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Automatic Birthday Thread · **Released**: 11-10-2005

Automatic Birthday Thread

Description
This Hack creates a birthday thread in the forum you select, an optional report is sent to an eMail address you specify.
You can also choose to give them uCash (if you have uCash installed).

User's privacy selection is taken care of, eg. only those that allow their DOB to be displayed will be listed.

Credits to ChurchMedia for the original vBulletin 3.0 Hack.

Details
1 Product XML (4 settings, 14 phrases)
1 Cronscript

History
1.0.0
Initial Version

1.0.1

Removed some debug code
Fixed phrase missing linebreak
Fixed userlist not being shown in body
Added option to only list active users

This Hack is unsupported! All support requests except proven bugs will be IGNORED

FAQ

Q: This Hack does not work!
A: Although it is possible that you have discovered a new bug which causes this Hack to not work, there is a good chance that there are other problems:
- Did you select the correct Forum?
- Did you enter the correct UserID?
- Are you using the original phrases?
- Do you have https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=96018 installed?
  This Hack has a bug which might cause failure.

Southernphuk · #**162** 06-23-2007, 03:14 PM

Grrr, just read through 11 pages hoping that this would be a working hack. Ah well, back to doing it manually and hoping someone makes it automatic (hint hint VB).

cambridgedaz · #**163** 08-08-2007, 03:16 PM

I installed this today. Got it all working even if I did have to dig into phrase manager to change a few bits.

Question: How do I get the signature of the automatic member who makes the post to show?

ozmazdaclub · #**164** 08-09-2007, 07:54 AM

cambridgedaz - can you post what changes you had to make so to get it working?

ozmazdaclub · #**165** 08-09-2007, 08:11 AM

installed the outlaw621 version works manually - will check the cron job tomorrow

cambridgedaz · #**166** 08-09-2007, 08:22 AM

The picardtux version works good but the cron job posts an hour early. I am guessing due to daylight saving time adjustments. Just go into scheduled tasks and add an hour to the time.

cambridgedaz · #**167** 08-10-2007, 07:51 AM

Does anyone know how the code in birthdaythread.php could be changed to post in an existing thread rather than creating a new one each time?

Valter · #**168** 08-29-2007, 01:58 AM

This is not to promote my work but to help people who has problem with this hack. You may wish to try Auto Birthday Greeter. It's similar to this one but supported and has no known bugs.

edytwinky · #**169** 09-03-2007, 05:34 PM

Is there a way to specify it not to posts for certain users? I have some users that have not been on in ages and it's pointless to make a post about them if they hav ebeen inactive for a while

Tralala · #**170** 09-09-2007, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edytwinky

Is there a way to specify it not to posts for certain users? I have some users that have not been on in ages and it's pointless to make a post about them if they hav ebeen inactive for a while

Yeah, in the AdminCP, there's a setting for this:

Quote:

Only active Users:
Set this to 'Yes' if you only want active Users to be listed.

rooney72 · #**171** 12-15-2007, 05:53 PM

Any chance for this to happen in latest vBulletin 3.6.8 !!!

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.04614 seconds Memory Usage 2,305KB Queries Executed 26 (?)
More Information
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