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ZacUSNYR
22 Sep 2006, 05:07
Remember Fallen Members v1.0.2

Read Installation Text File included in Zip File.

File uploads : 1
Product Install : 1

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What is this used for?
I run a motorcycle forum. Unfortunately the name of the game is injuries and death. It's hard losing a member, but sometimes, it's just as hard remembering that member later on. This page is dedicated to the loss of a good friend of mine, and a great forum member as well.

Is this your first mod?
Yes it is. I am not a programmer and learned enough to get this working after my friend had passed away.

How does it work?
You create a usergroup for your fallen members. When a member is moved into that usergroup they'll show up on this page with a simple anchor driven menu. There is 2 Profile fields which you need to populate with data which will show the members last death date and biography/obituary.

Live Demo : http://www.ride-ny.com/forum/remember.php

Please click INSTALL

If you are a programmer and want to see this project furthered - then please PM me! Post support and feature questions in the thread - i'll do my best to try to help.
ZacUSNYR
22 Sep 2006, 05:10
Template change to add a link to the remember page in your navbar. You can put a link whereever - form of a ribbon in the footer - etc etc..

Open template navbar
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If you run vBadvanced portal don't forget to put remember.php in your navbar replacements.
apdcanari
22 Sep 2006, 06:14
Other groups, it's possible ?

Example : 12;25;27

Thanks :rolleyes:
SpanishHarlem
22 Sep 2006, 06:43
Installed and working on 3.6.1. Thank's for this hack.
bashy
22 Sep 2006, 10:59
Very very good hack m8 well done, although i dont have a need for it at present. Thanks again for a great hack!
ZacUSNYR
22 Sep 2006, 11:53
Other groups, it's possible ?

Example : 12;25;27

Thanks :rolleyes:

It is - very easily as well. I assume you're thinking of a staff page - which I'm working on and will be releasing later. That's something with a little bit more end user customization and will easily be changeable by moderators and admins via their usercp. So it's more advanced then this and will take me a little while.
ZacUSNYR
22 Sep 2006, 12:13
Very very good hack m8 well done, although i dont have a need for it at present. Thanks again for a great hack!
I hope nobody has a need for it :(
Rickie3
22 Sep 2006, 12:39
what a wonderful idea,very well done,i dont have a need for it,but what a great way to show your respect
oldfan
22 Sep 2006, 12:59
great idea!
trackpads
22 Sep 2006, 14:39
Dittos, wonderfull idea and great work!
Qwest
22 Sep 2006, 15:28
I can definitely see some other good uses for this hack as well.

I'm bookmarking this...
Comalies
22 Sep 2006, 16:32
Although I don't need it now (and hopefully won't need it in the future), this is some great work.
Ziki
22 Sep 2006, 17:53
Sorry for your thread dude :(
lasto
23 Sep 2006, 23:59
sad to see people die and you come up with a good idea that can be used for other things besides fallen members.

Nice hack m8
ChrisBaktis
25 Sep 2006, 04:43
Id love to see this work with more then 1 user group (this is something I can use for a Hall of Fame listing) - We have more then 1 level of HOF user group. Being able to pull more then 1 group, being able to pull some custom profile fields, and to be able to sort the way the usergroups show would be great....just some suggestions for other uses.
ZacUSNYR
25 Sep 2006, 13:22
I'm working on another product that's going to be a staff page and can be modified for what you're looking to do.
tazB.ca
25 Sep 2006, 14:08
Hmmm..also U Could Use This For Member Of Tha Week Or Month Or Somin Like That....cause I Hope Noone Needs It For Its Base Use:(
blue6995
29 Sep 2006, 17:40
Is it possible for me to change the date format to a British Date format. If it is, how do I go about it?

Many thanks
ZacUSNYR
01 Oct 2006, 18:32
What is a british date format - can you give me an example? It pulls the birthday right out of vBulletin that the member puts in on sign up - and the end date is specified by you - which you can put in any way you want. If you need to change the - in between the dates that is easy - just a template edit.

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blue6995
01 Oct 2006, 18:59
What is a british date format - can you give me an example? It pulls the birthday right out of vBulletin that the member puts in on sign up - and the end date is specified by you - which you can put in any way you want. If you need to change the - in between the dates that is easy - just a template edit.

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British date is shown in the format dd/mm/yyyy and not mm/dd/yyyy
ZacUSNYR
02 Oct 2006, 01:48
British date is shown in the format dd/mm/yyyy and not mm/dd/yyyy
Ok. When you enter the ripdate you can change the format right in the profile. I'll work on figuring out how vB changes the birthday and post that up.
ZacUSNYR
02 Oct 2006, 03:01
New version uploaded - you can swap the birthday from the vBulletin Options --> Remember Fallen Members. And in the profile field just enter the RIP Date in the format you want it in.

To upgrade - upload the new remember.php. In the product manager upload the product-remember.xml and choose allow overwrite.
whitetigergrowl
02 Oct 2006, 03:28
Nice hack. Although I feel if you have that many people dying on your forum, lol there are bigger problems to worry about then. ;)
ZacUSNYR
02 Oct 2006, 12:17
It's not a video game forum or a vbulletin help forum. It's a motorcycle (mostly sportbike) forum. Unfortunately motorcycle riders get the short end of of the stick in an accident. This is just a way to remember those members who we have lost. I wish we could stop all the deaths.
ChrisBaktis
03 Oct 2006, 22:37
I'm working on another product that's going to be a staff page and can be modified for what you're looking to do.

Thanks - looking forward to the staff hack.
Reeve of shinra
04 Oct 2006, 03:16
While I hope to never have a need for it, I appreciate your work in releasing this.
Konstantinos
10 Oct 2006, 20:50
nice idea. too bad that it will be unpleasant to be used.
username12
14 Oct 2006, 04:21
When I first saw this, I wasn't expecting to ever have a use for it, but we lost our first member that we're aware the other day and are trying to come up with ways to make a tribute to him.
ZacUSNYR
14 Oct 2006, 16:28
I had lost 2 members previously in the year but did not know them. But I just lost someone who was a friend first and member second. That's when I came up with this. It sucks losing friends and members of your on-line community - sorry to hear about your loss :(
cjwinternet
16 Oct 2006, 20:21
Hope to never a have a need for this, but thanks. Never good to lose a friend like that.
trackpads
04 Oct 2007, 01:34
Does this work for 3.6.8?

Thanks,

-Jason
ZacUSNYR
04 Oct 2007, 05:35
I have not tested it in newer versions of vBulletin - I have not even played with the 3.6 Release. Setup a test site and give it a shot?
trackpads
04 Oct 2007, 12:53
It works! This is a great idea and very nice!

Thanks again!

-Jason
ZacUSNYR
04 Oct 2007, 21:12
Great glad to see it still works on the newer versions. I need to find some time to get back into this stuff.
kiwivc
14 Jul 2008, 11:25
Installed on 3.6.8 Patch Level 2 without a hitch. It all works perfectly. :)

We lost a 17yr old member to a vehicle accident today and this mod is perfect for her friends and especially her brother who is also a member but survived the accident. Awesome idea thanks :)
NTMID8
26 Oct 2009, 16:16
Just an FYI to let you know this works on 3.8.2. Thanks for the mod. I have an automotive forum that is geared around high performance cars and sadly, we lose people as well.
NTMID8
26 Oct 2009, 16:19
Curious also...

Would there be a way to add the ability for forum members to leave a comment for individual fallen members? Basically, you could click on the biography and see a list of comments, prayers, memories, etc that the other members have left.

Sending them to a moderation queue would be ideal, to ensure nothing inappropriate makes it onto the page.
pwebb
03 Jul 2011, 12:11
Hi,

Does anyone know if the Fallen Members mod works on vb 4?

Regards
HMBeaty
03 Jul 2011, 16:01
Hi,

Does anyone know if the Fallen Members mod works on vb 4?

Regards
Being that this is for 3.5, I highly doubt it will work with vB 4
pwebb
04 Jul 2011, 23:55
Hi,

Yeah as suggested the templates are not compatible with vb 4.

Thanks
ilanyon
10 Jul 2011, 06:59
Hi, I'm also interested as to whether anyone might be working on this or a similar mod for v.4...

cheers,

Ian
NTMID8
28 Jul 2011, 18:29
We just moved to v4 and this is one mod that I would really like to get back up and running. The least we can do for our fallen friends is remember them.
NTMID8
22 Aug 2011, 15:31
I have reached out to the developer on his website to see if he will update this for vb4 or mark the code as re-usable so another developer may do so.