Understanding the new member process

[outofthebox (Carson)]

Hi,

As I am trying to understand the Discourse platform, I am wondering how customizable the new member process is. For instance:

*Can I require a new member to agree to Community Guidelines before completing the signup process?
*Can I require a new member to fill out, say, 10 fields before joining?
*Can I make forums public, read-only, when a visiting reader attempts to reply to a discussion, they are prompted to create an account; after they create the account, they are redirected back to the post they wanted to add a reply to?
*Can I customize the ‘help’ text that orients a new member to our site?

gratefully,
Carson

[dax (Daniela)]

For all questions the answer is yes except for

@CarsonWeitnauer

*Can I require a new member to fill out, say, 10 fields before joining?

Default is 3: https://meta.discourse.org/t/maximum-number-of-custom-user-fields/28775

@CarsonWeitnauer

*Can I require a new member to agree to Community Guidelines before completing the signup process?

Do you really need it?

[jomaxro (Joshua Rosenfeld)]

@CarsonWeitnauer

Can I make forums public, read-only, when a visiting reader attempts to reply to a discussion, they are prompted to create an account; after they create the account, they are redirected back to the post they wanted to add a reply to?

For reference, this is the only way to do it. Users cannot interact with the site (other than reading) without an account.

@CarsonWeitnauer

Can I customize the ‘help’ text that orients a new member to our site?

Any text you see on Discourse can be customized. Visit yoursite.com/admin/customize/site_texts and search for the text you wish to change.