HTML in language override

[econveyors]

I'd like to add some HTML to the emails that get sent during the user sign-up process. I am familiar with language overrides and I am currently using them to customize the emails. But, I'd like to take it a step further and format them with HTML.

I tested with one of the emails, but it didn't interpret the HTML and just sent it as plain text with all of the tags, etc.

Is there a way add HTML into overrides? Or perhaps another way to accomplish what I'm trying to do?

[mjparadac]

Hello econveyors

Have you thought about Joomla 4?
https://magazine.joomla.org/all-issues/ ... templating

Joomla 4 allows you to do what you want
https://docs.joomla.org/Help4.x:Mail_Templates
https://docs.joomla.org/Help4.x:Mail_Template:_Edit
https://docs.joomla.org/Help4.x:Mail_Templates:_Options

Regards,

[AMurray]

Adding to @mjparadac reply,

It's not as simple as adding a few HTML tags to the language strings. You need to use an email template in the Joomla CMS.

In J4 you'd simply create custom email templates:
https://magazine.joomla.org/all-issues/ ... templating

In J3 I think there's a handful of email template extensions:
https://extensions.joomla.org/extension ... tml-email/
https://extensions.joomla.org/extension ... eautifier/
https://extensions.joomla.org/extension ... g-starter/ (not sure if ACY Starter has the capability to create email templates for the system emails such as registration, activation etc., or if that's in the Pro edition).

The other way is you would have to write a plugin, to override the email template.

This also briefly discusses the issue:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/453 ... l-template

But from your question it sounds like your aim is not to make *every* email an HTML email but one specific change in the Registration email, or do you intended to apply such styling (HTML templates) to all the Joomla system emails - which would make the above investments (paid extensions) more worthwhile.

[econveyors]

Thank you both for the response. I understand there are email template options available in Joomla 4. But, unfortunately, we're not ready to upgrade to 4 just yet. I will check out those links, A Murray. Thanks again.

[Webdongle]

Just tested created override for 'Action Log - Joomla' in the Action Log - Joomla Plugin

overide 01.JPG

overide 02.JPG

For emails you may need to escape double quotes https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Making_a_L ... _ini_files

[brian]

@webdongle if you test it for emails which is the users actual question you will see that it is much more than just putting html in the text.