Mini Mods - [OzzModz] Welcome Thread / Post For New Users

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This is a simple mod, that will post a new thread or post, when a new user joins your site.

It can be set to post as soon as the member completes the registration process, or when they confirm their email, should you have that option set in your vBulletin settings.

It is a simple installation, upload the files in the UPLOAD folder, then import the product XML, product-ozzmodz_welcome_thread

You can edit the options under the settings, [OzzModz] Welcome Thread / Post For New Users Settings and change the thread post titles and messages in the options, [OzzModz] Welcome Thread / Post For New Users Titles And Messages

Complete Feature List

• Ability to enable/disable the thread/post system.
• Option to create thread before or after Email activation
• Option to choose to post as a new thread or a reply to a post.
• Option to enter the ID of the person making the post.
• Option for the thread/post to count towards the posters postcount or not.
• Ability to select which forum the new thread should be posted in.
• Option to set the thread id if you choose to post as a reply to a post.
• Option to set the post id if you choose to post as a reply to a post.
• Option to set the thread as open or closed if you choose to post as a new thread.
• Option to enter which post icons to use.
• Option to set as sticky if you choose to post as a new thread.
• Ten different options to enter the thread/post title for the system to randomly use.
• Ten different options to enter the thread/post content for the system to randomly use.

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What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps me know how many people are using my work, giving me extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

I appreciate the support!
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* History (Changelog) *
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v1.0.0 (December 15, 2013)
- Initial public release.
v1.1.0 (July 26, 2014)
- Added ability to link username to users profile.
v1.2.0 (September 13, 2014)
- Existing users that change their email, and confirm the new email, will no longer trigger the mod to post a thread.
- Users that sign up with names that have special characters, like this, pandora& will now show up correctly, instead of showing like this, pandora&

[CoZmicShReddeR]

Originally Posted by Alan_SP

Use version that solves it: Link to the post it was given last time in attachment.

Ah k Thanks!

[Alan_SP]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

Hmmm, I will have to see if there is a workaround for that.

Well, I was thinking a bit.

You could:

- Create new field in user table, let's call it already welcomed on installation and make it boolean (logical, only Yes/No)
- Put 1 (Yes) in all already existing users fields, so there wouldn't be new welcome threads for old users.
- When there's new email confirmation, check also if already welcomed field for that user is set to Yes, or if it is still No (0). If still No, create new welcome thread.
- After you create welcome thread for user, change status of his already welcomed field to Yes (1).

This would prevent multiple welcome threads when old users confirm new email addresses.

[ggrimes620]

Installed and working great!

- with the new file of course!

Thanks Ozzy!

[ozzy47]

Not a problem, glad you like it, and thanks for marking as installed.

[DemOnstar]

If you are ever considering new features for this mod, how about considering this?
The welcome thread/post reply content will be based on the new custom user field /or fields that is/are required on registration.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....07&postcount=1

Cheers Ozz

[LexLuthor]

Hey Guys,

I use this great hack to create a new thread in adminzone and inform about new users.
But as you can see on the screen, sometimes the variable $username be empty. Im not sure where the bug comes from.

I copied the sam text to every title and body field in adminzone.

Maybe ozzy can implement a select what nubers used for create new threads, so i can say "use only template 1 and 2 for create new threads/posts.

Here the Screen: http://prntscr.com/3elg1w & http://prntscr.com/3elgbg

Br Lex

[chikuru]

Originally Posted by DemOnstar

If you are ever considering new features for this mod, how about considering this?
The welcome thread/post reply content will be based on the new custom user field /or fields that is/are required on registration.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....07&postcount=1

Cheers Ozz

Thanks for quoting my post. Im also looking forward to this. this idea is much better. using templates looks really obvious to other members

[Disco_Stu]

How difficult would it be to add the ability to specify a tag like 'new member'

Update:

Please ignore my question. I found a different way to do it.

Great mod. I might end up using it.

[CoZmicShReddeR]

Just a request: I would like to see this show their names and have it link to their new profile

Like where it says the name like this in the new post.

EXAMPLE:
Welcome CoZmicShReddeR, Glad you have joined!

I remember there was one here in the forums I used years ago that did that. I tried looking for it but cannot find it or I had it and it stopped working with VB4

[ozzy47]

Hmmm, I'll have to look into that and see if it is still feasible, which it should be.