VSa - Auto Birthday Greeter

[Savage Circuits]

Unfortunately it did the same thing others mentioned...it posted a day early. =( I must remove for now. Fix that and add the ability to select a post icon and I would donate.

[sweetpotato]

Does this mod still work if I enable Birthday email?

[Hippy]

works perfect with vb4.1.8

thanks

[silberfuchs]

Same problem for me with vb 4.1.7 - the thread is one day before and also the date in the message is one day before....any idea? I am using the latest version of the mod. Thanks for your support!

[MalluParadise]

making more thread's in about same person birthday notification on 4.1.8

[Hippy]

been working from day one for me .. no issues..

Not sure about a fresh install with the newest vb..

[Jonm]

its just stopped working altogether for me.. one day it was working the next it wasn't, checked all the settings and nothings changed?

[Hippy]

did you install it ?
if not try that..
seems to work with some issues with mods

[Scyther]

it was working well with 4.1.8 and then suddenly stopped working

[Hippy]

humm seems to be working even with the betas Not sure why it would just stop working on you..
did you try to re-install and allow to over write ?

[S@NL - BlackBik]

The problem over here is that people don't read the thread. They just post "It doesn't work" and expect someone to post a solution.
But the solution is already in this thread!
Learn to read, folks!
This hack is working just fine. If there is something fishy going on it's most probably on your own server or vB install with all the hacks you have installed. There's a lot of folks that have installed xxx hack on the same hook and are wondering why it doesn't work. It's not this hack that is causing the problem. It's probably you.....

[bremereric]

I installed it tonight on vb 4.1.3 and it ran before midnight and before the regular cron that updates the birthday at the bottom of the forum. I installed it about 10:30 CDT and about 11:30 I noticed the first post. It posted the persons birthday with the wrong date. If the before mentioned person whom posted could point me at which of the 18 pages to look at for the cure that would be nice. I am not saying it doesn't work I am just saying it's posting the birthday post on the wrong date.

[bremereric]

I quit being lazy and found kras's fix on page 13. I am going to upload it and give it a try.

[bremereric]

How do I insert a smilie in the message and message pl?

[rangeroverclub]

How do I insert a smilie in the message and message pl?

You must write the replacement text like this :)

[bremereric]

You must write the replacement text like this

:)Tried this already :happybday: which is the replacement text for an animated birthday gif. Waiting to let it run again. No one had a birthday in the last two days. I am waiting for it to run by itself without forcing it by adding a new user. :D

[bremereric]

Works great now with three smilies. Fires off automatically after 12:00pm just like it's susposed to.

[bada_bing]

Is there a way to have the birthday greeting post in the users profile user message area rather then a specific forum?

[GeorgeB85]

I am pretty sure that I had installed the fix, but to be sure, I re installed it just now.

Got on, and noticed a new birthday thread. Check it out, and the guys birthday was 2 days ago on the 23rd!

[NTMID8]

I am pretty sure that I had installed the fix, but to be sure, I re installed it just now.

Got on, and noticed a new birthday thread. Check it out, and the guys birthday was 2 days ago on the 23rd!

Yeah, I installed the fix too and am still having issues.

[GeorgeB85]

Yeah, I installed the fix too and am still having issues.

I have disabled it on mine until a solid fix and been made.

[Hippy]

I am not sure why or how I just checked and I am using this https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=177931 .. it never stopped working since vb3... and is working perfect to vb4.1.10 not promoting this mod and all and no disrespect to valter he has provided great mods for everyone
I have this marked as installed but must be on a test site..I will have to look to see if I can see what the issue is great mod all around

[Dwarden]

unable get it to work (tried several proposed fixes in the discussion) with 4.1.10 ...

errors like
1 member is celebrating their birthday on %b %Europe/Berlin %2012:

the problem exist in
latest version of this vSA mod, the K's fix and even the old Cyb version

[Valter]

What's your time/date settings?

[Dwarden]

Style & Language settings is set = English (24 hour time)

[Valter]

AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Date and Time Options > Format For Date

It should be something like: d-m-y

[Dwarden]

so that value is

m-d-Y

[CAG CheechDogg]

Great Mod! I added it just in time for my Son's B-day, installed fine no problems and I am using 4.1.10

[Gato]

I have the same problem that many people have, in my Date and Time Options i have
"d-m-Y" for date and "H:i" fot time.

The problems is this: When i change that options, they change in the VSA Chatbox, and not works in the Auto Birthday Greeter. (This systems post like %d and not the date)
When i change that options for function with Auto Birthday Greater, they not show in VSA Chatbox.

I can do it work in one script or in the other, but not in the two at the same time.
Any idea?

[gpinjason]

This does absolutely nothing on my forum... tried the fix in the comments, and still nothing.. didn't work with 4.1.10, still doesn't work with 4.1.11.. uninstalled, and reinstalled.. still nothing..

My other mods include:
auto you-tube parser
digital point thread avatars
seven skins image resizer
v3 arcade
vb pro garage
vbh add new tabs
vsa chatbox
usml advanced toplinks

could any of those be causing this not to work?

[boazor]

Hi ,

I install it and its work it create thread but with out the user name that have birthday
its only post what i write in the Phrases ,

What can be the problem?

[Akyeame Kwame]

Hello I get this hyperlinked code showing up in the place of the gif image

-ibrahim22 (Age: hidden or unknown)

I tried the css fix on page 7

<span style="color:#0000FF;font-weight:bold;">Modding Guru</span>

but it doesn't involve images. Then i searched for how to call images via CSS but none of those seemed to be straightforward and I couldn't find any site where it was discussed where the members agreed on how it should be done. Is there a way for this code with color to simply show the linked name and username icon without the opening and closing color tags?

[Gn_Snake]

Hi for all,
i do not understand how to bring up my nickname when creating the topic Happy Birthday.

I put my nick name in the control panel but shows "not registered" the author of the topic

[It's Damn Real!]

Installed on 4.1.11 produces this effect:

1 member is celebrating their birthday on 09-14-2012:

-steve1995 (born in 1995, Age: 17)


Happy Birthday!

Looks like the code is off...

[Valter]

What's Username HTML Markup settings for steve1995's usergroup?

[elnapotandil]

Hi Valter!

In 4.2 don't work for me.

My hour configuration:


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/09/9.png


Auto Birthday Greeter config:


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/09/10.png


Can you help me? Thanks!

[khon8rew]

Thanks

[xmemx]

I really like the mods title started with VSa.

[Marilize]

I've got this mod installed on 4.2.0, but it's not working at all. :(

[CAG CheechDogg]

I've got this mod installed on 4.2.0, but it's not working at all. :(

Please be more specific as to what is not working or why you say it is not working. Explain what is happening or not happening.

[Marilize]

Please be more specific as to what is not working or why you say it is not working. Explain what is happening or not happening.

Sorry about that. The mod installed without a problem, but no threads have been generated. I've let it run for a couple of days, with users who have their details displayed having birthdays in the meantime, but no threads were created. Nothing is happening at all.

I'm on 4.2.0 and we have very few other mods installed. Active members time cut-off is set to '0' to treat all members as active. My CP settings are attached.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Sorry about that. The mod installed without a problem, but no threads have been generated. I've let it run for a couple of days, with users who have their details displayed having birthdays in the meantime, but no threads were created. Nothing is happening at all.

I'm on 4.2.0 and we have very few other mods installed. Active members time cut-off is set to '0' to treat all members as active. My CP settings are attached.

Is your b-day forum open to the public? I think somewhere in this thread I read it has to have public access, I could be wrong though.

[Marilize]

Is your b-day forum open to the public? I think somewhere in this thread I read it has to have public access, I could be wrong though.

Yes, it is open to the public. We just restrict access to photos, not forums.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Yes, it is open to the public. We just restrict access to photos, not forums.

By any chance did you edit the b-day greeting? If you did re-import the product, allow over write and use the default greeting first. I remember editing the b-greeting and it didn't work, I re-imported the product , allowed overwrite and it worked.

[Marilize]

By any chance did you edit the b-day greeting? If you did re-import the product, allow over write and use the default greeting first. I remember editing the b-greeting and it didn't work, I re-imported the product , allowed overwrite and it worked.

Yes, I edited the greeting because it has to be translated into our forum's language. I will try to re-import the product, but will this allow me to use our language eventually? It's imperative that it should be in our board's language.

[DaNis]

Translation to Turkish language by SirtLan

[megabink]

Installed and working on 4.2.0 pl2.
Thanks a lot buddy for this great mod a real time saver lol.

[root2012]

how do I want to change the color to use only one color
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[Marilize]

By any chance did you edit the b-day greeting? If you did re-import the product, allow over write and use the default greeting first. I remember editing the b-greeting and it didn't work, I re-imported the product , allowed overwrite and it worked.

I tried this, but still no luck. I guess this mod doesn't work on 4.2.0 or at least, it doesn't on ours.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Yes, I edited the greeting because it has to be translated into our forum's language. I will try to re-import the product, but will this allow me to use our language eventually? It's imperative that it should be in our board's language.

You should be able to use your own language yes, but you have to be careful, something throws off the greeting, it might be a character like a " or an ' or even a ! , try to change the greeting and avoid using any special characters that we use in code, maybe a damn ( or a ) or throws it off.

[My Hattiesburg]

I'm getting some weird post times of greetings. I had one post at 11:59 PM then the exact same one again at 12:01 AM. Just recently I had one post at 11:01 PM, the day before the birthday. All the others have worked right, after midnight the day of the birthday.

Any thoughts?

[CAG CheechDogg]

I'm getting some weird post times of greetings. I had one post at 11:59 PM then the exact same one again at 12:01 AM. Just recently I had one post at 11:01 PM, the day before the birthday. All the others have worked right, after midnight the day of the birthday.

Any thoughts?

Could be the time zone they have set up in their settings. Not sure though.

[My Hattiesburg]

I'm still having a problem with this mod creating threads on the wrong day and now getting the date wrong. Last night at precisely 11:00 PM it created a birthday thread for one member, and said her birthday was on 11-26, even though her profile has it as 11-27. The What's Going On block listed her birthday correctly as did the Calendar.

[andyv72]

Update pls

[CAG CheechDogg]

I actually had a thread being created on the wrong day too just last week and it wasn't that person's birthday. I checked on the time zone they had on their profile and all was fine there. ...Pretty weird stuff, never had it do this before.

[My Hattiesburg]

It still wants to create a thread at 11:00 PM of the day before the birthday, and giving out the wrong date. It's confusing our members who read the thread the next day and think they're a day late in giving out birthday wishes.

Anybody got a clue what might be causing this or how I might go about changing some settings to get it to behave properly?

[CoZmicShReddeR]

It still wants to create a thread at 11:00 PM of the day before the birthday, and giving out the wrong date. It's confusing our members who read the thread the next day and think they're a day late in giving out birthday wishes.

Anybody got a clue what might be causing this or how I might go about changing some settings to get it to behave properly?

I am not sure about the mod but I am sure if your server has the wrong date and time it will cause your website to show the wrong date and time!

Also make sure you have the correct time zone set for your forums
SETTINGS, Date and Time Options

There is also a setting for Daylights savings time...

[My Hattiesburg]

I am not sure about the mod but I am sure if your server has the wrong date and time it will cause your website to show the wrong date and time!

Also make sure you have the correct time zone set for your forums
SETTINGS, Date and Time Options

There is also a setting for Daylights savings time...

I thought about that, but our site is showing the correct time. The server, though, is on MST and we're on CST but if that was a factor then the thread would be started an hour late, not an hour early.

But I tested this out before enabling site-wide and it worked properly then. It also worked properly the first few times that it created a thread, then it wonked out. Also, I wouldn't mind even if it did post a thread an hour early - if it would insert the correct date, but it seems that it's inserting the date of the thread creation instead of pulling the date from the user's profile. Or maybe it's pulling the date from the profile and then subtracting 1, I don't know.

This may have started after the DST change, I'm not sure, but since all the dates on our site automatically changed over properly when it happened, it still puzzles me. I suppose it's also possible that it's something that I installed after installing this mod but I don't have a clue what it might be since this is the only thing I'm having a problem with.

[My Hattiesburg]

Anybody have any suggestions as to what I can do to get this mod to insert the correct date? I really like it but it makes us look foolish by proclaiming that someone's birthday is a day earlier than the actual date.

[Rckcrwlr]

It also worked properly the first few times that it created a thread, then it wonked out. Also, I wouldn't mind even if it did post a thread an hour early - if it would insert the correct date, but it seems that it's inserting the date of the thread creation instead of pulling the date from the user's profile. Or maybe it's pulling the date from the profile and then subtracting 1, I don't know.

Mine started doing this, again. I thought it was fixed.

[voglermc]

guys, this is a server issue. see if you host can set your server time correctly and you'll have a fix

[My Hattiesburg]

guys, this is a server issue. see if you host can set your server time correctly and you'll have a fix

I'm not an expert on this stuff but I think I have a pretty good grasp on things (and I could also be totally wrong). We manage our own server, which is located in MST and our site is on CST, therefore the server clock is one hour behind our site clock, i.e., when it's 2:00 here it's 1:00 there. Our site and the server both show the correct respective times, I just checked it.

Should the server clock and the site clock both be the same? I did change it once and it threw the site times off and posting permissions (you have to wait xxxx seconds before you may make another post), so I changed it back real quick and haven't touched it since because everything was working properly.

But it seems that if the mod is pulling the server time, then it would make the post one hour late instead of one hour early, i.e., when the server clock hits midnight it's already 1:00 AM here. Instead, it's posting it an hour early.

Or am I totally missing something?

[Rckcrwlr]

I'm not an expert on this stuff but I think I have a pretty good grasp on things (and I could also be totally wrong).
But it seems that if the mod is pulling the server time, then it would make the post one hour late instead of one hour early, i.e., when the server clock hits midnight it's already 1:00 AM here. Instead, it's posting it an hour early.

Or am I totally missing something?

My server is 2 miles away and the time is correct...and I still have the issue. :rolleyes:

[voglermc]

I'm not an expert on this either but my site has always posted this on the right date and my server is in DC and I'm in NC. We both observe DST and am on EST.

[M.C.]

great hack but would be great to add option to post within ONE thread than create new one on every B-day... seems update 2010 no updates since :(

[sarangan]

great hack but would be great to add option to post within ONE thread than create new one on every B-day... seems update 2010 no updates since :(

Maybe the author is dead. I was also looking for an option that can post on random time. For my forum it posts every morning 6:30, where some users can guess that it automatic and not real person who posts.. :p

[sectomy]

hi,

im running this mod on 3.8 and it worked fine till 1st February... right now it stopped working.
Any ideas why ? nothing changed on the Board.... but no more Birthday threads...

and yes ive running the 3.8 mod of this hack and now while it stopped working ive deinstalled it and installed this newer version, still the same... no threads.

any ideas ?
would be very nice.

greets
andi

[Jamey]

Mine shows this:

1 member is celebrating their birthday on 09-07-2013:

-Moonie (born in 1954, Age: 59)


Happy Birthday!

[zwylove]

much question for everyone help.
1.how could to set up the post thread time on anytime that i want . is if it not necessary to put files run at cron folder to schedule ?

2.if member's birthday is just right on sunnday or saturday , i want to pre-days number to post the birthday thread on forum ? how can get it ?

3.I want to post multi-theard replace one theard for in the same birthday member ? how to set up it ?

4.is there a way to test this mod immediately,any time ? and is if could let me to special time to run it immediately ?

5. What's the difference of Phrases option between the the Message and Message(pl) ?

Many Thanks !

[sarangan]

This plugin sometimes makes a lot of duplicate threads. How to prevent from that problem?
Please fix.

[rdrunnr]

Is there a way to change the time when it posts? Right now it is late at night the day of/after the birthday. Is there a way to make it post sooner?

[btedition]

I'm sorry to ask this question, but is there a way to change the message body and insert a "@" before the actual username. I am using DBTech's Tagging System and I'd like the user to be notified when the thread is created by getting them tagged automatically.

Other than that, the mod works great!

[ozzy47]

Unfortunately it won't work like that, I tried that before.

[andrew67]

Does anyone have this working on VB 4.2.2 and PHP 5.4.xx ?

I need to do some upgrading and am just trying to find out mods are going to give me problems.

[BGObsession]

Should've heeded the warnings - multiple duplicate threads AND posting a day early. Uninstalled. Too bad, nice idea for a mod.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Ok so on new years this mod created about 100 + greetings for the same 2 people .. any reason or idea why?

[Ahsan Ali]

i hope this will work on my version 4.2.2. with out any bugs

[oldfan]

no errors after install, will wait for first to report :) 4.2.6 php 7.2

[carmine3838]

non funziona vbullettin 4.2.5

[oldfan]

you sure?

[carmine3838]

yes