Great idea. You can also use \n for line breaks. I'm going to post a new version of the b-day hack today and I'll change the HTML to BB code. Thanks!

Version 2.0 has just been released. Bug fixes, new features and update instructions are in the first post.

Enjoy,

Works great so far Churchmedia :) Tnx

Going to install NOW!!! :)

Thanks man for version 2. I installed it two minutes ago and get a DB error when running it.

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.3:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO vb3_thread(title, lastpost, forumid, open, replycount, postusername, postuserid, lastposter, dateline,iconid, visible)
VALUES
('Happy Birthday to billyjobob, m4|Ranger, XeDa101, on August 28, 2004', 1093680294, 15,
1, 0, 'CFN|BirthdayBot', ,
'CFN|BirthdayBot', 1093680294, 0, 1)
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '
'CFN|BirthdayBot', 1093680294, 0, 1)' at line 4

mysql error number: 1064

Can you help?

Check your variables. The $greeter variable should be a number -- the user ID for CFN|BirthdayBot. Check that and if you still have problems, post the lines with \\change me in them.

EDIT: Actually, it looks like there is no user ID there. Again, make sure the $greeter variable has the correct user ID for the greeter name.

I wrote greeter1 instead of greeter=1 but now I have a new error which is really one :D

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.3:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE user SET posts=posts+1 WHERE userid=4
mysql error: Table 'usr_web1_3.user' doesn't exist

mysql error number: 1146

Means you've once forgotten to check for table prefixes in this line
UPDATE user SET posts=posts+1 WHERE userid=4
Can you update this and tell me what to change?

Ok I've done it already.

Pls. change this part of your hack
with this

Nice hack

Thanks

Fixed it! Sorry about that!