Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Mass User Creation and Auto Posting

What this is.
This script will allow you to create mass users with just a few customizations (or you can just use the defaults which are pretty good).
You may want to use this to make your forum seem more popular, for testing purposes or any other need.
The username, password and email of each user created will be outputted to your page once created. I recommend you save this for access to the accounts (unless you have the CYB login to user mod).
The username is created by taking a random base name out an array and appending it with numbers.
The password is completely random - alphanumeric.
The email is based on the username with a few more digits added and a random domain selected.

howto install

1. Upload file to your forum root
2. Open yourdomain.com/forum/(usergenerate.php / usergenv2.php)
3. Follow instructions and customize the users to be created.
4. Press submit.

You provide from the following when mass creating users:

• Amount - Only input required. I recommend no more than 50 per time.
• Usergroup - which usergroup all users will be put into.
• Usertitle - the usertitle the users will have.
• Password - If not set a random password will be generated else the same password will be used for all users created.
• Email - If not set an email will be created based on the username else all users will have the same email address (Automatically allows this, no vbulletin option editing required).
• Username generating - How to generate the usernames (default list, your own file or online list).
• Auto posting - Whether or not to post a thread by each user, if selected you can choose whether the post and title come from the default list, your own file or online.

With this info you can either generate the users straightaway or preview the results in a table.
I will add more customizations if requested, but only to those that mark as installed!

I recommend you rename this file as anybody can access it at present.

There may be a few bugs, so please post any you find.

ToDo:

• added!Add an option so that the users will automatically post an introduction.
• added!Add more user names to array.
• added! Add username and email checks so that no duplicate entry errors occur (Unlikely that they will though).
• Add security (Everyone can access this script at the moment).
• added! Style generated results with CSS.
• added! Add javascript functions for ease of use.

You can help by posting arrays of generic usernames.
E.G.

PHP Code:

$user = array('spice', 'magicman', 'badger'); 


If you would like to add to the username array so that the usernames do not seem repetitive please post an array like above with at least 20 usernames in.

[Mixibiza]

Good one... Installed

[gizabo]

legion it works 4 u? not 4 me yet

[gizabo]

ITs working now! But where do i find out my forum ID?

[Zaiaku]

I never liked the whole ake posting and users, Never seen one that worked anyway that actually looked like real people posting.

Where is it pulling the post/threads from?

[SEOvB]

Mine will only do this

DONE!Total users created: 0 & Skipped: 3

No matter what options i enter

[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by gizabo

ITs working now! But where do i find out my forum ID?

Got to the forum you want them to post in, look at the URL.
It should be /forumdisplay.php?f=NUMBER, whatever number is, that is the ID.

Originally Posted by Zaiaku

I never liked the whole ake posting and users, Never seen one that worked anyway that actually looked like real people posting.

Where is it pulling the post/threads from?

A random list that is hardcoded, from a custom file or the internet.
You get to choose

Originally Posted by FRDS

Mine will only do this

DONE!Total users created: 0 & Skipped: 3

No matter what options i enter

There's a bug at the moment that if it hits an error (e.g. username taken) then all of them fail. Just keep refreshing.. you should get some made eventually.
Sorry for that, will fix it soon.

[iogames]

Originally Posted by gizabo

Free------

Free?!?! I migrated my site 7 days ago from PHP4 to 5 and some paid scripts went wrong, so I have to paid for customization again, and good work Mr AlexGeek [although won't install]

[gizabo]

Well godaddy lets u upgrade free... The reason it wasnt working b4 was because i forgot to press submit!

It took 5 min to upgrade! Great hu?

Alex u know what u should do? Make it so when the fake users posts, it counts as a real post.... Cuz it isnt now...

[Xandar]

Couple of quick suggestions:

-- Post introductions should allow formatting and such that are also randomized. This'd give a better feel for it not being faked out.

-- Registration times / post times etc should be randomized somwhat. The system makes EVERY post at the same time, so it looks very very odd when everyone (I tried it on my forums) posts at 11:51 AM and there's 20 new people...

The idea behind the system is great. Love it.. don't know I'll keep the users long, but ..

-- Philippe
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[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by Xandar

Couple of quick suggestions:

-- Post introductions should allow formatting and such that are also randomized. This'd give a better feel for it not being faked out.

Want to do a few yourself? I can add them to the online list.

Originally Posted by Xandar

-- Registration times / post times etc should be randomized somwhat. The system makes EVERY post at the same time, so it looks very very odd when everyone (I tried it on my forums) posts at 11:51 AM and there's 20 new people...

Brilliant idea, will release that in the next version.
it will be something like:

PHP Code:

$time = time();
$rand = rand( -50, 50 );
$time += $rand; 


That way the time is jumbled about but won't be like 5 years ago or 3 years in front