Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates

[Ted S]

I have installed this ad-on but wonering if it is working properly.

http://www.afcwestforums.com/

When I go to the front page of my CMPS or the forum index the headers seem to be there. But if I go to a thread (forum) the header doesn't seem to be there. Is this correct? I was under the impression that the header should appear on any page that a guest would find his/her way to...isn't that the whole point?

Please advise. I wonder if I did something worng. :cross-eyed:

That is exactly how it works. However, if you have modified your site to use a CMS system it may impact the code in a way I can not predict.

[CrossBones]

That is exactly how it works. However, if you have modified your site to use a CMS system it may impact the code in a way I can not predict.So you're saying it isn't working properly on my site? Meaning that when somebody enters a forum from a link someplace they are not getting the Welcome Header unless they are entering on the Portal page or the forum index page.

Just trying to clarify...I think it's not working properly but just want to clarity what you're saying.

Thanks.

[DementedMindz]

I changed mine around big time as i didn't want it on every page there was... I have mine just on my vbadvanced page and thats all... Cause i think google was blocking alot of my site and not indexing it cause it gave duplicate content with the same thing being on each page even with the vbseo version... Also i found that just adding $welcome headers didnt work on vbadvanced... I had to do a few php edits in order to get it set up just on my portal page.. I have to look up the edits if anyone wants them also...

[DementedMindz]

This is how i made mine show up on my vbadvanced page and no other page...

In includes/vba_cmps_include_bottom.php

Find this:

// ########################### Strip Body Tag #################################
function strip_body_tags($content)
{
global $header, $navbar, $footer, $headinclude;

I changed mine to this:

// ########################### Strip Body Tag #################################
function strip_body_tags($content)
{
global $header, $navbar, $welcomeheaders, $footer, $headinclude;

Also in the same file a few lines down find:

return str_replace(array($header, $navbar, $footer, $headinclude, '</body>', '</html>') , '', $content);

I changed mine to this:

return str_replace(array($header, $navbar, $welcomeheaders, $footer, $headinclude, '</body>', '</html>') , '', $content);


Also in the same file a few lines down find:

global $pages, $stylevar, $headinclude, $header, $footer, $vbulletin, $vbphrase, $stylevar, $show, $pmbox, $vba_options, $vba_style, $navbar, $cusid, $_REQUEST, $gobutton, $pagetitle, $pagecache, $db;


I changed mine to this:

global $pages, $stylevar, $headinclude, $header, $footer, $vbulletin, $vbphrase, $stylevar, $show, $pmbox, $vba_options, $vba_style, $navbar, $welcomeheaders, $cusid, $_REQUEST, $gobutton, $pagetitle, $pagecache, $db;

Then i went into my admin cp and went to Styles & Templates and from there i went to my adv_portal template and looked for

$header
$navbar

And after i added $welcomeheaders so it looks like this

$header
$navbar
$welcomeheaders

Note I also did the steps in the Installation Instructions in the FORUMHOME template.

This worked for me and it will only display it on the portal page and no other page in your forum.

[CrossBones]

Yeah well I want the Welocme Headers on every page. So I guess I must have installed it wrong or something.

Any ideas?

[Ted S]

Unfortunately I have no experience with that plugin/ system. I can take a look at your site if you like but I'm not sure what else to suggest.

[Nuguru]

Hello Everyone,

First of all I just want to thank you for making the "welcomeheaders" plugin available to all of us. It looks like a great tool and I can't wait to see the difference it should make on my site.

However I have a 2 little problems with spacing that I am hoping someone can help me with. I've included an attachment to help here.

Problem #1:
Take a look at the oval labled #1, you'll see that there is a extra space below the navbar and above the welcomeheaders box. I want the extra space to go away somehow. I went into navbar template to the very bottom of it, but there is no <br> there to take out, so I don't know what to do.

Problem #2 ( a little more tricky to explain, but I will try.)

I have Photopost installed for my gallery, so what has happened here since the install of welcomeheaders is that it has put a space to left and right of the gallery in comparison to other cells in the page.

Let me explain...If you look at the white spacing on the left of the welcomeheaders box in oval #2, you will see that it is correct in comparison to the navabr and header. However if you look down to oval #3 you will see that there is extra white space. This has happened on both sides of the cell on both sides of the page. Basically it squishes the gallery on the left and right side of the page.

Other than that, everything else looks great, the menu in the control panel is straight forward and very easy to use.

If someone can help me here, I would really appreciate it.

Thank You,

Nuguru

[R-n-R]

OK, I followed the NEW Install instructions (seemed pretty straight forward) to install and the installed seemed to have gone with no problems. I have installed this on 3.6 RC1.

My problem is when I do step and when I go to Step 4) Configuration Options (Recommended). When I go to vBulletin Options > Welcome Header System ns when I click any of the "click here links" in the pharse To edit the phrase for this message click here (enter your custom text in the translation box). I get this Message:

No Phrases Matched Your Query

I have looked backed over the steps to install this addon several times and I just dont see where I have gone wrong. :cross-eyed:

Can someone give me some insite as to what I might have over looked?

Thanks in advance!

[jilly]

putting a user into a 'moderated' group is causing the 'you should post more often' header to appear to them, when it wasn't there before. There's been no change in their post count, or when they last posted, but they can see the header - any ideas?

[Ted S]

I have installed this on 3.6 RC1.

You need to install the 3.6 version of this hack. Then the links will work. :)

[Ted S]

putting a user into a 'moderated' group is causing the 'you should post more often' header to appear to them, when it wasn't there before. There's been no change in their post count, or when they last posted, but they can see the header - any ideas?

What is the usergroup id of your moderated group and what version are you running?

[Ted S]

Nuguru,
Send me your url so I can look at your page code. And please, enable template name comments.

[R-n-R]

You need to install the 3.6 version of this hack. Then the links will work. :)
Geezzz, sometimes I feel like a nut! Thanks

[bada_bing]

Can someone tell me how I can get these welcome messages to show up on vbportal as I use this for my main portal?

[zurv]

Hey guys,

I am using the previous version of this script... I am thinking about upgrading but I want to know...

Has anyone found a solution to the "Bots as members" problem?

The problem I have with this script is that in search results almost all the descriptions are the same and say "You are viewing this page as a non-member... blah blah".

I want search engines to see the page without "Welcome Headers".

Any ideas?

[jilly]

What is the usergroup id of your moderated group and what version are you running?

vb version 3.5.4

usergroup id = 24

hack version = 4.0.6

[JimmyN]

thanks for this, nice and easy install And makes it easy to edit

now lets see if people register with the stats you gave its looking promising :)

[AndyA]

Hi, I could do with a little advice before installing this. ;)

Im a bit uncertain about the following step.

Step 2) Adding the new headers

1. Select the header by double clicking on it.

2. Scroll to the very end of the template code.

3. Add the code $welcomeheaders

4. Save and close the template.


Note: vbSEO recommends that users apply this plugin to the navbar template rather than the header template. To do so, select the navbar template, scroll to the end of it and add the code $welcomeheaders there. Save the template and do not modify your header template.

So does this mean that I should not follow items 1 to 4 and instead edit the navbar template ?

Thanks.

[letsjoy]

thanx man its cool

[chkdgate]

Ted S, this is awsome! Great hack.:cool: **clicks install**

So does this mean that I should not follow items 1 to 4 and instead edit the navbar template ?

Thanks.

Yes, it worked fine for me. Good luck.

[Ted S]

So does this mean that I should not follow items 1 to 4 and instead edit the navbar template ?


Nope, it means exactly what it says... instead of editing the header template, edit the navbar one as explains. Follow all other steps. :)

[chkdgate]

^^Ted S, thanks for the correction. What you quoted above was what I meant to say.

[snowbird]

Due to the extreme size of this thread, I have not been able to answer this...
Are there different messsages for Users that have not confirmed their email and Users that are waiting new account moderation?

Thanks for any help...

[Ted S]

Due to the extreme size of this thread, I have not been able to answer this...
Are there different messsages for Users that have not confirmed their email and Users that are waiting new account moderation?


Not with the default message system, but you could easily add your own.

[offline]

Perfect! Thanks!

[djjeffa]

If I wanted to edit the phrase welcome_neverposted
to make like a clicable link like click here to introduce yourself, like make it take you to a thread I already created for all to introduce them self what would be the code I would incert?

[Julie]

If I wanted to edit the phrase welcome_neverposted
to make like a clicable link like click here to introduce yourself, like make it take you to a thread I already created for all to introduce them self what would be the code I would incert?

If I'm not mistaking,

Hi there! Please introduce yourself in <a href="URL">this thread</a> to make new friends!

And of course alter the URL and text to fit your forum ;)

[Ted S]

Julie pretty much covered it. Add a standard link using html to the forum/thread of your choice.

[djjeffa]

sounds simple enought but how do i edit it? lol

[Ted S]

Go to your ACP --> Phrase Manager --> Search Phrases and find the phrase you want to edit by name.

[djjeffa]

Go to your ACP --> Phrase Manager --> Search Phrases and find the phrase you want to edit by name.

what do i do there?
copy and past in the translation with the changes?

[SKNY]

read a few posts back people were having trouble getting this to work on vBAdvanced, not sure if they figured it out or what, but anyway to display this on all the forum pages + vBAdvanced do this..

This worked for me on 3.6.0 RC2, it should work on this as well..

Admin CP => vBa CMPS => Default Settings => Portal Output Global Variables

Add the following: welcomeheaders

Save Settings... its now on the vBA pages as well.

[osmanungur]

thanks

i click now install

[djjeffa]

what do i do there?
copy and past in the translation with the changes?
bump?

[peterska2]

what do i do there?
copy and past in the translation with the changes?Yes, that is exactly how you edit a phrase.

[Ted S]

copy and past in the translation with the changes?

Yes. And please give me more than a day to respond to support requests before bumping them -- I'm glad to help but I'm not always able to rush over here. Thanks.

[chkdgate]

Hey Ted, I just installed vba cmps and I realized that my welcome headers don't appear on my home page and only until you visit the forums. This defeats the whole purpose. Is there any way I can have them appear earlier? (home page?)

[Julie]

Hey Ted, I just installed vba cmps and I realized that my welcome headers don't appear on my home page and only until you visit the forums. This defeats the whole purpose. Is there any way I can have them appear earlier? (home page?)

*cough, cough* Post #1033...

read a few posts back people were having trouble getting this to work on vBAdvanced, not sure if they figured it out or what, but anyway to display this on all the forum pages + vBAdvanced do this..

This worked for me on 3.6.0 RC2, it should work on this as well..

Admin CP => vBa CMPS => Default Settings => Portal Output Global Variables

Add the following: welcomeheaders

Save Settings... its now on the vBA pages as well.

[chkdgate]

Sorry Julie. 1040 posts is quite a lot to read.:knockedout: Thank you.

[Kintaro81]

Sorry Julie. 1040 posts is quite a lot to read.:knockedout: Thank you.
I found a thing that can help you to find what ever you want in 1040posts and more, its name is: Search (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/search.php) ;)

[chkdgate]

Thank you for the observation.

[Ted S]

Thanks for the link Julie, I don't deal with any of the public CMS systems as I prefer to write my own so it helps to have others help cover those...

[geovadim]

It's really great and really works! Contratulations. I had in a normal day about 1o-15 new users. After 12 hours withs this new phrase I have over 30! Is a really good ideea. It's a must have and it should be by default in vbulletin gold 3.6!

[Michael2]

I don't think I've posted in this thread. I installed this in February and right away noticed a huge jump (and it's continued) in registrations. I definitely recommend this!

[geovadim]

Not only that. But new users post after registration in a bigger percent using the "never posted" message. Is really ok.

[bandoftheweek]

Hopefully this the number of people who post, not only registered people (I have 700 and almost none post :( )

I'll post my results in a week. *installs*

[JGNYC]

Just installed this, thanks!
I put $welcomeheaders in the navbar and there's a big gap between the navbar and the welcome header. Is there a way to eliminate the gap?

[chkdgate]

Hey, I see what you mean. I would be interested in eliminating that gap as well.

[Snake]

Look and remove for "<br />" in the template.

[Yojance]

Thanks for this hack. Got it working inmediately in my board, easy to use and really important for a community.

[chkdgate]

Look and remove for "<br />" in the template.
In which template, ForumHome or Navbar?

[Shazz]

In which template, ForumHome or Navbar?
Phrase Manager
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[chkdgate]

Are you sure? Look at my screen shot.

[obiefan]

By far, this is the most excellent hack/mod I've seen to date!

/installed!

[Shazz]

Are you sure? Look at my screen shot.
Navbar..
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[jailer]

*clicks install* Superb - thanks.
Any idea where I can edit so that ONLY forums see these messages and NOT the VBA home page?

[Hornstar]

in the admincp when you click here

To edit the phrase for this message click here (enter your custom text in the translation box).

it says No Phrases Matched Your Query

Although when I hover over it I see ***incp/phrase.php?do=edit&e[1][welcome_guest]

Then I manually search for welcome_guest and i find it. But not when clicking that link or any of the links.

[Ted S]

Hornstar,
What version of vbulletin are you using?

[Pipe Hitter]

The mod works outstanding! The only problem I am having is that it leaves out the /forums/ portion of the URL and I get the 404 error.

The link shows:

http://www.mysite.com/register.php?

And should show:

http://www.mysite.com/forums/register.php?

It is like this for all links. I have searched the thread and can not find a remedy. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

[Ted S]

http://www.mysite.com/forums/register.php?


Edit the template welcome_headers changing the link names as necessary.

[Pipe Hitter]

I am new at this so forgive my ignorance.

Could you post an example of exactly what I need to edit?

Thank you. I attempted one but obviosly I edited the wrong thing.

[Mysticales]

What if I wanted to use the welcome headers to address OTHER usergroups too. Could that be done?

[Smitty]

You have to edit your welcome_headers template. I have different ones for several user groups, such as: <if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 13)">
<!-- email verification not completed -->
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[email_verification_not_completed]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / email verification not completed -->
<else />

<!-- email address not valid -->
<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 18)">
<br />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="alt1">
<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[email_address_not_valid]</phrase>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / email address not valid -->
<else />

If I remember correctly, you have to make phrases such as I did for [email_address_not_valid] above.

[Mysticales]

So basically you have to hand code it in, wont be useable with the admincp options eh?

[Smitty]

Well, there a version out for 3.6 and I'll have to do the change, but I just upgraded to 3.6 and think my old setup is still working (I have to check).

There may be an easier way, but that's the way I did it when I wanted different messages for different user groups on 3.5.

[Ted S]

So basically you have to hand code it in, wont be useable with the admincp options eh?

Correct.

The idea of welcome headers is to deliver a generic set of messages for all forums. Sites that customize the system will get far better results than those who use it stock.

[Ted S]

A minor update has been issued to cover the rare instances where someone turns off the guest welcome header message. There are no critical issues addressed in this change, upgrading is optional.

To update just overwrite the existing plugin file.

[chkdgate]

Thank you for the update Ted S.

[wtricks]

Just installed it. Hope it will bring in some more people

[Mysticales]

Hey I need some help. How would I code it so I could show the headers to Registered Users (Ok that part itself is easy since that code was given etc) HOWEVER NOT to show if they have the Premium usergroup enabled?

Cause I use paid subscriptions as a secondary group.

So my guess would be, I need a code that states "Is a member of "x" and NOT a memeber of "x" to make this work? Any thoughts?

Btw has anyone edited admincp to add their custom fields to it?

[Ted S]

So my guess would be, I need a code that states "Is a member of "x" and NOT a memeber of "x" to make this work? Any thoughts?


Just add the code:

<if condition="!is_member_of($bbuserinfo, XYZ)">

Before the header, and

</if>

After it.

Change XYZ to your premium usergroup.

[Mysticales]

Heh I just did it another way, I didnt know the ! works for the custom vB array. =)

[tommyxv]

The version say 4.1.1 when installed but here is says 4.1.2?

[Mysticales]

The version say 4.1.1 when installed but here is says 4.1.2?
It was a minor undocumented fix which was related to disabling guest msgs or something, very minor.

[jaymzz]

Clicked installed. Thank you. :D

[majordude]

I installed it. Had to tweak it so it worked with my skin. I couldn't put the hook ine the place vBSEO wanted (oh well).

[Nokia Tech]

I installed this on my forum, Using VB 3.5.4 All admin CP worked OK, Nothing was changed at all, after editing the template and adding the code to the template... Uninstalled :-(

[johnmont]

Great hack....love it.

I'm experiencing problems with the

Do you wish to limit welcome headers to show only once per visit?

setting.

I've checked out the template, etc -- see how it works. But I"m a bit lost on how to troubleshoot why the cookie isn't being set. I have accept cookies turned on for my test setup (mac Safari, Firefox/PC ie, firefox)....but to no avail.

[tamborinegal]

Just great! thanks Ted. I'm already seeing results. We have a very active forum already with a high amount of sign-ups each day, but this hack has made the sign-ups and activity go through the roof... and that's after only one day of it being there. It's a little scary actually.

Thanks again.

Clancy

[JohnBee]

Installed ... LOVING IT! thanks for a great hack...

[Markith]

I installed it and I love it...however does anyone know how to put the welcome header above the navbar?? please pm me if you do...thanks so much

[cyberbeggar]

I have it installed and I love it...

...But one question!

How do I make it like this

Welcome to ScubaBoard, an online scuba diving forum community where you can join over 65,000 divers from around the world discussing all things related to Scuba Diving. To gain full access to ScubaBoard you must register for a free account. As a registered member you will be able to:


Participate in over 500 dive topic forums and browse from over 2,000,000 posts.
Communicate privately with other divers from around the world.
Post your own photos or view from 40,000 user submitted images.
Gain access to our free classifieds marketplace to buy, sell and trade gear


All this and much more is available to you absolutely free when you register for an account, so sign up today!

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

With the format of the "dots"

[chkdgate]

I'm literally averaging 1 new user every day to every 2 days ever since I installed this mod. No joke.

[cyberbeggar]

I have it installed and I love it...

...But one question!

How do I make it like this



With the format of the "dots"


Surely someone can answer this question?

[Raydar]

Goto your admin cp, goto languages and phrases, goto phrase manager, do a search for the text in your welcome header. eg: "welcome". This will bring up any phrases with the word welcome. On my admin cp, the welcome header is the third phrase, click edit, change the text, click save, enjoy.

Regards

Reg

[cyberbeggar]

Are you answering my question Reg?

[Raydar]

G'day mate. I think your question was how to change the text in your welcome message. I'm at work at the moment, with phones going crazy, so I was rushed when I wrote that. Was I wrong. Let me know mate.

I'm subscirbed to this thread, so I keep getting emails when persons reply to this.

Regards

Reg

[cyberbeggar]

Thx,

As per http://www.scubaboard.com/forums.php

How do I make the welcome message be similar... the DOTS


Participate in over 500 dive topic forums and browse from over 2,000,000 posts.
Communicate privately with other divers from around the world.
Post your own photos or view from 40,000 user submitted images.
Gain access to our free classifieds marketplace to buy, sell and trade gear


Welcome to ScubaBoard, an online scuba diving forum community where you can join over 65,000 divers from around the world discussing all things related to Scuba Diving. To gain full access to ScubaBoard you must register for a free account. As a registered member you will be able to:


Participate in over 500 dive topic forums and browse from over 2,000,000 posts.
Communicate privately with other divers from around the world.
Post your own photos or view from 40,000 user submitted images.
Gain access to our free classifieds marketplace to buy, sell and trade gear


All this and much more is available to you absolutely free when you register for an account, so sign up today!

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

[Raydar]

Okay, I guess you'll need to insert HTML.

Copy this code to the beginning of your line in phrase manager.

<ul> <li>Participate in over 500 dive topic forums and browse from over 2,000,000 posts</li></ul>

Notice how the text is between the code. Just repeat that format for all your lines of text, and you should be good to go.

I can't test it because my welcome headers are off.

Let me know if you have any other problems.

Regards

Reg

[cyberbeggar]

Thanks Reggie ... got it working now! Cheers!

[neverknow1]

thanks mate!

Installed it without any problem of running the mod.

Good work

[JohnGBSA]

Thanks for a great mod!

I want to change the format of the div that the welcome header is in slightly. Basically I want to half the "gap" above it and include a small "gap" below it.

I'm not sure how good my explanation is, so I have included a screenshot to try help.

Thanks,

John

[Ted S]

John,
Remove or add <br /> tags from the welcome_headers template as you see fit.

[JohnGBSA]

John,
Remove or add <br /> tags from the welcome_headers template as you see fit.

Thanks for help with something I should have known :cross-eyed:

Besides changing the guest welcome message to an image, is there a way that you know of to get spiders not to spider the text for every page? Something like the [rel=nofollow] for links.

Thanks,

John

[Ted S]

Besides changing the guest welcome message to an image, is there a way that you know of to get spiders not to spider the text for every page? Something like the [rel=nofollow] for links.


You can block a spider from reading an entire page but not a portion of it.

[JohnGBSA]

Thanks for the info Ted.

/John

[Wicked Weasel]

thanks

[Morrighan256]

Quick question--would you happen to know if this hack is compatible with the Dynamic Forum Announcements hack? (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=97073&highlight=Dynamic+Forum+Announcements) Or should I just uninstall it?

[Ted S]

I'm not certain, although even if they work together you would potentially have two messages showing up at the same time.

[Terminatoronly]

thanks alot

[Parture]

Request:

1) Why not create an extra welcome header for coppa separate from unconfirmed user! (I did this manually)

2) Create optional welcome headers based on:

(a) different user groups (I have added several myself manually, but it would be nicer if it was streamlined),

(b) answering certain sets of questions in Edit Profile (some sort of automatic detect would be needed) produces a unique welcome header,

(c) separate headers for Infractions groups. But note that if a person goes into moderation or banned, they are not yet permanently banned so they are not actually physically moved into those groups (so you have to figure out how to take that into account, because presently I don't know how to identify them to give them a welcome message they are in Infractions).

I would be most excited by number #2, because look at the number of questions I have at registration, that I would like to create unique welcome headers for.

http://biblocality.com/forums

[Ted S]

Request:

1) Why not create an extra welcome header for coppa separate from unconfirmed user! (I did this manually)

2) Create optional welcome headers based on:

(a) different user groups (I have added several myself manually, but it would be nicer if it was streamlined),

(b) answering certain sets of questions in Edit Profile (some sort of automatic detect would be needed) produces a unique welcome header,

(c) separate headers for Infractions groups. But note that if a person goes into moderation or banned, they are not yet permanently banned so they are not actually physically moved into those groups (so you have to figure out how to take that into account, because presently I don't know how to identify them to give them a welcome message they are in Infractions).

I would be most excited by number #2, because look at the number of questions I have at registration, that I would like to create unique welcome headers for.

http://biblocality.com/forums

Is it really necessary to tripple post your comment?

[imported_infitech]

I want it to show the number of members on my forums.
For some reason I cant hardcode URLs either.

[johnmont]

The cookie is not being set for the "once-per-visit" functionality. I've got it correctly set in the vbulletin Options menu...

Any suggestions?

[The Dane]

When I try to customize the messages by clicking the link on the config page I get this message:

No Phrases Matched Your Query

Any idea why?

[Ted S]

Are you running the proper version of the hack for your version of vb?

[KipLarson]

I've gotten an error that says the following templates need to be reverted:

welcome_headers
Default Template Updated in 3.54 by Ted
Your Custom Template Last Edited in 3.5.2 by **me**

I did modify the code to add advertisements in there, but I did this on my 3.60 and 3.61 forums without a problem, so I'm not sure what the problem is.

What should I do? It says my templates need to be revereted.

[Ted S]

If you modified your template and then upgraded it thinks you need to modify again. Unless you are experiencing issues you can ignore this message. To make it go away, revert and reapply your changes.

[KipLarson]

I'll see if that fixes and edit back if it doesn't.

Edit: I copied the code before I reverted, and after I reverted the message went away of course, but then when I recopied the code it still gives the message.

Would there be anyway to see if it's broken something without looking? Or do you recommend that I just ignore it?

[KipLarson]

Ok, so I haven't heard any problems from my users after inputting the hack.

So I assume that I can just leave it the way it is (saying the templates need to be reverted etc.)

Let me know if that isn't the case. And thanks.

[Smitty]

A tip... That both this hack and vBulletin will be updated in the future is a known. To reduce confusion, 'correct' the problem now. Revert the template and put in what you want/need. That way, down the road you won't have to wonder whether the template really has to be reverted or not.

[KipLarson]

A tip... That both this hack and vBulletin will be updated in the future is a known. To reduce confusion, 'correct' the problem now. Revert the template and put in what you want/need. That way, down the road you won't have to wonder whether the template really has to be reverted or not.

The problem is, I reverted. Then re added my adsense code, and then it still says they need to be reverted.

But I'd really like to be able to display ads as well, so that's the issue I'm having. How to make changes to the template without it requiring me to revert every time I make a change.

I'm using 3.52

[Smitty]

It may be a version issue for you. I've used vBulletin since 2001. I keep the software up to date and am using vBulletin 3.6.4. When I revert a template and then change it to what I want/need I do not get the message again, and I have a lot of template (and phrase) modifications.

[KipLarson]

Hmmm, is anyone else using 3.52 and having this issue? I assume it's fine though, considering no member on the site has complained about something not working.

[Ted S]

You do realize you are using a version with known bugs and security issues. Not that those issues will stop this plugin from working... ;)

[KipLarson]

You do realize you are using a version with known bugs and security issues. Not that those issues will stop this plugin from working... ;)

Not with the patch's applied...

[Ted S]

Patches fix security issues, not all the little bug pesky bugs, but thats a whole other issue for a whole other thread.

[KipLarson]

Patches fix security issues, not all the little bug pesky bugs, but thats a whole other issue for a whole other thread.

Alright, well either way. This is a GREAT hack and I'll continue to use it. The only thing I heard about from a few members is that they can't save changes to their custom profile options (I added an Xbox live gamertag field for people).

[body sculpter]

why isnt mine working, look

www.gwired.net

[Ted S]

why isnt mine working, look

www.gwired.net

Have you made the template modifications outlined in the instructions?

[OmniBuzz]

oooops wrong forum

[Coux]

i like..

[Sir_Yaro]

Polish phrases for vB 3.5 and 3.6

[ar2]

Hi,

I need one more thing from this mod... Is it possible to make it show an announcement only to pointed usergroups ?

[Shazz]

Hi,

I need one more thing from this mod... Is it possible to make it show an announcement only to pointed usergroups ?

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == XX">
</if>
:)

[Ted S]

I need one more thing from this mod... Is it possible to make it show an announcement only to pointed usergroups ?

You can edit the template welcome_headers to confine it to whatever usergroups you like.

[AlexanderT]

Ted, I had a quick look at the latest version and discovered that you switched from the standard <if>...</else> structure to this $welcomehdr = '1' hack? Any reason for this?

[Ted S]

Ted, I had a quick look at the latest version and discovered that you switched from the standard <if>...</else> structure to this $welcomehdr = '1' hack? Any reason for this?

That was the whole purpose of the last update. Most of the questions I'm getting these days is about extending welcome headers (which I should add is exactly what I want people to do). In any case, the if/else/if/else process becomes cumbersome with 10+ nested else statements, so I removed them and moved to this more modular version.

I don't expect this to have any negative impact but if you have any thoughts please share.

As a side note, this change was made to the 3.6 series version of this hack, the 3.5 version (this thread) was not changed.

[AlexanderT]

That was the whole purpose of the last update. Most of the questions I'm getting these days is about extending welcome headers (which I should add is exactly what I want people to do). In any case, the if/else/if/else process becomes cumbersome with 10+ nested else statements, so I removed them and moved to this more modular version.

I don't expect this to have any negative impact but if you have any thoughts please share.

As a side note, this change was made to the 3.6 series version of this hack, the 3.5 version (this thread) was not changed.

Oops, sorry about that, I was using the search feature to find back to the 'Welcome headers' thread and didn't notice that I landed in the 3.5 section. Thanks for answering, anyways! ;)

Well, I suppose it won't have any negative impact other than that it might be less logical to "read" and that now each and every <if> clause is being tested. Before, once an <if> clause turned true, it would break out of the whole structure and disregard the rest.

[Ted S]

It should still do the same, just not with nesting. I see pros and cons to both sides but more pros for people who want flexibility. I guess we'll see.

[dinodonk]

If you suspect your email address is set wrong, go <a href="/forum/profile.php?do=editpassword">here</a> and fill the form out so an we can change your email address.


can this set in $vbphrase[welcome_unconfirmed] to give url for changing email address??

[Ted S]

can this set in $vbphrase[welcome_unconfirmed] to give url for changing email address??

You can link them to their usercp --> options but if they don't have their password, they can't get in to chang eit.

[GoldenP51]

I'm not sure if this has been asked before, but I have several skins for my site and right now I am using welcome headers. My welcome headers however are images so search engines don't see the text of the welcome header on every page of my site. Now my question is is there a way to create a seperate welcome header for each skin?

The $vbphrase[welcome_guest] is on both of my templates, is there a way to make say $vbphrase[welcome_guest2] or something so I could make and insert a second welcome header image that matches the look of the second skin vs the first one?

If this is confusing let me know and I'll try to clear it up some...thanks for the great product btw!

[bryanb]

I don't know if this has been brought up before, but I'm using an Iframe instead of an image for the welcome text. This eliminates the image maps stuff and everything:

<iframe src="/forums/welcome.html" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"
scrolling="no" frameborder="no" style="width:100%; height:200px;"></iframe>

The welcome.html I can change at will. Perhaps you can incorporate a different iframe in each skin.

[Ted S]

I'm not sure if this has been asked before, but I have several skins for my site and right now I am using welcome headers. My welcome headers however are images so search engines don't see the text of the welcome header on every page of my site. Now my question is is there a way to create a seperate welcome header for each skin?

The $vbphrase[welcome_guest] is on both of my templates, is there a way to make say $vbphrase[welcome_guest2] or something so I could make and insert a second welcome header image that matches the look of the second skin vs the first one?

If this is confusing let me know and I'll try to clear it up some...thanks for the great product btw!

Each style gets its own copy of the templater welcome_headers which you can modify as you see fit.

[GoldenP51]

Thank you!!!!

[xcingix]

Is there an update for 3.7.0.
They tell me that one of the plugins on my forum is preventing "Rebuild Custom Avatars" from working and this is one of the only 3 mods I have installed.

[Ted S]

Is there an update for 3.7.0.
They tell me that one of the plugins on my forum is preventing "Rebuild Custom Avatars" from working and this is one of the only 3 mods I have installed.

This addon doesn't impact avatars or the avatar system so that should not be a problem.

That said, you can find a completely new version in the 3.7 mod section.

[charlesbahn]

Installed, Thx

Charles

[Bro_Joey_Gowdy]

Uninstalled and reinstalled updated version for 3.7.0.:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=165519

[street tactic]

Great Script!

+ Install

[Desibabu19]

Just installed. Working fine..

[TheInsaneManiac]

Just to let you know, you put contact twice. One of my staff members pointed it out.

It says "If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us."

Notice the extra contact in there? I know you can go in phrases and fix it, but still. No big issue, just pointing it out so that other members that use the default phrase can fix it.

[Ted S]

Good catch... but it's actually been left there intentionally after it was discovered. :D Why? Because I want people to review and customize the phrases for their forum. It while welcome headers is nice out of the box it really requires a basic level of customization to get the results it's intended to bring. This has been fixed in the 3.7 version as that version requires reviewing for other reasons.

[Dustin12]

It doesn't work for me, I edit the custom phrase yet the default phrase stays the same.

[Ted S]

It doesn't work for me, I edit the custom phrase yet the default phrase stays the same.
Have you edited the forumhome and navbar templates as per the instructions?

[Dustin12]

No, lol. Thanks.

[Ted S]

No, lol. Thanks.
Well then that's why it's not working right. :D

Let me know if you have any issues after you make those changes...

[gambitt]

Where do you go to edit what the header template actually states on the forum.

[Ted S]

Where do you go to edit what the header template actually states on the forum.
See the instructions file for an explination of how to change the phrases.

[Vinny445]

Can some one please tell me what this actually adds to the whole forums? I can't figure it out for the life of me; it looks the same as before I installed it. Specifically what does this do? Does it change the look of the message? Does it add a message where it's not normally possible? Because I go to create a notice after uninstalling the product and I can still produce the same notices...

[Wired1]

Can some one please tell me what this actually adds to the whole forums? I can't figure it out for the life of me; it looks the same as before I installed it. Specifically what does this do? Does it change the look of the message? Does it add a message where it's not normally possible? Because I go to create a notice after uninstalling the product and I can still produce the same notices...

So... you didn't read the description at all? First, this mod is geared towards... REGISTRATION RATES. This means it's geared towards people who are NOT already registered. Ergo, you won't see anything involving the mod unless you log out.

[Vinny445]

Well, my forums are set to show a login screen and not any actual forums, so that was why I was asking. Does this login screen override any mods? When you simple deny all access (http://forums.sincityrp.com for example) ?

Also, I can't find anything like the second screenshot anywhere. I looked under vB options and it isn't there. :s

[Wired1]

What version of vB do you have?

[Vinny445]

3.7.0, the final release

[Ted S]

Well, my forums are set to show a login screen and not any actual forums, so that was why I was asking. Does this login screen override any mods? When you simple deny all access (http://forums.sincityrp.com for example) ?

Also, I can't find anything like the second screenshot anywhere. I looked under vB options and it isn't there. :s

Have you installed the necessary template edits along with the product addon and are you vieiwng as a guest/member with no posts/ no recent activity?

[Vinny445]

Yeah, I'm on a proxy with another user and I can see the message the says you haven't posted. I'd be money that the disable everything and show a login for unlogged in people overrides it, whatever. My point is, couldn't all this be accomplished without this mod? Like this message that shows up when you don't post. When I uninstall the mod I see options to do the same thing manually. Does this mod just set up the messages for you, or what?

[Ted S]

Yeah, I'm on a proxy with another user and I can see the message the says you haven't posted. I'd be money that the disable everything and show a login for unlogged in people overrides it, whatever. My point is, couldn't all this be accomplished without this mod? Like this message that shows up when you don't post. When I uninstall the mod I see options to do the same thing manually. Does this mod just set up the messages for you, or what?

Not letting people see pages would render the guest message useless... if a guest gets an error there's no welcome header. There are however 3 other messages that would work however if enabled.

If you're seeing options to "do the same thing" then you're probably using 3.7 which includes the notices manager which works just like welcome headers. This version of the addon is for 3.5 which contains no such tool.

[Marvin Hlavac]

I just noticed my Welcome Headers are not working at all. Is it possible my upgrade to vB3.7.0 caused this? What should I do?

[Ted S]

I just noticed my Welcome Headers are not working at all. Is it possible my upgrade to vB3.7.0 caused this? What should I do?

What do you mean not working? Do you see anything in the notices manager? Have you updated your templates to have the 3.7 variables?

[ELF 5]

I am glad I found this for 3.5 its just what we needed, I wondered about the way the default VB welcome worked now with this dynamic version I wonder no more ...

[theparentpack]

Mine is no longer working either since the upgrade. HELP!

[Ted S]

Mine is no longer working either since the upgrade. HELP!

Have you updated your hack and reverted your navbar template since upgrading?

[flup]

Great mod, thanks! Hopefully it helps making it a it more active.

Is there a plugin/modification to enable the welcomeheaders on vBAdvanced aswell?

//edit
I noticed others have had the message on vbA, but I can't seem to get it. I tried adding $welcomeheaders to the vba template but that didn't work either. My $welcomeheaders is placed in navbar btw.

[Conehead555]

Need this for 4.x.x!

[Ted S]

Need this for 4.x.x!

So use the version in the 4.x forum? :confused: