Welcome email ready to go

orcid-core/src/main/resources/i18n/email_subject_en.properties

@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ email.subject.admin_as_delegate=[ORCID] Trusting {0} with your ORCID Record
 email.subject.locked=[ORCID] Your account has been locked
 email.subject.auto_deprecate=[ORCID] An account has been deprecated
 email.subject.reactivation=[ORCID] Reactivating your ORCID record
-email.subject.register.welcome=[ORCID] Welcome to ORCID - verify your email address
+email.subject.register.welcome=[ORCID] Welcome to ORCID
 email.subject.delegate.recipient=[ORCID] You've made an Account Delegate!

orcid-core/src/main/resources/i18n/email_welcome_en.properties

@@ -32,30 +32,16 @@
 #Need Help?
 #
 #If you have any questions or need help, contact the ORCID support team or visit https://support.orcid.org.
-email.welcome.thank_you.1=Thank you for creating your ORCID identifier. Please verify your email address to complete your registration and gain access to manually edit your record:  click the following link and sign into your ORCID record. If you can't click the link, copy and paste it into your browser's address bar.
 email.button=Verify your email address
-email.welcome.your_id.id=Your 16-digit ORCID identifier is
-email.welcome.your_id.link=, and your full ORCID iD and the link to your public record is
-email.welcome.next_steps=Next steps:
-email.welcome.next_steps.1=1. Add more information to your ORCID Record
-email.welcome.next_steps.1.description.1.1=Access your ORCID record at
-email.welcome.next_steps.1.description.1.2=and add more information to your record. If you haven't already done so, we strongly recommend that you add more than one email address to your account, since our system checks names and email addresses to prevent the creation of duplicate records.
-email.welcome.next_steps.1.description.2=Funders, publishers, universities, and others use the information contained in your ORCID record to help reduce the record-keeping they ask from you. Increase the information you can share by adding other names you are known by, professional information such as your affiliation, biography, and keywords, funding you have received, and works you have created or contributed to your record.
-email.welcome.next_steps.1.description.tips=For tips on adding information to your ORCID record see:\n
-email.welcome.next_steps.1.description.tips.1=See our tips for 
-email.welcome.next_steps.1.description.tips.1.link.href=https://orcid.org/blog/2015/07/23/six-things-do-now-you%E2%80%99ve-got-orcid-id
-email.welcome.next_steps.1.description.tips.1.link.text=six things to do now that you have an ORCID iD
-email.welcome.next_steps.1.description.tips.2=. For tips on adding information to your ORCID record see:\n
-email.welcome.next_steps.1.description.link.href=https://support.orcid.org/hc/articles/360006896894
-email.welcome.next_steps.1.description.link.text=https://support.orcid.org/hc/articles/360006896894
-
-email.welcome.next_steps.2=2. Use your ORCID iD when publishing, applying for grants, and more
-email.welcome.next_steps.2.description=Many systems ask for your ORCID iD in order to create a link between you and your research outputs and affiliations. Using your ORCID iD, and granting organizations permission to update your record whenever they request this will help you get credit for your work and reduce time spent on future record-keeping.
-email.welcome.need_help=Need Help?
-
-email.welcome.thank_you_for_creating=Thank you for creating your ORCID identifier. Your 16-digit ORCID identifier is
-email.welcome.full_orcid_and_link_public=, and your full ORCID iD and the link to your public record is
-email.welcome.please_verify_your_email=Please verify your email address to complete your registration and gain access to manually edit your record: click the following link and sign into your ORCID record. If you can't click the link, copy and paste it into your browser's address bar.
+email.welcome=Welcome to ORCID
+email.welcome.congrats=Congratulations on creating your new ORCID iD! This persistent digital identifier, that you own and control, will distinguish you from every other researcher and reduce your burden when you use it in manuscript and grant submission systems.
+email.welcome.for_more_information=for more information on how to get the most out of your ORCID record.
 email.welcome.please_visit_your=Please visit our
 email.welcome.researcher_homepage=researcher homepage
-email.welcome.for_more_information=for more information on how to get the most out of your ORCID record.
+email.welcome.verify.1=Verifying your email address unlocks advanced editing features in your ORCID record. Until then you will only be able to manage your names and email addresses in your ORCID record.
+email.welcome.verify.2=How do I verify my email address?
+email.welcome.verify.3=Simply click the button below to sign into your ORCID record and complete verification.
+email.welcome.verify.4=Or, copy and paste the link below into your browser's address bar:
+email.welcome.visit=Please visit our researcher homepage for more information on how to get the most out of your ORCID record.
+email.welcome.your_id.id=Your ORCID iD:
+email.welcome.your_id.link=Your ORCID record is

orcid-core/src/main/resources/org/orcid/core/template/welcome_email_html_v2.ftl

@@ -28,13 +28,22 @@
             <img src="https://orcid.org/sites/all/themes/orcid/img/orcid-logo.png" alt="ORCID.org"/>
             <hr />
             <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #494A4C;">
-                <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.thank_you_for_creating" /><@emailMacros.space />${orcidId}<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.full_orcid_and_link_public" /><@emailMacros.space /><a href="${baseUri}/${orcidId}" target="orcid.blank">${baseUri}/${orcidId}</a>
+                <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.your_id.id" /><@emailMacros.space />${orcidId}<br/>
+                <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.your_id.link" /><@emailMacros.space /><a href="${baseUri}/${orcidId}" target="orcid.blank">${baseUri}/${orcidId}</a>
+            </p>
+            <hr />
+            <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #494A4C;">
+                <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome" /><@emailMacros.space />${userName},<br/>
+                <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.congrats" />
             </p>
             <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #494A4C;">
-                <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.please_verify_your_email" />
+                <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.verify.1" />
             </p>
 
-             <table
+            <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #494A4C;">
+                <b><@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.verify.2" /></b><br />
+                <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.verify.3" />
+                <table
                         cellpadding="0"
                         cellspacing="0"
                         style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;  border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate !important; border-radius: 4px; margin: 0 auto; margin-top:20px"
@@ -54,8 +63,11 @@
                         </tr>
                         </tbody>
                     </table>
-
-                    <table
+            </p>
+
+            <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #494A4C;">
+                <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.verify.4" />
+                <table
                         cellpadding="0"
                         cellspacing="0"
                         style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate !important; border-radius: 4px; margin: 0 auto; "
@@ -79,8 +91,8 @@
                         </tr>
                         </tbody>
                     </table>
-
-
+            </p>
+            <hr />
             <p style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: #494A4C;">
                 <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.please_visit_your" /><@emailMacros.space /><a href="https://info.orcid.org/researchers/" target="orcid.blank"><@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.researcher_homepage" /></a><@emailMacros.space /><@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.for_more_information" />
             </p>

orcid-core/src/main/resources/org/orcid/core/template/welcome_email_v2.ftl

@@ -18,12 +18,22 @@
 -->
 <#import "email_macros.ftl" as emailMacros />
 
-<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.thank_you_for_creating" /><@emailMacros.space />${orcidId}<@emailMacros.space /><@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.full_orcid_and_link_public" /><@emailMacros.space />${baseUri}/${orcidId}
+<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.your_id.id" /><@emailMacros.space />${orcidId}<br/>
+<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.your_id.link" /><@emailMacros.space /><a href="${baseUri}/${orcidId}" target="orcid.blank">${baseUri}/${orcidId}</a>
 
-<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.please_verify_your_email" />
+<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome" /><@emailMacros.space />${userName}
+<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.congrats" />
+
+<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.verify.1" />
+
+<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.verify.2" />
+
+<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.verify.3" />
 
 <@emailMacros.msg "email.button" />
 
+<@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.verify.4" />
+
 ${verificationUrl}?lang=${locale}
 
 <@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.please_visit_your" /><@emailMacros.space /><@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.researcher_homepage" /><@emailMacros.space /><@emailMacros.msg "email.welcome.for_more_information" />