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.
End Info for Clean Install -------

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.
End Info for Upgrading -------

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.

[BaldNut]

is the new one released yet amy ?

[amykhar]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32517" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showt...threadid=32517</a>

[BaldNut]

cheers Amy, it seemed to go ok, but when i got to preview it gave me this error

Database error in vBulletin Control Panel 2.2.0:

Invalid SQL: SELECT userid,username,birthday FROM user WHERE SUBSTRING(birthday,6)>='11-29' AND SUBSTRING(birthday,6)<='12-13' ORDER BY SUBSTRING(birthday,6) LIMIT 0,10
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'SUBSTRING(birthday,6) LIMIT 0,10' at line 1

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Thursday 29th of November 2001 03:16:25 PM
Script: http://www.golden-springs.com/forums...n/commbull.php
Referer: http://www.golden-springs.com/forums/admin/commbull.php

[tubedogg]

I'm just bumping this up to let you all know I am finally working on an update to this hack.

New features/bug fixes:
- Send HTML email
- HTML email uses templates and standard replacement variables for easy customization
- Rewrote birthdays subroutine to not use SUBSTRING as an ORDER BY since that seemed to cause so many problems
- Fixed problems with getting birthdays from both December and January or farther
- Redid forum display so that:
-- you cannot select categories
-- private forums are marked as No by default
-- display is laid out in an indented manner, as if you were looking at your actual forums
- Now saves settings, including which forums to include and which usergroups to use
- Various other little bug fixes/improvements here and there

I have most of this done - I am mainly working on the HTML / templates aspect now. I hope to have this done fairly soon, hopefully by Christmas.

Let me know if there are other things you'd like to see in this.

[PBC]

Originally posted by tubedogg
Let me know if there are other things you'd like to see in this.

The ability to preview/re-preview after editing before sending.

[tubedogg]

Funny you should mention that. I put in two things in regards to that that I left off my list accidentally, and they are:
-- Preview/re-preview after editing
-- HTML Preview so you can see exactly what the HTML message will look like

I'm taking advantage of the AdminUtil table to store the messages between pages - made it a dream to code.

[RobAC]

Kevin,

We are not worthy!!!

Along with the vbStats Hack, this one is my number one favorite!

....runs off drooling in anticipation of the next release.

[Steve Machol]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tubedogg
Let me know if there are other things you'd like to see in this.

[tubedogg]

Hmm...that's an interesting request. Can you explain how you'd like it to work, e.g. do you want textareas on the selection screen, or...? Or do you mean additional templates to use it from time-to-time?

[tubedogg]

Originally posted by RobAC
Kevin,

We are not worthy!!!

Along with the vbStats Hack, this one is my number one favorite!

....runs off drooling in anticipation of the next release.

hehehehe