Automatic Birthday Thread

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

1. 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.

[outlaw621]

Works great. The members are happy. they missed this from 3.0.x. The only thing I see strange is I am the designated poster but my signature does not show in any post created by this hack. Of course it is still installed and will remain so. A missing signature is not a reason for me to remove a wonderful modification.

[Gizmo5h1t3]

this one is a belting idea, but im curious....whats to stop ppl abusing this by changing their birthdays every day, and so gaining massive amounts of ucash, if that option is enabled????

[Xtrato]

You Change the Registration setting to lock the birthday after its set :P

Thats in Vbulletin Options

[HC.]

I would like to see the title be today's birthdays
and have the subject be the members name instead of in the title

I would also like to know how to customize the b-day post that is done

[outlaw621]

Originally Posted by HC.

I would like to see the title be today's birthdays
and have the subject be the members name instead of in the title

I would also like to know how to customize the b-day post that is done

Look in the ACP under the options for this hack. There are 3 links you can click to change the messages that are posted.

[theArchitect]

Is it possible to modify this hack to create one thread per user?

So if 3 people have a birthday today, then there would be three separate threads?

It is nice as it is, but it is a little impersonal to lump everyone into the one thread.

[Doc Great]

German translation-xml

Product XML removed and added as language XML to first post. Thank you

[aciurczak]

Originally Posted by lordofgun

Same here...no users named in the post itself.

Yup, I'm having the same problem. When I run the cron manually from the admincp, it shows the entire post correctly. When I just let the cron run on its own, it doesn't put the greettext in the post itself.

EDIT: Saw there was an update, installing 1.01 now...

[Bounce]

How to i get it to post the thread at midnight (GMT) , its posting it at 6:05 pm :ermm:

[aciurczak]

You can go into the Scheduled Task Manager within the admincp. You will see the cron job for the Happy Birthday thread, and it is set at a certain hour. Hit edit, and change the hour to what you'd like. You can see if you did it right by seeing what the next scheduled time is for that cron job.