Updated Community Bulletin Generator

SPECIAL NOTE for those upgrading to vBulletin v2.0.0: You will need to make changes to the default RC3 files, as you did with the previous version files. The files are member.php and admin/index.php. After you upgrade to RC3, the link in your Admin CP will no longer be there. In order to find instructions for upgrading, go to http://yoursite/forum/admin/commbull.php and click the link for Instructions. Make these changes to your files, and reupload the two modified files. The link will then be back in your Admin CP.
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With Kier's permission, I am rereleasing this hack. It has been updated, but most of the credit still goes to Kier. I just added a couple things. Namely, I took Kier's starting point for birthdays and reworked it a bit so they can now be included. I also added 3 new sets of Latest Threads input, and added a sorting option to get topics with no replies (aka "Virgin" topics).
I also added a box to change the section separation character (Kier had it as a "-", now you can change it) and the list item character (Kier had it as an "o"). There are also instructions on how to integrate it into your Admin CP.

To install, just upload it to your Admin directory and go to it in a browser.

If you had previously installed Kier's original version, simply overwrite the commbull.php file on your server, and make this change to your admin/index.php file:
Find

<a href="email.php?s=<?php echo $session[sessionhash]; ?>"> Email users </a><br>

and right below it, add

<a href="commbull.php?s=<?php echo $session[sessionhash]; ?>"> Send Community Bulletin </a><br>

Upload your admin/index.php file and go to your Admin CP. You should see the new option under "Users" on the left-hand side.

Hack version: 0.98

Changes since v0.97: Fixed a stupid bug that screwed up the script when you posted a copy to a forum and that forum didn't count posts toward post totals.

Changes since v0.96: Fixed a minor bug that was causing large problems when the number of emails to send was more than it was set to per page.

Changes since v0.95: Minor cosmetic changes; fixed "copy post to board" function so it actually works; added option to exclude threads from being used more than once (if doing multiple blocks); fixed sorting by most replies/most views so they don't return threads with 0 replies or 1 view, respectively;

Changes since v0.93: Option to post a copy of the email to your board, to a forum you specify using a username your specify (If you do this, there is a function to exclude certain parts (for example, the user info section that details username/password etc) and it parses URLs so the message on your board has hyperlinks to the threads/polls/etc); various cosmetic upgrades; minor little things here and there; fixed/changed "Only include threads that have been started or replied to since this date?" so it doesn't defeat the purpose of specifying a date.

For version: v2.0.0

Info for Clean Install -------
Files needed: commbull.php

Files to edit: admin/index.php, member.php

Templates to edit: none

Instructions are in the script itself. When you first run it, it will tell you what you need to do. If upgrading from Kier's original version, see instructions above.
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Info for Upgrading from v0.90, v0.91, v0.93, v0.94, v0.95, v0.96, v0.97 ------
Files needed: commbull.php

Files to edit: none

Instructions: Upload the commbull.php file from the commbull98.zip file.
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Please do not bug Kier about this hack!
Please also DO NOT contact me via AIM, ICQ, PM, or email about this hack. Post your question/problem here and I will try to help you.

I get this error after I tried to send the mails out.

Could not execute mail delivery program in /homepages/31/d11193551/htdocs/forum/admin/commbull.php on line 541

any tips for me ??

Santa

[etones]

great hack.. hats of the both kiew and tubedogg.

One possibility... can you add the automaric javascript forwarding thing when sending out?

Cheers

[Blue2000]

this is great works very well on my board, installed without any problems (then again how could you have problems with such an easy way to install)

Well done to both of you, i know for one i will be using this hack.

There is one little thing tho it auto picks up your url, but i dont what a Dlink to the board i want to put my main domain name in as i have phpnuke running on my site, is there anyway to do this in the next ver maybe? or tell me know i can do that now?

Thanks and great work dudes

More errors for me. I already had to set birthdays to 0 and now this one pops up (commbull097):

Database error in vBulletin Control Panel: Invalid SQL: UPDATE user SET WHERE
userid='1'
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'WHERE userid='1'' at line 1
mysql error number: 1064

The line I found in commbull is, I think:
$d = $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET ".iif($foruminfo[countposts],"posts=posts+1","")." WHERE userid='$id[id]'");

So, what's this? More version misery?

[tubedogg]

mmm...I didn't really think that one one through. I'll fix it up hopefully by this weekend.

cant wait to add it when its fixed !!!

[tubedogg]

I updated the script so it fixed that stupid bug. Sorry I didn't think about that before.

[RobAC]

oh NOW you update the script Kevin....after I just downloaded the old version again and made the script change to correct the email formatting problem....which still didn't work. Great timing Kev!

[supernut]

the install worked but then when you go to send this happens, the output is posted in the forum but thats it, no emails are sent ?

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Database error in vBulletin Control Panel: Invalid SQL: UPDATE user SET 'posts=posts+1' WHERE userid='1'
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near ''posts=posts+1' WHERE userid='1'' at line 1
mysql error number: 1064
Date: Sunday 03rd of June 2001 12:22:17 PM

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i just installed it . Everything works even tested it by sending emails out.