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

[Andreas]

HTML would work if HTML is allowed for PMs

[brvheart]

well...that did not work either....I am going to try to reinstall and overwrite

[Nathan2006]

Thank you Andreas

Install

[LeonHartHVA]

i do not use email confirm but it still not work
plz check again
Thank

[aus_dave]

Great hack - not sure why I waited so long to install it .

Apologies if this has been addressed before - I have searched the thread and couldn't find anything about it.

I have modified one of the plugin files in my install to show the signature in the PM. Add this code to your choice of plugin file (there are 3 plugin files, as explained here):

PHP Code:

$pmdm->set('showsignature', 1); 


Hope this helps someone. If this option could be added to the Admin CP it would be great .

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by LeonHartHVA

i do not use email confirm but it still not work
plz check again
Thank

Hmm ... what do you expect me to check if it works fine for me and approx. 900 other users?
As previously suggested, change ERRTYPE_SILENT to ERRTYPE_STANDARD to see any errors that might occur.

[LeonHartHVA]

Now i know my mistake, forget run rebuild all plugins at hacks : Plugin Accelerator (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=107315)
So you can add FAQ about that

[Andreas]

D0h! I won't add this to the FAQ as I would have to add it to all Hacks ...
Trigunflame really needs to make this fool-proof, eg. rebuild automatically when Plugins are modified.

[LeonHartHVA]

From when I add that hack, I think new hacks conflict with old hacks but cannot find reason. So it's important for who forgot run rebuild all plugins like me

[Jordan17]

I have a slight quirk with this excellent hack.

I have just had someone make a thread which was full of swear words, I deleted it but I can't warn them because "the post doesn't exist".

Is there a non-post related way of warning them? For example, if you had a chat feature installed and you wanted to warn them about something that happened there, you wouldn't be able to use it but might still want to warn them.