Miscellaneous Hacks - Welcome Thread Redirect (on registration) by BOP5

Welcome Thread Redirect by BOP5

This is the VB 4.x thread. The VB 3.8 thread is here although the code is identical:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/misc.php?...o5redirctonreg

Tested With vBulletin 3.8.6 and 4.0.8 and should work with all 3.8/4.0/4.1 versions released to date.

Version 0.9 - BETA. THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE. I have tested it on my test forums and 1 live forum. I do not know of any specific bugs but until I can confirm it works on more forums I will keep it marked as Beta.

Demo: http://www.juot.net/forums/showthread.php?t=19281 (You will have to register to be redirected, obviously.)

The purpose of this mod is to redirect users to a welcome thread after they have registered instead of the normal message vBulletin usually displays. The idea is to make them feel more welcome and a "welcome thread" seems more natural than a cold vBulletin generated message.

This mod can be used two ways. Stand alone this mod will simply redirect users to a specific thread you specify by threadid in the mod options.

The second and more intersting way is to use it as an add-on for another mod, BBR - Welcome Thread Upon Registration which can be found on vBulletin.org at: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=229473. This mod has been designed and tested around version 2.02 of the "Welcome Thread" mod. I do not know if it will work with any other version.

Using it as an add-on this mod will redirect users to their own personal thread upon registration.

If your forum uses Email Verification the redirect will happen after they verify their email address. If you don't use Email Verification they will be forwarded immediately after registration. The mod with auto detect your verification settings.

This mod is NOT intended to be used if "moderating" new members, I haven't tested what would happen if you have moderation enabled.

Be aware the BBR - Welcome Thread Upon Registration mod has at this time has several known bugs mostly relating to Email Activation. This mod does not cause, nor can it fix any of those bugs.

If You intend to use this mod and the "Welcome Thread" mod together you must set your "Welcome Thread" mod to always create the new thread AFTER Email Activation IF you use Email Activation on your forum.

I've done my best to make this mod fail gracefully if a setting is wrong, the user generally won't see an error message but if the settings are wrong they may redirect to a different thread or get a message that a thread is not found, but registration will still complete correctly.

This mod adds 1 phrase to the "Front End - Redirect Messages group which can be customized or translated. This is the message displayed to the user for the few seconds before they are redirected.

Full instructions are in the zip file.

Always do a backup or make sure you have a recent backup handy before installing any new mods. Use at your own risk.

The Fine Print - If any day should come that I haven't logged into vbulletin.org for over 120 days I hereby authorize this mod and any other mods I have posted on vBulletin.org to be designated "re-usable code" status so long as any mods created from them remain free and available on vbulletin.org.

If you come across any problems with this mod please post the exact version of vBulletin you are using, if you are using the "Welcome Thread" mod, If you require Email Activation, and if you're willing, the URL of your forum. This will save me from having to ask you later and prove to me you read this post in full showing me you are worthy of help.

[DirtRider]

Is there any way I can get this welcome thread mod still

[BirdOPrey5]

Originally Posted by DirtBanger

Is there any way I can get this welcome thread mod still

Not from vbulletin.org. Sometimes, rarely, mod authors upload their mods to other vBulletin related sites also so a google search couldn't hurt but it's not likely to help.

[DirtRider]

Ok thanks will try that

[DirtRider]

Thank BirdOPrey5 I found it so once I have it setup and have tested it I can then install this mod

[DirtRider]

I have installed the welcome thread and this one but when a new member logs on for the first time they get this message.

vBulletin Message
Testy, 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.

However the same member is able to manually navigate to the thread and post in it. My two mods are setup like this

[BirdOPrey5]

What URL is in he browser when you get that message?

Also please confirm you don't use email activation.

[DirtRider]

Yes I am using email activation and the URL is as follows http://triumphtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1

[BirdOPrey5]

OK, it's trying to redirect to thread id 1... I'm not sure why yet but that is why you are getting the error message.

Can you PM me the site where you got the other mod, I need to confirm it's the identical mod, if something is different it may explain why it isn't working.

[venom2124]

The BBR-Welcome on Thread on Registration isn't around anymore, so my question is do you happen to have a copy product or is there a way to modify this to automatically create a welcome thread and redirect to that thread.

[BirdOPrey5]

Unfortunately I'm not allowed to distribute the BBR-Welcome thread mod. Other users had success Google-searching for the mod, the author may have uploaded it to other sites. Make sure you get version 2.02 though if you do go looking for it.

At this time I'm not modifying this mod to create welcome threads, I may in the future. Is it possible? Sure for someone with a good understanding of php, mysql, and vbulletin... but basically it would be like starting a mod from scratch, there isn't any code in this existing mod to actually create a new thread.

It can still be used to forward people to an existing welcome thread you created. If you want a personal touch you could you my "Advanced [YOU] BB Code" mod along with it.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=254373