Automatic Welcome PM

Automatic Welcome PM
This Hack will automatically send welcome PMs to new members.
Message Title and Body are Phrases (Varname welcomepm in Phrasegroups EMail Subject Text and eMail Body Text), so you can have Messages in different languages.
You can also specify which User should appear as Sender in vBulletin Options / User Registration Options).

Details
1 Product XML

Contributions
German Language Pack by [name]Metro Man[/name]

History
1.0.0
Initial Version

1.0.1
Updated for RC1

1.0.2
Added direct links to the Phrases in vBulletion Options / User Registration Options to make it easier to change the Text.

1.0.3
Fixed a slight Problem that caused PMs not being send under certain conditions

1.0.4
Fixed a Bug that caused PMs not being send on upgraded vBulletin installations.

FAQ

1. Q: How to I set/change the sender?
   A: Go to ACP / vBulletin Options / vBulletin Options / User Registration Options.
   On the bottom, you will find an input box for the userid that should appear as the sender.
2. Q: How to I change the message title/body?
   A: Go to ACP / vBulletin Options / vBulletin Options / User Registration Options.
   On the bottom, you will find an input box for the userid that should appear as the sender.
   In the description text for this input box, there are links for changing the text.
3. Q: When I try to install this, I get "Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line xxx".
   What am I doing wrong?
   A: You are trying to import the XML as a Plugin which is wrong. It must be imported as a Product (ACP / Plugin System / Manage Products).
4. Q: Why does this Hack not work?
   A: Although it is possible that you have discovered a new Bug that causes it not to work, it is more likely that you have made an installation/configuration/customization mistake.
   Before asking for support, please check:
   - Did you enter the Userid of the Sender?
   - Does the sender have permission to use PMs?
   - Does Usergroup registered have permission to use PMs?
   - Are you using the original Phrases?

Please only click Install if you actually have installed/are using this Hack, and click Uninstall whan you don't use it any longer!

Important Notice
This Hack is not designed nor necessary for vBulletin 3.6.
Do not install it on vBulletin 3.6 if you don't want to run into problems.
You should uninstall this Hack before upgrading to vBulletin 3.6

[paulfletcher]

Works Great!

[michaelsilvia]

When I installed the plug in I got an error when trying to PM one of my members.

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.4:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO pm (pmtextid, userid) VALUES (19, );

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax near ')' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Date : Friday, April 14th 2006 @ 08:35:48 PM
Script : http://www.newenglandforum.com/private.php
Referrer : http://www.newenglandforum.com/priva...=newpm&pmid=26
IP Address : 204.210.124.118
Username : mike
Classname : vb_database

[paulfletcher]

I'm not sure if this would fix the problem, but you could try

AdminCP > Maintenance > Repair / Optimize Tables > (Check All)

And keep Optimize Tables to yes, and Repair Tables to yes... This might fix the problem, usually does the trick when I have an error.

Thanks,
Paul

[NR Fatal]

works perfect! thanks

[Martin64]

Nice one Andreas, installed

[Dermo-MIO]

thanks should help

[|oR|Greg]

I've been wanting to setup something similar to your Welcome PM hack, but base it on a user joining a usergroup. Do you know if this is possible, or if it exists as a hack already? How hard would it be to re-code your hack to do this, or extend it?

[ElForro]

I've trying to install this for an hour but i can't..

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /www/elforro.com.ar/htdocs/register.php(431) : eval()'d code(7) : eval()'d code on line 1

How do I have to use BBCode in the Phrase in order to get this working??????

I've just put "Hi [*b]$username[/b*]" (without *) and it doesn?t works!

I'm using VBulletin 3.5.4

[jruerph]

Have you set up the sender UserID (vBulletin Options / User Registration Options)?
By default this is 0, eg. don't send PMs.

I tried to change from "0" to user "admin" but will not accept change. It says saved setting successfully but when I come back it's "0" again. Any recommendations

[bplinson]

I recommend that you use a user id number like 1 or if you want the message to come from you then use your user id number