How can I remove a line in the registration form?

[RedPanda2013]

Hi, due to my own reasons, in my forum PMs are not allowed, therefore in order to avoid confusion for new members, I'd like to remove the line you see circled in red in the attached image.

Could you please tell me which file should I edit in order to remove it and possibly the exact text I should remove?

Thank you

[MobileCS]

Since it's a checkmark option and defaults to off, you should be able to get away with deleting or commenting out the following lines.

** NOT TESTED **

/Themes/default/Register.template.php

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<dt><strong><label for="allow_email">', $txt['allow_user_email'], ':</label></strong></dt>
<dd>
<input type="checkbox" name="allow_email" id="allow_email" tabindex="', $context['tabindex']++, '" class="input_check" />
</dd>

[Arantor]

Except that option doesn't reflect PMs but whether other people can see the newly registered person's email address in their profile.

[Illori]

Except that option doesn't reflect PMs but whether other people can see the newly registered person's email address in their profile.

it is weather you can see the envelope to send them an email. you dont directly get to see the email address unless you are an admin.

[Arantor]

Ah yes, my bad. But it definitely isn't PM related

[RedPanda2013]

Since it's a checkmark option and defaults to off, you should be able to get away with deleting or commenting out the following lines.

** NOT TESTED **

/Themes/default/Register.template.php

Code Select Expand


<dt><strong><label for="allow_email">', $txt['allow_user_email'], ':</label></strong></dt>
<dd>
<input type="checkbox" name="allow_email" id="allow_email" tabindex="', $context['tabindex']++, '" class="input_check" />
</dd>

Thank you, it worked!

[RedPanda2013]

Except that option doesn't reflect PMs but whether other people can see the newly registered person's email address in their profile.

it is weather you can see the envelope to send them an email. you dont directly get to see the email address unless you are an admin.

My previous webmaster already removed the envelope 

Now if any member clicks on another member's profile they only see an error message where it says that they do not have permission to see that information.

[Kindred]

ummm....  what you did has no effect on seeing another user's profile - so your actions had nothing to do with that.

What you just asked about was the "allow other users to email me" setting.
This does not expose the user's email address.  It just allows other users to send an EMAIL (via a forum form) to the target user.

The envelope that you mention just triggers that form.

In your original message, you talked about stopping users from sending PMs.  Be aware that the setting that you mention and the envelope have nothing at all to do with PMs.