Show Birthday Icon in Postbit [Archive]

Andreas

07 Jun 2005, 03:29

Description
This hack adds a small icon in the postbit if the user has a birthday.

Details
Files to modify: 0
Templates to modify: 1
Difficulty: Easy

History
1.0.0
Initial Version for vBulletin 3.5.0 Beta 1

1.0.1
Removed Debug-Code ;)

1.0.2
Now phrased and packaged as Product

1.0.3
Fixed Timezone Issue, Fixed logical expression glitch

1.0.4
Updated for RC3, does take care of User selection for Birthday Privacy

Please only click Install if you actually have installed/are using this Hack, and click Uninstall whan you don't use it any longer!

mOdEtWo

10 Jun 2005, 01:01

Very nice, I've been using this one on the 3.0.x forum for a long time :)

Allan

10 Jun 2005, 01:04

screen please :)

Andreas

10 Jun 2005, 01:07

It's only the standard Birthday-Icon ...

DJDarknez

10 Jun 2005, 01:14

/me installs!

just changed the wording a bit ('s birthday is today!)

Allan

10 Jun 2005, 01:19

It's only the standard Birthday-Icon ...

ok, thank ;)

mholtum

12 Jun 2005, 05:37

/me installs

southernlady

12 Jun 2005, 12:21

It says

2) In template postbit (or postbit_legacy) add

But it doesn't say exactly WHERE! Can we get a bit more specific? Liz

C.Birch

12 Jun 2005, 12:47

where ever you want it to show within your postbit.

southernlady

12 Jun 2005, 12:50

Can you suggest a good spot then, please? Liz

KoC

12 Jun 2005, 12:57

Himmm i will try to install it

southernlady

12 Jun 2005, 13:03

Except for that, it looks easy enough to install. Liz

neocorteqz

12 Jun 2005, 13:47

Can you suggest a good spot then, please? Liz

In 3.0.7 I put the icon next to the Aim,MSn,etc... icons.

southernlady

12 Jun 2005, 15:02

Thanks, that helped. Got it installed. Liz

Sadie Frost

06 Jul 2005, 00:42

Anyone else having a problem with this in Beta 3? It's showing the icon for everyone...(was working for me in 2 though)

:)

Andreas

06 Jul 2005, 00:58

Does work just fine for me on Beta 3.
Do you have any other Plugins active?
If so, did you trs to disable them?
Do you have any file modifications installed?

ktaylor

21 Jul 2005, 07:58

Hi,

I'm trying to install this hack...but am a bit confused. How do i go about installing the .xml file? When i hit the "install this modifcation", it doesn't really do anything to show that the hack works.

Thanks for the help! I've put the needed code in the postbit area, but i think i have to install this xml file before i can see the icon.

Thanks again,
Kristie

Sadie Frost

28 Jul 2005, 03:09

Does work just fine for me on Beta 3.
Do you have any other Plugins active?
If so, did you trs to disable them?
Do you have any file modifications installed?

No file modifications, and only the who's online in the last 24 hours installed. Going to upgrade to RC1 and try again :)

FleaBag

28 Jul 2005, 03:46

Nice little addition... Thanks. :)

Sadie Frost

28 Jul 2005, 04:01

Hmm still showing the icon for me in each post - tried removing the plugin and reinstalling but still happening...hmmm

gulldarek

30 Jul 2005, 21:09

I think, that you should make your hacks with different language support. One additional phrase is not a big problem ;) Anyway: nice hack... [edit] plugin :)

* gulldarek clicks install button

Andreas

31 Jul 2005, 05:57

Well, this was created before RC 1 ... and as I hate writing instructions I didn't phrase it.
But might do so now :)

FleaBag

31 Jul 2005, 21:37

Seems the icon is popping up in the postbit of several random users. Not sure why...

Andreas

31 Jul 2005, 22:06

Can you give an example where it displays the Icon randomly?

FleaBag

31 Jul 2005, 22:45

http://www.dragonninja.co.uk/thread.php?t=21488 - First user to post - not his birthday.
http://www.dragonninja.co.uk/thread.php?t=20524 - Users 'Straight Edge' and 'Trukk', both showing the icon - it's neither of their birthdays.

More examples can be found if need be.

Andreas

31 Jul 2005, 23:51

Hmm. Strange.
I've repacked this as a Product now and made a slight Code-Change.
Please check if it corrects the Problem (delete the old Plugin first).

FleaBag

01 Aug 2005, 00:35

I'll give it a whirl Kirby, thanks...

Edit: Still exactly the same mate...

Andreas

01 Aug 2005, 16:24

Then I can't reproduce the effect on my System.
Feel free to PM me FTP/ACP accounts for your Board, then i'll take a look.

FleaBag

01 Aug 2005, 23:09

OK I will do mate thanks... It does seem rather strange. I don't have the FTP logins, they're saved in my client and I've forgotten them - so I'll email server admin to get them changed. Thanks for your support, it's much appreciated.

Sadie Frost

06 Aug 2005, 02:45

Working for me now in RC2 with the product :)

hobbes747

06 Aug 2005, 16:52

The icon was showing up for every member that had a birthday in the current month on both RC1 and RC2 for me.

Had to change

Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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to

Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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Otherwise it's working in RC2. Thanks!

FleaBag

07 Aug 2005, 16:38

Excellent! That fixed my problem. :)

Thanks hobbes!

mOdEtWo

07 Aug 2005, 23:18

mOdEtWo

07 Aug 2005, 23:59

Hmm, doesn't this plugin respect the timezone settings? One of my users had her birthday yesterday, but the birthdayicon is still showing for me @ 0:57 am GMT. The forum is configured with an EDT timezone.

Andreas

08 Aug 2005, 00:21

Uuh! I fear you're right.

Please try this Plugin Code instead and let me know if it does work correctly

Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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mOdEtWo

08 Aug 2005, 00:40

Aye, that worked Kirby. It now seems to respect timezone settings.

I suggest you change the "AND" statement to "&&" to get rid of the bug several of us have pointed out.

:)

Andreas

08 Aug 2005, 01:02

&& does not comply with vBulletin Code Standards (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/codestandards_and_or), therefore I don't use it :)

Anyway, the Problem (Icon being shown for wrong Users) should not happen anymore with the above Code.
Could you check if this is correct?

mOdEtWo

08 Aug 2005, 09:13

Anyway, the Problem (Icon being shown for wrong Users) should not happen anymore with the above Code.
Could you check if this is correct?
I changed it back to "AND", and it seems to work now. Haven't seen any users with the cake which hasn't got a birthday.

Brinnie

08 Aug 2005, 14:11

Does it add any queries, or whateber?

hobbes747

08 Aug 2005, 15:58

I changed it back to "AND", and it seems to work now. Haven't seen any users with the cake which hasn't got a birthday.

Same for me, the extra brackets in the birthday line did the trick.

Thank you!

Andreas

08 Aug 2005, 16:51

ZIP updated with Code posted above.

@Brinnie
It does not add Queries

Andreas

08 Sep 2005, 19:58

Updated, details see first Post.

Mastar

21 Oct 2005, 04:35

Is there an image to upload??

Andreas

21 Oct 2005, 04:53

No. The image should be there already (birthday_small.gif in images/misc)

Chadi

23 Nov 2005, 03:15

Mine is not appearing for some reason after uploading the xml and adding to postiit_legacy.

Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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Any reason why?

Chadi

25 Nov 2005, 01:21

This is not working for me. I imported the xml and edited postbit_legacy with this (see top portion)

Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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It is not appearing in the postbit. Did I do something wrong?

Andreas

25 Nov 2005, 01:30

Do you allow your age and birthday to be displayed, and do you have entered you birthday?

Chadi

25 Nov 2005, 01:39

Yes and yes

Andreas

25 Nov 2005, 02:56

Then smth. does not work properly.
Feel free to send me an ACP login and i'll take a look.

Andreas

25 Nov 2005, 06:01

Problem solved: No problem existed.
Just misunderstanding and an incorrectly edited template.

Robru

26 Nov 2005, 11:15

Where exactly in template postbit (or postbit_legacy) jou must add:

Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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Andreas

26 Nov 2005, 19:39

Where you want.

djjeffa

26 Nov 2005, 21:19

Where you want.

i installed it but its not showing anything in the pb, oh well it is a nice lil hack.

dan35

17 Dec 2005, 10:46

Can it count-down in postbit within a week before the birthday event? ;)

Ohiosweetheart

27 Jan 2006, 17:20

does this work in 3.5.3?

Silvio

02 Feb 2006, 17:36

does this work in 3.5.3?

Yes Sir, and even smoothly :squareeyed:

TY Andreas *installed*

Gripemaster

03 Feb 2006, 02:03

Flawless...thank you! *Clicks Install*

JenniferK

23 Feb 2006, 16:00

It's not working for me either :(

Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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kira

05 Mar 2006, 22:24

Installed! Thanks, Andreas. Yet another great addon that should be a standard option!

BabyNameAddict

08 Mar 2006, 20:03

Works like a charm :nervous:

Silvio

12 Mar 2006, 14:24

...and here u forgot to upgrade on the forum version is 1.0.4 ;)

lol :banana:

Mod Version: 1.0.3 <----

Andreas

17 Mar 2006, 05:13

Fixed ;)

johnrizz

07 May 2006, 19:28

Boy! That had to be the most EZ'ist of installs I ever did! I love this little Bday hack, MOF I love vb "." It blows PHP out of the water....:banana:

grains

16 May 2006, 02:22

Isnt showing up in the user's postbit. Their birthday is today. :(
Using 3.5.4

ngontran

17 May 2006, 01:20

Isnt showing up in the user's postbit. Their birthday is today. :(
Using 3.5.4

same here

Taipa

22 May 2006, 18:31

Got it installed!

The image works fine, but there's no text after it. Not sure what to do about that, but I'm trying to figure it out ^_^
EDIT: Duh, I didn't notice that was supposed to be ALT text!

It works perfectly then ^_^

GuaRRand

23 May 2006, 22:58

works fine
(be sure to selt AGE AND DATE OF BIRTH in profile)

jamiepryer@hotm

10 Jul 2006, 00:31

hey,
im rubbish at all this code stuff
can you tell me what to look for in postbit and then where to add your code, above/below
i would like this below the post count please :)

asasi

14 Jul 2006, 18:52

may this display a week around birthday?

I||usi0nz

31 Jul 2006, 21:04

it workss :)

asasi

22 Nov 2006, 11:59

This is a great hack but the 3.0 version was better. beouse it show birthday icon from a week before user birthday!
It will be so cute if anyone can modify this hack to show icon from a week before birthday date!

thanks a alot

asasi

28 Nov 2006, 10:28

asasi

13 Jan 2007, 10:56

Any Help????

Phillip Chapman

30 Mar 2007, 04:28

I currently have the birthday hack installed on my 3.5.4 board. After I upgrade to 3.6.x will this still work?

deezelpope

09 Apr 2007, 16:50

Flawless install! Thank you!

Marco

04 Jul 2007, 12:39

Still works fine in 3.6.7. Great, it's just what I was looking for :)

TechGuy

19 Dec 2007, 04:05

There's a bug in the 1.0.4 version of this hack that only shows the icon if the user has selected to show only their birth month and day to the public. If they select to show their entire birth date, it doesn't show the icon. I've re-written the PHP a bit to fix that, and also to show the icon if their birthday is within three days of the current date (so we can celebrate longer!) ;)

To edit, go to your Plugin Manager (not Manage Products) and click Edit next to "Show Birthday Icon in Postbit". Replace the PHP code with this:

Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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Feel free to clean up the code as you see fit. Proceed at your own risk, etc. Sorry if posting this is against forum etiquette. Just thought some would find it useful. :)