Ok...will give it a shot. Thank you.

Odd problem.

I followed the instructions to the T, used phpMyAdmin to run the queries, added and saved the templates, and edited my index.php file under forum/index.php .. however when I tried to access my site I got the following email:

Any ideas? I just put everything back to it's original state :(

Heineken

MYSQL error no 2003 is related to MYSQL access problems and occurs when the script can not access to MYSQL. So it can not be related to the hack. It's very likely your were just unlucky, your MYSQL server went down at the moment you installed the hack. When it's back online, IMO give it a shot again .. The hack has been tested, installed and used by many people with no problems at all.. ;)

DOH! Means I have to redo it all over again lol ... should have waited before reverting back to original state eheh

Thanks bro, great hack by the way! Look forward to installing it :)

yw, let me know if you encounter any problems again.. :)

Logician,

Installed the hack and it sent the emails and PMs to the Birthday members, but the EMAILS are Blank. The subject is titled: Happy Birthday, but there isnt any messages in the PMs or emails?

dprice, make sure :
a) you have created the templates
b) content of that templates are not blank
c) You entered the template names exactly (no trailing space etc.)
d) Create the templates in all styles if it still does not work..

Your problem is very likely related to either of these..

That was the problem, thanks!

I am using a CUSTOM template and when I added the templates above, they were added in the DEFAULT templates, which I was not using.
So I merely moved them to my custom templates.

Thanks again my friend!

Great hack! Quick question:

Can I add either the "$birthday_children[username]" or "$birthday_children[user]" to the title in the new thread, such as:

$title = "Happy Birthday " .$birthday_children[username]."!"

Thanks!

- Gerry

Gerry, greeting thread is not seperate for each user. Instead one thread is created per day regardless of birthday number, so you cant use user name in thread title..