# 如何测试新用户引导流程？
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-test-a-new-users-onboarding-flow/116776
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [2019年五月3日 15:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-test-a-new-users-onboarding-flow/116776 "2019-05-03T15:47:00Z")
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### Author:  [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)
#### Post date: [2019年五月3日 15:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-test-a-new-users-onboarding-flow/116776/1 "2019-05-03T15:47:00Z")
Currently, I’m revising a lot of our forum’s onboarding flow. In order to test it, I’m just creating (then deleting) a lot of test users. Is there an easier way to preview onboarding elements, like the welcome message the discourse narrative bot sends, without actually creating new accounts?
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [2019年五月3日 15:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-test-a-new-users-onboarding-flow/116776/2 "2019-05-03T15:50:58Z")
From the rails console you can use e.g.:
```plaintext
Jobs::SendDefaultWelcomeMessage.new.execute(user_id: User.find_by(username: 'bilbo_baggins').id)
```
to trigger the welcome message.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2019年五月4日 01:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-test-a-new-users-onboarding-flow/116776/3 "2019-05-04T01:43:50Z")
I personally feel it’s better to create accounts to get the full experience and test it thoroughly. You can use plus addressing in email to synthesize a bunch of unique email addresses – then I delete the account after I’m done testing so it doesn’t leave any residue behind.
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### Author:  [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)
#### Post date: [2019年五月25日 19:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-test-a-new-users-onboarding-flow/116776/4 "2019-05-25T19:46:08Z")
Update: I realized that what I really wanted was a way to preview the system\_messages.welcome\_user.text\_body\_template. Creating a new topic on Discourse brings up a wonderful compose field + preview so I know exactly what I’m typing turns into. I don’t see the same preview screen when I customize text, so I was struggling with knowing what messages new users would receive. Are there plans to add previews to the Customize Text interactions?
I can also just hack it together by composing my text for system\_messages.welcome\_user.text\_body\_template in a new topic, then copying and pasting it over. 😃
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2019年五月27日 19:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-test-a-new-users-onboarding-flow/116776/5 "2019-05-27T19:43:19Z")
> [@debryc](#):
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> Are there plans to add previews to the Customize Text interactions?
That would be very difficult to build as it would require that each translations has a “link” to where and how it is displayed.
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### Author:  [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)
#### Post date: [2019年五月27日 19:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-test-a-new-users-onboarding-flow/116776/6 "2019-05-27T19:51:45Z")
> [@zogstrip](#):
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> That would be very difficult to build as it would require that each translations has a “link” to where and how it is displayed.
That makes sense! I’ll go with this solution, then.
> [@debryc](#):
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> I can also just hack it together by composing my text for system\_messages.welcome\_user.text\_body\_template in a new topic, then copying and pasting it over. 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2019年六月26日 19:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-we-test-a-new-users-onboarding-flow/116776/7 "2019-06-26T19:51:45Z")
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