New Users Create their own Welcome thread During Registration

Since I didn't find this exact hack around, here you go.

This hack creates a new welcome thread in the users name after email conformation in the forum of your choice,
and is the new forum user's first post on your board.
Since the new forum user has 1 post, it is easier for admins to check for banned members.
Depending on the admincp settings this is either required to be filled in during the registration process,
or a default reply will be inserted.
You also have the ability to redirect the new user to their post if you want.
The new thread and post will appear on the forums after they reply to the activation email.

Things to do:
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9 mysql queries to run
1 File ( 6 edits)
1 Template edit
2 new templates to create
Set vboptions


Time to install:
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a few minutes

pics to follow

edit: updated to include allowing users to create thier own thread title, see instructions for upgrade information

[KISS]

Thanks for you help ap0c, got it all worked out with what you suggested.

Maybe a few more suggestions if you plan on updating it again as after you fixing my problem I discovered or more like realised some other things that could be added to this hack.

1) The Thread Title, maybe add another line to the registration above the welcome thread area with thread title so they can give it there own title.

2) Minimum Characters requirement, I see you have a maximum characters to it, but whats to stop someone from just typing any one letter to by pass it?

3) Just a thought, maybe add the smilie box there to? Or is that just overdoing it? Yea maybe so.

Forgive me just talking to myself.

Thanks again ap0c

[ap0c]

@KISS glad we found the extra} from the previous version
I look forward to seeing your forum when it goes live.



can a mod move this thread to full releases as I'm confident no bugs remain, thanks

[NuclioN]

Clicked 'Install' Working great. It's stimulating new members to participate smooth in your forum. If you have the quick registration hack with fields above the threads in every subforum it needs the code in that template(s) as well or registration from that point will not work.

[NuclioN]

Is it possible to use the Dos bot hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=58124 so when someone has registered and the welcome thread appears, it contains already a command as for example !help and a list of shortcuts to forumfunctions will emerge?

[Gio Takahashi]

Originally Posted by NuclioN

Is it possible to use the Dos bot hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=58124 so when someone has registered and the welcome thread appears, it contains already a command as for example !help and a list of shortcuts to forumfunctions will emerge?

The dos bot only runs on "replies" It doesn't run on threads for some reason =/

[NuclioN]

?? When a new member is registering it is required to make at least 1 word for an openingstopic otherwise it is impossible to proceed. If it is possible to push the command !help as a sort of prefix in this topic then the bot will reply immediatly after the welcometopic with a whole list of botcommands to help the new member finding the way in the huge amount of functions and hacks for your forum.

[ap0c]

Originally Posted by NuclioN

Is it possible to use the Dos bot hack https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=58124 so when someone has registered and the welcome thread appears, it contains already a command as for example !help and a list of shortcuts to forumfunctions will emerge?

off hand I would say yes if the proper check coding was added to the post creation part of the hack. Ie, $regthread I think it's called. Having never seen the vbdos bot hack in action, it's a guess but it should work.

[Rampag33]

This is a great hacc, plain on installing it tonight

***installed***

[VAN]

I can't get this to work with 2.3.3. I'm not getting any DB errors--the thread just isnt being created. I've installed and re-installed it about 5 times now, but I'm not having any luck.

Any ideas?

[ap0c]

did you set the admin cp options in settings?