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

[Big Boss]

Thanks for the latest update, Ted.

[Vinyljunky]

Excellent mod :up:

[Charlie98902]

Ted my contact us in the guest message isn't working either I even replaced the URL as well.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Charlie98902

Ted my contact us in the guest message isn't working either I even replaced the URL as well.

Define "isn't working". Where does it take you? What does that page show?

[Charlie98902]

Nothing takes me anywhere, this is in IE 7 as well I should of mentioned. I have yet to test firefox. Here is the notice I used:

Welcome to <b>DVD neXt COPY Support Forum</b>.<br />You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our <strong>free</strong> community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM). Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free, <a href="{2}"><strong>join our community today</strong></a>! <br /><br />


Also registered users have more sections they can access as well.<br /><br /> If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact <a href="{4}"><strong>contact us</strong></a>.

Homepage if needed: http://www.dvdnextcopysupportforum.com

[Zagis]

Hi,

How can I stop showing welcome message to guests only?

[Charlie98902]

Originally Posted by Charlie98902

Nothing takes me anywhere, this is in IE 7 as well I should of mentioned. I have yet to test firefox. Here is the notice I used:



Homepage if needed: http://www.dvdnextcopysupportforum.com

Firefox takes me to a bad 404 error page. Just tried. This is on both links.

[Charlie98902]

Originally Posted by Zagis

Hi,

How can I stop showing welcome message to guests only?

Under the settings drop down box put a check next to registered members except change registered members to not logged in.

[AdrianH]

Originally Posted by Charlie98902

Firefox takes me to a bad 404 error page. Just tried. This is on both links.

Hmmm odd that, you are now showing this http://www.dvdnextcopysupportforum.com/%4$s as your contact page.

I altered the address in the notice via ACP but you can do it in the .php file.

[Charlie98902]

That was using the notices & not a php file. I may have done it wrong?