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VSa - Auto Birthday Greeter
Mod Version: 2.0.6, by Valter (Coder) Valter is offline
Developer Last Online: May 2014 I like it Show Printable Version Email this Page

vB Version: 4.x.x Rating: (63 votes - 4.71 average) Installs: 629
Released: 17 Feb 2010 Last Update: 23 Sep 2010 Downloads: 3277
Not Supported DB Changes Uses Plugins  

Info:
This hack automatically creates a birthday thread in the forum you select. Only members that allow their date of birth to be displayed will be listed, and age will be shown only for those who has chosen that. Members are shown in colors defined in usergroup settings. You can choose to exclude inactive members. Several users can be set as greeters (used randomly when posting). Thread will be created first time when someone loads forumhome after midnight.


Notes:
-This executes 1 very simple query on forumhome/in target forum.
-mktime() error? Check out this post.


Installation:
-Import XML file (as product) through AdminCP: Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]


To set options:
Go to: vBulletin Options > VSa - Auto Birthday Greeter


Versions:
v1.0 - Aug 26. 2007.
-Initial release
v1.4 - May 03. 2008.
-Latest vb 3.x version
v2.0 - Feb 17 2010.
-Updated for vB 4
-Added option to disable smilies
v2.0.1 - Feb 28 2010.
-New: Proper Time is now automatically detected
-Fixed: Several compatibility issues
v2.0.2 - Feb 28 2010.
-Fixed: Bug with multiple threads created
v2.0.3 - Mar 02 2010.
-Fixed mktime errors
v2.0.4 - Sep 06 2010.
-Fixed: Another bug with multiple threads created
-Fixed: Minor bugs
v2.0.5 - Sep 16 2010.
-Fixed: Multiple threads
v2.0.6 - Sep 23 2010.
-Fixed: Wrong thread creation time

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  #16  
Old 18 Feb 2010, 09:29
Valter Valter is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Important things to check:
- Target forum: this must be set in product options (menu select)
- Greeter: This field must be filled in product options (value = userid)
- Exclusion settings: users must pass these to be included in birthday thread (product options)
- User options: Users who has chosen not to show birthday info will be excluded
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  #17  
Old 18 Feb 2010, 12:10
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Many members seem to like it, so thanks
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Old 18 Feb 2010, 12:16
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War.Frog War.Frog is offline
 
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Originally Posted by princeedward View Post
hmmm...dunno but it doesn't work for me....i guess i set it right...or something wrong with my settings or installation...can anyone confirm this please if it's okay to your side?

Mine works - I just had to set my clock to +1 to match server time. What DIDN'T work, however, was entering multiple Greeters. For whatever reason, it only selected one and posted it from the one member. Strangely, his UserID was not the first or last.

Is there a maximum number of Greeter(s) allowed?
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Old 18 Feb 2010, 12:34
x626xblack x626xblack is offline
 
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Does it show "user names" or User 5 , User 8.....
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Old 18 Feb 2010, 12:56
meissenation meissenation is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Thanks! Been waiting for this one.

Edit: Could you please describe how the hack gets the server time from the misc.php?do=vsa_servertz page? I've been trying to troubleshoot an issue with my Scheduled Tasks being hours off but no one on VBulletin.com can figure it out and it appears that the same issue on my server is affecting this mod too. It says the Server Time is currently 14:03 but yet when I log into the server from RDP (it's a windows box), it's 9:03am... All of my timezone settings that I can find are set to GMT -5 (Eastern).

Edit: Nevermind, found the UTC datetime in the php.ini file. Thank you though - this issue has been bugging me forever and your mod reminded me to investigate it further rather than just manually adjusting the scheduled tasks by 5 hours.

Last edited by meissenation; 18 Feb 2010 at 13:15.
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Old 18 Feb 2010, 13:02
Valter Valter is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Originally Posted by War.Frog View Post
Is there a maximum number of Greeter(s) allowed?
Not limited by product.

Just list them separated by commas.

They are used randomly.
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Old 18 Feb 2010, 13:25
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War.Frog War.Frog is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Valter View Post
Not limited by product.

Just list them separated by commas.

They are used randomly.
Ah! Gotcha. Thank you for the clarification!
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Old 18 Feb 2010, 19:05
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princeedward princeedward is offline
 
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Real name: Edward
well my mistake...i thought it's not workin...i miss the other option

Exclude inactive members (Active Members Time Cut-Off) -- Must Be Set To NO to greet all members active or not active...



you can view mine here with auto mp3 birthday music on it...

LIVE DEMO HERE!

this is really nice and very useful...thanks once again Valter

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Last edited by princeedward; 18 Feb 2010 at 19:14.
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  #24  
Old 19 Feb 2010, 22:40
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Adem GENĒ Adem GENĒ is offline
 
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Real name: Adem GENĒ
Hi,

I'm using local date

Note: I've set the correct date in this product AND Correct the thread creates date

The date of thread message: %19-%016-%2010 (real date 20-02-2010)

Regards

Last edited by Adem GENĒ; 22 Feb 2010 at 13:53.
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Old 19 Feb 2010, 22:44
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princeedward princeedward is offline
 
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Real name: Edward
yeah got it only one time workin...till then not anymore...dunno whats the real problem... tried to test it in some diff. way of setting of time...still no luck....
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  #26  
Old 19 Feb 2010, 22:55
Charlie98902 Charlie98902 is offline
 
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Does this use the html mark-up too on usernames?
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Old 20 Feb 2010, 09:47
Valter Valter is offline
 
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Originally Posted by Charlie98902 View Post
Does this use the html mark-up too on usernames?
Yes, it does.
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Old 20 Feb 2010, 13:46
cory_booth cory_booth is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Thanks and I confirm this is working like it used to in 4.02...
I was curious however....
What steps would be needed to run this via cron?
My forum tends to be a bit quiet during the winter (boating site) and the forum may be unvisited a day or two....
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  #29  
Old 21 Feb 2010, 15:57
BENSTER BENSTER is offline
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Where did the auto mp3 music come from?

Originally Posted by princeedward View Post
well my mistake...i thought it's not workin...i miss the other option

Exclude inactive members (Active Members Time Cut-Off) -- Must Be Set To NO to greet all members active or not active...



you can view mine here with auto mp3 birthday music on it...

LIVE DEMO HERE!

this is really nice and very useful...thanks once again Valter

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  #30  
Old 26 Feb 2010, 18:20
Charlie98902 Charlie98902 is offline
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Is there a way to change the message to make it more genuine rather than bland like it is?
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