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New User Settings 2

This section of the Mystic BBS Configuration System allows the SysOp to configure the second of several sections of settings that apply to new users when registering to join the BBS. Here you can decide if you want to ask new users a variety of questions.

This example screen displays the options available.

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        █  Ask Theme      │ No             Ask Email      │ Yes          █
        █  Ask Real Name  │ Yes            Date Type      │ DD/MM/YY     █
        █  Ask Alias      │ Yes            Hot Keys       │ Yes          █
        █  Ask Street     │ No             Protocol       │ No           █
        █  Ask City/State │ Yes            Node Chat      │ ANSI         █
        █  Ask ZipCode    │ No             File List      │ ANSI         █
        █  Ask Home Phone │ No             Message Reader │ ANSI         █
        █  Ask Cell Phone │ No             Read at Index  │ Yes          █
        █  Ask Birthdate  │ Yes            Email at Index │ Yes          █
        █  Ask Gender     │ Yes            Message Editor │ Full         █
        █  Ask UserNote   │ No             Quote Mode     │ Window       █
        █  Ask Screensize │ No                                           █
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Ask Theme

If this is set to true Mystic BBS will prompt the user to select a theme after the graphics are detected upon each connection.

Ask Real Name

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their real name.

Ask Alias

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for an Alias.

Ask Street

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their street address.

Ask City/State

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their City and State.

Ask ZipCode

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their Zip code.

Ask Home Phone

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their home phone number.

Ask Cell Phone

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their cell phone number. Note the current prompt that ships with the default install asks the user for their 'data' number. You can change this :)

Ask Birthdate

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their date of birth.

Ask Gender

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their gender.

Ask UserNote

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users questions defined in the 'New User Optional Fields' section of the BBS configuration. e.g Reference (How did you hear of this BBS) etc.

Ask Screensize

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their screen pause length. The default is 24 lines. Mystic uses prompt #153 in default.txt to display the text for this question.

Ask Email

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will ask new users for their email address.

Date Type

This option sets the date format which will be used for each user. Valid options are MM/DD/YY, DD/MM/YY, YY/DD/MM, or Ask. If this option is set to Ask, Mystic BBS will ask each new user which date format they'd like to use.

Hot Keys

If this option is set to Yes, Mystic BBS will enable hot key input for new users. Valid options are No, Yes or Ask. Mystic uses prompt #409 in default.txt to display the text for this question.

Protocol

This option sets the default file transfer protocol that a user will use when downloading files from Mystic BBS. Valid options are No, Yes or Ask. If set to Ask the user can choose from a list of available protocols as defined in the Mystic BBS Protocol Editor. Mystic uses prompts #61 and #62 in default.txt to display the text for this question.

Node Chat

Valid options are Ask, Normal or ANSI.

If this option is set to Ask, Mystic BBS will ask new users if they wish to use full screen for node chat.

File List

Valid options are Ask, Normal or ANSI.

Message Reader

Valid options are Ask, Normal or ANSI.

Read at Index

Valid options are No, Yes or Ask.

Email at Index

Valid options are No, Yes or Ask.

Message Editor

Valid options are Ask, Line or Full.

Quote Mode

Valid options are Ask, Line or Window.

config_newuser_settings2.1492306821.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/04/15 20:40 by avon

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