Change existing User Options for everyone

[Teknoscape]

Hi,

I have recently moved from IB to vB, and there are some user options that I would like to change for everyone (in particular the email notification one).

Is there a way to do this?

Regards,
Petar

[Jake Bunce]

run this query on your database:

UPDATE user SET emailnotification=0;

1 will turn on e-mail notification by default, 0 will turn it off by default. this will update all users. always backup your database before querying it. you can run this query through a telnet connection to your server or through phpmyadmin (ask your host about these methods if you aren't sure).

also note, the e-mail notification option will still be present on the new posting pages. if you want to completely disable e-mail notification go to Admin CP -> Templates -> Modify -> [expand list]...

remove the following code from editpost, New Posting Templates -> newreply and newthread:

<br><input type="checkbox" name="email" value="yes" $emailchecked> <b>Email Notification:</b> emails sent to you whenever someone replies. Only registered users are eligible.

[Teknoscape]

Thank you.. that was great.