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Automatic Birthday Thread
Version: 1.5.1, by Andreas Andreas is offline
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Version: 3.5.1 Rating:
Released: 11-10-2005 Last Update: 01-16-2009 Installs: 165
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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

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    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:

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  #52  
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its posting the thread at about 10pm the day of the birthday...?
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Old 12-02-2005, 01:46 PM
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u have to edit the cron to make it post earlier... im still having trouble with it... it was posting over and over the same thing in the thread for the same users birthday.... i set mine to 1:01 am and it works ok but the funny thing is right now it still works and i have it shut off... seemed to work better when i shut it off in the product section and left the cron
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Old 12-02-2005, 01:52 PM
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One thing to note. Check your servers time setting. For example, you set it for 12:01 AM est but your server is located in California. there is a 3 hour time difference so in all actuality, your script would really run at 3:01 am est when the server reaches 12:01 in their time zone.
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Old 12-02-2005, 01:56 PM
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which line do i edit?
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Old 12-02-2005, 01:59 PM
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you dont have to edit a line you have to edit the cron in your Scheduled Tasks
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Old 12-02-2005, 02:50 PM
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ahh... found it!
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Ok how can i get it to add the signature whats the code to add that to the postbit.

$signature??
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Old 12-06-2005, 03:50 PM
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XML-Fehler: mismatched tag in Zeile 46
Got this error from the german xml file, product import was right?
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Old 12-06-2005, 04:10 PM
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The XML should be fixed now.
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Old 12-06-2005, 04:15 PM
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Error: Datei ungültig :squareeyed:
Installed now the english version and added phrases, thanks.
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