The welcome message is the email that new members receive upon joining your network. If you have member moderation turned on, you will be sending out the Accepted Message instead, which is the email that is sent to pending members when their membership is approved. Either way, these messages are often the first interaction members have with your Ning Network, so making them unique is a great idea!<\/p>\n
To customize the Welcome Message or Accepted Message, click on the Member icon to get to your Member Management panel. From there, click on the \u201cMessage Templates\u201d tab.<\/p>\n
You will see a \u201cSelect a Message Type\u201d drop-down menu, from which you can select either the \u201cWelcome Message\u201d or \u201cAccepted Message.\u201d In order to make any edits to message templates, select the \u201cCustomize this message\u201d box.<\/p>\n
You will have the option to edit the \u201cPlaintext\u201d or \u201cHTML and Plaintext\u201d version of these messages.<\/p>\n
Plaintext<\/strong> is what it sounds like\u2013plain text emails that include standard characters like letters, symbols, spaces, and numbers. Plain text is what you typically use when you send a standard email message that does not include any special formatting or hyperlinks. The great thing about plain text is that is supported across all kinds of browsers or devices, so you can be sure that the message won\u2019t look distorted on phones, or on certain email clients.<\/p>\n HTML<\/strong> is powerful and exciting. This is because you can really jazz up your messages by adding additional formatting (like bold, italics, fun fonts and colors, backgrounds, widgets, etc). One thing to keep in mind is that HTML messages may not always render as you intended, or at all, across devices and platforms. For this reason, if you go the HTML route, we recommend you also create a Plaintext version, so that folks that can\u2019t read your fancy HTML message can still get a warm welcome by switching to the Plaintext view.<\/p>\n Whether you choose HTML or HTML and Plaintext, you will be able to edit your Subject and message body by typing directly into the text boxes, if you are in \u201cVisual Mode\u201d of the text editor.<\/p>\n Alternatively, if you have HTML code you would like to use, please switch over the the \u201cHTML Editor\u201d before pasting in your code.<\/p>\n Once you are ready, you can click \u201cSend Me a Preview,\u201d \u201cReset to Default,\u201d \u201cCancel,\u201d or \u201cSave.\u201d You are all set with your new, custom email!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The welcome message is the email that new members receive upon joining your network. If you have member moderation turned on, you will be sending out the Accepted Message instead, which is the email that is sent to pending members when their membership is approved. Either way, these messages are often the first interaction members have with your Ning Network, so making them unique is a great idea! {{memberName}} – Automatically inserts the Member’s name Plain Text vs. HTML
\nTo customize the Welcome Message or Accepted Message, click on the Member icon to get to your Member Management panel. From there, click on the \u201cMessage Templates\u201d tab.
\nYou will see a \u201cSelect a Message Type\u201d drop-down menu, from which you can select either the \u201cWelcome Message\u201d or \u201cAccepted Message.\u201d In order to make any edits to message templates, select the \u201cCustomize this message\u201d box.
\nImportant Email Macros:<\/p>\n
\n{{networkName}} – Automatically inserts your Network Name
\n{{memberUrl}} – Automatically inserts the link to the Member’s profile page<\/p>\n
\nYou will have the option to edit the \u201cPlaintext\u201d or \u201cHTML and Plaintext\u201d version of these messages.
\nPlaintext is what it sounds like\u2013plain text emails that include standard characters like letters, symbols, spaces, and numbers. Plain text is what you typically use when you …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[556],"tags":[27,247,564,565,563],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n