Miscellaneous Hacks - Force Intro On Register

This will force new members to fill out an intro when they register to your site. Very handy to make sure they are seen and with luck helps them feel welcome.

To install:
Create a new multiple-line text box profile field with the following settings.
Title: (your choice but should reflect it is intro)
Description: (once again your choice)
Max length: (has to be more then your minimum you will set later)
Field Required:Yes, at registration and profile updating
Private field: yes (can be no if you wish)

Rest of the fields are at your discretion. Make sure you make note of the new field id

Import product-introonregister in Manage Products

Now go to vBulletin Options->Into On Register Option and set the values.

Thats it, I have been using it for some time and thought others may like it.

[Mrdby]

still works on 3.7.4 whoever needs help PM ME.

[Mrdby]

love this mod~!

[Nadeemjp]

i installed it but wasnt sure whether this works on 3.7.4 pl1 or not.
does it?

[Mrdby]

Originally Posted by Nadeemjp

i installed it but wasnt sure whether this works on 3.7.4 pl1 or not.
does it?

works fine

[RedTrinity]

This mod just stopped working on our forums and I don't know why New registrations are filling out the intro field, but they aren't starting up as new topics - even though the settings are right.

I just tried signing up a test account and got a blank page when I submitted my registration successfully.... the account was created and everything else ok regardless, though.

But yeah no more intro topics. Even uninstalling/reinstalling hasn't fixed it.

Support for this problem would be appreciated.

ETA: Never mind, got it working again. It was this mod responsible for the blank page, and it was causing this hack to stop functioning properly. Sorry for the false alarm!

[JenniferK]

Originally Posted by JenniferK

I wanted moderation as well as not making old members use this when updating profile, so here is my solution. Though I am still having trouble getting this this to work. Note: I approve all new members anyway, so this helps me decide if it's someone I will activate.

I created a new forum for the intros to go to that is not visible on the forum listing, but is open for posting. The idea is that I verify that the intro is not garbage or spam, then just move posts to the real intro forum (mass move if there are several).

When creating the profile field, I kept it as not required so existing members are not forced to use it. If a new member leaves it blank (I say it is required in the description), they won't get activated. In the options I set the minimum characters to 0.

So I did a test register and all looked OK, but nothing posted. Can someone help me with this? Do I need to make the permissions for the forum open to guest posting for this to go through?

Anyone?

[Mrdby]

Originally Posted by JenniferK

Anyone?

send me your information or yahoo id ot something on PM. I can take a look.

[intospain]

Thanks, downloaded and installed.

[DJScorpio]

is there a way so that members that are already on there.. i.e signed up before i put the hack on.. make it so that they have to update there field.. when they go to post or view a thread it will redirect them to update there profilee.. and this must be done or they cant continue...?

[vics]

Does this work for 3.8 RC1? Cheers