Miscellaneous Hacks - Cyb - Auto Birthday Greeter

vB 3.7 VERSION HERE;
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=177931

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Info:
This hack automatically creates a birthday thread in the forum you select. Only members that allow their date of birth to be displayed will be listed, and age will be shown only for those who has choosen that. Members are shown in colors defined in usergroup settings. You can choose to exclude inactive members. Several users can be set as greeters (used randomly when posting). Thread will be created first time when someone loads forumhome after midnight.


Note:
-This executes 1 very simple query on forumhome.


Installation:
-Import XML file (as product) through AdminCP: Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]


To set options:
Go to: vBulletin Options > Cyb - Auto Birthday Greeter


Versions:
v1.0 - Aug 26. 2007.
-Initial release
v1.1 - Aug 27. 2007.
-New: Option to exclude members with post count lower than X
-Fixed bug where several threads are posted for the same birthday
-Shortcut to "Age" phrase added to the list on settings page
v1.2 - Aug 28. 2007.
-Date format follows your forum acp settings
-New: Option to exclude members joined in last X days
-Another fix for duplicate birthday threads on some forums
v1.3 - Aug 31. 2007.
-Option to synchronize hack with forum time to avoid situations where birthday thread is created too early or too late


Mark as INSTALLED to get support and updates.

[Shazz]

Your getting more creative cyb
<3

[BellyBelly]

I've just had to disable this as it initially was posting several posts, now it's posted around 18.... why would it be posting multiple copies like this?

[blue6995]

Originally Posted by Saviour

I have this mod installed on 3.6.8 PL2...

When it creates the thread, this is what's posted:



Notes:

The line 1 member is celebrating birthday on January 16th,2008 should read: 1 member is celebrating their birthday on January 16, 2008 in order to be grammatically correct. Also note the "th" should be removed and a space inserted after the comma, before the year.

Another thing...notice how the member information was parsed in the above quote...where it included the "-", the BBCode for the color and the member's name? The link to the member's profile was also attached to the BBCode. What I think is happening here is that your coding doesn't take into consideration the Username HTML Markup assigned to specific Usergroups. The result is the opening and closing spans are also hyperlinked with the User Profile link.

Please let me know when and if the above gets addressed...

Thanks!

Update...

Nevermind...I found the phrase and edited it. I also found the post where the same parsing problem was already addressed...my apologies...

Would you please let me know what you did to fix the link to the member's profile which is also attached to the BBCode?

[militarytuners]

I'll try out this cool feature

[Singularity]

This seems to work on 3.7.0 beta 5. Though an official version would be appreciated.

[jasonuk]

Hi Cyb,

Firstly, many thanks for this fantastic mod!

I have it installed and it is working fine apart from members who are in a different usergroup from 'Regular Users'. For example my mods birthdays are ignored (no greeting) as well as regular users who are a member of a second usergroup too.

Any advice?

Kind regards,

Jason

[roalaik]

How Can I make this hack appear at the footer of my forum showing all birthdays?

[Truestyle]

Thanks for an easy installable and good working mod

*Installed*

[princeedward]

thanks....great mod...as always...come from the best...

[princeedward]

hi cyb...got problem here...can you please help me to solve it....

i don't know but i noticed that the birth date is one day late...

1 Member Is Celebrating Birthday On 18-06-08 <<< supposed to be his birthday is 19-06-08

-Test! (born in 1985, Age: 23)


but the thread is exact date created... 19-06-08


thanks and best regards...