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[email protected] vbmenu_register("postmenu_486546", true); 03-18-2004 03:32 PM
I've done the following modifications and it works fine now. Enhanced the title a little too.

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UNDER
PHP Code:
$emails .= $userinfo['username']; 

ADD
PHP Code:
$bday_people .= "<a href=\"member.php?u=".$userinfo['userid']."\">".$username."</a>, born ".$userinfo['birthday']."\n"; 
$bday_title .= $username.", "; 
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UNDER
PHP Code:
log_cron_action('Birthday Email sent to: ' . $emails, $nextitem); 

ADD
PHP Code:
// Create Birthday Thread Hack 
$birthday_greeting_thread = "Here are today's birthdays!<br><br>$bday_people"; 

$greeter=11064; //Your User ID
$greeter_name="Happy Birthday"; //Your User Name
$greetings_forum=6; //enter the forum id that you want the thread to go into
$todays_date11= date("F j, Y", mktime (date("H")+$timeset, date("i"), date("s"), date("m"), date("d"), date("Y")));
$title3= "Happy Birthday to ";
$title3.= $bday_title;
$title3.= "on ";
$title3.=$todays_date11;
$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO thread (threadid,title,lastpost,forumid,open,replycount,postusername,postuserid,lastposter,dateline,iconid,visible,attach) VALUES (NULL,'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($title3))."','".time()."','$greetings_forum','1','0','".addslashes($greeter_name)."','$greeter','".addslashes($greeter_name)."','".time()."','0','1','0')");
$log_threadid=$DB_site->insert_id();
// Creating Post
$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO post (postid,threadid,title,username,userid,dateline,pagetext,allowsmilie,showsignature,ipaddress,iconid,visible) VALUES (NULL,'$log_threadid','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($title3))."','".addslashes($greeter_name)."','$greeter','".time()."','".addslashes($birthday_greeting_thread)."','1','0','127.0.0.1','0','1')");
// End Create Birthday Thread Hack 

sabret00the 03-18-2004 03:37 PM
not bad, although if you could get it to make individual threads it would be even better

Vb-Hispano 03-18-2004 03:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by MK@spug.net
I've done the following modifications and it works fine now. Enhanced the title a little too.

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UNDER
PHP Code:
$emails .= $userinfo['username']; 

ADD
PHP Code:
$bday_people .= "<a href=\"member.php?u=".$userinfo['userid']."\">".$username."</a>, born ".$userinfo['birthday']."\n"; 
$bday_title .= $username.", "; 
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UNDER
PHP Code:
log_cron_action('Birthday Email sent to: ' . $emails, $nextitem); 

ADD
PHP Code:
// Create Birthday Thread Hack 
$birthday_greeting_thread = "Here are today's birthdays!<br><br>$bday_people"; 

$greeter=11064; //Your User ID
$greeter_name="Happy Birthday"; //Your User Name
$greetings_forum=6; //enter the forum id that you want the thread to go into
$todays_date11= date("F j, Y", mktime (date("H")+$timeset, date("i"), date("s"), date("m"), date("d"), date("Y")));
$title3= "Happy Birthday to ";
$title3.= $bday_title;
$title3.= "on ";
$title3.=$todays_date11;
$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO thread (threadid,title,lastpost,forumid,open,replycount,postusername,postuserid,lastposter,dateline,iconid,visible,attach) VALUES (NULL,'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($title3))."','".time()."','$greetings_forum','1','0','".addslashes($greeter_name)."','$greeter','".addslashes($greeter_name)."','".time()."','0','1','0')");
$log_threadid=$DB_site->insert_id();
// Creating Post
$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO post (postid,threadid,title,username,userid,dateline,pagetext,allowsmilie,showsignature,ipaddress,iconid,visible) VALUES (NULL,'$log_threadid','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($title3))."','".addslashes($greeter_name)."','$greeter','".time()."','".addslashes($birthday_greeting_thread)."','1','0','127.0.0.1','0','1')");
// End Create Birthday Thread Hack 

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Memnoch-NMX- 03-18-2004 05:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushty
Is it possible to specify only specific users groups that it selects birthdays from, and if not any possibility of the option in a future version?
I'd like to see this option as well. I have a news script that generats news on the main page of my site based on a specific forum id. We only post birthday news for Admins and Super Mods of the forum. All other birthday announcements go in my Gen Chat forum.

M.C. 03-18-2004 05:22 PM
i`d love to see instructions file attached to first post ;)

ChurchMedia 03-19-2004 01:38 AM
For those of you having errors, there were some spaces added to the queries when I pasted the code (??). I've attached instructions in a text format. Copy from there and it should work.

MK@spug.net: Nice addition

sabret00the: To create individual threads for each birthday, just move the step 3 code up underneath the $bday_people = .... line. It should work, but I haven't tried it.

As far as usergroups, I'm still getting the hang of VB3. :)

Enjoy,

M.C. 03-19-2004 01:50 AM
thanx a lot man! ;)

Floris 03-19-2004 04:41 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ChurchMedia
This hack is based on the Birthday Hack by Logician and includes some of the original code. It will automatically create a Happy Birthday thread in a specified forum, listing the people with birthdays for that day. Then other members can post their happy birthday wishes in the thread.

I had the original hack installed on my VB2 board and when I upgraded to VB3 my members missed it. Luckily, it's really easy to implement.

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Files to modify: /includes/cron/birthday.php
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Instructions are in the attached text file. The mod should take about 5 minutes.

Change the variables for the userid, username and forumid.

You can customize the message in between the <<< EOF and EOF; tags. You could also ad IMG tags with an image of some kind, like in my screenshot.
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Let me know if anyone has any ideas on how to improve this. I'd like to see:
1) The age calculated and shown
2) The birthday shown in this format: March 17, 1970
3) A link to the thread in their birthday email

Enjoy (and thanks for the inspiration and some code, Logician!)
Members pick up quite quickly that the thread is automated, and on a busy board you also end up with a forum full of the same topics.

I rather have a cron file that run once per month to insert a new thread for the birthdays of that month. This way members can congratulate and others have time to participate.

ChurchMedia 03-19-2004 04:48 AM
Actually, the topics change every day... e.g. "Happy Birthday to our members on DATE", etc. And with MK@spug.net's version it changes even more: "Happy Birthday to user, user, user on date". I set aside a sub-forum just for birthdays so it stacks up there. :)

Quote:
Originally Posted by floris
Members pick up quite quickly that the thread is automated, and on a busy board you also end up with a forum full of the same topics.

I rather have a cron file that run once per month to insert a new thread for the birthdays of that month. This way members can congratulate and others have time to participate.

ryancooper 03-20-2004 12:25 PM
Just curious, how are you testing this? I see some people saying they are getting errors? Wouldn;t it run behind the scenes via cron?


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