We've recently rolled out a new OpenWetWare feature that we want to let all of you know about. <br><br>When a new user is created, an email message is sent out welcoming the user to OpenWetWare.org. The email message formerly pointed to the place their OpenWetWare User: page would be if it had text. They are free to edit and save the page. This presents a problem for most
OpenWetWare.org users: without having any experience with OpenWetWare or MediaWiki editing, there's little chance their <br>User: page would be populated with any information. <br><br>The OpenWetWare User Management System (UMS) now will create a default User: page for all new users. To do this, a standard User: page template has been created. The information provided by users during registration drives the content of this page. This page is not a standard MediaWiki template. This means that future changes to the page will not change existing User: pages. The information that can be displayed currently includes the new user's name, email address, reason for joining OpenWetWare, and how they heard about us.
<br><br>Since the content is contained in a standard OpenWetWare page, the content page can be changed. Currently, the display is very basic. If anyone has any ideas about how this can be enhanced, feel free to contribute.
<br><br>Look for more detains here:<br><br><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Software/User_management">http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Software/User_management</a><br><br>Thanks<br><br>Bill Flanagan
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