Upgrade thanks allot :) I love this mod :D

/me updates again

You might have used the wrong file.

I didn't notice a change from when you updated in 2 days ago -.-

I'd like to install the Welcome Headers. Can I use it with vb 3.6.4?

Yes! working perfectly with 3.6.4

Note: The upgrade guide doesn't mention that a vbulletin upgrade may require you to re-edit your FORUMHOME and header templates.

Works perfectly with 3.6.4!

Probably because it doesn't require you to re-edit anything.

If you are making changes to your MASTER STYLE, you should really stop. It's not supposed to be altered.

great mod :)

really great mod msn . i have installed

Just installed! thanks :)

/me clicks Install!
I love this mod. Thanks.

Just installed on 3.6.4. Very impressed. Great work. Thanks.

Thanks, Installed, great hack.

I'm wondering if this modification is what I need.

I'm running a forum most of which is accessible only to paid subscribers. Of course, in order to subscribe users must first register but I'm seeing a good number of people registering without then subscribing (which doesn't gain them anything!). My question is whether this modification will allow me to put up a message only visible to registered members who are not paid subscribers.

I couldn't work out from the specs and the forum discussion whether this is possible.

Thanks in advance!

You could certainly do this with welcome headers, but you could just as easily do it without.

Thank you for the update Ted :)

How would I do it without Welcome Headers?

You'll need a conditional that checks if the person is a guest and not a member of your supporting member's group. This is pretty simple and something you can get help with on vb.org or vb.com

Thanks. However I want this not for guests but for registered people who haven't paid the sub. I assume, though, that the same method applies in this situation. Please correct me if I'm wrong - and please excuse my utter newbieness (if there is such a word!).

Yes it does and the difficulty doesn't change. I actually meant to say not a guest but made a typo!

How do I say like

"Please join our forum with 1302 members"

The member count variable is not something you can put in dynamically with writing queries and adding your own plugins. You can however put in an estimate of your membership by editing the welcome headers phrases through your ACP.

Incredible hack, Ted.

[high]* projectego clicks install ;)[/high]

Hello

I installed this and it was working fine but I had it shut off for a week and now it doesn't work. I noticed in the product manager "Welcome Headers" has a line going through it. I did upgrade to 3.6.4

Any help appreciated, I really like this hack

Thanks

you need to enable the hack from the drop down list in the plugin manager area of your acp.

I don't want to display the messages when the STANDARD_ERROR is being shown. How would I go about doing that?

What does the "unconfirmed welcome header" look like?

*INSTALL*

Nice thanks!!!!

Like every other welcome header but with different text.

I must be the only one who can't get this installed. After installing I can't see any welcome message and when I try to put everything back and uninstall I don't see the default welcome message either. I followed the direction to the "T". I have 4 skins plus the default style and decided to use the default style as a test since your instructions states I have to do this for every style.

I found the FORUMHOME only after I expanded the Forum Home Templates section of the default style, deleted the code as stated in the instructions and proceeded to edit the header template by adding the $welcomeheaders. After doing this and installing the vbwelcome_headers_3_6.xml I do not see the new welcome message. I do however see configuration options under vBulletin options, they are all set to display however I can't see anything at all. I've tried to put everything back and I now can't get the default welcome message.

I need some help making sure I've done this correctly. Should I do all my skins before installing and then reinsall or can I do this for 1 of the 5 skins I have that include the default style?

UPDATE: I GOT IT, I HAD TO LOGOUT AND THEN REFRESH TO SEE THE WELCOME MESSAGE...IM SLOW...

Try removing it from FORUMHOME and putting it in navbar that is where i have mine (looks better imo) and see if it works :)

Oh yeah, I like that too...and also in the future when I buy the VBSEO I'll be ready because I think VBSEO requires it in navbar...thanks for the tip.

great hack and works well but i was wondering if any one knows how to remove the normal vb welcome message, i have followed the instructions about removing but no joy i have both the vb and this hacks boxes displayed any ideas on what templates i can check?

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

Parture - Welcome headers is meant as a framework to get you started, and thinking about how to personalize your forum messaging. As every forum is different, I encourage everyone to develop their own messages in a way that makes the most sense.

Ted S,

Of course, but don't you think these enhancements would be nice?

1. create an extra welcome message for coppa to separate it from unconfirmed user.

2. create welcome headers for answering questions in Edit Profile, and for other user groups one might create, and for Infraction groups (temporary infractions don't put the person in that group, so they would have to be identified some other way).

If this is something you were not interested in programming further, can you tell us how we would do it? How do you create welcome headers if a person answers a question in Edit profile a certain way?

The system distributed is intended to work for as many sites as possible. Because every forum uses different profile settings the system does not address that portion of the profile. There are an endless number of factors which can influence what messages you show and again, this is meant as a framework and a starting place. Not an end-all solution.

You can add your own messages by editing the template welcome_headers and adding conditionals that fit your specific needs. If you need assistance with conditionals you can get help from the general coding area of vb.org.

upgrade.html say 4.1.0 upgrade instructions :P its supose to say 4.1.3 :D i think.

Paul,

That is why I said in post #395, "some sort of automatic detect would be needed" for the fact that people use different profile settings.

It would be nice if you took this further, particularly for Edit Profile questions that can be automatically detected with if/else statements in programming, and those questions chosen for their responses to provide for different welcome messages in the control panel.

For example, if someon answered "No" to the Trinity in question 2, but "Yes" to question 1 on the Substition and Co-death, a welcome message could be produced since it is the first item on the list of questions that the person got wrong at registration, http://biblocality.com/forums

A welcome message showing the proof of the Trinity easily could be displayed with key Scriptures in the most concise fashion possible, rathe than just putting a link in the question itself at registration to that information.

I know that there is a way to do it, so it has the flexibility to meet 95+% of peoples' needs.

You could have one column of all the various Edit profile options on one side for a welcome message, and if at a minimum various options you select are answered in a specific way, then that welcome message is displayed. And make this welcome message IN ADDITION TO the basice welcome message that will be displayed.

I have wanted this for about 5 years now even before I owned vBulletin. I presently have it also so that Googlemaps HSE, you can't see the "Add Location" button unless you first join a particular user group that allows for that (as an Apostle or an Elder). But it would also be nice in addition to joining a public user group that the person also fulfill the condition of answering all 19 questions with a Yes for Elders and Yes all 37 questions for apostles, to be able to edit the map, as well as access to the particular kinds of map entries for different kinds of apostles and elders.

Do you see what I am trying to do?