How to Change Account Sign up Email Greeting to First Name?

[kael21]

The email received upon account sign up greets the new member by their gender and last name.

 

This code is stored in the create_account.php file.

 

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define('EMAIL_SUBJECT', 'Welcome to ' . STORE_NAME);

define('EMAIL_GREET_MR', 'Dear Mr. %s,' . "\n\n");

define('EMAIL_GREET_MS', 'Dear Ms. %s,' . "\n\n");

define('EMAIL_GREET_NONE', 'Dear %s' . "\n\n");

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I want to change this so that the greeting is "Dear First name Last name" and not "Dear Mr. last name".

 

What code and files do I need to change to make this happen?

 

I'm a beginner...be gentle and detailed please ;-)

[kael21]

The email received upon account sign up greets the new member by their gender and last name.

 

This code is stored in the create_account.php file.

 

===============

define('EMAIL_SUBJECT', 'Welcome to ' . STORE_NAME);

define('EMAIL_GREET_MR', 'Dear Mr. %s,' . "\n\n");

define('EMAIL_GREET_MS', 'Dear Ms. %s,' . "\n\n");

define('EMAIL_GREET_NONE', 'Dear %s' . "\n\n");

===============

 

I want to change this so that the greeting is "Dear First name Last name" and not "Dear Mr. last name".

 

What code and files do I need to change to make this happen?

 

I'm a beginner...be gentle and detailed please ;-)

 

Can anyone help with this?

[germ]

In /catalog/create_account.php change this code:

 

	  if (ACCOUNT_GENDER == 'true') {
	 if ($gender == 'm') {
	   $email_text = sprintf(EMAIL_GREET_MR, $lastname);
	 } else {
	   $email_text = sprintf(EMAIL_GREET_MS, $lastname);
	 }
  } else {
	$email_text = sprintf(EMAIL_GREET_NONE, $firstname);
  }

to this:

 

	  if (ACCOUNT_GENDER == 'true') {
	 if ($gender == 'm') {
	   $email_text = sprintf(EMAIL_GREET_NONE, $name);
	 } else {
	   $email_text = sprintf(EMAIL_GREET_NONE, $name);
	 }
  } else {
	$email_text = sprintf(EMAIL_GREET_NONE, $name);
  }

It's always a good idea to make a backup of any file before editing.