redirect to "MY cart" page instead of "Checkout" page after registration in magento

Question

we provide coupon codes for only Registered customers.

so what we did is when a guest applied a coupon code it will display a message

"please register" , but when guest succesfully registered , its redirecting to "checkout" page instead of

"My Cart" page. i want to redirect to "My cart" page after registration.

please help me to find solution.

Answer 1

Open the Account Controller, find the function _welcomeCustomer()

Just add the code below before the line return $successUrl;

 $successUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl() . 'checkout/cart/';