Time Greeting (Good Morning / Afternoon / Evening, Username)
 

Credit goes to EnIgMa1234 for the original mod. Although he said no credit is needed, I still feel obliged to point it out :P

What does it do?

This is quite a simple mod I use which automatically changes the standard "Welcome, <Username>" phrase to "Good Morning/Afernoon/Evening, <Username>" depending on the time of day.

Installation/Upgrade Instructions

1. Import the Product. (Allow overwrite if upgrading)
2. You're done!






And finally, this is my first attempt at a release here, so go easy on me! I welcome any constructive criticizm of suggestions on how to improve this :)

Version History

0.05 - Initial Release
0.06 - Now compatible with Paul M's Display Unread Posts and New Reputation Comments mod.
0.08 - Updated to work with iBProArcade. Also no longer uses Javascript so will work on browsers with it disabled.
1.00 - Updated, now replaces the Phrase instead of template, allowing auto-replace to function even if the Welcome message is in a template other than navbar (Eg, header)

Known Issues

Because it goes off Server Time, this mod might not always be accurate for people in different time zones from the server. Unfortunately this isn't something I can fix.

Translations

Russian Translation by BANDiT600.

whats the difference between your mod and this mod located here
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=172507

besides the obvious fact that the one im talking about is alot more detailed and has a few extra features?

I guess the extra features like you said.

The main difference is probably that mine doesn't need any extra edits or modifications to be made once you've installed it. That mod looks pretty cool too though :)

very good hacks thanks

installed, thanks a lot.

Does not work in arcade for some reason...

Awesome and easy install thanks heaps

Bloody marvelous! Installed!

very nice.....

thanks.
Installed.

Only problem with this is that it doesn't seem to respect a user's timezone setting....so you can end up with "Good Morning" in the evening, etc.

Thanks all :)

Will look into these problems :)

very nice.....:up:

thanks.
Installed.

This is some good hack. Thank you for the release!

Thank you very much :)

I'll hopefully be able to update this later today. I've sorted 1 of the 3 known problems so far :P

Good idea

installed :)

I know how to fix the arcade issue...if it's Ibproarcade. There's a list of variables in the arcade functions file, add $timegreeting to the list.

In /arcade/functions/functions.php find the line that starts:
And add
Immediately before the final ";" at the end.

Note the space and comma in the above code.

Not tested, but I reckon that will make it work in the arcade. Every hack I've ever had that doesn't show up in the arcade has been fixed by doing something similar.

That one doesn't need any extra edits or modifications any more than this one would it the line it is searching for has changed because of another hack. ;)

There's an easier way to do it. Just make the variable replacement in this mod as a vbphrase[something]. No file edits that way.

Love it... Instaled :)

Updated to work with Paul M's mod. Unfortunately I've not had enough time to sort out the Arcade issue yet. Still working on it :)

This mod seems to effect the new posts/ no new post mod. Here is the mod that I use and this one here interferes with it.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=168303

Is you read the thread, there is a fix for that.

Thank you for the updated fix! Works great!

-Dave

very cool thanks:D

0.08 - Updated to work with iBProArcade. Also no longer uses Javascript so will work on browsers with it disabled.



Also, a huge thank you to Boofo for helping a novice like me out when it came to improving this mod :)

Don't kid yourself. I learned more from you than you did from me. ;)

Good job on the update. ;)

Still interferes with the welcome mod unless you can configure the settings now?

There are no settings to configure, it should just auto replace. The conflict before was because both mods were looking for the [welcome_x_link_y] phrase but in 0.06 I made adjustments so it should still work. I've tested it on my Dev board and a couple of other fourms I run and couldn't find any further problems. All I can suggest is making sure you have the latest version of both mods and maybe completely removing both and re-importing rather than upgrading.

nice hack, installed.

one thing I'd like to request you to add a global veriable like Nicer Greeting On NavBar did or make it like, it'd look in global templates for $vbphrase[welcome_x_link_y] not just in navbar templates only. I've a customize welcome panel in my forum homepage, where 'Welcome Nick' just disappear rather then replacing it.

thx

Good suggestion. I'll try and look at that when time permits.

So Kinneas,

The question is how to read the local computer time, is it not ?

You have on the user CPanel the Date&Time options for each user.

So if you can read that option and add or subtract, i think you will solve the problem.

It is just an idea though. I do not understand much php.

Greetings from Portugal,

KK

It's not as easy as that, I'm afraid.

Eheheh,

I've told that my knowledge of php is very small.

It was just an ideia.

KK

will this work with welcome template rewrite?

I'm not sure. Only one way to find out :P
I haven't exactly done this, but the latest update should mean it works in places other than the navbar :)

I like the idea, nice job with it. I installed it on my forum, but it only works on the Default vBulletin skin. On all my other skins it doesn't show.

YES, it's working now... thanks

I like this because it is very simple! Extra features mean extra queries in a lot of cases. :mad:

I will install later today!

Awesome Hack!
:)