Mini Mods - Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates

Exciting Announcement! vBulletin 3.7.0 now includes a built in Welcome Headers System (named "Notices") that easily allows you to add and control your own welcome messages with functionality above what can be found in the traditional welcome headers system. There are some important differences in these systems so please read this thread before upgrading.

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Important: If you are upgrading from the 3.6 or earlier versions and have modified the navbar template you will either need to revert it or add new vBulletin code as shown in https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=152.

Out of the box, your forum isn't personalized to assist or address your visitors. As a result, guests entering on a page other than the homepage (which is most often the case) have no idea what to do or why to register. Additionally, there are no visible status indicators, making it confusing for unconfirmed, unapproved or new members to know what to do or where to begin. But with a little customization, the use of the vBulletin Notices System and Welcome Headers, you can solve these issues in just a few minutes.

What is Welcome Headers?

Welcome Headers is a set of predefined messages and rules designed to help you get started in personalizing your site's notices using the vBulletin notice feature. The default templates are just that, default ? I highly encourage you to modify and add to the language and rules to meet the needs of your actual community environment.

Modifications/ Instructions:

Plugins: 1 (notices entries, rules and phrases)
This template hack should take under 5 minutes to implement and customize.

Installation/ Upgrade Instructions

1 ? Backup any existing welcome header messages (upgrading)
2 ? Remove the default welcome header from your forum home template (new installs)
3 ? Install the attached plugin file
4 ? Now Required: Customize the messages to include your site's name

For detailed instructions on each step please view the install.html file included with this addon.

Support

Please post any enhancement or technical questions you may have and I will do my best to respond in a timely manner. Please note: I can not guarantee an immediate response and am unable to assist with integrating this addon with other addons or with HTML related questions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please see the second post in the thread for a list of frequently asked questions which is updated periodically.

Older Version Support

While most users are choosing to upgrade to the notices system, there are some advantages to the "old" system mainly in that it does not rely on a rules system and can be configured as designed with code changes. Additionally, the "old" version has automatic interfacing with several other addons which the notices system does not. For this reason, the old version is still supported and remains fully compatible with 3.7.

Updates

- 5/9/2008 :: A small upgrade has been released fixing the typo in the sendmessage.php file

[wickedstangs]

not sure if this is a problem on my end or the upload xml. But, my sendmessage.php is not send_message.php? When I hit contact us it goes to a blank screen had to change it to sendmessage.php.

[goddess_dix]

Originally Posted by wickedstangs

not sure if this is a problem on my end or the upload xml. But, my sendmessage.php is not send_message.php? When I hit contact us it goes to a blank screen had to change it to sendmessage.php.

this was addressed just a few posts back - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=111

[wickedstangs]

thank you for the assistance, sorry didnt look a little closer..

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by TheInsaneManiac

When can you port Limited Guest Viewing?

This thread is about welcome headers. Thank you.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by goddess_dix

there are a few that are created by this product, but none by default. perhaps it was trying to reinstall the messages a second time?

Are there any notices showing up in the manager at this time? Did you try and install this previously?

[Hornstar]

Just wondering if the welcome headers message is now placed in line with vbseo recommendations?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by hornstar1337

Just wondering if the welcome headers message is now placed in line with vbseo recommendations?

The notices system (which is built in to vBulletin) shows up above the navbar by default. As I last checked, vbSEO recommends placing it below the navbar and using an image rather than test for any guest message.

[Ted S]

An updated version (5.0.2) has been released which contains a fix in the link for

sendmessage.php. Upgrading is not required, this can be fixed by manually changing the phrase from send_message.php to sendmessage.php.

[airborneCAL]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Upgrading is not required, this can be fixed by manually changing the phrase from send_message.php to sendmessage.php.

Thanks for that tip.

[gettingbetter]

This mod is by far one of the best I've imported. It helps increase postings from new users (if you know what phrases to use) like crazy! Nice work, forever installed alongside the Notifications function.