Automatic Birthday Thread [Archive]

Andreas

11-10-2005, 10:00 PM

Automatic Birthday Thread

Description
This Hack creates a birthday thread in the forum you select, an optional report is sent to an eMail address you specify.
You can also choose to give them uCash (if you have uCash installed).

User's privacy selection is taken care of, eg. only those that allow their DOB to be displayed will be listed.

Credits to ChurchMedia for the original vBulletin 3.0 Hack.

Details
1 Product XML (4 settings, 14 phrases)
1 Cronscript

History
1.0.0
Initial Version

1.0.1

Removed some debug code
Fixed phrase missing linebreak
Fixed userlist not being shown in body
Added option to only list active users

This Hack is unsupported! All support requests except proven bugs will be IGNORED

FAQ

Q: This Hack does not work!
A: Although it is possible that you have discovered a new bug which causes this Hack to not work, there is a good chance that there are other problems:

Did you select the correct Forum?
Did you enter the correct UserID?
Are you using the original phrases?
Do you have https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96018 installed?
This Hack has a bug which might cause failure.

redspider

11-11-2005, 08:28 PM

first to click install thank you.

Extreme John

11-11-2005, 09:11 PM

Im so excited to get this in place woo hoo!

Itworx4me

11-11-2005, 10:01 PM

Is it possible to get the birthdays listed in a column instead of side by side?

Thanks,
Itworx4me

jluerken

11-11-2005, 10:25 PM

Is it possible to get the birthdays listed in a column instead of side by side?

Thanks,
Itworx4me

In the ADMINCP in the Automatic Birthday Thread Options is a link called messagebits

Click on it and change the phrase by pressing ENTER at the end of the line :D

I asked the same question via PM and this was Andreas answer so thank him... :D

Itworx4me

11-11-2005, 11:38 PM

In the ADMINCP in the Automatic Birthday Thread Options is a link called messagebits

Click on it and change the phrase by pressing ENTER at the end of the line :D

I asked the same question via PM and this was Andreas answer so thank him... :D

Thanks worked like a charm

Code Monkey

11-12-2005, 12:03 AM

Is there a setting to choose to do this for active members only? I mean, there are always those that register for whatever reasons and never post. I would hate to have b-day threads for peeps that nobody knows. :D

rb290

11-12-2005, 12:47 AM

I dont use uCash

i have Reputation Power and Points
your also allowed to use the points for the Casino
so this wont work for the way my system is setup ?

by the way installed. thanks

GamerJunk.net

11-12-2005, 01:56 AM

Thanks, I was trying to port this over, but you beat me to it and actually made it a product too!

SpanishHarlem

11-12-2005, 02:48 AM

Awesome. I have been waiting for this one.

jugo

11-12-2005, 03:05 AM

Thanks Bro...awesome work...

Xtrato

11-12-2005, 03:33 AM

Code Monkey

11-12-2005, 04:00 AM

Well, it is unsupported. *shrugs*

redspider

11-12-2005, 09:22 AM

today was the first post by this hack and this what I got .

Tittle :
Happy Birthday to Spider on 11-12-2005
thead :
www.my2wheelheaven.com members , Here are today's birthdays! Have a great birthday!

how I can make it to post the list of names on the thread not just on tittle?

TIA

moonclamp

11-12-2005, 10:23 AM

Before I use this ... who is the thead started by or can this be specified in the admincp?

redspider

11-12-2005, 10:33 AM

any user you pick by id on admincp.

jluerken

11-12-2005, 11:14 AM

Before I use this ... who is the thead started by or can this be specified in the admincp?

You can specify the user who is creating the thread in the admincp

Snake

11-12-2005, 11:25 AM

You are the man! :)

lordofgun

11-12-2005, 01:17 PM

jluerken

11-12-2005, 01:23 PM

Same here...no users named in the post itself.

Thread prefix hack installed?

Run the cron manually and tell me the output

outlaw621

11-12-2005, 04:33 PM

Works great. The members are happy. they missed this from 3.0.x. The only thing I see strange is I am the designated poster but my signature does not show in any post created by this hack. Of course it is still installed and will remain so. A missing signature is not a reason for me to remove a wonderful modification.

Gizmo5h1t3

11-12-2005, 05:20 PM

this one is a belting idea, but im curious....whats to stop ppl abusing this by changing their birthdays every day, and so gaining massive amounts of ucash, if that option is enabled????

Xtrato

11-12-2005, 10:01 PM

You Change the Registration setting to lock the birthday after its set :P

Thats in Vbulletin Options

HC.

11-13-2005, 04:05 AM

I would like to see the title be today's birthdays
and have the subject be the members name instead of in the title

I would also like to know how to customize the b-day post that is done

outlaw621

11-13-2005, 11:10 PM

I would like to see the title be today's birthdays
and have the subject be the members name instead of in the title

I would also like to know how to customize the b-day post that is done

Look in the ACP under the options for this hack. There are 3 links you can click to change the messages that are posted.

theArchitect

11-15-2005, 09:53 AM

Is it possible to modify this hack to create one thread per user?

So if 3 people have a birthday today, then there would be three separate threads?

It is nice as it is, but it is a little impersonal to lump everyone into the one thread.

Doc Great

11-16-2005, 08:59 AM

German translation-xml :)

Product XML removed and added as language XML to first post. Thank you :)

aciurczak

11-17-2005, 02:12 PM

Same here...no users named in the post itself.

Yup, I'm having the same problem. When I run the cron manually from the admincp, it shows the entire post correctly. When I just let the cron run on its own, it doesn't put the greettext in the post itself.

EDIT: Saw there was an update, installing 1.01 now...

Bounce

11-17-2005, 11:05 PM

How to i get it to post the thread at midnight (GMT) , its posting it at 6:05 pm :ermm:

aciurczak

11-17-2005, 11:09 PM

You can go into the Scheduled Task Manager within the admincp. You will see the cron job for the Happy Birthday thread, and it is set at a certain hour. Hit edit, and change the hour to what you'd like. You can see if you did it right by seeing what the next scheduled time is for that cron job.

Bounce

11-17-2005, 11:13 PM

aciurczak

11-17-2005, 11:17 PM

Bounce

11-17-2005, 11:19 PM

It's a time zone thing. Change the hour to something else. See how it affects the next time the job is to be run. You should quickly see how many hours offset the setting is. Find the right hour to put in there, and you're good.

ahhhh nice one, thanks mate, i'll try that now, its 01:18 here in UK :)

Set it at 19 05 , next is now 19-11-05 00:05 :)

Thank you , only time will tell if it does it, hopefully there will be an active birthday tomorrow lol

* Bounce clicks install as forgot to earlier :)

Bluetiereign

11-19-2005, 05:38 AM

Installed. It now posts in the the Body. Option for only active members. Nice.

divided_by_fear

11-19-2005, 02:48 PM

ok a question on this i installed this before i wentto bed woke up and there was 50 threads to the same person... how can i stop this i have it set up to run on the 23 hour but it was going and going lol.... like i said there was over 50 threads of the happy birthday message...

SCRIPT3R

11-19-2005, 08:02 PM

i just re-up'd the most recent download and the Existing Install/Uninstall Code is 1.0.0 in the Product Manager... has the initial file not been upgraded to reflect 1.0.1 changes yet or does the install/uninstall code part not matter?

Andreas

11-19-2005, 08:09 PM

The install code hasn't changed, so it is still 1.0.0.

divided_by_fear

11-19-2005, 08:13 PM

any word on what would cause this to happen?

Paul M

11-19-2005, 08:57 PM

any word on what would cause this to happen?You only set the hour, not the minute, so it would run every minute for the entire hour.

(isn't hour 23 a bit late ? their birthday is almost over at 11pm in the evening !).

divided_by_fear

11-19-2005, 09:15 PM

lol well i wanted to make sure i was up to see if it did it again lol so what would be best to set it at like 1 this way its early in the morning?

divided_by_fear

11-20-2005, 04:50 AM

ok i set this to hour 1 and it spams my board with threads how can i stop that? i figured it would create one thread for that day for the persons birthday but it post one and keeps going on and post the same threads numerous times... and i have it set on the first hour of the day

882 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:50, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1881 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:45, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1880 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:35, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1879 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:33, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1878 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:32, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1877 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:31, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1876 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:30, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1875 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:29, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1874 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:28, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1873 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:27, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1872 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:24, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1871 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:23, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1870 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:22, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1869 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:21, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27
1868 Automatic Birthday Thread 01:20, 20th Nov 2005 Birthday Thread created for: gizmo27

outlaw621

11-20-2005, 04:55 AM

You need to set the cron to run at a specific time and not at every hour. For instance, if you set your cron to run at hour 23 and minute 55 then the birthday script will run everyday at 11:55 PM

Mine is set at 5 0 * * * which runs it at 12:05 AM

divided_by_fear

11-20-2005, 04:56 AM

ok i think whats going on is its confliting with the birthday email set up by vbulletin

outlaw621

11-20-2005, 05:00 AM

I have not changed the default settings for the birthday email and everything is working correctly. Set your minutes and hour time but leave a * in everything else.

divided_by_fear

11-20-2005, 05:03 AM

now these both run off the same cron file right?

outlaw621

11-20-2005, 05:06 AM

No. The birthday thread should be includes/cron/birthdaythread.php and thye birthday email should be includes/cron/birthday.php

divided_by_fear

11-20-2005, 05:08 AM

ok last question now what happens if say a member registers later then the script is run they wont get picked up?

Lea Verou

11-20-2005, 03:31 PM

Something like this but instead of creating threads it made posts in a specific thread would be really useful to me :)

GamerJunk.net

11-21-2005, 04:16 PM

How would I be able to make this show the username and avatars in the post?

kall

11-22-2005, 03:35 AM

I am still not getting anything printing for $bday_people .. :(

Latest version installed over the top of, then removing old one and reinstalling.. does it only fill up if there is more than one birthday person?

RGSMDNR

12-02-2005, 01:42 PM

its posting the thread at about 10pm the day of the birthday...?

divided_by_fear

12-02-2005, 01:46 PM

u have to edit the cron to make it post earlier... im still having trouble with it... it was posting over and over the same thing in the thread for the same users birthday.... i set mine to 1:01 am and it works ok but the funny thing is right now it still works and i have it shut off... seemed to work better when i shut it off in the product section and left the cron

outlaw621

12-02-2005, 01:52 PM

One thing to note. Check your servers time setting. For example, you set it for 12:01 AM est but your server is located in California. there is a 3 hour time difference so in all actuality, your script would really run at 3:01 am est when the server reaches 12:01 in their time zone.

RGSMDNR

12-02-2005, 01:56 PM

which line do i edit?

divided_by_fear

12-02-2005, 01:59 PM

you dont have to edit a line you have to edit the cron in your Scheduled Tasks

RGSMDNR

12-02-2005, 02:50 PM

ahh... found it!

Xtrato

12-02-2005, 07:42 PM

Ok how can i get it to add the signature whats the code to add that to the postbit.

$signature??

Ramsesx

12-06-2005, 03:50 PM

XML-Fehler: mismatched tag in Zeile 46
Got this error from the german xml file, product import was right?

Andreas

12-06-2005, 04:10 PM

The XML should be fixed now.

Ramsesx

12-06-2005, 04:15 PM

Error: Datei ungültig :squareeyed:
Installed now the english version and added phrases, thanks.

chet

12-12-2005, 07:53 PM

where do I put birthdaythread.php?

Thanks

Ranger187

12-26-2005, 07:10 PM

It didn't create the thread....

MB Dreamz

12-30-2005, 01:40 PM

Works perfectly! Thanks.

CarpHunter

01-05-2006, 01:45 AM

Good to see its already ported to 3.5

Use this hack already in 3.0.7 so cant do without it anymore :nervous:

trancetopia

01-06-2006, 05:58 PM

Hello, just installed and get the following error when executing the cron job:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /home/littlewa/public_html/includes/cron/birthdaythread.php on line 117

It creates the thread fine but concerned about the error.

Is there any reason for this to happen?

Thanks.

Puntoboy

01-20-2006, 03:19 AM

brilliant hack

cheers fella's.

Gripemaster

01-24-2006, 02:05 PM

Where is the birthdaythread.php uploaded to? The forum directory or /includes?

*Needs to test before clicking install*

bloodwrath

01-26-2006, 05:11 AM

installed and very slick

nicedreams

01-27-2006, 04:43 AM

It's not creating the thread for me in 3.5.3

Jim

EDIT - It works now. Had another plugin interfering with it.

caimakale

01-27-2006, 06:49 AM

Mikecp421

01-28-2006, 08:27 PM

nice thanks, will buy the regular one soon!

caimakale

01-28-2006, 09:22 PM

This is the error I get in 3.5.3

Automatic Birthday Thread

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/website/public_html/includes/cron/birthdaythread.php(102) : eval()'d code on line 5

Any ideas or help?
This error only occurs when I run the cron. It only occurs on days when people have a birthday.

No birthday....no errors.

The line in question?
eval(fetch_email_phrases('bdaygreet', $userinfo['languageid']));
Anybody?

Mikecp421

01-29-2006, 12:33 PM

I installed this and it does not post at all, I checked a member today and his profile has a displayed birthday so I dont know?? Any ideas

caimakale

01-29-2006, 06:10 PM

I installed this and it does not post at all, I checked a member today and his profile has a displayed birthday so I dont know?? Any ideas
Mike go into your Admin CP >> Scheduled tasks >> Scheduled Task Manager. Find the Automatic Birthday Thread and click on "Run Now".

When you do that are you getting the same error as me? I noticed you too are running 3.5.3, might be a bug with this version.

Mikecp421

01-29-2006, 06:20 PM

I didn't know this was an option, thanks and yes I did get this error when trying that

Automatic Birthday Thread

Warning: main(/www/m/meogeecom/htdocs/./includes/cron/birthdaythread.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /admincp/cronadmin.php on line 64

Warning: main(): Failed opening '/www/m/meogeecom/htdocs/./includes/cron/birthdaythread.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php4') in /admincp/cronadmin.php on line 64

Done

kall

01-29-2006, 06:30 PM

This works absolutely fine for me on 3.5.3.

Those of you who are having difficulties: Do you have any prior versions installed? If so, Uninstall them (especcially if you had this hack installed on 3.0.x .. this will require enabling debug mode and removing the entries from the AdminCP - vBulletin Options list.

Mike: Yours appears to be related to running on IIS? I am sorry, but I have no experience with this setup. Try entering the full path to the file in your Scheduled Task area.

Mikecp421

01-29-2006, 06:39 PM

I got it figured out, the php folder it calls to is not named the same, the folder needs to be changed to birthdaythread.php and the error goes away

Mikecp421

01-29-2006, 06:40 PM

now I need to check somehow if it works, let me try to run it now

caimakale

01-29-2006, 07:37 PM

Mine had to do with my message. I took out all bb code and smilies and it works now.

Mikecp421

01-29-2006, 07:40 PM

i'll give that a try then too

Tralala

02-01-2006, 06:40 AM

How would I be able to make this show the username and avatars in the post?

That would rule.

Mikecp421

02-01-2006, 04:40 PM

mine still doesn't work.

Bro_Joey_Gowdy

02-02-2006, 03:45 PM

Any updates ?

Gottcha

02-05-2006, 01:43 AM

installed and thread get posted but when i try to acces the thread i get:

you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Mikecp421

02-06-2006, 06:43 PM

what version you running? I have 3.5.3 and it doesn't work at all, but the options are in the ACP.

IrPr

02-06-2006, 09:01 PM

It's not creating the thread for me in 3.5.3

Jim

EDIT - It works now. Had another plugin interfering with it.

same here
which plugin?

realcasinos

02-07-2006, 10:47 AM

Ive got same problem here, everything is installed ok but it's not making the thread.

realcasinos

02-07-2006, 02:23 PM

I managed to get this working now, thanks i love it.

The_Rayman

02-14-2006, 10:39 AM

Cewl man! Works like a charm!

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edit
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okay, installation worked as a charm... now for the generation of the thread...
it doesn't appear... i set the user to create to 1 (webadmin), but... when i run the cron, nothing happens... yes it does tell me it has completed... that's it.

Any ideas?

Tralala

02-21-2006, 11:50 AM

How would I be able to make this show the username and avatars in the post?

Is this even possible?

ozmazdaclub

03-03-2006, 06:47 AM

is it possible to have the thread closed automatically so it becomes more like an announcement post almost?

Phalynx

03-15-2006, 10:28 AM

This plugin is working for me, but only if I execute it manually in the scheduled tasks. Running automatically it creates only the correct log entries, eg. Birthday "Thread created for x,x,x", but no thread at all. I'm using v1.0.1 of the Hack with vB 3.5.4

What's wrong?

Andreas

03-23-2006, 03:12 AM

I can't fix a problem that I can't reproduce :)
Though, feel free to send me a PM with all necessary logins (ACP, FTP, phpMyAdmin) and i'll take a look.

Mikecp421

03-23-2006, 09:43 AM

mine doesn't create a thread or anything

Andreas

03-23-2006, 12:25 PM

In the case of Phalynx it turned out to be this Hack:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96018

Please check if this could be the issue for you too.

Phalynx

03-23-2006, 12:26 PM

Works now for me, thanks.

Roms

03-31-2006, 02:35 AM

Thanks, my members loved this on 3.0. :)

MysticMoon

04-01-2006, 04:13 AM

Thanks for the hack :)
No problems installing & it's working perfect.

One question though, on the 3.0.x version I was able to change the post icon used instead of the default, can I do that with this one? If so, can you point me in right direction? thanks

Tralala

04-06-2006, 10:24 AM

Is this Daylight Savings Times aware? I've had it working great for months. And just today I see it's posted a Birthday thread, but the title of the post it made had yesterday's date on it. Wondering if it has something to do with Sunday's DST change.

Mikecp421

04-08-2006, 10:29 PM

In the case of Phalynx it turned out to be this Hack:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96018

Please check if this could be the issue for you too.nope dont have that hack in my system

Tyegurl

04-09-2006, 02:22 AM

is it possible to have the thread closed automatically so it becomes more like an announcement post almost?

there is a hack( atleast i think there is) that when you post a thread it has an option to close it after the first post. i don't see why you can't alter that to do what you need....maybe i am worng and unfortunately i can't remember the hack/mod...sorry i will search and post here if i find it. at anyrate i know i have the option when i post the first post in a thread.

secondly i would like to say that i have this installed along with the birthday style and the birthday style hack....works beautifully!!!

Mikecp421

04-09-2006, 11:40 PM

omg I just reinstalled it and made me the thread starter and it worked. Maybe because I previously created a Birthday Bot user to do the announcing?

FLMom

04-10-2006, 03:31 AM

Hi there! First off I want to say thank you for this! What a wonderful idea :D

I have a small problem though, I have double checked to make sure that I have it going to the correct board, and it is still not there. Although it does show up on the main page of my site in the recent threads module, but shows no forum. When I click on the thread it takes me to an error page, obviously because there is no forum. So, how can I make the thread actually show up in the forum I wanted?

Thanks for any help!

xfaethorx

04-13-2006, 06:18 AM

is it possible to have vbbux cash as well as ucash as i don't have ucash installed.

moonclamp

04-30-2006, 05:27 PM

is it possible to have vbbux cash as well as ucash as i don't have ucash installed.
vbbux gives a points donation on birthdays by default. :)

Question ... does this still create threads for banned members? (or other groups like miserable users)

peterska2

05-01-2006, 08:49 PM

Installed, thanks.

marco22

05-22-2006, 12:15 PM

How do i find thi sin the admin panel. cant make it work..

nomiqw

05-23-2006, 09:45 AM

thnx for ur hack but i cant understand
Installation
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1) Upload the File in folder upload
2) Import product-bdaythread.php ~(where to upload the.php file)
i have uploaded the .xml file but where to upload .Php file please let me know soon
Thnx

Mikecp421

05-23-2006, 09:51 AM

How do i find thi sin the admin panel. cant make it work..
go to Admin CP (ACP) then to vBulletin Options > vBulletin Options > scroll towards bottom to Automatic Birthday Thread

Mikecp421

05-23-2006, 09:52 AM

nomiqw

05-23-2006, 10:01 AM

thnx a lot m8 thnx for ur help

Tyegurl

06-23-2006, 03:01 AM

can you or someone update this to 3.6.0? thanks in advance if you do ;)

Tralala

06-23-2006, 03:27 AM

can you or someone update this to 3.6.0? thanks in advance if you do ;)

Does it not already work in 3.6? That'll keep me from upgrading for sure.

Tyegurl

06-23-2006, 03:30 AM

not for me....i wish it did :( db error when i install it....

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.0 Beta 3:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO cron
(weekday, day, hour, minute, filename, loglevel, title)
VALUES
(-1, -1, 0, 'a:1:{i:0;i:5;}', './includes/cron/birthdaythread.php', 1, 'Automatic Birthday Thread');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'title' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Thursday, June 22nd 2006 @ 09:30:13 PM
Script : http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://www.teamrespawn.com/vBulletin/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd

outlaw621

07-11-2006, 01:39 PM

outlaw621

07-13-2006, 01:03 PM

Tralala

07-26-2006, 02:53 PM

I noticed something strange with this hack and my current install of 3.5.3:

I disabled it in my AdminCP for a day... but noticed that it still posted Birthday threads.

I suspect that the Cron/scheduled task kicks in regardless, and since there's no way to "temporarily deactivate" a task (short of editing it's frequency, or deleting the task and adding it back later)... there's no way to temporarily disable this hack from doing it's job.

What I'll do now in the meantime is re-direct the posts to a hidden forum the few times I don't want it posting publicly.

But it would be nice if disabling the plug-in actually turned it off. Or if there was an on/off toggle in the setup/prefs for the add-on itself.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Shazz

07-26-2006, 03:53 PM

Ive had some problems, as in it won't run the thread by it self the schedule task thing dosen't work it seems like =\
I always have to run it manually..
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jugo

07-27-2006, 08:00 PM

I have tried to PM Andreas but the PM box is full. If Andreas reads this or anyone speaks to Andreas, I have ported this to work with 3.6 RC1 and would like to release it with permission from Andreas.

hey try contacting Churchmedia he was the original coder.

I'm sure Andreas wouldn't care if you released it or not, but church may have something to add.

Darwa

08-08-2006, 12:57 AM

Managed to get things sorted yet Outlaw?

I'd really love this to run in 3.6.0 :)

jluerken

08-08-2006, 12:13 PM

I am running it with 3.6 and its working fine

Darwa

08-08-2006, 06:35 PM

Was it installed before you upgraded to 3.6.0?

outlaw621

08-08-2006, 06:37 PM

I have heard back from churchmedia and with his permission I am releasing the port of this hack for 3.6
Enjoy!

jluerken

08-08-2006, 06:49 PM

Was it installed before you upgraded to 3.6.0?

Yes it was installed before I upgraded

SCRIPT3R

09-12-2006, 03:37 PM

I have heard back from churchmedia and with his permission I am releasing the port of this hack for 3.6
Enjoy!
why not create your own thread for the port?

SCRIPT3R

09-15-2006, 06:17 PM

I have heard back from churchmedia and with his permission I am releasing the port of this hack for 3.6
Enjoy!
with your port, are you able to change the cron job time setting? i cannot.

Shazz

09-15-2006, 06:19 PM

Yea, Cron job won't work for any version of V/B

outlaw621

09-15-2006, 06:21 PM

Cron Works fine. You can change it the same way you would change any other cron entry.

SCRIPT3R

09-15-2006, 08:08 PM

i'm just letting you know that i cannot change the run time for your port. i can edit the settings, but am not able to save it. bascially what's happening is that you don't have the following fields pre-labled so the user has to do them, unlike before. your port works, it's just a bit incomplete. once i fill in the missing info, then everything works.

Title
[Translations]
Description
[Translations]
Log Phrase
[Translations]

Shazz

09-15-2006, 10:27 PM

Cron Works fine. You can change it the same way you would change any other cron entry.
Well it seems as if you click RUN NOW it will work.. But on its own it won't

Lionel

09-29-2006, 04:23 PM

can someone confirm that the new zip works fine in 3.60?

SCRIPT3R

09-29-2006, 05:11 PM

can someone confirm that the new zip works fine in 3.60?
what new zip? if you're talking about the one posted a few posts above, it's already been confirmed that it DOES NOT fully work. but it does work for the most part.

Lionel

09-29-2006, 05:58 PM

what does not work? just the cron part? (the most important on)

SCRIPT3R

09-29-2006, 06:06 PM

i have two live forums and one test forum. the cron - it's hit and miss on all of them so i uninstalled it. from what i remember is that there were some predefined fields that were not filled in. if you went in and took care of those, it should work fully. i just didn't want to bother with it for whatever reason, but i cant remember why.

Valter

10-24-2006, 02:48 AM

Does this work with 3.6.2 or not?

Andreas, have you planned to fix this and release 3.6.x version?

Shazz

10-24-2006, 02:51 AM

Does this work with 3.6.2 or not?

Andreas, have you planned to fix this and release 3.6.x version?
Hack is unsupported! All support requests except proven bugs will be IGNORED

Valter

11-11-2006, 08:27 PM

Hack is unsupported! All support requests except proven bugs will be IGNORED
It doesn't work for me. It doesn't work even I run cron job manually. I've read FAQ and I'm sure all options are configured properly, "Forbid..." hack is not installed, tried to re-install etc... no luck.

Shazz

11-11-2006, 08:32 PM

Same here, even on the 3.5.4 it still didn't work for me =\

HansMuenchen

11-11-2006, 08:38 PM

It doesn't work for me. It doesn't work even I run cron job manually. I've read FAQ and I'm sure all options are configured properly, "Forbid..." hack is not installed, tried to re-install etc... no luck.

Like I understand him on http://www.vbhacks-germany.org/ he plan tu update the script.

Greetings
Hans

Shazz

11-11-2006, 08:40 PM

If i could read german I would use it =\

Valter

11-14-2006, 03:39 PM

Like I understand him on http://www.vbhacks-germany.org/ he plan tu update the script.

Greetings
Hans
I hope so.

HansMuenchen

11-14-2006, 03:44 PM

Same here, even on the 3.5.4 it still didn't work for me =\

I tested it and you are right, here the same! (with 3.6.3) Only if I start the cron manualy it works.

But like you will see here the script isn't supportet!

Greetings
Hans

picardtux

11-30-2006, 06:27 AM

hello

i have the produkt update for 3.6.4

HansMuenchen

11-30-2006, 06:37 AM

hello

i have the produkt update for 3.6.4

Thank you very much! I test it today and tell you if it works :)

Greetings out of Munich
Hans

HansMuenchen

11-30-2006, 06:55 AM

hello

i have the produkt update for 3.6.4

Hello,

I tested today the log also say: Birthday thread created

But it isn't! I also see after I check into the settings of Vbulletin that there was no phrase anymore!

So thing something is wrong with the product!

Greetings
Hans

24Play

12-01-2006, 02:47 AM

1st one for me ever and I get this when I import

INSERT INTO vb_cron
(weekday, day, hour, minute, filename, loglevel, title)
VALUES
(-1, -1, 0, 'a:1:{i:0;i:5;}', './includes/cron/birthdaythread.php', 1, 'Automatic Birthday Thread');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'title' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Friday, December 1st 2006 @ 04:44:48 AM
Script : http://www.24-play.com/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://www.24-play.com/forum/admincp/plugin.php?do=productadd
IP Address : 88.11.139.77
Username : test
Classname : vb_database

never seen the IP addy before, can someone tell me what I'm messing up here or if theres a thread for idiots?

If someone has the time to do a step by step for a first time user of exactly what I click where that would be greatly appreciated

Mudvayne

12-20-2006, 06:37 AM

Works for me if I run the cron job manually. Otherwise it doesn't create the thread.

Shazz

12-20-2006, 01:07 PM

Works for me if I run the cron job manually. Otherwise it doesn't create the thread.

That seemed to be a problem in the 3.5.4 or which ever version you use

Mudvayne

12-20-2006, 02:37 PM

I'm using 3.6.4 & I miss Andreas in vB.org :(.

HPIA

01-18-2007, 11:19 PM

Does this work with 3.6.4?

shelaby

01-21-2007, 11:35 PM

Not in my forum. I have no phrases for my forum, only for ACP and Mail. I use Version 3.6.4
Could me help someone please?

The Finman

01-25-2007, 05:56 AM

The update version in thread 10 by picardtux (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=170361) works...sort of.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=56946&d=1164875214

However I can't edit message areas.

Select the Forum in which the birthday threads should be created.
You can edit the title of the thread here.
To edit the message, click here - you can also edit the messagebits.

When I try I get...

No Phrases Matched Your Query

Everyone still seems to be looking help, as this is a popular hack.

picardtux, has done good trying to upgrade it. I just wish we could get the last few bugs out of it. :(

Stop

03-01-2007, 08:15 AM

Can some one release a supported version for 3.6 ?

Tralala

03-26-2007, 11:56 PM

The update version in thread 10 by picardtux (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/member.php?u=170361) works...sort of.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=56946&d=1164875214

However I can't edit message areas.

When I try I get...

Everyone still seems to be looking help, as this is a popular hack.

picardtux, has done good trying to upgrade it. I just wish we could get the last few bugs out of it. :(

Can you manually edit the bdaygreet phrase?

Tralala

03-27-2007, 12:10 AM

Running vB 3.6.4 here. I have version 1.0.1 of this installed and it's been running fine (cron job included.) I do get the "No Phrases Matched Your Query" when I click the links to edit the message text... but it looks like I can manually edit it via the bdaygreet phrase. My working setup could be because I've had it installed all the while, back when I was on vB 3.5, and have just updated vB on top of it, but I'm not sure. I just know it works.

I have not yet tried the "updates" provided by others in this thread (outlaw621 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1047683&postcount=124), picardtux (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=1128536&postcount=144)) ... but based on feedback it sounds like they wouldn't add/fix anything, anyway.

I would very much like to see if there's a way to include the birthday person's AVATAR in their birthday thread. I realize this would require the AdminCP setting of "Allow Dynamic URL for [IMG] Tags" to be set to YES, and I currently can do this manually. But with that, how difficult would it be to enhance this to allow the inclusion of avatar's in the birthday posting?

Puntoboy

05-27-2007, 08:24 AM

Can anyone help me here.

For some strange reason, the title of the thread has started being wrong. when the thread is created, it puts the date in the thread title, but this is different from the dates against each members name.

The dates of the members birthdays is correct but the date on the thread title is a day behind.

For example:

This thread was created today, May 27th at 00:05

Dear Community,

Here are today's birthdays!

sarahbaby (http://www.puntosports.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=6138) was born on May 27, 1969 (Age: 38)
D4N D C (http://www.puntosports.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=4720) was born on May 27, 1983 (Age: 24)
Ihaveapunto (http://www.puntosports.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=3717) was born on May 27, 1987 (Age: 20)
alyn@swcc (http://www.puntosports.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=4826) was born on May 27, 1988 (Age: 19)
mattyc07 (http://www.puntosports.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=6871) was born on May 27, 1988 (Age: 19)
nitro-cad (http://www.puntosports.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=4681) was born on May 27, 1989 (Age: 18)
jaysporting (http://www.puntosports.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=6929) was born on May 27, 1989 (Age: 18)

Have a great birthday!

Yet the title of the thread is

Happy Birthday on 26th May 2007

It had been working fine for ages, then all of a sudden it started doing this.

SCRIPT3R

05-27-2007, 05:09 PM

did you upgrade your forum lately?

Puntoboy

05-28-2007, 11:11 AM

Yes, but it started long before I did that.

Puntoboy

05-28-2007, 10:11 PM

Very strange.

If I run the cron job manually, it works perfectly. If I let it run at it's specified time, it does it wrong.

SledgeHammer101

06-10-2007, 09:34 PM

How did you got the cron job working ? It doensn't works at my forum. Did you made any changes on it ?

Southernphuk

06-23-2007, 03:14 PM

Grrr, just read through 11 pages hoping that this would be a working hack. Ah well, back to doing it manually and hoping someone makes it automatic (hint hint VB).

cambridgedaz

08-08-2007, 03:16 PM

I installed this today. Got it all working even if I did have to dig into phrase manager to change a few bits.

Question: How do I get the signature of the automatic member who makes the post to show?

ozmazdaclub

08-09-2007, 07:54 AM

cambridgedaz - can you post what changes you had to make so to get it working?

ozmazdaclub

08-09-2007, 08:11 AM

installed the outlaw621 version works manually - will check the cron job tomorrow

cambridgedaz

08-09-2007, 08:22 AM

The picardtux version works good but the cron job posts an hour early. I am guessing due to daylight saving time adjustments. Just go into scheduled tasks and add an hour to the time.

cambridgedaz

08-10-2007, 07:51 AM

Does anyone know how the code in birthdaythread.php could be changed to post in an existing thread rather than creating a new one each time?

Valter

08-29-2007, 01:58 AM

This is not to promote my work but to help people who has problem with this hack. You may wish to try Auto Birthday Greeter (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=156293). It's similar to this one but supported and has no known bugs.

edytwinky

09-03-2007, 05:34 PM

Is there a way to specify it not to posts for certain users? I have some users that have not been on in ages and it's pointless to make a post about them if they hav ebeen inactive for a while

Tralala

09-09-2007, 05:35 AM

Is there a way to specify it not to posts for certain users? I have some users that have not been on in ages and it's pointless to make a post about them if they hav ebeen inactive for a while

Yeah, in the AdminCP, there's a setting for this:

Only active Users:
Set this to 'Yes' if you only want active Users to be listed.

rooney72

12-15-2007, 05:53 PM

Any chance for this to happen in latest vBulletin 3.6.8 !!!

Bro_Joey_Gowdy

01-07-2008, 08:50 AM

Any updates for 3.7.0. ??

Veteranich

03-06-2008, 04:16 PM

Hello! We like your hack and we translated it into Russian and published here (http://vbulletin.su/forum/forum82/thread53.html). If you mind, post here please. If you interested what russian people like your hack and you want to develop your hack in Russia then should come our community of vbulletin developers more frequency and you'll find people that will suggest you ideas for improve your hack.

Thanks, Veteran.

Puntoboy

09-20-2008, 01:20 PM

I've just upgraded my test forum to 3.7.3 PL1 and whilst this mod still works, the time the thread is created seems quite random.

I've set the job to create the thread at 1:10am however the thread appears randomly.

Any ideas?

edermix

09-20-2008, 09:01 PM

Error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.2:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO vb_cron
(weekday, day, hour, minute, filename, loglevel, title)
VALUES
(-1, -1, 0, 'a:1:{i:0;i:5;}', './includes/cron/birthdaythread.php', 1, 'Automatic Birthday Thread');

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'title' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Saturday, September 20th 2008 @ 06:57:14 PM
Error Date : Saturday, September 20th 2008 @ 06:57:14 PM
Script : http://www.bestuniom.net/admincp/apm_product.php?do=productimport
Referrer : http://www.bestuniom.net/admincp/apm_product.php?do=productadd
IP Address : 201.92.141.17
Username : ...
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.51a-community-log

Puntoboy

10-24-2008, 07:52 AM

Markos

11-11-2008, 10:16 PM

dose this work for 3.7.4 anyone ????

Andreas

01-17-2009, 03:51 PM

I've added a new version (1.5.1) that is compatible with vBulletin 3.6/3.7/3.8

Icy

01-24-2009, 08:29 AM

Updated :)

manning

03-02-2009, 05:55 PM

Just installed on 3.7.4 and it doesnt appear to work - least not parts of it. ..

You can edit the title of the thread here.
To edit the message, click here - you can also edit the messagebits.

When I click on those links I get the following ...

No Phrases Matched Your Query

Also > Her you must enter the userid (not the username!) of the user that should appear as the starter of the greeting thread.

I inserted a userID but it doesnt save - when I reload the page the text field is still blank.