Refer Friend

Refer Friend

For some reason, there is no "Refer a Friend" form standard in vB3.

This is a simple "Refer a Friend" form based on sendmessage.php.

All you need is to edit 1 PHP file - sendmessage.php, and add 1 template.

Instructions are in the HTML zipped below.

Below is a screenshot, as requested.

[icest0rm]

Originally Posted by icest0rm

I get a permissions problem as well after I upgraded to 3.0.6 and re-implemented the hack. Here's the error:

"you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation."

Any ideas on what could be wrong?

Never mind. I assumed that I didn't have to re-add the template. I went and re-added the template and it's now working.

[Crank]

i installed this hack like a champ.
thanks for the work
also i added the link in the navbar of the site for easy refference

here is the code i used

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="sendmessage.php?do=sendtofriend&refer=1[sessionurl]">Refer Friend</a></td>

tnx again

[Damian]

/me installs

Thanks for the great hack.

[jfreels]

very nice, thanks!

[The Coldwood]

Originally Posted by Koutaru

You're on a roll I'll be using this definately.. but what would be better is a screenshot

Reinstalled for vB 3.0.6

[LiewCF]

Thank you very much!

[OrangeFlea]

Originally Posted by Oblivion Knight

Any news on being able to refer multiple friends?

It should be easy enough to allow e-mail addresses to be separated by a commar..

Yeah, what he said. Check this out:

http://www.business-students.com/for...er_friend.html

Can we get something like that in the next version? Should be a hit.

[zachlee]

here is a stupid question (prepares to be stoned)

when someone uses the refer friend page, the recipient recieves a email:

From: Football-Forums Forums
Subject: Join me at Football-Forums.com

How, or where can I change the From field.

[zachlee]

Originally Posted by Oblivion Knight

Since you have 2 uncached templates, I'm guessing the code has changed slightly between the version of vB3 you are using and RC3. In RC3 I had 1 uncached template and I did this:

In sendmessage.php
Find:

$globaltemplates = array(
	'mailform',

Add below:

	'refertofriend',

Awesome mod Erwin, thanks for sharing.!

worked like a charm, thanks

[mholtum]

Odd. I installed this on 3.0.5 and it works great. Installed it on a fresh install of 3.0.7 and get this error

fshfanatic, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1: Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? 
2: If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

works here: http://www.ravensrealm.net

doesnt work here: http://www.theflyfishingforum.com

any ideas?