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New User Welcome PM [v2] · **Released**: 03-31-2004

This hack will send any new users a welcome PM. This will work in vB3 Gold and probably RC versions as well. I will give support for this hack (if it's needed) in this thread.

If you upgraded your vB version and you are using a hack version prior to July 8, 2004:
If you have upgraded vB and your hack version is not July 8, 2004 or newer, run this query (there was a problem with the prior instructions):

Code:

INSERT INTO `setting` (`varname`, `grouptitle`, `value`, `defaultvalue`, `optioncode`, `displayorder`, `advanced`, `volatile`) VALUES ('regpmtext', 'register', 'Hi $username and welcome to $bbtitle!\r\n\r\nWe appreciate you taking the time to register on our site and we hope you enjoy your stay.\r\n\r\nIf you have any questions, you can ask an administrator for assistance.\r\n\r\nWe hope to see you around.\r\n\r\nSincerely,\r\nThe $bbtitle staff', 'Hi $username and welcome to $bbtitle!\r\n\r\nWe appreciate you taking the time to register on our site and we hope you enjoy your stay.\r\n\r\nIf you have any questions, you can ask an administrator for assistance.\r\n\r\nWe hope to see you around.\r\n\r\nSincerely,\r\nThe $bbtitle staff', 'textarea', 150, 0, 0);

This hack was last updated: Sun December 5, 2004 at 23:00 PDT
This update has a new on/off switch.

Update includes: vB 3.0.2/3.0.3 instructions

To install follow the instructions in the attached file.

Installation Information
Files to Edit: 1
Queries to Run: 11

Upgrade Instructions:

Open ./register.php and remove the hack (to find the old hack see below). And re-add the updated hack found in the Installation Instructions file.

To upgrade to the December 5th release, you'll need to run these three queries:

Code:

INSERT INTO `setting` (`varname`, `grouptitle`, `value`, `defaultvalue`, `optioncode`, `displayorder`, `advanced`, `volatile`) VALUES ('regpmon', 'register', '1', '1', 'yesno', 135, 0, 0);
INSERT INTO phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, `text`, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0', 'setting_regpmon_title', 'Automatically Send Welcome PM to New Users?', '5000');
INSERT INTO phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, `text`, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0',  'setting_regpmon_desc', 'Do you want to automatically send a welcome PM to new users?', '5000');

Uninstall Instructions:

Run the queries in this post, and then remove the hack in register.php (see below).

Look for:

PHP Code:


			
        // ###################################################################

        // # WELCOME PM HACK BY rob_daemon

        // ###################################################################



 // [. . .] There is code here, but I didn't want to take  up more room



        // ###################################################################

        // # END WELCOME PM HACK

        // ###################################################################

To configure it after installation, go to: Admin CP --> Options --> vBulletin Options --> User Registration Options

Attached is a screen grab of the PM by default and text instructions. If the file appears corrupt, please see this post.

rob_daemon · #**102** 04-24-2004, 07:55 AM

Queries are commands that add to/change the database. You can run queries in phpMyAdmin (which is generally found in your webhost's control panel).

SnowBot · #**103** 04-24-2004, 10:56 PM

installed with no problems, edited the "0" to "1" works fine

Great hack and thanks.

Kwak · #**104** 04-25-2004, 03:20 AM

When it says run the following queries, do you go to phpadmin --> click SQL --> and copy and paste all the queries onto the large white textbox?

rob_daemon · #**105** 04-25-2004, 08:41 AM

Yup... exactly.

Fluous · #**106** 05-02-2004, 03:27 PM

Okay, I'm having a bit of trouble. I open the welcome hack txt, and it doesnt really give instructions. Just has a big glob of php. So erm.... lol.

Also an idea, that would really be nice to take into consideration is. In your admincp, if you can just edit the text there, instead of having to open up the php file to do it. And if you can tell me how to do a "x" username, like the php code that woudl be cool.

This is what I mean by messy, and I can't tell where the seperate queries are. :speechless:

Edit: NVM, my notepad must have been really messy, I'll just work right off of this post. (I had turned on word wrap but meh)

PHP Code:


			
################################################################### ||

|| # Welcome PM Hack by rob_daemon                                   # ||

|| #     LAST UPDATED: Tue Apr 13 2004 19:34 PST                         # ||

|| # --------------------------------------------------------------- # ||

|| # VARIOUS MODIDIFICATIONS:

|| #     Boofo - Addslashes to username

|| #     Cloudrunner - Table prefix in SQL queries

|| ################################################################### ||

\*=====================================================================*/



INSTRUCTIONS:



------------ Open phpMyAdmin and run the following queries:



// ##############################################################################################



INSERT INTO `setting` (`varname`, `grouptitle`, `value`, `defaultvalue`, `optioncode`, `displayorder`, `advanced`, `volatile`) VALUES ('regpmfrom', 'register', '1', '1', '', 140, 0, 0);

INSERT INTO phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, `text`, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0', 'setting_regpmfrom_title', 'User Who Sends Automatic PM Upon Registration', '5000');

INSERT INTO phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, `text`, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0',  'setting_regpmfrom_desc', 'Enter the user ID of the person whose account you\'d like to be used when sending new users a welcome PM upon registering.', '5000');





INSERT INTO `setting` (`varname`, `grouptitle`, `value`, `defaultvalue`, `optioncode`, `displayorder`, `advanced`, `volatile`) VALUES ('regpmtext', 'register', 'Hi $username and welcome to $bbtitle!\r\n\r\nWe appreciate you taking the time to register on our site and we hope you enjoy your stay.\r\n\r\nIf you have any questions, you can ask an administrator for assistance.\r\n\r\nWe hope to see you around.\r\n\r\nSincerely,\r\nThe $bbtitle staff', 'Hi $username and welcome to $bbtitle!\r\n\r\nWe appreciate you taking the time to register on our site and we hope you enjoy your stay.\r\n\r\nIf you have any questions, you can ask an administrator for assistance.\r\n\r\nWe hope to see you around.\r\n\r\nSincerely,\r\nThe $bbtitle staff', 'textarea', 150, 0, 1);

INSERT INTO phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, `text`, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0', 'setting_regpmtext_title', 'Welcome PM Text', '5000');

INSERT INTO phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, `text`, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0',  'setting_regpmtext_desc', 'Set the text of the PM sent to all new users.<br />\r<br />\rNote: You can use the following variables to specify the <b>user\'s</b> information: $username, $userid, $email. And you can use the $bbtitle to specify the board\'s name.', '5000');





INSERT INTO `setting` (`varname`, `grouptitle`, `value`, `defaultvalue`, `optioncode`, `displayorder`, `advanced`, `volatile`) VALUES ('regpmtitle', 'register', 'Welcome to $bbtitle!', 'Welcome to $bbtitle!', '', 160, 0, 0);

INSERT INTO phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, `text`, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0', 'setting_regpmtitle_title', 'Title Of the PM That is Automatically Sent to New Users', '5000');

INSERT INTO phrase (phraseid, languageid, varname, `text`, phrasetypeid) VALUES (NULL, '0',  'setting_regpmtitle_desc', 'Set the title of the PM that is sent to all new users automatically. You can use the same variables as the ones that you can use for the PM text (see above).', '5000');



// ##############################################################################################



------------ Next, you MUST go: Admin CP --> Options --> vBulletin Options --> User Registration Options --> Save

    -------- If you don't do this, you will get SQL errors when a user registers!





------------ Next, open ./register.php and look for:



// ##############################################################################################

        if ($vboptions['newuseremail'] != '')

        {

            if ($havefields)

            {

                 $DB_site->data_seek(0, $profilefields);

                 while ($profilefield = $DB_site->fetch_array($profilefields))

                 {

                    $varname = "field$profilefield[profilefieldid]";

                    $cfield = $$varname;

                    $customfields .= "$profilefield[title] : $cfield\n";

                 }

            }



            $username = $_POST['username'];

            $email = $_POST['email'];

            eval(fetch_email_phrases('newuser', 0));



            vbmail($vboptions['newuseremail'], $subject, $message);

        }

// ##############################################################################################



------------ AFTER ADD:



// ##############################################################################################



        // ###################################################################

        // # WELCOME PM HACK BY rob_daemon

        // ###################################################################

        

        $username = $_POST['username'];

        

        // Process each one of the replacement vars

        $vars = array(

            '$bbtitle' => $vboptions['bbtitle'], 

            '$username' => $username, 

            '$email' => $email, 

            '$userid' => $userid

        );

        

        $pmoptions['regpmtext'] = $vboptions['regpmtext'];

        $pmoptions['regpmtitle'] = $vboptions['regpmtitle'];

        $pmoptions['regpmfrom'] = $vboptions['regpmfrom'];

        

        // Now that we have the options, we need to process eaach of the 

        // vars we can use

        foreach($vars AS $_key => $_value)

        {

            $pmoptions['regpmtext'] = str_replace($_key, $_value, $pmoptions['regpmtext']);

            $pmoptions['regpmtitle'] = str_replace($_key, $_value, $pmoptions['regpmtitle']);

        }



        $get_pm_from = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT username,userid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE userid=$pmoptions[regpmfrom]");

        

        // Send the new owner a PM

        $DB_site->query(

            "INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "pmtext

            (

                fromuserid,

                fromusername,

                title,

                message,

                touserarray,

                iconid,

                dateline,

                showsignature,

                allowsmilie

            )

            VALUES

            (

                $get_pm_from[userid],

                '$get_pm_from[username]',

                '$pmoptions[regpmtitle]',

                '" . addslashes($pmoptions['regpmtext']) . "',

                '" . addslashes(serialize(array($userid => $username))) . "',

                0,

                " . TIMENOW . ",

                1,

                1

            )"

        );

        

        $pmtextid = $DB_site->insert_id();

        

        $DB_site->query("UPDATE " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user SET pmtotal=pmtotal+1, pmunread=pmunread+1, pmpopup=2 WHERE userid=$userid");

        $DB_site->query(

        "INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "pm 

            (

                pmtextid, 

                userid, 

                folderid, 

                messageread

            ) 

            VALUES 

            (

                '$pmtextid', 

                '$userid', 

                '0', 

                '0'

            )"

        );

        // ###################################################################

        // # END WELCOME PM HACK

        // ###################################################################



// ##############################################################################################







You are done :)



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k, i got it all, installed perfectly,

[high]* Fluous clicked install.
[/high]

But can you tell me where to find the customize to edit the message? I tried the register.php and searching all the templates.

mtha · #**107** 05-02-2004, 04:33 PM

wondering how this one related to the version for vB2.x

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...fault+PM+users

rob_daemon · #**108** 05-02-2004, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fluous

But can you tell me where to find the customize to edit the message? I tried the register.php and searching all the templates.

It is in the vBulletin Options --> User Registration Settings --> Registration PM Text

Also, Notepad doesn't understand UNIX line-breaks well (which is why you were having the problem). Use WordPad or JEdit (or something similar) to edit PHP files.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtha

wondering how this one related to the version for vB2.x

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...fault+PM+users

It isn't... I wrote this one myself without even knowing the other version existed.

Fluous · #**109** 05-02-2004, 04:59 PM

Thank you, after I posted I got my lazy self up to search through the pages and found that screenshot in there. This is a great hack to include so that I can tell my users about the skin options when they register.

CharlieBrownDE · #**110** 05-06-2004, 08:42 AM

how safe is the installation in 3.0.1? are there problems with that or can one install this expansion without problems?

rob_daemon · #**111** 05-07-2004, 04:38 AM

Well, as of the most recent there haven't been any reported problems. This hack works with 3.0.0 and greater. I haven't had any problems with this hack, but if you do run into a problem I will try to help you work it out.

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