Automatic Profile Commenter

[Michael Biddle]

Automatic Profile Commenter
By: Michael Biddle
vBulletin Professionals (http://vbprofessionals.com)


What this does?

This will add a new profile comment to every newly registered member.

What is new?

Just in, now you can define as many messages as you want. Just separate each one with a semicolon (;)

How to Install/Configure?
Import the product through vbulletin product manager.
Settings->Options->Automatic Profile Commenter and configure.
That is it!Hack options?
Master Enable/Disable
UserID to send comment from
Message that you want in the welcome profile message (BBCode Allowed).
You can now use the following
{username} - username of the newly registered user
{userid} - userid of the newly registered user
{sitename} - name of your forums
{siteurl} - URL to your forums.

Changes?

1.0
Initial Release

1.1
Added cycling messages
Added {userid} variable

[Michael Biddle]

Reserved.

[Zaiaku]

First Installed!
But didn't you post the 3.7 still worked on vb4, any changes?

[Michael Biddle]

Yes, but I made another one here as it get buried there.

[Hornstar]

Any chance to allow us to make a list of possibly posted comments and it just randomly chooses one from the list?

[Michael Biddle]

Any chance to allow us to make a list of possibly posted comments and it just randomly chooses one from the list?

In the plugin try replacing with:



Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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Please let me know how this worked out for you.

[Hornstar]

Any chance to make it an editable field from within the admincp? I am testing the above now, will let you know how it goes in a sec. Thanks.

[Michael Biddle]

I am looking to it right now. I was going to just have it in the same box and every new line gives it another option. Problem being It will not work if you want a comment that has an enter in it.

I do not think what I posted above will work now that I am testing. Seems that array_rand picks the key rather than the value.

Will update you in a bit.

[Hornstar]

Yeah it didn't work, it just posted the number 3.

Yeah I was thinking something like that too, how about after every ; it will be another entry. (or something along those lines)

[Michael Biddle]

Great news. It works. Will be releasing 1.1 once I fix some of the phrases.

[Hornstar]

Thanks! Testing this version out now. Will update this post on how it goes.

Update: It works except it is not randomly choosing a different comment each time. 3 out of 3 times it picked the last of my 3 comments.

This is my comment bank:

Hello {username},

Welcome to {sitename} ({siteurl})! :D

Please read the rules and enjoy your stay!;

Hello {username},

Welcome to {sitename} ({siteurl})! :D

If there is anything I can do to make your stay on Buy-Host more enjoyable, let me know.;

Hello {username},

Welcome to {sitename} ({siteurl})! :D

I hope you enjoy your stay and become apart of our growing community!


Thanks.

[Michael Biddle]

Maybe it randomly chose the last three each time? Try adding a few more.

[Hornstar]

^^ I stand corrected. On the 5th or 6th time it changed. Didn't think my odds were that bad to keep getting the same one lol.

Thanks!

[Michael Biddle]

So it is confirmed working?

[Veer]

Thanks for vb4 version.

Will this version upgrade the http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=171535 or should we remove old 3.8 version?

[AzzidReign]

What a great way to greet new members!!! :)

[Michael Biddle]

Thanks for vb4 version.

Will this version upgrade the http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=171535 or should we remove old 3.8 version?

This should work on 3.7+. Please click install if you use.

[Hornstar]

So it is confirmed working?

Yep :)

Thanks!

[Verionia]

Doesn't seem to work for me and it's enabled...

[Michael Biddle]

Do you have users confirm their email?

[carrlos]

Do you have users confirm their email?

Is that necessary to work? Sometimes I have to turn it off.

[Michael Biddle]

I am just trying to figure out your issue. I do not have it enabled and it works fine for me. What version of vBulletin are you on?

[Michael Biddle]

Is that necessary to work? Sometimes I have to turn it off.

Bump?

[insidedesign]

Great plug-in, thank you!

[Dr.osamA]

thanxx man

good work

installed

[tafreeh]

does it support HTML or bbcodes?

[Michael Biddle]

BBCode.

[Jabong82]

Hello great mod (Nominated and Installed)!

I have a silly question though (forgive me Im a computer newb). My default message is:

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Hello {username},

Welcome to {sitename} ({siteurl})!;

Please take a look around and explore all the features the site has to offer.

I hope you enjoy your stay here.

Best Regards.

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I basically took your default message and added some stuff underneath. However when I test it, the top two lines don't show (lines 1-2), just the message I wrote (lines 3-5). Was I supposed to edit something? Thanks in advance.

Edit: Oops I figured it out, I left the semicolon in there :) Thanks for this great mod though!

[Michael Biddle]

Glad you enjoy it!

[trackpads]

Thanks! Installed

[YankForum]

nominated for next month (by me) ;)

[marshal_ramdev]

thanks :) ..

[KURTZ]

NVM: fixed! :D

[KURTZ]

not working correctly onto 4.0.4 ... :S

this is what i've settled in the ACP:



Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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check the pic, tha't what i see in the profile when a user is registered.

[skol]

I think you have a semi colon problem...

[KURTZ]

I think you have a semi colon problem...

any fix?

[KURTZ]

news for that issue?

[Michael Biddle]

I do not know what is not working correctly by looking at your screenshot.

Telling me that "It does not work" does not help at all.

[KURTZ]

I do not know what is not working correctly by looking at your screenshot.

Telling me that "It does not work" does not help at all.

simply it doesn't posts all the text that i've written in the ACP ...

ps. http://www.fniv.it/board/members/ciro-hades-sdino/ and http://www.fniv.it/board/members/amicidelvideogioco/ you can view the differences by yourself ... :)

[CharlieDelta]

I am just trying to figure out your issue. I do not have it enabled and it works fine for me. What version of vBulletin are you on?

Doesn't seem to be working for me with or without enabled. I am using 4.03.

[CharlieDelta]

Kurtz! Are you there?

[KURTZ]

Kurtz! Are you there?

sure mate, tell me what you want ... :D

[CharlieDelta]

sure mate, tell me what you want ... :D
Kurtz it doesn't seem to matter what I do I can't get this to work. I enabled and disabled email notification and still nothing. I have tested multiple times. I am running 4.03.
Any ideas?

[KURTZ]

Kurtz it doesn't seem to matter what I do I can't get this to work. I enabled and disabled email notification and still nothing. I have tested multiple times. I am running 4.03.
Any ideas?

nothing mate, we might wait for Mike ...

[CharlieDelta]

I guess we will have to wait for Michael then. To bad as this mod would be extremely useful.

[CharlieDelta]

Anything?

[CharlieDelta]

Hello, anyone?

[CharlieDelta]

Anyone?

[Juggernaut]

Thank you, working nice on my forum :D

[CharlieDelta]

Thank you, working nice on my forum :D

What version are you using?

[Juggernaut]

I'm using vbulletin 4.0.7 :D

[CharlieDelta]

I'm using vbulletin 4.0.7 :D

Really, cause I can't seem to get it to work on mine.

[southie]

does anybody know if this works with 4.05 ?

[seite7]

Works great, even under newer 4.0.x releases.
KURTZ has just placed the semicolons at the wrong positions, but that has been mentioned before.

[SEW810]

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/images/misc/check.gif Installed
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/images/misc/check.gif Working on vBulletin 4.1.1

Thnx for this useful mod :up::up:

May I translate it into Spanish???

Regards

[Dozer826]

Does this work with 4.1.2? Or does anyone know of one that does?

[Zweeper]

not working anymore since upgrade to 4.1.2

[Mr_Running]

Anyone have this working on 4.1.8 ?

[Karma1337]

Anyone have this working on 4.1.8 ?

Doesn't work. ._.

[dadoc]

Installed but no options in Options to configure running 4.1.11
any help Michael ? or update on this

Love this mod

[Keldaria]

not working correctly onto 4.0.4 ... :S

this is what i've settled in the ACP:



Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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check the pic, tha't what i see in the profile when a user is registered.

I've highlighted the problem with your message, semicolons is whats being used to separate between messages for those that choose to make multiple variation for their forums. If you remove these semicolons your message will function as intended.

EDIT: the red doesn't seem to stand out as much as I had hoped, but its the ; after your sitename thats causing the issue, the mod see's that as you attempting to start another version of your message.

Installed but no options in Options to configure running 4.1.11
any help Michael ? or update on this

Love this mod

Just installed on my 4.1.11 and it works just fine. Options show up under "Automatic Profile Commenter" under the settings menu. If this option has not shown up you may want to redownload the mod and try uploading it again.

It should also be noted that this script only seems to post messages when the registration form has been completed. I am unsure but it may bug out if you require email verification, I'll have to do some checking on that later. However the important thing to note is that if you Admin Register a user, they will not receive a Automated Visitor Message. So please do not test functionality this way on your forums, you need to log out and register a new user from scratch to check functionality. I can confirm it worked as of today on 4.1.11. If its not working for you another mod might be conflicting with it.

[dadoc]

Just installed on my 4.1.11 and it works just fine. Options show up under "Automatic Profile Commenter" under the settings menu. If this option has not shown up you may want to redownload the mod and try uploading it again.

It should also be noted that this script only seems to post messages when the registration form has been completed. I am unsure but it may bug out if you require email verification, I'll have to do some checking on that later. However the important thing to note is that if you Admin Register a user, they will not receive a Automated Visitor Message. So please do not test functionality this way on your forums, you need to log out and register a new user from scratch to check functionality. I can confirm it worked as of today on 4.1.11. If its not working for you another mod might be conflicting with it.

Thank you very much for taking time to answer my question Keldaria,

I have done a reupload and what you said is right,

This is a great mod, I use this mod to welcome new members and provide a link for them straight to compose a new thread that posts to the Introduction forum and it has been very successful and is a great way to get first posts, which is sometimes hard to achieve

Thanks again:)

[DAMINK]

Could we have the version number added to the mod so when we check from within the forum using the "check version hack" http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=255054 we are able to see if updates have taken place please?

As for the mod its self. Cant fault it.

Thankyou.