Nicer Greeting On NavBar

Ok i can't take too much credit for it, the original concept was by omgli3k back on the vb3 days i think and even then back at RC stages anyway as a thank you check out his site http://empathogen.net/

Onto the hack, this hack changes the greeting and it's all done automatically and sweetly. it takes your users timezone and gives a greeting dependant on that: "Good Morning, $username.", "Good Afternoon. $username." or "Good Evening, $username.".

shweet huh lol

ok without further ado here you go.

upload as a product.

Thanks again to omgli3k for leading the way on this one

[davidw]

What time was it when you saw the greeting?

[davidw]

This * might * fix it:
Find:

PHP Code:

$ng_tz_serveroffset = $vbulletin->options['timeoffset'];
$ng_tz_useroffset = $vbulletin->userinfo['timezoneoffset'];

$ng_hour = date('G');
$ng_now = bcadd($ng_hour, $ng_tz_serveroffset);
$ng_result = bcadd($ng_now, $ng_tz_useroffset); 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

$ng_date = date("G");
$ng_tz_useroffset = $vbulletin->userinfo['timezoneoffset'];
$ng_result = bcadd($ng_date, $ng_tz_useroffset); 


This is what I have from working on it:

PHP Code:

$ng_date = date("G");
$ng_tz_useroffset = $vbulletin->userinfo['timezoneoffset'];
$ng_result = bcadd($ng_date, $ng_tz_useroffset);

$ng_greeting = "ERROR";

if($ng_result < 12){
    $ng_greeting = "<strong>" . $vbphrase[ng_goodmorning] . " " . $vbulletin->userinfo[username] . ".</strong>";
} elseif($ng_result < 18){
    $ng_greeting = "<strong>" . $vbphrase[ng_goodafternoon] . " " . $vbulletin->userinfo[username] . ".</strong>";
}else {
    $ng_greeting = "<strong>" . $vbphrase[ng_goodevening] . " " . $vbulletin->userinfo[username] . ".</strong>";
}
// Nicer Greeting On NavBar 


[Mastar]

Originally Posted by Keyser S?ze

this installed fine, but no matter what time it is, all it says is good morning

Good Morning, Ice.
You last visited: Today at 12:02 PM
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Same here:

Good Morning, Water.
You last visited: Today at 01:03 PM
Private Messages: Unread 0, Total 2

[davidw]

Here's my latest edits (in case someone else wants to try it):

I've somewhat modified the instructions:

first off go to your navbar template and find:
==============================================
<div style="padding: 0.5em;" nowrap="nowrap">
<strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</phrase></strong><br />
==============================================

and replace that with
<div style="padding: 0.5em;" nowrap="nowrap">
<strong>$ng_greeting</strong><br />

PHP Code:

    <plugins>
        <plugin active="1">
            <title>Nicer Greeting On NavBar</title>
            <hookname>global_start</hookname>
            <phpcode><![CDATA[// Nicer Greeting On NavBar

$ng_date = date("G");
$ng_tz_useroffset = $vbulletin->userinfo['timezoneoffset'];
$ng_result = bcadd($ng_date, $ng_tz_useroffset);

$ng_greeting = "ERROR";

if($ng_result < 12){
    $ng_greeting = "<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">" . $vbphrase[ng_goodmorning] . " . </phrase>";
} elseif($ng_result < 18){
    $ng_greeting = "<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">" . $vbphrase[ng_goodafternoon] . " . </phrase>";
}else {
    $ng_greeting = "<phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">" . $vbphrase[ng_goodevening] . " . </phrase>";
}
// Nicer Greeting On NavBar
]]></phpcode>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
    <phrases>
        <phrasetype name="GLOBAL" fieldname="global">
            <phrase name="ng_goodafternoon"><![CDATA[Good Afternoon, {1}]]></phrase>
            <phrase name="ng_goodevening"><![CDATA[Good Evening, {1}]]></phrase>
            <phrase name="ng_goodmorning"><![CDATA[Good Morning, {1}]]></phrase>
        </phrasetype>
    </phrases> 


Edit: forgot semicolon after "ERROR"

[sabret00the]

nice work, christianb, i'll look that over as soon as i get a chance.

as for people with the bcadd() problem. ask your host to enable bcmath in your configuration.

you can check if it's enabled or not via your phpinfo.

[Vizionz]

still getting the error after Techs has installed php-bcmath-5.0.4-1mdk.i586.rpm on your server.

[davidw]

just a thought on the bcadd issue...

replacing this:

PHP Code:

$ng_result = bcadd($ng_date, $ng_tz_useroffset); 


with this:

PHP Code:

$ng_result = $ng_date + $ng_tz_useroffset; 


(old php stuff might work here, may not work - I haven't tried it)

Edit (forgot to remove ")")

[Mastar]

Update: The welcome changed today fro 'Good Morning' to 'Good Afternoon' only it was still morning do I changed 12 to 18 and 18 to 12 and I got the 'Good Morning' message. Will wait til later today or tomorrow to see if it changes correctly.

[davidw]

Only curiuos...

Where is the server in location to your website? If it is in a different time zone, this will have to be taken into consideration.

[Mastar]

It is in Japan