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.

[tubedogg]

Try going to http://myurl.com/myforums/phpinfo.php
If that file is there, it should tell you what the MySQL version number is.

If it is not, you can download the attached file from this message, rename it to mysqlver.php and upload it your main forums directory. Go to it in a browser and it will tell you the version number.

[-dloh-hammer]

k thx

mysql is on version

MySQL Support enabled
Active Persistent Links 0
Active Links 0
Client API version 3.23.22-beta
MYSQL_INCLUDE
MYSQL_LFLAGS
MYSQL_LIBS

[tubedogg]

Odd...SUBSTRING() was added in v3.22.4. And my testbed is running the same version of MySQL as you are and it works fine for me...Maybe try reuploading commbull.php.

I honestly cannot think of any reason why it wouldn't work.

I'm getting the same error on the birthday query, and I'm running MySQL 3.22.32

The workaround is not to use the birthday feature of commbull

[tubedogg]

If you are running 3.22.32 that would explain it: substring wasn't added until 3.22.4.

I'll look into some other way to do it.

Thanks!
I'm not ready to upgrade MySQL eventhough I would like to. But I'm too stupid for that

[RobAC]

Couple questions, observations:

What are "blocks"....block 1, block 2, etc?

I noticed that the dates shown for new thread replies are all 1-18-2038?????? Is this some kind of Y2K bug somewhere??

[tubedogg]

Blocks allow you to present different sets of threads, sorted in different manners. For example, you could set the first block to "no replies" and the second to "most replies" and you would get two different sets of threads.

The date is a problem with the UBB5 -> vB import script.
Look here for a script to fix the dates. (Backup your database FIRST!) Upload it your admin directory and run it.

[RobAC]

Tubeddog-

There's still a bug in the that script to update the date problem. I downloaded the new script you posted and still got a parse error on line 15. I had to change this line towards the bottom:

if ($i = $50) {
echo("Updated another 50 threads...continuing<br>");
$i = 0;

I changed the :

if ($i = $50) {

to be

if ($i = 50) {

NOTE: I took out the $ sign before the 50, then the script ran without problems.

Originally posted by tubedogg
Blocks allow you to present different sets of threads, sorted in different manners. For example, you could set the first block to "no replies" and the second to "most replies" and you would get two different sets of threads.

The date is a problem with the UBB5 -> vB import script.
Look here for a script to fix the dates. (Backup your database FIRST!) Upload it your admin directory and run it.

[RobAC]

Also, the hack works well in sending out the bulletin, but when you assign a copy to be saved in a particular Forum number, it doesn't save it. I assigned my username and in my profile, it shows that the bulletin is my last post, but when you click on the link, it can't find it.