Miscellaneous Hacks - New Thread on Registration

Modded by tnguy3n
Requested here
Live demo: http://www.all4actions.net (also screenshots attached)

Description: This hack automatically creates a "Welcome Thread" in an assigned forum when an user register a new account on your board.
Log into Admin CP, go to vBulletin Options -> User Registration Options, then to change your settings
Administrator of the board can:
- turn on or off this mod in the Admin CP.
- turn on or off an option which allow user to create an introduction thread on registration
- create/modify title + welcome message content easily
- assign a specific forum where Welcome Thread to be created in.
- etc

Version 1
New Queries: 6 (added to vb setting table)
File Mod: 1
Template mod: none
Installation time: 30-45 seconds
This version is to automatically create welcome thread on new registration.

Version 2
Queries: 7 add to setting table
Phrase: 2
File mod: 1
Template mod: 1
New template: 1
Installation time: 2-3 mins
version 2 is either to automatically create welcome message or let users creating their own introduction thread on registration.

Installer included.

Changees In version 2
- 1 query added to setting table
- 2 phrases added
- 1 new template
- 1 template mod (register)
- 1 extra code mod in register.php file.

Note: if you run WelcomeThread Installer. You must log into Admin CP, go to vBulletin Options -> User Registration Options and change those Welcome Thread settings to yours, then Save.

More instruction + trouble shooting, read this thread http://www.all4a-designs.com/forums/...21.msg22#msg22

[DanCan]

Ups, I was to quick. Sorry, it doesn't work.

Let me try to be more clear about this.

1. I didn't put the welcome_installer.php in the admincp folder. Therefore I couldn't install the hack.

2. Instead I tried to do the hack manually by following this guide:

Okie, here's one other instruction on how to install this Welcome Thread on Registration hack. This take a little more longer or you can say "mod in a hard way".

To to this URL: http://yoursite/forum/admincp/option...group_register

located here: http://www.all4a-designs.com/forums/...21.msg22#msg22

3. So I created the 6 varnames in 'user registration options' manually.

4. Now that I have found out how to install the hack, I don't know how to delete the 6 varnames I have created manually.

5. Since I never installed the hack, it evidently doesn't work to uninstall it.

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BUT something is going on. Tonight we got a new user at 21:56 CET, and I could see that the Forum Staff as I call the welcome_thread_rep had created a post the very same minute. Since the 'Forum Staff' isn't used anywhere else on the board than for the purpose of generating an automatic welcome greeting, the board must have created a welcome greeting.

I obtained the information about a post made by Forum Staff on my Bindex portal, but it is nowhere to be found on the board. Moreover it doesn't have a title and seemingly no content.

I guess the reason is that I have created the 6 varnames + content in the user registration options, but I haven't added them to the phrase manager. Could that be the reason? And if so, what is the phrase type for each of the 6 varnames? Is it global?

[Delphiprogrammi]

hi,

this hack works fine however i'm facing a problem.I'm looged into administrator account and in the forum i assigned to this hack (the forumid) i can't see the ip address of the posters.I can in *all* other forums .I'm not blaming your hack yet but.... if it is this is a serious bug look at the two images below the one where's no computer icon in the postbit template that is from your hack the second image is from another forum (on the same board)

edit

one more image showing my iplogging setting is correc :S why why why the hell ??

[tnguy3n]

@ DanCan: it will delete all phrases, setting regardless to installer or instruction posted on my dev board that you used.

@Delphiprogrammi: thanks for pointing it out. attached is patch for the mod that you can use.
*first post is now updated*

@ChrisBaktis: will be out this weekend. it got pm new user feature and uShop integrated, and admin can set amount of points for users who make new thread at registration.

[ChrisBaktis]

Great - looking forward to using this.

[Delphiprogrammi]

Originally Posted by tnguy3n

@Delphiprogrammi: thanks for pointing it out. attached is patch for the mod that you can use.
*first post is now updated*

thanks for updating that working fine now

[Bounce]

I''ve followed the instruction in the V 2.0.0 version but whern I go into User Registration Options its not showing :disappointed:

[Bounce]

CaNCEL THAT I never ran the install script DOH lol

Very nice hack,thanks

[tnguy3n]

Originally Posted by ChrisBaktis

Great - looking forward to using this.

:devious:
I got it working on my board now. v3 :tired:

[sgtmaj]

certainly saves me lots of time..............works great. thanx

[ChrisBaktis]

Any word on when you will add the feature so a thread is NOT created unless the new member does one?