{"id":1528,"date":"2012-06-27T14:02:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T18:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/06\/27\/change-welcome-text\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:39:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:39:43","slug":"change-welcome-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/drupal\/change-welcome-text\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change Welcome Mail text in Drupal 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are several canned emails you can set in your Drupal 7. These are for various instances. The Welcome Mail is the email the user will get upon registration. There are three separate ones, depending on how you have your registration settings set. They are listed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome (new user created by administrator)<\/li>\n<li>Welcome (awaiting approval)<\/li>\n<li>Welcome (no approval required)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may want to edit the wording for the email body. This article shows you how to modify the body text for the Welcome Mails in Drupal 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editing the Welcome Mail body text in Drupal 7:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/drupal\/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard\/\">Log into your Drupal 7 Admin dashboard<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Using the top menu bar, find and click on the <strong>Configuration <\/strong>option.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1018\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"_main-dashboard-configuration\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration.png 1018w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration__main-dashboard-configuration-768x384.png 768w\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>This is the <strong>Configuration <\/strong>screen. Locate the <strong>People <\/strong>category clicking on the <strong>Account Settings <\/strong>link.<\/li>\n<li>You are now on the the <strong>Account Settings <\/strong>screen. Be sure you are on the <strong>Settings t<\/strong>ab. This is found in the upper right part of the screen. Find the <strong>Emails <\/strong>section. There are actually 3 separate Welcome mails. Click on each one and edit the <strong>Body\u00a0<\/strong> section to modify their body messages.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-welcome.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"config-people-account-email-welcome\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-7884\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-welcome.png\" width=\"942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-welcome.png 942w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-welcome-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/edu_Drupal_7_Configuration_People_Account_Settings_config-people-account-email-welcome-768x448.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click on the <strong>Save Configuration <\/strong>button at the bottom of the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You have now modified the Welcome Mail body text in Drupal 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several canned emails you can set in your Drupal 7. These are for various instances. The Welcome Mail is the email the user will get upon registration. There are three separate ones, depending on how you have your registration settings set. They are listed below. Welcome (new user created by administrator) Welcome (awaiting<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/drupal\/change-welcome-text\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drupal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to change Welcome Mail text in Drupal 7 | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This Drupal 7 article walks you through editing the body text for the Welcome Mail.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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