Is there a way to announce something ONLY the first time a user connects?

Blas · December 10, 2016, 9:11am

Everything is in the title.

Thanks,

db

wroot · December 10, 2016, 3:26pm

If you need to send a message for a new user when he/she first logs in, then you can enable Welcome message in the Registration plugin.

Blas · December 11, 2016, 4:02pm

Thank you wroot but, that’s why I wrote “first connects” and not “first registers”.

My users are already registered.

I just want to welcome them and show them some rules the first time they connect.

db

wroot · December 11, 2016, 4:11pm

Well, that’s open for interpretation The other thing close to what you want is the Message of the Day plugin, but it will send the message every time a user logins. So, there is nothing exactly like you need.

Blas · December 11, 2016, 5:13pm

Ok. Thanks.

I put an eye at the database model.

There is no flag indicating that’s the user has already connected once.

MotD could be a solution if it could target one user at a time.

Alas, MotD targets every user indistincly.

I think the only solution requires a specific plugin: kind of MotD.

I know that the natural way to do this is to go through the registration process.

I my case, XMPP is only a small part of the whole process: a new employee’s incorporation.

Thank you for all,

db

Blas · December 11, 2016, 8:16pm

In fact, a correct and simpler way to do this without having to develop an labyrinthine system is to follow the same process as it would be with mail: a message is sent by the admin or a specific account to a new user. Provided OpenFire is configured to store offline messages, the user will receive this one the next time he’ll be online.

Thanks,