Add-On Releases - Welcome Thread with VB Options

FROM AmyKhar
"This little mod will start a new thread in the forum of your choice when somebody registers.

The thread message is contained in a template, and easily customizeable on your part.

This version posts the thread when the user registers - but before he activates his email address."

You can set the ForumID, UserID and Username in VBoptions

on register it sends the Thread to moderations so you can customize it.

I'll be adding a second release soon with that functionality removed.

Thanks to AmyKhar for the original hack and Nick for his excellent debugging skills and intuitive coding.

Co-Author Nick of VBnova

[AuroraStorm]

Oh I wondered about this - I saw something similar on vbCoderz...I'll try it when I get home...

[Luky]

please learn me on how to make it NOT go into the moderation thing, not like the mod is gona go corrupt and start spamming viagra pills or nothing...

[adwade]

Originally Posted by Tralala

Can this be set to create the Welcome Thread *after* email activation

Where the xml product reads:

<hookname>register_addmember_complete</hookname>

couldn't it be revised to...

<hookname>register_activate_process</hookname>

instead, and accompolish that feature?

[lil7rocket]

Originally Posted by adwade

Where the xml product reads:

<hookname>register_addmember_complete</hookname>

couldn't it be revised to...

<hookname>register_activate_process</hookname>

instead, and accompolish that feature?

that is possible try it and letmeknow

[adwade]

Haven't installed the Product yet, but I am just fixing to so will let others know how it goes when I try the revision I mentioned directly above.

[lil7rocket]

if it works post it and I will add it to the main post

[adwade]

Well no, the Product didn't work for me. I imported it via Advanced Product Management's [Add/Import Product], but I ended up w/o any welcome_thread template.

In looking thru your xml file, I no longer see the section that contained the original text for the welcome_thread template as AmyKhar's did. So I just figured it was being created by some other fancy method. Is that the case, or does your MOD require one to first install AmyKhar's version 'then' install yours allowing an overwrite via the xml file?


The 2 sections of the xml file I revised are as follows:

starting on line 20, where you have...

{
    $dataman->setr('userid', $post['userid']);
}]]></phpcode>
        </plugin>
        <plugin active="1" executionorder="5">
            <title>welcome thread upon registration</title>
            <hookname>register_addmember_complete</hookname>

I revised to...

{
    $dataman->setr('userid', $post['userid']);
}]]></phpcode>
        </plugin>
// NOTICE: Revised hookname from register_addmember_complete to register_activate_process
// Done in an attempt to delay the thread creation until after a user is verified by email
        <plugin active="1" executionorder="5">
            <title>welcome thread upon registration</title>
            <hookname>register_activate_process</hookname>

Then under the setup variables section, on line 64 where you have...

$title = "Welcome: " . $username; // The thread title

I changed it to...

$title = "Welcome: " . $userinfo[username].  " from ". $userinfo[field5]; // The thread title

Note field5 is a user profile field that contains the user's State or Country

Sorry, you're dealing with a non-coder here so I have little clue as to what may be wrong.

[lil7rocket]

Hold on I will PM the welcome_thread template to you

[breamy1990]

How do i make it so it doesnt require moderation and instead just posts it anyway ?

[Jeordie015]

How can you change the thread title?