.

Please Note: I tried submitting the form without all the required fields filled in. I got the message that “Registration is complete”, although I couldn’t login. Instead, I should have received notification that the required fields were not filled in.

So should this message be changed to “Look for an email with a link to click”? and then how do I generate that link?

I assume this has to do with the Notification / Confirmation Email but then what is the point of the Confirmation Email if it comes before the link is clicked?

Sorry for my confusion. What am I missing?

Also, by using this form, will it use the same fields as my buddypress profile fields?

[mbrsolution]

Hi Mary, I forgot to update that part in the tutorial. Currently the Free signup does not send a confirmation e-mail with a link. But you can redirect all the sign ups to a link with some instructions, for example. This is something that the plugin developers will probably address sometime in the future.

In regards to BuddyPress profile fields, I think not. You might want to create a premium support ticket.

Let me know if you need more help.

Regards

[Anonymous]

But I thought you were saying that I needed to buy the Form Builder to have this feature. That was the reason I bought it.

[mbrsolution]

Perhaps that was my mistake. What I should have mentioned is that the Form Builder addon provides you with two options when Free members sign up.

1. Settings -> Confirmation
2. Settings -> Notification

Both option above will help you further, which is more than the simple membership form provides. However as in my previous comment above I did state that the Free sign up does not send a confirmation e-mail with a link like the premium sign up. I also stated that this is something that the developers will probably address some time in the future.

I do apologies for the misleading or wrong information. You should be able to apply for a refund for the Form Builder addon.

My apologies.

Regards

[Anonymous]

Not a problem my friend. I will apply for a refund.

Thank you!

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