Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates

[HotRodKush]

hey nice hack!! one question though - how do I edit the messages? Where do I go to rewrite them?

Thanks!

[Ted S]

hey nice hack!! one question though - how do I edit the messages? Where do I go to rewrite them?

You can find all of the messages in the phrase manager, just search for them!

[HotRodKush]

where is the phrase manager?

[XtremeOffroad]

where is the phrase manager?

Admin Control panel>Languages & Phrases

[HotRodKush]

cant find the 4 phrases :ermm:

I modified the code and installed it through the plugin system, but none of the phrases show up in the phrase manager. Maybe its something obvious, I'll keep poking around.

EDIT: It was right infront of me. Sometimes I scare myself :rolleyes:

EDIT #2: I found 2 of the phrases and edited them, but instead of changing them there are now 2 copies - the original and the modified of each phrase. Is this normal? Also, still cant find welcome_postmoreoften and welcome_neverposted

[Martin-TMGRS]

Nice hack, installed and working good :)

Martin
www.tmgrs.co.uk

[Spinball]

Great hack.
I am getting members complaining that they are finding the messages annoying. Would it be difficult to have them appear maybe once per session?
Hello Ted, did you miss my post?

[Ted S]

Hello Ted, did you miss my post?

Nope. I just don't have an answer.

[Parham]

installed :)

[zachlee]

there is a mysterious table directly below the welcome box. In firefox it appears to be just a small dot (centered) and in internet explorer it is a full width divider with the attributes of my normal tables. (grey background, yellow border)

Link to site (http://www.steelcityfanatics.com/)

Anyone ideas?

[Snake]

Hmmm well that's weird. You've probably placed an incorrect code in the template.

[zachlee]

I blew it, I had merged a old templete from another one of my sites.

SORRY!!

[Barteken]

how to add it into vbadvanced?
On my forum the welcome header is only showing up for unlogged in users... :S
someone can solve this

Grtz

[Reeve of shinra]

If you added $welcomeheaders to your header template, then this will show up on cmps, vbgallery, vba links, and anything else that calls in the vbulletin header.

Did you do the template edits correctly?
Did you import the product?

[bigtime]

Excellent hack! Thanks.

In the first_visit_message it reads like this:

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact <a href="./sendmessage.php">contact support</a>.

The word contact is used twice when it should be once.

Thanks again,

Tim Mousel
Five Star Review Script (http://www.review-script.com)

[Marse]

This is just what I've been looking for!
Thank you very much! :)

[Hornstar]

I feel that this may better suit the message for unverified email, remember you just change it to suit your needs.


<b>Your account has not been confirmed and is not yet active! </b>
<br>
<br>
To become a registered user on this forum (required for posting and accessing special features) you will need to verify your email address by clicking a special link sent to you in our original welcome email. If you have lost this email, or it never arrived, please go <a href="./register.php?do=requestemail">here</a> to request another activation email be sent to you.
<br>
<br>
<b>Important</b> Hotmail, Yahoo and Aol sends the email to your junk/spam folder.
<br>
<br>
If you suspect your email address is set wrong, go <a href="./sendmessage.php">here</a> and fill the form out so an administrator can fix your account.
<br>
<br>
Also please be sure to disable any spam filters you may have for our website (www.gamerzneeds.net), so that this and all future messages can reach you.


this should help improve people getting the point through on how to verify there account.

[MusicMan]

Ted, I just tried installing this and am having some problems.

I removed all of the correct code from the forumhome templates on each style, added the $welcomeheaders variable to the header templates, imported the xml product. In my ACP the product shows as installed, the different phrases show up, but there's still a major problem....The headers don't show up at all. My old welcome message still shows up, and interestingly enough, it shows up on every page now, rather than just the forumhome header like before.

Please tell me how to fix this.

[DannyITR]

I'm using VB Advanced as my homepage and the message appears here as well. Is there any way to make it only appear in the forums?

edit: I fixed it by putting this in the welcome template at the top

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'adv_index'">


with the closing </if> at the bottom also. Damn I'm good.

[SC_]

I'm getting an "Undefined" error message. You can see this error if you go to the board at http://forums.rabidfandom.com/. How do I correct this problem? Thanks for your help.

[Ted S]

The headers don't show up at all. My old welcome message still shows up, and interestingly enough, it shows up on every page now, rather than just the forumhome header like before.

It sounds like they are showing up just fine... just with the wrong phrase. Go to the phrase manager and update the first_visited phrase as desired.

[Ted S]

I'm getting an "Undefined" error message. You can see this error if you go to the board at http://forums.rabidfandom.com/. How do I correct this problem? Thanks for your help.

You need to follow the instructions contained in the original download, mainly removing the default welcome message from your forumhome template and adding the variable $welcomeheaders to your header template.

[kr580]

Ack. I need help. I've looked and looked but I can't figure out what's causing this. I thought I fixed it but I just looked at it in IE and it's a bit messed up.

http://www.nflnow.net/forums/index.php

I want to get rid of the 2nd 'Welcome' message along with that '-->'. I messed with it and it appeared to be gone as it doesn't show up in FF but I just looked at it with IE and it's duplicated. Help?

[MusicMan]

It sounds like they are showing up just fine... just with the wrong phrase. Go to the phrase manager and update the first_visited phrase as desired.
No, it's not diplaying the default phrase contained with your hack, it's displaying the custom phrase I've had for months, except on every page rather than just the forumhome.

It seems the coding isn't properly calling up the correct phrases.

[wwwdjrcs]

Installed and works great here, thanks!

http://forum.djrcs.com

[BillP]

I updated mine to have a bright contrasting color for parts of the welcome for users who have not yet validated their email. In my case, red text. This makes it stand out so they know they have an action to complete.

Great product plug-in!

[Ted S]

No, it's not diplaying the default phrase contained with your hack, it's displaying the custom phrase I've had for months, except on every page rather than just the forumhome.

It seems the coding isn't properly calling up the correct phrases.

The code is identical for all pages as it is the same code being called.

[bada_bing]

I have had this installed for about a month now and I cant beleive the additional signups I have received. I was getting maybe 1-3 members per day average before this hack and now I am getting anywhere from 7-10 per day average and growing everyday...

This is probebly one of the best hack I installed.

[Ted S]

I have had this installed for about a month now and I cant beleive the additional signups I have received. I was getting maybe 1-3 members per day average before this hack and now I am getting anywhere from 7-10 per day average and growing everyday...

This is probebly one of the best hack I installed.

I'm glad to hear this is working so well for you, please keep sharing the results!

[Ragnarok]

Good stuff. Installed without error, and played around to fit my liking. Clicked Install with relish. :P

What I did, was I went into the created template, and changed the tables to look more like the original welcome message. I also pasted it into the FORUMHOME template in the location of the original message, instead.

Find:
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
Replace With:
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
Find:
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Replace With:
</tr>
</td>

And so on, the way down. It looks less out of place, in my opinion. I've got my site linked in my profile, you can check it out if you want to see the results. :)

The only problem with this of course is that it only appears on index.php, as opposed to all pages.

[Snake]

Meh forget about it.

[angelo]

I installed this but the only message that shows up is the guest message. I registered a new account that is awaiting email confirmation, but when I'm logged in with that account I don't see the message for that situation..anyone know why this isn't fully working?

Thanks

[Ted S]

dippin low,
Have you placed the variable $welcomeheaders into your header template?

[angelo]

Nevermind, I figured it out.

Thanks though.

[markblair]

Installed and working great at my userintervention site. Thanks for such a wonderful mod. :)

Thanks also to prat (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=814140&postcount=135) who way back on page 9 explained how to modify the cell colors. ;)

[Stubager]

It seems to work. My forum is a very small Danish forum with 0-2 new members/day. The ten days before I installed this mod, my site got 6 new users. Ten days after installation my site has gotten 14 more users. That's a big difference for my site.

[Pistils]

Thanks For an Excellent and definitly needed mod, needed as standard, Vb should definitley implement this ...nice one..

[Ted S]

Wow.... I never thought this would surpass the 1000 install mark.

[Gehanna]

Awesome!! I installed this just a few moments ago and I love it!!

Thank You,
Gehanna

[Lammypie]

Does this work fine with vbulletin 3.5.4 ?

[Tefra]

Does this work fine with vbulletin 3.5.4 ?

yeap

[angelo]

Wow, this hack is amazing. I first didn't think it would have as much of an effect as Ted said it would, but the results speak for themselves.

In the last three days I've had 134 people register, that is a HUGE improvement over the usual 10 people a day I used to get. I've also noticed a lot of people posting that never posted before, my introduction forum is on fire.

Huge thanks goes out to Ted S. :)

[markblair]

I somehow need to find that sort of luck. I also installed this hack a few days ago but I've had no new registrations since. Not sure what else I'm missing that everyone else is having so much luck with. :(

[ShiningArcanine]

This is now installed on my forums. 8)

Edit: Today I banned a test account from my forums out of curiousity for what being banned from a vBulletin forum looks like and I saw a welcome header being displayed on my test account.

This can be fixed by changing the Welcome Headers [Alteration] plugin to:

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] != 9)
{
eval('$welcomeheaders = "' . fetch_template('welcome_headers') . '";');
}

[unenergizer]

This is messing up my forum's template. Please take a look at http://www.gamehaxs.com/index.php for an example of what is wrong.

Thank you,
unenergizer

[BillP]

Somehow you lost all your tables that hold your site together.

I'd turn off the plug-in, get rid of the template changes, and then verify that your site validates with Tidy. I use Firefox, and it has a Tidy plugin. In addition, it can outline your tables and table cells, and let you see what's what.

I'd get your site validated and then make sure you add the template changes in correctly.

[BillP]

Let me reiterate that....

The Tidy plug-in has the ability to clean-up the page and then view it in it's cleaned up state. By cleaning out the bad HTML, your site is fine.

[BillP]

It looks like you slipped the welcome message into the wrong part of your HTML. You must put it in where it is documented to put it in, OR you need to bring a lot of HTML experience in so you don't munge up your existing HTML.

I compared where it is in my "View Source" to yours and you put it in a completely different part of the page.

do a view source on http://perfectunion.com/vb/

[unenergizer]

Okay, instead of adding $welcomeheaders to the header i added to the forumhome template. Though now that I have added it to the header template, it is not showing up. Any ideas with whats wrong?

thanks
unenergizer

[Ted S]

I somehow need to find that sort of luck. I also installed this hack a few days ago but I've had no new registrations since. Not sure what else I'm missing that everyone else is having so much luck with. :(

How many visitors have you had over that point?

[Ted S]

Okay, instead of adding $welcomeheaders to the header i added to the forumhome template. Though now that I have added it to the header template, it is not showing up. Any ideas with whats wrong?


Completely remove the hack (not just disabling it) and add it back in.

[markblair]

How many visitors have you had over that point? Not many unfortunately. I know that's a big reason because if nobody is visiting, they aren't seeing the welcome headers. ;) Hopefully that'll change soon.

[ShiningArcanine]

Not many unfortunately. I know that's a big reason because if nobody is visiting, they aren't seeing the welcome headers. ;) Hopefully that'll change soon.

Have you thought of sending out emails to everyone that is inactive? That might get a few of them to come back.

[markblair]

Yeah, I did that. I tried that in the past and many came back. This time only a small handful returned. I'm planning on doing some more post exchanges so that should help. Another topic, another time though...

Thanks! :)

[TTT]

nice hack it was the first one we added to our forum

[Drache]

Very nice hack this will solve the problem when people unable to activate their account and don't know what to do.

Just 1 very important question. Is this hack resrouce intensive? will it lag the server?

[Ted S]

Very nice hack this will solve the problem when people unable to activate their account and don't know what to do.

Just 1 very important question. Is this hack resrouce intensive? will it lag the server?

Seeing as how it adds no queries... probably not.

[bugman]

Works perfect, thanks!

[ShiningArcanine]

I would like to suggest a 5th welcome header for people who have not been around for say at least two months. I propose it because it would be inappropriate to ask someone who has been gone for two weeks to say hello again in the hello forum, but it would be appropriate to ask someone who has been gone for a few months to say hello again in the hello forum, which is something I would like to do.

[Drache]

I want to make this hack only show for step 2. Just to remind people to register their account. I changed the code like this could you please tell me if i did it right?

From
<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'register' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'login'">

<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="faq.php?$session[sessionurl]" 2="register.php?$session[sessionurl]" 3="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
<else />

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 3)">
<!-- / unconfirmed user message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_unconfirmed]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / unconfirmed user message -->
<else />

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[posts]<1">
<!-- never posted message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_neverposted]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / never posted message -->
<else />

<if condition="$headerstime - 1209600 > $bbuserinfo[lastpost]">
<!-- hasnt posted lately message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_postmoreoften]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / hasnt posted lately message -->
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>

To

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 3)">
<!-- / unconfirmed user message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_unconfirmed]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / unconfirmed user message -->
<else />
</if>

Edit. I've figured it out and got it working. Awsome hack. Thanks :)

[Ted S]

I would like to suggest a 5th welcome header for people who have not been around for say at least two months.

The welcome headers hack is only intended to get you started... you can easily add more types of messages to suit your forum's individual needs, just modify the template welcomeheaders.

[mvolking]

Thanks; works perfect!

[KevNJ]

sorry if this has been asked and answer. but theres 38 pages to read through.
Can this be made into a module to work with vaCMPS?

[G_Man]

Splendid hack !!!

Installed and appreciated very much. I agree this should be a standard part of vBulletin. :D

[Zooozooo]

I've got a problem. It didnt work so i tried deleting it. It still shows up as the please register message even though we are logged in. It even says its uninstalled.

[Keyser520]

How do I edit the phrases? I keep making new translations when I try to change the actual standard phrase. What am I doing wrong?

[Keyser520]

Also, how what does the {1} tag insert?

[Ted S]

The {1} tag inserts the first variable from the template into the phrase, {2} inserts the second and so forth.

The phrases can be modified by adding an English translation (or whatever your primary language is), that will show up in place of the default.

[Joey805]

Good stuff. Installed without error, and played around to fit my liking. Clicked Install with relish. :P

What I did, was I went into the created template, and changed the tables to look more like the original welcome message. I also pasted it into the FORUMHOME template in the location of the original message, instead.

Find:
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
Replace With:
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
Find:
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Replace With:
</tr>
</td>

And so on, the way down. It looks less out of place, in my opinion. I've got my site linked in my profile, you can check it out if you want to see the results. :)

The only problem with this of course is that it only appears on index.php, as opposed to all pages.

I did this and got the $welcomeheaders in the correct spot now on FORUMHOME with the right color text and background but how do I put a table around them with a top border like you did on your site? I really like it.

Thanks,

Joey

[smartweb]

Hi,

First of all GREAT MOD!

I've installed it on vb 3.53 and it worked just fine. Today I've upgraded the forum to 3.54 and now I see the old standard VB headers. How do I fix this?

I still see the plugin "Welcome Headers 4.0.6 " in my VB admin area.

Thanks in advance!

Peter

[GafferSports]

Excellent plugin, cheers.......

Steve

[RyanC]

Great HAck.... If I want to disable the "inactive user" part of this hack, what would I do?

[smartweb]

Hi,

First of all GREAT MOD!

I've installed it on vb 3.53 and it worked just fine. Today I've upgraded the forum to 3.54 and now I see the old standard VB headers. How do I fix this?

I still see the plugin "Welcome Headers 4.0.6 " in my VB admin area.


Thanks in advance!

Peter

Can somebody help me with my problem?


Thanks,

Peter

[b6gm6n]

I had the ARG3 undefined message after installing a new style, read some posts here and added "$welcomeheaders" under the $navbar which worked...BUT now i have it twice, once i set in my forumhome template and once again (still showing ARG3) underneath my shoutbox...help!... what to do... it's forcing itself into my forum home template regardless...im using 3.5.4 and using the oqrinal install, i'll download the latest and see what happens

-b6

[Ted S]

I had the ARG3 undefined message after installing a new style, read some posts here and added "$welcomeheaders" under the $navbar which worked...BUT now i have it twice, once i set in my forumhome template and once again (still showing ARG3) underneath my shoutbox...help!... what to do... it's forcing itself into my forum home template regardless...im using 3.5.4 and using the oqrinal install, i'll download the latest and see what happens

-b6

As per the instructions you need to remove the original welcome header code from the FORUMHOME template.

[Ted S]

Great HAck.... If I want to disable the "inactive user" part of this hack, what would I do?

Edit the plugin by removing:

<if condition="$headerstime - 1209600 > $bbuserinfo[lastpost]">
<!-- hasnt posted lately message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_postmoreoften]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / hasnt posted lately message -->
</if>

[Ted S]

I've installed it on vb 3.53 and it worked just fine. Today I've upgraded the forum to 3.54 and now I see the old standard VB headers. How do I fix this?


Check that $welcomeheaders is still in your header template and the FORUMHOME code is gone.

[b6gm6n]

thanx Ted, worked a treat!

-b

[Hostboard]

Ok, there seems to be a problem with this and CMPS. When I check the links from within VB everything is good. But the links when shown on the CMPS screen point back 1 directory level.


http://www.mydomain.com/site/forums/ (http://www.mydomain.com/site/forums/) where my VB is
http://www.mydomain/site/ (http://www.mydomain/site/) Where this plugin points to when in CMPS

Ideas?

[smartweb]

Check that $welcomeheaders is still in your header template and the FORUMHOME code is gone.

The FRUMHOME code is gone and the $welcomeheaders is still in the header template.

The problem is that the $welcomeheaders displays the following when I'm not logged in:

"
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
"

I believe this is the original VB message. Am I correct? How do I know that the $welcomeheaders displays this message you may ask? I simply replaced the $welcomeheaders with $welcomeheaders1 in the header template and the message was gone.

Is $welcomeheaders one of VB predefined vars? Or is it something created by the plugin for this MOD? Where is the value of $welcomeheaders kept in, in the database or in XML file?


Thanks a lot,

Peter

[Mosh]

The FRUMHOME code is gone and the $welcomeheaders is still in the header template.

The problem is that the $welcomeheaders displays the following when I'm not logged in:

"
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
"

I believe this is the original VB message. Am I correct? How do I know that the $welcomeheaders displays this message you may ask? I simply replaced the $welcomeheaders with $welcomeheaders1 in the header template and the message was gone.

Is $welcomeheaders one of VB predefined vars? Or is it something created by the plugin for this MOD? Where is the value of $welcomeheaders kept in, in the database or in XML file?


Thanks a lot,

Peter

You need to edit the first_visit_message phrase for a different message to appear on the forumhome page.

[shadowdancer36]

I can't seem to get this hack to work with VBportal. I constantly come across this problem using VBP. Anything that requires me to use a $variable it will not show. Has anyone had this problem and know how to correct it? I've tried asking over in their forum, but they are very slow to respond.

[Phooey]

Awesome hack! Its easy to install, easy to customize, and works great. Thanks!

*clicks install*

[ORP]

Awesome hack! Its easy to install, easy to customize, and works great. Thanks!

*clicks install*

Somehow I get two noticess instead of just one.
Any idea why?

Thanks!

[Ted S]

Somehow I get two noticess instead of just one.
Any idea why?


Because you have not removed the original vbulleting welcome message from the forumhome template. You can find out how by looking at the instructions file. :)

[futuretrans]

ive installed everything but no appears and nothing is in my admincp like options or maybe i dont see it, i uploaded the product xml and everything

[FamilyCorner]

Installed and working great, thanks!

[kira]

Hiya Ted! I've finally gotten around to adding this to my site, and I'm having a blast configuring it to be as welcoming and fun as I can make it. What a terrific idea and implementation. Congrats, and thanks a million!

[SHalliday]

all working correctly and clicks install :)

Thank you for such a fantastic plugin. This should definately be a part of the vb base.

There are always a number of new sign-ups that never seem to complete the confirmation process and then a percentage of those emailing us for support. This plugin is going to go along way in solving both of these issues. Thank you again for putting together such an outstanding plugin!

[Mosh]

ive installed everything but no appears and nothing is in my admincp like options or maybe i dont see it, i uploaded the product xml and everything
There are no options in the Admin CP after you upload the product, but you have to edit the 4 phases it says in the install instructions, to give you the customised look you want. Also you made the template edits to remove the guest message and to add $welcomeheaders code where you want it to where you want it. Also if you than one style, you have to do the template changes in all the styles.

[erinys]

awesome mod! everything went perfect!

[marglar]

This is really fantastic! Thank you! :classic:

[Tru2Chevy]

This looks great, I'm hoping it will really help as about 30% of the members on my forum have never posted.

I'll be installing this tonight.

- Justin

[gizmosheretwo]

Excellent a breeze to install.

Just what I have been looking for. I will now have to give it a week or so & see what my stats read.

I always felt that forums needed a better way than e-mail confirmation it confuses a lot of users, & also we all know how AOL deals with e-mails & there browser. I am now hoping this will make a valued improvement.

Thanks

[Calibre_k]

Doesnt work, Which do I have to edit?

[bada_bing]

How can I have these headers show up on my Vbportal ? Where and how do I insert the code?

[Ted S]

Doesnt work, Which do I have to edit?

The instructions file lays out which templates to edit, it's just two small changes but rather than repost them I would recommend you look there so as not to confuse anyone down the road. Thanks and let me know if you run into any issues!

[Ramsesx]

I want the welcome header only in the FORUMHOME, please can you tell me how I need to change exactly?

<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
</if>

If I replace this only with $welcomeheaders everything is f*** up. Thanks

[Ted S]

This hack is written to display in the header template, you can use a conditional to limit it to display in the FORUMHOME page but it should remain in the original header location.

[Sin_xb100]

sorry I cant sit and read through every post in the thread. You obviously have the cats meow here and I really want this hack on my site but can it be done on vb 3.0.x?
Thank you

[bada_bing]

How can I have these headers show up on my Vbportal ? Where and how do I insert the code?


Can someone answer this please

[gizmosheretwo]

Edit the plugin by removing:

<if condition="$headerstime - 1209600 > $bbuserinfo[lastpost]">
<!-- hasnt posted lately message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_postmoreoften]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / hasnt posted lately message -->
</if>

Can I ask does this stop an automated e-mail to users?
As I have a few confused users getting an e-mail about not posting when they have?

Thanks

[Mosh]

Can I ask does this stop an automated e-mail to users?
As I have a few confused users getting an e-mail about not posting when they have?

Thanks
This modification does not send out automated emails. The code in question is for informing members that have not posted for a while in the header template that they have not posted and would they like to (or whatever you edit the phase to).

So the emails being sent out must be from another modification, not this one.

[Mosh]

I want the welcome header only in the FORUMHOME, please can you tell me how I need to change exactly?

<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
</if>

If I replace this only with $welcomeheaders everything is f*** up. Thanks
This hack is written to display in the header template, you can use a conditional to limit it to display in the FORUMHOME page but it should remain in the original header location.


Use this in the header template to only display on the forum home page:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT=='index'">
$welcomeheaders
</if>

This should work, let me know if it did or not.

[gizmosheretwo]

Ah it must be the users getting confused, I thought to it was strange I just needed to double check I wasn't missing anything.

I will there for ammend the phrase.
Thank you

[Mosh]

Ah it must be the users getting confused, I thought to it was strange I just needed to double check I wasn't missing anything.

I will there for ammend the phrase.
Thank you
No worries mate, glad to help out :)

[LiveMicSociety]

Installed :up:

[Ted S]

Can I ask does this stop an automated e-mail to users?
As I have a few confused users getting an e-mail about not posting when they have?

This hack has nothing to do with the email system and will not add or take away from any email messages.

[Ted S]

Can someone answer this please

I don't run that addon nor was this hack written with it in mind so I can't be of much assistance here.

[Ted S]

sorry I cant sit and read through every post in the thread. You obviously have the cats meow here and I really want this hack on my site but can it be done on vb 3.0.x?

There is a 3.0x version which you can find at http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3560

[Sin_xb100]

There is a 3.0x version which you can find at http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3560

Thanx a bunch Ted S you da man I will click the install button here as well.
You rock!

P.S. if I was not so scared to mess up the upgrade to 3.5 i would be alot better off lol.

[Treak]

a great hacker a great hack and an over warm welcome feeling when visiting the site.. !! very very nice

*clicks Install

[Parture]

An improvement idea! We are missing a step!

After a person has validated their email, could you create a new banner for being put in the moderation que to approve their registration, and then show the welcome never posted banner.

[Mosh]

An improvement idea! We are missing a step!

After a person has validated their email, could you create a new banner for being put in the moderation que to approve their registration, and then show the welcome never posted banner.
When you set email validation on and a user validates their email, they are put in the Registered Users usergroup as default, so there would be no point in adding an extra message.

[Treak]

:agreed:

[ciscoguy]

Awesome Mod! Installed!

[majorxp]

<font color="Lime">Installed
</font>

[Parture]

When you set email validation on and a user validates their email, they are put in the Registered Users usergroup as default, so there would be no point in adding an extra message.
There Should be 5 Steps Not 4 Steps

Ted S has a great 4 steps: (1) welcome message for guests, (2) message for those who did not get an email to verify or who gave the wrong email address submitted, (3) a message for those who validated their email to post their first post), and (4) a message for those who have not posted for 2 weeks.

Totally awesome! I love it.

I also moderate my accounts though for registing as I have no choice, because sometimes spammers come in from 4chan.org for example plotting by bringing in 100 to 185 people at once to spam literally hundreds of grotesque posts in just a couple of hours (and they do this a couple times a week, picking their spots for the attack. So you see I have to moderate registering. Initially, I took the message to post a first post to an "Introductory" forum to allow new members to post in this forum while still moderating registration. Those in the COPPA user group could post in the Introductory forum, but still the spammers would come. They only don't attack my site when I moderate registration and disallow posting until a registration is approved.

As it is now, I changed (3) to read as follows:

"Our records indicate that you have never posted to our site before! If your registration is now approved, why not make your first post today by starting a new topic or responding to an existing thread.

Why not start with your first post today and become an active part of Biblocality Christian Forums now!" http://biblocality.com/forums

However I would prefer, and it would be better, if this message came after a message 2.5 which says something about being in the moderator que waiting for the account to be confirmed. Please be patient for a moderator to approve your account.

Then, after an account that has registered is approved, they can receive header that invites users to post their fist post to any forum.

After someone validates their email, they are not placed in the Registered User Group for my forum, but they are placed in the COPPA (Users Awaiting Moderation) User Group to become Registered Users.

[Jon_Simmonds]

Thanks for this :)

[Neuner]

Thank you! This is great.

It's hard to tell with your 2nd screenshot, but it looks like you have a reminder message that they have not registered when they're reviewing a thread. Is this the scenerio? Mine does not have this & I would love to add the feature. How do I proceed?

Thanks again! Most appreciated.

[Mosh]

There Should be 5 Steps Not 4 Steps

Ted S has a great 4 steps: (1) welcome message for guests, (2) message for those who did not get an email to verify or who gave the wrong email address submitted, (3) a message for those who validated their email to post their first post), and (4) a message for those who have not posted for 2 weeks.

Totally awesome! I love it.

I also moderate my accounts though for registing as I have no choice, because sometimes spammers come in from 4chan.org for example plotting by bringing in 100 to 185 people at once to spam literally hundreds of grotesque posts in just a couple of hours (and they do this a couple times a week, picking their spots for the attack. So you see I have to moderate registering. Initially, I took the message to post a first post to an "Introductory" forum to allow new members to post in this forum while still moderating registration. Those in the COPPA user group could post in the Introductory forum, but still the spammers would come. They only don't attack my site when I moderate registration and disallow posting until a registration is approved.

As it is now, I changed (3) to read as follows:

"Our records indicate that you have never posted to our site before! If your registration is now approved, why not make your first post today by starting a new topic or responding to an existing thread.

Why not start with your first post today and become an active part of Biblocality Christian Forums now!" http://biblocality.com/forums

However I would prefer, and it would be better, if this message came after a message 2.5 which says something about being in the moderator que waiting for the account to be confirmed. Please be patient for a moderator to approve your account.

Then, after an account that has registered is approved, they can receive header that invites users to post their fist post to any forum.

After someone validates their email, they are not placed in the Registered User Group for my forum, but they are placed in the COPPA (Users Awaiting Moderation) User Group to become Registered Users.

OK, the quick and easy way is

Create 1 new phrase

Phrase Type: GLOBAL
Product: Welcome Headers
Varname: welcome_coppa
Text: You are currently on the Moderation Queue, awaiting account confirmation. Please be patient while waiting a Staff Member to approve your account.

Edit the welcome_headers template:

Find:

<!-- / guest welcome message -->
<else />
Paste underneath it:

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 4)">
<!-- / coppa/moderated user message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_coppa]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / coppa/moderated user message -->
<else />


Save your template, and that is you all done, you now have your 5th message.

[Calibre_k]

It doesnt seem to work for me.

[Parture]

That seems to work. Don't forget to add the </if> at the bottom, and I think the code belongs after:

<!-- / unconfirmed user message -->
<else />

[Parture]

I have 3 group memberships too, so I added 3 more messages. If the person has posted in the last 2 weeks, it gives a quick sentence what the responsibilies are for each group memberhip. The message that shows up depends on what membership they joined so their role is always on their mind when they come to the forum. Yea!

[Mosh]

That seems to work. Don't forget to add the </if> at the bottom, and I think the code belongs after:

<!-- / unconfirmed user message -->
<else />
It does not really matter where you put it in the sequence, if it in the middle then you don't need to worry about the </if> as it is taken care at the bottom of the template.

Glad it helped you out though :) Just add as many messages as you need, but please take into account if have too many of them, then your members will start to ignore them, and that will be bad for retention.

[Parture]

It does not really matter where you put it in the sequence, if it in the middle then you don't need to worry about the </if> as it is taken care at the bottom of the template.

Glad it helped you out though :) Just add as many messages as you need, but please take into account if have too many of them, then your members will start to ignore them, and that will be bad for retention.

Ya.

If I add a new message without the </if> at the end, it always causes an error.

I have to put them in proper order in this sense for the user groups. If a person can belong to more than one usergroup, then the usergroup that always takes presedence must go before the other usergroup messages, and they all must go after the posting your first post message as well as well as the 2 week no post message, otherwise usergroup will never see the first post message and no posting for 2 weeks message. I love it. Now anyone who has joined the Apostle for a region, Elder of a locality or Elder of a meeting place user groups will see what their responsibility is always never to forget it for the Church. But if they don't even post on the forum, then this shows their losing interest by not studying and writing something they have learned, and if they can't even post once every two weeks, how can they focus on their responsibility of their office? It is just a quick short sentence, but it is everything that describes their responsible undertaking! This is exactly what I needed. Everything in my forum has an awesome cause and effect relationship.

Those unsaved are handled. Other members of the body of Christ still can post and do most functions, but their responsibility and/or gifting is elsewhere. The forum becomes a solid structure for the Church from top to bottom, by meeting at the bottom Elders of a meeting place with the apostles at the top to point to Elders in the middle of a locality (also with a meeting place), which is a miniature of the new city in the new earth and which overcomers are rewarded to reign over these tabernacle cities (type-the tents, in coming out of Egypt). The cause and effect is from 12 apostles, and more apostles to follow, to elders of a locality to elders of a meeting place to the whole body.

If they don't join the map and yet say they are elders of a meeting place, something is not right. If they join the map and don't say they are elders, something is not right. If they say they apostles and yet say they don't agree with the apostles decision to use the map to appoint elders, something is wrong. If they say they are elders yet don't join the user group, something is wrong. If they speak contrary to their responsibility, something is wrong. If they enter their meeting place wrong, it shows something is wrong. And all the header messages produce 5 steps along the way (+3 usergroup messages for the body of Christ forum) do the same, indicating when something that needs to be done first or was done incorrectly. All these checks and balances are very intriguing and very useful. I'm just left with an Amen.

[Parture]

Do you think it is ok to have a fairly large guest welcome message like I have?

[JAYEMULE]

I just wanted to post a Thank You :) I added this to my forum and it brought MANY people out of lurk mode. This is most likely the best thing I have added to the forum yet.

Jaye
The Mule Skinners Forum (http://www.mules.org/forum)

[Mosh]

Do you think it is ok to have a fairly large guest welcome message like I have?
I just looked at yours, in my opinion it does not matter what size it is, it matters if the message is effectively put across and it helps encourage additional sign-ups.

My forums have a message that is about 5 times larger than the one you have, but the way I have laid it out has increased registrations and returning members by about 50-60%, there are now a lot more members who contribute to our community and return for more, so as I said, you have to pitch the welcome message to your target audience, if you do it effectively then they will come in droves :)

I would advise that you bullet point your special features rather than point them to a thread, having the benefits laid out in one place will far outweigh the time you take to properly lay out the message, you can use a lot of XHTML in your welcome_first_message to be able to put across an effective message, remember you may have to play with it a lot to get it to look right, but the benefits your community will reap will be worth it.

But saying that, the welcome message should only a part of your arsenal to retaining members, it should not be the only method of trying to retain members, because once you get them to register, your content will have to be able to be interested enough to to convert a member into a regular and contributing member. You will also want to advertise your site in the right areas and get the search engines spidering your site as well.

I hope this post points you in the right direction on how to get started.

[Parture]

jds,

Thanks for the advice. I made the changes you suggested here,
http://biblocality.com/forums. Look good now?

There is one problem I am having though which you said is important to resolve. I will send it to you personally since it is unrelated to this thread, but you made mention of it.

[Mosh]

jds,

Thanks for the advice. I made the changes you suggested here,
http://biblocality.com/forums. Look good now?

There is one problem I am having though which you said is important to resolve. I will send it to you personally since it is unrelated to this thread, but you made mention of it.
It is looking a lot better than it did :) I have replied to your PM as well.

[S1OPP]

Fantastic Mod.

Installed and working.

I had a little bit of trouble as I needed to modify the URLs in the phrases to get it working properly on my Vbadvanced home page and gallery.

I don't seem to be able to edit the phrases in the admincp. I saw the tips on how to in some earlier posts, when I click on edit in the phrase manager it shows me the text but I can't change it.

To get around this I modified the .xml and uploaded the plugin again.

A big thankyou to Ted S for this. Well Done.

[rivacityj]

I'm not sure if this is working for me or not. When I am logged in as a guest I get this message on the first line " Welcome to the [ARG:3 UNDEFINED] forums. ". The rest of the welcome message seems fine. It appears there is an error there or maybe I'm just being a newbie and have to somehow define argument 3 myself? To test the other functions I registered a user, but did not activate him through email verification. I logged out, logged in again and I'm not seeing the message to activate my account. Is there a certain time limit that has to pass before that message appears? I'm using V 3.5.4 by the way. Have others installed this successfully in that version? TIA

[FLMom]

This looks great, I am off to install! Wish a newbie luck :D

[FLMom]

I decided against this at the moment.. maybe in the future :)

[rivacityj]

Bump... anyone?

[Synth]

Bump... anyone?

I had that issue and I think for some reason I had to do this step again.

Select the FORUMHOME template and scroll about 20 lines until you find the code <if condition="$show['guest']">. Remove this line and everything below it until you reach </if> (note: there is another <if> ... </if> statement nested within the code that will also need to be removed). This will remove your current and default welcome headers making room for your enhanced headers, save the template.

[rivacityj]

Wow this is embarassing. I installed this under a non-default style and I was trying to view the page in the default view. Works fine when I'm in the correct style. Problem solved! :rolleyes:

[The Kingpin]

Hi, I seem to be having a problem with this header on my forum www.yourpokerpalace.com

For some reason it shows up twice? I'm sure this has a simple solution however it seems beyond me. Thanks in advance.

[Bukusami]

I had that too
Removed for nwo as having a issue with another hack also.

[Bukusami]

Solved it posting twice, the readme says there is 1 nested <if></if> but there are 2 in 3.5.4 remove this code form forumhome

<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
</if>

[Bukusami]

Ok next problem..
What code can i use in the phrases as i am tryign to add bullet points.
I edited first_visit_message to
Welcome to the <strong>{3}</strong> forums. <br /><br />You are currently viewing our boards as a <strong>guest</strong> which gives you limited access allowing you only to view posts. <br /><br />By <a href="{2}><strong>Registering</strong> you will benifit from. <br /><br /><ul><li>Posting to receive free support.</ul><ul>Private Messages (PM) between othe rmembers.</ul><ul>Access to our computer cheats database.</ul><ul>Access to our e.mail support system.</ul><ul>And much more..</ul> <br /><br />So dont hesitate to <a href="{2}"><strong>Register Today</strong>!

But all that shows on the webpage is
Welcome to the Buku Sami forums.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access allowing you only to view posts.

By Register Today!

Why si it not shwoing up all the text aswell as bullet points?

EDIT: I am being completly N00bed and forgot the closing </a> and a " :( ignore me and learn from this!

[Bukusami]

OK all done and setup and looks great.

* Bukusami clicks install

Thanks now for the welcomePM :)

[Ted S]

For some reason it shows up twice? I'm sure this has a simple solution however it seems beyond me. Thanks in advance.

As per the instructions you need to remove the original welcome header from the FORUMHOME template.

[incurable]

I have an error as Welcome to the [ARG:3 UNDEFINED] forums.

How can i fix it ?

Thank you. :)

[Ted S]

I have an error as Welcome to the [ARG:3 UNDEFINED] forums.

How can i fix it ?



It sounds like you have not removed the original welcome message from the FORUMHOME template. You can do this on your own or look for a how-to in the instructions file.

If you have removed this, check that your phrases were updated by the plugin by searching in the phrase manager.

[rivacityj]

Ok I have a question. I run vBadvanced CMPS and when I'm in the main index page, the welcome header still says welcome to the Forums and not the index page. Any ideas on how to make it display the index page title?

[FLMom]

Stupid question and I am sorry if this has been asked before...

But where do I find the section to edit each header? I went to the Welcome Header Template, and this is all I that is there:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'register' AND THIS_SCRIPT != 'login'">

<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="faq.php?$session[sessionurl]" 2="register.php?$session[sessionurl]" 3="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
<else />

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 3)">
<!-- / unconfirmed user message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_unconfirmed]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / unconfirmed user message -->
<else />

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[posts]<1">
<!-- never posted message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_neverposted]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / never posted message -->
<else />

<if condition="$headerstime - 1209600 > $bbuserinfo[lastpost]">
<!-- hasnt posted lately message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_postmoreoften]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / hasnt posted lately message -->
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>


Is this not the right area? Sorry still new and figuring things out ;)

[Ted S]

All of the phrases can be found in the phrase manager for editing.

[FLMom]

oh didn't think to go there...duh! Okay, off to take care of it, thanks Ted :)

[Gholsie]

Is there an easy way to find these entries in the Phrase Manager? What type of phrase are they listed under?

Edit: Nevermind, I found them under GLOBAL type.

[tobe12]

What actually happens when I click on the INSTALL button up here?

[Ted S]

What actually happens when I click on the INSTALL button up here?

Your account is updated to reflect that you have installed the hack; I get "credit" for another install and while posting in this thread it says you have installed this hack. But the real benefit of using the install feature (aside from showing what hacks are used) is that you get alerts if and when a hack is updated. This is crucial for keeping your board secure -- after all, if this or any other hack turned out to have a security bug you would want to know about it, so please always use the Install button.

[j1mmy]

When i installed this, it came up twice, once in its own box below the header and again in the defualt box where the old message was. What have i done wrong?

[Ted S]

You need to remove the original welcome header in the FORUMHOME template. You can find out more by looking at the instructions file.

[almukmin]

There's actually two <if condition="$show['guest']"> lines in the FORUMHOME. The first one is after the 20th line and the other one is almost at the bottom.

You'll need to delete the FIRST one, not the one at the bottom. I deleted the last one when I installed it and it showed the ARG error. Deleted both now and it works fine, just fine. Thanks for the mod.

[ChrisBaktis]

Seems that the TAGS are not working for me...

I have this in the template:

<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 3="$totalposts" 4="$numbermembers" 5="$sum_userfield[total]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>


Yet if I add {3}, {4}, or {5} in the phrase nothing shows. These three worked fine when I was just using the vbulletin default guest welcome message. These variables do not work in any of the Welcome Header phrases.

any suggestions?

[Ted S]

Those fields may not be available in the header template, you could try moving the $welcomeheaders variable to your FORUMHOME template instead.

[ChrisBaktis]

I moved them to the Navbar and still no go.

the Navbar currently has those variables (on the forumhome page) so I know the Navbar can handle those three variables.

[ChrisBaktis]

On a side note - doesnt work in the FORUMHOME template either.

[tobe12]

Could some expert highlight for me in BOLD what I need to remove from the FORUMHOME template? I use VB 3.5.4

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<!-- no cache headers -->
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
<!-- end no cache headers -->
$headinclude
<title><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_powered_by_vbulletin]</phrase></title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar

<!-- main -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
</if>
<tr align="center">
<td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
<td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
</if>
</tr>
</thead>
$forumbits
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>
<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>
<if condition="$vboptions['forumleaders']">&nbsp; &nbsp;
<a href="showgroups.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a></if>
</strong></div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- /main -->

<br />
<br />

<!-- what's going on box -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="2">$vbphrase[whats_going_on]</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">
<!-- logged-in users -->
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_activeusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[currently_active_users]</a>: $totalonline (<phrase 1="$numberregistered" 2="$numberguest">$vbphrase[x_members_and_y_guests]</phrase>)
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers]">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_whos_online]" border="0" /></a></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%">
<div class="smallfont">
<div style="white-space: nowrap"><phrase 1="$recordusers" 2="$recorddate" 3="$recordtime">$vbphrase[most_users_ever_online_was_x_y_at_z]</phrase></div>
<div>$activeusers</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</if>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_stats')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_stats" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_stats].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_stats" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_stats]">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/stats.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%">
<div class="smallfont">
<div>
$vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads,
$vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts,
$vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers<if condition="$show['activemembers']">,
<span title="<phrase 1="$vboptions[activememberdays]">$vbphrase[within_the_last_x_days]</phrase>">$vbphrase[active_members]: $activemembers</span>
</if>
</div>
<div><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<if condition="$show['birthdays']">
<!-- today's birthdays -->
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_birthdays')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
$vbphrase[todays_birthdays]
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays]">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getday&amp;day=$today&amp;sb=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/birthday.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_birthdays]" border="0" /></a></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$birthdays</div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end today's birthdays -->
</if>
<if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_events')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_events" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_events].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<if condition="$show['todaysevents']">$vbphrase[todays_events]<else /><phrase 1="$vboptions[showevents]">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></if>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_events" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_events]">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/calendar.gif" alt="$vbphrase[calendar]" border="0" /></a></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</if>
</table>
<br />
<!-- end what's going on box -->

<!-- icons and login code -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
<td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_new_posts]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_no_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
<td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_no_new_posts]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old_lock.gif" alt="$vbphrase[a_closed_forum]" border="0" /></td>
<td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_is_closed_for_posting]</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<if condition="!$show['guest']">
<!-- member logout -->
<td align="$stylevar[right]"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out()"><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[log_out_x]</phrase></a></td>
<!-- end member logout -->
</if>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / icons and login code -->

$footer
</body>
</html>

[ubblite]

This isn't working for me in vb3.5.4, it's not showing up at all - nowhere on the site.

I've followed the instructions, removed said code from the forumhome template & added $welcomeheaders at the bottom of the header template & installed this product.

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong as many people seem to have this working well for them...

Suggestions?

[|oR|Greg]

It worked for me as far as showing, but I use a left side nav menu carried over from vbadvanced and it screwed up the table formatting big time, so I had to remove it. I realize that it shouldn't have as the code in the template had all the tags properly closed, however it might have been a lack of span tags, I'll revisit it in the future, otherwise, good hack.

[Tru2Chevy]

Could some expert highlight for me in BOLD what I need to remove from the FORUMHOME template? I use VB 3.5.4

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<!-- no cache headers -->
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1" />
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
<!-- end no cache headers -->
$headinclude
<title><phrase 1="$vboptions">$vbphrase[x_powered_by_vbulletin]</phrase></title>
</head>
<body>
$header
$navbar

<!-- main -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
[B]<if condition="$show['guest']">
<!-- guest welcome message -->
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
<!-- / guest welcome message -->
</if>
<tr align="center">
<td class="thead">&nbsp;</td>
<td class="thead" width="100%" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
<td class="thead" width="175">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">
<td class="thead">$vbphrase[moderator]</td>
</if>
</tr>
</thead>
$forumbits
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>
<a href="forumdisplay.php?$session[sessionurl]do=markread" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[mark_forums_read]</a>
<if condition="$vboptions['forumleaders']">&nbsp; &nbsp;
<a href="showgroups.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[view_forum_leaders]</a></if>
</strong></div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- /main -->

<br />
<br />

<!-- what's going on box -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="2">$vbphrase[whats_going_on]</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">
<!-- logged-in users -->
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_activeusers')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_activeusers].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[currently_active_users]</a>: $totalonline (<phrase 1="$numberregistered" 2="$numberguest">$vbphrase[x_members_and_y_guests]</phrase>)
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_activeusers]">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><a href="online.php$session[sessionurl_q]" rel="nofollow"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/whos_online.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_whos_online]" border="0" /></a></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%">
<div class="smallfont">
<div style="white-space: nowrap"><phrase 1="$recordusers" 2="$recorddate" 3="$recordtime">$vbphrase[most_users_ever_online_was_x_y_at_z]</phrase></div>
<div>$activeusers</div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</if>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_stats')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_stats" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_stats].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_stats" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_stats]">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/stats.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[x_statistics]</phrase>" border="0" /></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%">
<div class="smallfont">
<div>
$vbphrase[threads]: $totalthreads,
$vbphrase[posts]: $totalposts,
$vbphrase[members]: $numbermembers<if condition="$show['activemembers']">,
<span title="<phrase 1="$vboptions[activememberdays]">$vbphrase[within_the_last_x_days]</phrase>">$vbphrase[active_members]: $activemembers</span>
</if>
</div>
<div><phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$newuserid" 2="$newusername">$vbphrase[welcome_to_our_newest_member_x]</phrase></div>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<if condition="$show['birthdays']">
<!-- today's birthdays -->
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_birthdays')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_birthdays].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
$vbphrase[todays_birthdays]
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_birthdays]">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php?$session[sessionurl]do=getday&amp;day=$today&amp;sb=1"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/birthday.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_birthdays]" border="0" /></a></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$birthdays</div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<!-- end today's birthdays -->
</if>
<if condition="$show['upcomingevents']">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="thead" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_events')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_events" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_thead$vbcollapse[collapseimg_forumhome_events].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<if condition="$show['todaysevents']">$vbphrase[todays_events]<else /><phrase 1="$vboptions[showevents]">$vbphrase[upcoming_events_for_the_next_x_days]</phrase></if>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_events" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_events]">
<tr>
<td class="alt2"><a href="calendar.php$session[sessionurl_q]"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/calendar.gif" alt="$vbphrase[calendar]" border="0" /></a></td>
<td class="alt1" width="100%"><div class="smallfont">$upcomingevents</div></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</if>
</table>
<br />
<!-- end what's going on box -->

<!-- icons and login code -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_new.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
<td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_new_posts]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old.gif" alt="$vbphrase[contains_no_new_posts]" border="0" /></td>
<td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_contains_no_new_posts]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_old_lock.gif" alt="$vbphrase[a_closed_forum]" border="0" /></td>
<td class="smallfont">&nbsp; $vbphrase[forum_is_closed_for_posting]</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<if condition="!$show['guest']">
<!-- member logout -->
<td align="$stylevar[right]"><a href="login.php?$session[sessionurl]do=logout&amp;logouthash=$bbuserinfo[logouthash]" onclick="return log_out()"><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[log_out_x]</phrase></a></td>
<!-- end member logout -->
</if>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / icons and login code -->

$footer
</body>
</html>

That's the part that I took out, and mine works fine.

- Justin

[Tru2Chevy]

Great hack, I just installed it today, can't wait to see the difference that it makes.

**Tru2Chevy clicks install**

- Justin

[tobe12]

Thanks Tru2Chevy. How do you like this mod so far?

[Alfa1]

Good stuff! To bad that the instructions do not include how or where to modify the text. Please explain.

Edit:I just opened up the xml file and found what I need. Do I just edit it, uninstall the old xml and install this one?
Edit2: that worked. Never mind.

[Tru2Chevy]

I like it. I created a test account on my board just to verify that each message was displaying correctly, and they all worked great. I'm still tweaking the text for each message, but so far I'm very pleased.

- Justin

[ubblite]

That's the part that I took out, and mine works fine.

- Justin

This is very strange - I removed the exact same code & as I mentioned before, followed the instructions closely & still can't get this thing to display anywhere on my forum. I guess I'll have to try this one more time and see what happens...

[Ted S]

This is very strange - I removed the exact same code & as I mentioned before, followed the instructions closely & still can't get this thing to display anywhere on my forum. I guess I'll have to try this one more time and see what happens...

Do you have the plugin system enabled?

Have you added the $welcomeheaders variable to your header template?

[ubblite]

Do you have the plugin system enabled?

Have you added the $welcomeheaders variable to your header template?

Yes, the plugin is enabled & I have added $welcomeheaders to the very bottom of the header template and removed the correct code in forumhome. I can see that it created: first_visit_message, welcome_unconfirmed, welcome_neverposted, and welcome_postmoreoften.

I have Dynamic Forum Home Announcement Hack by Logician but disabled it temporarily until I can get this working.

Any more ideas?

[Ted S]

Are you logged in while trying to view the results?

[ubblite]

Are you logged in while trying to view the results?

No, I'm viewing as a Guest.

[bada_bing]

INstalled this hack on my one site and works great.. Today I installed it on my new site and I get this

Welcome to the [ARG:3 UNDEFINED] forums.

What and why is it saying [ARG:3 UNDEFINED] ?

[Ted S]

Have you removed the original welcome header from the FORUMHOME template?

[ubblite]

Have you removed the original welcome header from the FORUMHOME template?

Are you asking me? If so, yes I have... just like the instructions pointed out.

[Ted S]

No, I was not referring to you ubblite. Sorry.

[tobe12]

Awsome. Works well. Just installed on http://www.sadoun.net

How can I edit the welcome messages?

[ubblite]

I have this working now. I had previously altered the first_ visit_ message before installing this mod & once I restored it things seemed to be fine...at least I think this is what did the trick - all I know is it's working good now.

Very nice plugin - thank you Ted S.

[Calibre_k]

thats sorted.

[bada_bing]

Have you removed the original welcome header from the FORUMHOME template?
Thanks you I overlooked that and this is my second site should know better

[GSX-Racing]

Works good, but one question in which I hope someone can help me.

The messages show up within a table about an inch wide (but then like 10 inches tall) rather than a 100% width table.

Anyway?

[Calibre_k]

welcome_postmoreoften WHEN WILL USERS SEE THAT?

How can I edit the messages & change color & background?

[tobe12]

How can I edit the messages & change color & background?

I hope Ted will chime in and tell us how to do that. :rolleyes:

[Tru2Chevy]

welcome_postmoreoften WHEN WILL USERS SEE THAT?

By default a user will see that if they are logged in, but they have not posted in over two weeks.

How can I edit the messages & change color & background?

Both of these topics have been covered in this thread a few times....

- Justin

[rivacityj]

Ok. IS anyone else having trouble getting register.php and sendmessage.php to link correctly when people try to use this on the vbadvanced CMPS index page? On the forum page everything works fine but on the index page the link is incorrect. I even added the two filenames in the cmps default settings. What am I doing wrong here?

[tobe12]

Ok, found where you can modify the phrases

AdminCP > Languages & Phrases > Phrase Manager

These are the phrases that you can customize:

first_visit_message
welcome_neverposted
welcome_postmoreoften
welcome_unconfirmed

[rivacityj]

Well this is probably considered bad coding but in the welcome_headers template I changed argument 2 to "http://www.myhomepage.com/forums/register.php" and changed the first message phrase so that it linked to "http://www.myhomepage.com/forums/sendmessage.php". I didn't know you could put html in a phrase. First I tried creating an argument 4 in the template but it wouldn't allow me to for some reason. I'm sure there was a cleaner way to do it but hey it worked.

[Ted S]

I hope Ted will chime in and tell us how to do that. :rolleyes:

You can modify the layout by modifying the welcome_headers template and/ or the phrases first_visit_message, welcome_neverposted, welcome_postmoreoften, welcome_unconfirmed to fit your needs.

[Ted S]

Ok. IS anyone else having trouble getting register.php and sendmessage.php to link correctly when people try to use this on the vbadvanced CMPS index page? On the forum page everything works fine but on the index page the link is incorrect. I even added the two filenames in the cmps default settings. What am I doing wrong here?

This hack was not written to work with any particular portal system and may not be compatible with the special pages created on such a system.

[Ted S]

Works good, but one question in which I hope someone can help me.

The messages show up within a table about an inch wide (but then like 10 inches tall) rather than a 100% width table.

Anyway?

Have you modified the template or phrases in any way? What is the url for your site?

[chilllax]

I know I am being a huge nube when I ask this, sorry, but Im not really sure how to edit the first_visit_message.

Edit: I just found the phrase manager, now I know thanks though.

[HUMMERh3]

On the welcome screen I am getting a message saying "Welcome to the [ARG:3 UNDEFINED]. " when its suppost to say Welcome to Wheatgrass Forum.
http://www.ewheatgrass.com/wheatgrassjuice/
What do I do to change it?

Thanks

[Ted S]

On the welcome screen I am getting a message saying "Welcome to the [ARG:3 UNDEFINED]. " when its suppost to say Welcome to Wheatgrass Forum.
http://www.ewheatgrass.com/wheatgrassjuice/
What do I do to change it?


You need to remove the original welcome message from the FORUMHOME template.

[Orion1985]

Awesome plugin. It's already working for me today, I can tell.

Thank you.:banana:

[tobe12]

Great mod. Installed and running fine.

[phill2003]

Great thanks, it works a treat and very easy to install which is a bonus when your old :)......

[magicktrick]

very nice. "Nuff said.

[kontrabass]

How can I get rid of only the 14-day inactivity message? The rest of this hack is great, but the complaints are rolling in from users, many paid supporters, who enjoy simply reading (lurking) and are getting annoyed with the header.

[Ted S]

Just remove the code

<if condition="$headerstime - 1209600 > $bbuserinfo[lastpost]">
<!-- hasnt posted lately message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]" 2="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_postmoreoften]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / hasnt posted lately message -->
</if>

From your plugins.

[zurv]

Hello,

This hack looks great, and seems to be very easy to instal. After following direction though I see NOTHING. Nothing at all, whether im logged in, not logged in, logged in as admin or a regular user, cleared cookies, IE and FF, NOTHING.

Whats going on? What am I missing?

You can see the page at www.finishingtalk.com

Thanks in advance,
BTW will click instal once I get it working!

-Griffe

[sandrodz]

sweet! THANKS so much...

[hotwheels]

Hello,

This hack looks great, and seems to be very easy to instal. After following direction though I see NOTHING. Nothing at all, whether im logged in, not logged in, logged in as admin or a regular user, cleared cookies, IE and FF, NOTHING.

Whats going on? What am I missing?

You can see the page at www.finishingtalk.com

Thanks in advance,
BTW will click instal once I get it working!

-Griffe
Griffe, it must be a template error............it should pop up when you are not logged in and you are on the site.......... here is an example of it on my site http://www.insanemustangs.com/forums/index.php It is right at the top of the forum's section.

[zurv]

I restored things to default and it worked... Then i finaly found a problem in MY code... Thank you :)

[Nathan2006]

Thank You Ted

Working great! :)

Install

[digitalltv]

how can use this with other language? i mean if i have only english this work perfectly, but if i upload other language for ex: portuguese dont work.

How can fix that?

P.S. i found out how fix that

[J-TEK]

Installation wen't smooth as hell, good instructuons. Thank you for this hack!

[SirSteve]

I like this but I don't like the fact when your board is "Closed", you still see the welcome headers and other stuff normally not seen.

[Ted S]

SirSteve,
You can certainly change that with a conditional, if you like.

[Roms]

Thanks for sharing this Ted, it works great! Cheers

[Ins]

This is a cool mod man! Many thanks for your efforts!

*installs* :D

[gizmosheretwo]

OK, the quick and easy way is

Create 1 new phrase

Phrase Type: GLOBAL
Product: Welcome Headers
Varname: welcome_coppa
Text: You are currently on the Moderation Queue, awaiting account confirmation. Please be patient while waiting a Staff Member to approve your account.

Edit the welcome_headers template:

Find:

<!-- / guest welcome message -->
<else />
Paste underneath it:

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 4)">
<!-- / coppa/moderated user message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_coppa]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / coppa/moderated user message -->
<else />


Save your template, and that is you all done, you now have your 5th message.


Can anyone advise, I would like to add a message for all registered users, with my own custom text etc, to promote upgrading but also to point out site wide rules & links to rules.

How would this be set.
Thanks

[owen1832]

I am using the envious style and I had no welcome message to begine with so there was not If statement for guests to remove. I added the code to the header template and upload the xml product and nothing happens. Do I need to add some additional code to the forum home template?

Thanks

[Ted S]

I am using the envious style and I had no welcome message to begine with so there was not If statement for guests to remove. I added the code to the header template and upload the xml product and nothing happens. Do I need to add some additional code to the forum home template?

You need to add $welcomeheaders to your headertemplate

[SaN-DeeP]

hello teds,
how is this plugin different from dynamic forum annoucement hack ?
thanks for your time for doing this.

[eDodgeball]

great mod... thanks!

[Ted S]

hello teds,
how is this plugin different from dynamic forum annoucement hack ?
thanks for your time for doing this.

No clue? I don't use that hack. The purpose of this one is to provide you with a quick, simple and effective way to reach out to guests, new members and unactivated accounts. Beyond that I would imagine you will want to evaulate all your options and see what makes the most sense.

[Rude Awakening]

Finally installed this bastard after a week of trying. I had a friend find out that a duplicate header message was being created somewhere in the navbar. Must be from my Steel Blue Theme.
Excellent Plugin, It will be perfect for my forums :)

Thanks!

[dan40]

This is a great plugin! I'm using it now.

However, I find that after I get all my wording in by changing the XML file, my header now is HUGE... have a look - http://www.tvtalkforums.ca. I'm kind of concerned that it doesn't look the way I want it to, but it does come across a little bit as "begging" the user to sign up.

How can I test the other 3 phrases, besides the unregistered one?

How might I bring down the font size?

[Ted S]

dan,
You can test the appearance by creating other accounts in each state (pending verification, no posts, inactive, etc...).

[rareclownfish]

Hey Ted, even when I'm loged in this message still comes up.

[I](Welcome to the [ARG:3 UNDEFINED] forums.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions, articles and access our other FREE features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload your own photos and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

[Ted S]

Well at a minimum you should remove:

<thead>
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>">
<phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>


However, your template is in need of some restoration. You have a </if> tag that doesnt correspond with an opening one as an example.

[rareclownfish]

Ok I deleted those files, how do I restore the template?

[rareclownfish]

It's working now.

[volarium]

Thanks for a great hack! It was so easy to install and customize. Looking forward to the results!

Cheers,
Michael
http://vfrworld.com

[Tru2Chevy]

After a few weeks I'm noticing a big increase in both registrations and lurkers coming out of the woodwork.

Thanks Ted!

- Justin

[Parture]

How would I do this for adding other welcome headers?

I would like create a different welcome header for each item that a person selects in a custom field for a drop down box. Specifically see question 19 at registration - http://biblocality.com/forums/register.php

What would be the IF CONDITION in the welcome_headers to do this?

[rareclownfish]

Hey fellas, I got the hack to install and is working fine on my forum home page, but I have no clue to get it on my VBportal page.
Can someone help me out?
Thanks
www.rareclownfish.com

[Ted S]

This hack is not tested with vbportal and may not work with it.

[rareclownfish]

Thanks

[mawby]

Hi, it is possible to have a 5th header which informs people if their paid subscription is about to run out?

[parabat]

Have installed this hack, so lets see the rewards.
Great idea by the way :cool:

[Ted S]

Hi, it is possible to have a 5th header which informs people if their paid subscription is about to run out?

It doesnt look like there is a userprofile field for that information so you would either have to create a hack to pull out the date or find out of there is a variable that does that already.

[Mosh]

Can anyone advise, I would like to add a message for all registered users, with my own custom text etc, to promote upgrading but also to point out site wide rules & links to rules.

How would this be set.
Thanks
That should be easy, do the following:

Create 1 new phrase

Phrase Type: GLOBAL
Product: Welcome Headers
Varname: welcome_members
Text: <PUT THE TEXT YOU WANT HERE - YOU CAN FORMAT IT WITH XHTML AS WELL TO GET THE LAYOUT YOU WANT>

Edit the welcome_headers template:

Find:

<!-- / hasnt posted lately message -->
<else />
Paste underneath it:

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2)">
<!-- / registered member's message -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_members]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / registered member's message -->
</if>


Save your template, and that is you all done, you now have a message for your members.

The formating of the XHTML I will leave up to you, but the frame work is there for you to add the message.

Hope this helps.

[dilbert]

Hi,
I really like this hack, thanks!

I am having one small problem.
I have a custom style, Aria, and am using vBadvanced CMPS. On the CMPS index page http://www.bloodbanktalk.com/forum/cmps_index.php the drop down menus no longer work.

Any tips?

[mawby]

It doesnt look like there is a userprofile field for that information so you would either have to create a hack to pull out the date or find out of there is a variable that does that already.I have managed to get this working, but I wont post up details without your permission. I'm also not a PHP coder so although it works it might not be considered very good code!

[Parture]

<font size="4">I would like create a different welcome header for each item that a person selects in a particular drop down box user custom field that was made.

What would be the IF CONDITION in the welcome_headers to do this?</font>

[Ted S]

I would like create a different welcome header for each item that a person selects in a particular drop down box user custom field that was made.

What would be the IF CONDITION in the welcome_headers to do this?

Please don't use larger fonts, it makes the page difficult to read.

As far as accessing these variables, you can use $post['fieldX'] where is the field number you wish to reference.

Thank you.

[Ted S]

I have managed to get this working, but I wont post up details without your permission. I'm also not a PHP coder so although it works it might not be considered very good code!

This hack is meant to get people started on marketing to their members... improvements and extra code is completely welcomed.

[Mosh]

Hi,
I really like this hack, thanks!

I am having one small problem.
I have a custom style, Aria, and am using vBadvanced CMPS. On the CMPS index page http://www.bloodbanktalk.com/forum/cmps_index.php the drop down menus no longer work.

Any tips?
Which ones specifically? because I just checked them, and unless I missed something all your pulldown menus work.

[AMFMaree]

HELP..

I have added this with no problems.. The headers work great.. except I have this under my navbar

Welcome to the [ARG:3 UNDEFINED] forums.

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions, articles and access our other FREE features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload your own photos and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact support.

so its repeated twice.. it also shows up like this when Im logged in..

Can you work out what I have done wrong?

My Board is here...
http://www.amongmyfriends.com/forums/index.php

[AMFMaree]

I fixed the problem.. Thankyou for providing this product.

[defcon_420]

wow this is neat and easy to install :) looks like a winner! "CLICKS INSTALL"

[Parture]

As far as accessing these variables, you can use $post['fieldX'] where is the field number you wish to reference.

Ted, I was also wondering, for a particular fieldX, in its drop down box selection, let's say there are 5 choices. If I wanted 2 of those choices to show one header, and the other 3 choices to show another header, what is the formatting for the code so that $post['fieldX'] = more than one selection?

Also, in welcome_headers, what would be the function that removes a person from a usergroup if they change an answer in a fieldX?

[mawby]

If like me, you want a banner to be displayed to people who have a paid subscription which is about to expire, you can achieve it with the following.
(Please note I am not a PHP coder and haven't written a vB Plugin before so if someone more knowledgeable could check the following for me I would be most grateful.)

Firstly create a global phrase named "welcome_soontoexpire" containing the message you want displayed. I chose the following...

<center><strong>Your Club Membership will expire in {1} days.</strong><br /><br />We hope you will choose to stay with us!</center>

...which will tell them their paid subscription is about to run out, plus it will tell them the number of days they have left.

Next edit the "welcome_headers" template and add...

<if condition="$headerexpiremembership != 0">
<!-- / membership nearly expired -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1" style="background-color:#FF0000;">
<phrase 1="$headerexpiremembership">$vbphrase[welcome_soontoexpire]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / membership nearly expired -->

<else />

...before this line of code.

<if condition="$headerstime - 1209600 > $bbuserinfo[lastpost]">

Also add the following to the very end of the template.

</if>

Finally create a plugin for the "Welcome Headers" product with a hook location of "global_start". Set the title to "Soon to expire memberships", and add the following as the PHP plugin code.

$subscriptions_reminders = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
SELECT subscriptionid, expirydate
FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "subscriptionlog AS subscriptionlog
WHERE expirydate <= " . (TIMENOW + (86400 * 14)) . "
AND status = 1
AND userid = " . $vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] . "
");

while ($subscriptions_reminder = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($subscriptions_reminders))
{
$headerexpiremembership = round((($subscriptions_reminder['expirydate'] - TIMENOW) / 86400),1);
}

That's it! It is hard coded to display the banner when the paid subscription has 14 days or less remaining. You can change the 14 on the following line to be however many days notice you want.

WHERE expirydate <= " . (TIMENOW + (86400 * 14)) . "

[Ted S]

Ted, I was also wondering, for a particular fieldX, in its drop down box selection, let's say there are 5 choices. If I wanted 2 of those choices to show one header, and the other 3 choices to show another header, what is the formatting for the code so that $post['fieldX'] = more than one selection?

Also, in welcome_headers, what would be the function that removes a person from a usergroup if they change an answer in a fieldX?

I'm not familar with the structure of these fields as I don't tend to referance them outside of the profile.

However, I believe $post['fieldX'] == 'male' would work to see if the field value is set to male.

When people change their profile it changes their data and therefore immediately changes what header they see.

Since I am not versed in these fields it may be a good idea to just print them up by putting $post['fieldX'],$post['fieldX'],$post['fieldX'],$post['fieldX'] into a welcome header message, reloading the page and seeing what comes up. If you can do that and still need some assistance let me know.

[Ted S]

Wow, thanks for that mawby! If you don't mind I'd like to include that in a future version as an optional sub-release (or you can post it yourself)?

[dilbert]

dilbert Hi,
I really like this hack, thanks!

I am having one small problem.
I have a custom style, Aria, and am using vBadvanced CMPS. On the CMPS index page http://www.bloodbanktalk.com/forum/cmps_index.php the drop down menus no longer work.

Any tips?
Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

[rareclownfish]

Hey Ted, in this pic the Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates is showing on the portal page. How can I get it on mine?
Is that VBA or ABPortal?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=36636&d=1130560849

[phill2003]

All i did was put it in the header that way it shows everywhere including the portal index and gallery index.