Welcome & Greetings
Image welcome cards, leave messages, auto-roles, and welcome DMs.
The Welcome Studio features a live preview β customize and see the results instantly before anything is sent. Make good use of it, and only save once you're happy with the final look.
Enable welcome and choose the channel
The first two steps. Note that chat welcome is separate from the main welcome β it sends a message in the general chat channel, not the welcome channel.
Choose the welcome type
You have two options:
Classic welcome (image) β a designed card featuring the member's avatar and name. Visually appealing and the most popular.
Embed welcome β a Discord embed with title, description, fields, and images.
You can also set the text position relative to the image β with image, text first, or image first.
Design the card
Add your personal touch: background, .ttf font, and avatar shape (circle / square / rounded).
There's an overlay layer under the text β enable it if your background is light or busy, otherwise the text won't be legible.
Fastest way: Presets β one click applies the theme to both the image and embed.
Write the text and use variables
Variables make the message personal. Click any variable in the dashboard to copy it.
You can also add multiple messages and Lona will pick one at random each time β keeping greetings fresh and varied.
{user} member mention Β· {username} username Β· {server} server Β· {count} member countTest before you publish
Don't just save and forget. Click "Test welcome" and see it for yourself in Discord β the dashboard preview is an approximation, and the actual look shows in Discord itself.
Also try "Test goodbye" if you enabled goodbye messages.
Additional features
Ready tabs to complete the experience:
Goodbye message β plain text or embed when a member leaves
Direct message (DM) β best place for rules, delivered straight to the member
Auto roles β joins with a role already assigned
Protection (Anti-raid) β welcome restrictions during mass joins
Interactive buttons β buttons inside the welcome message
Delayed message β welcome delivered after a delay instead of instantly
Multilingual β welcome in the member's language
How the system works
Welcome is the first impression, and Lona gives you four tools for it:
Image card β dynamically generated image with the member's avatar, name, and join rank, using the font, color, and background you choose from the dashboard.
Goodbye message when someone leaves.
Welcome DM β a direct message sent immediately, great for directing them to the rules.
Auto roles upon joining β members receive roles instantly without waiting for a moderator.
Welcome your way from the very first member
!testwelcome β test it on yourself!testgoodbye β test the goodbye messageHelp new members know what to do
Design a welcome worthy of your server
!testwelcome β Test it on yourself!testgoodbye β Test goodbye tooAttach Files permission in the welcome channel.