Notification on user batch import from a csv?

[talkdownunder]

Hi,

I'm just starting to use s2Member Pro and want to import about 600 members from a club to the website. They do not have existing accounts. Accounts will be creating apon the import.

I know if i leave ID field and password field blank (on the CSV) new user created with system generated password. My question is then how can I inform them that they have account on the website and their username and password to login in an Email.

And I want them to change their password on their first visit to the site.

Your quick response is much much appreciated

Thank you
Nad

[Cristián Lávaque]

Hi Nad.

You can email all those names letting them know about their new account and give them a link to the form used when they lose the password, so they can enter their email address and have a new one generated to login.

http://yoursite.com/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

[talkdownunder]

Thanks Christian for the reply.

Actually I sort of want to welcome them to the site as its the first time they get to know about their club website (never had a website before). Its sort of inappropriate way to welcome the members by directing them to lost password page isn't it.

Isn't there a way I can send them the system generated password with their username, with a welcome message? There will be some 600 something users.

Thanks heaps
Nad

[Cristián Lávaque]

I can understand you, but you can certainly put it in a positive light explaining that their accounts were already created for them for their convenience and the "lost password" step is to improve their account privacy.

[talkdownunder]

Well its not the requirement I should say.
I sort of "must" send their login details in the first(welcome) email.

And upon their first login I need to show a msg asking them to change their default password.

Whats that MailChimp (in "s2Member API / List Servers")? Never used it, do you think I can use it to get my requirements catered?

Thanks
Nad

[Cristián Lávaque]

You could use MailChimp to mass email them, for sure.

If you enter a password in the password field of the CSV you'll import, then you'll know the password and be able to email it to them to login the first time and change it. It just seems so much simpler for everyone, and secure, to ask them to use the "lost password" form to reset it. You're still asking them to change it in their profiles if you give them a password first, so it's not like you're asking them to do more one way or the other.

[talkdownunder]

Well... if I can duplicate the "lost password screen" and re-design it as "first time password creation page" that solves my issue. And I can use it every time a new user registered (users can only register by an admin) to get their password set up in their own way.

How that sounds my friend ?

[Cristián Lávaque]

Sounds great. Very good idea.

Copy the HTML for the form in that page and paste it in your new page to customize it.

Do a test to see what the email sent says, you may need to customize that too. There are some plugins that let you customize the emails WP sends, maybe you'll find one that lets you edit that particular email.