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<\/p>\nUsing the Language Editor, you can change\u00a0your Ning Network’s\u00a0welcome message (and just about every other word on your network). The welcome message is the email\u00a0that new members receive upon joining your network. It’s often the first interaction members have with your Ning Network, so making it unique is a great idea!<\/p>\n
To customize the welcome message, go to your My Network tab and click on “Language Editor” under the Settings section. Click the “Edit” button next to the language you use on your network to open up a search field for all\u00a0text on the network.<\/p>\n
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At the top left of the next page,\u00a0you’ll notice\u00a0a search box under the heading “Original Text.” Type in the text you would like to change. To locate the text of the welcome message,\u00a0enter “welcome email” in the space provided and click “Search.”<\/p>\n
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This search will return all of the text that\u00a0is used\u00a0for your welcome message. You can edit the text in the boxes on the right-hand side.\u00a0The characters “%2$s” in the message represent the name of your Ning Network.<\/strong>\u00a0Use these characters wherever you would like the name of your Ning Network to appear.<\/p>\n The highlighted boxes above\u00a0contain all of the text in your welcome message to new members on your network. If\u00a0your\u00a0network\u00a0has member moderation turned on,\u00a0in your welcome message, the text “Welcome to %2$s! There are %1$s simple things you can do to get started:” (the second highlighted box\u00a0above) is replaced by the text\u00a0“Congratulations! Your %2$s membership has been approved. There are %1$s simple things you can do to get started:”. This\u00a0text\u00a0can also be changed and is\u00a0located below the box containing the “Thanks!”\u00a0text.<\/p>\n While you can\u00a0customize the text for each section of the welcome message, make sure to provide some instance of text in each space provided.<\/strong><\/p>\n Click on the “Save Page” button when you are done editing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Using the Language Editor, you can change\u00a0your Ning Network’s\u00a0welcome message (and just about every other word on your network). The welcome message is the email\u00a0that new members receive upon joining your network. It’s often the first interaction members have with your Ning Network, so making it unique is a great idea! At the top left of the next page,\u00a0you’ll notice\u00a0a search box under the heading “Original Text.” Type in the text you would like to change. To locate the text of the welcome message,\u00a0enter “welcome email” in the space provided and click “Search.”<\/p>\n This search will return all of the text that\u00a0is used\u00a0for your welcome message. You can edit the text in the boxes on the right-hand side.\u00a0The characters “%2$s” in the message represent the name of your Ning Network.\u00a0Use these characters wherever you would like the name of your Ning Network to appear.<\/p>\n The highlighted boxes above\u00a0contain all of the text in your welcome message to new members on …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41,58],"tags":[866,856,122,413,865,855,854],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Edit](\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/welcome3.jpg\" "\\"welcome3\\"")
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\nTo customize the welcome message, go to your My Network tab and click on “Language Editor” under the Settings section. Click the “Edit” button next to the language you use on your network to open up a search field for all\u00a0text on the network.<\/p>\n