Add-On Releases - Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates

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.

Why use this when the notices system exists?

Welcome Headers have been around since before vBulletin 3.0 but as of 3.7 the functionality of the system was no longer needed as vBulletin added its own native feature to handle notices. However while the notices feature lets you show welcome header style messages it doesn't give you any to start with. This addon no longer adds functionality but instead provides a set of 4 notices that have been time-tested and help your forum grow and function better for guests and members.

Please be sure to customize and add to the messages from this addon to match the individual needs of your forum!

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 3.8.

Updates from 3.7

No changes have been made; the code needed for both is the same so upgrading is not necessary.

[fluidswork]

Awesome ...............

[d0zer]

Thanks Yo İnstalled

[Simon Lloyd]

Ted i'd like to download version38_NOTICES and use this mod but it isn't available in the download section, have i missed something?

[Simon Lloyd]

Ted, no need to answer, i used the version37_NOTICES, i was under the impression that you may have had some custom settings i could have use as i find the native vb settings too restrictive for what i want.

Thanks anyway!

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

Ted, no need to answer, i used the version37_NOTICES, i was under the impression that you may have had some custom settings i could have use as i find the native vb settings too restrictive for what i want.

Thanks anyway!

The notices system is limited, which is why I still support the template version. Less easy to control but much more flexibility.

[anjaan7979]

I installed and then uninstalled this mod and now I have a notices bar appearing under the logo. How to solve this?

Thanks

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by anjaan7979

I installed and then uninstalled this mod and now I have a notices bar appearing under the logo. How to solve this?

Thanks

Disable notices.

[bada_bing]

I am having some issues with my notices messages not showing up under the navbar like they should but rather on the bottom of my forum.. I cant find anywhere to correct this and its really annoying. Ted or anyone can you help please

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

I am having some issues with my notices messages not showing up under the navbar like they should but rather on the bottom of my forum.. I cant find anywhere to correct this and its really annoying. Ted or anyone can you help please

Have you customized the placement of the notices variable or your navbar template?

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Have you customized the placement of the notices variable or your navbar template?

No I followed your directions on how to install your plugin. What I noticed is that the notices only end up showing up at the bottom (footer) only when the Unregistered notice is on as it seems to conflict with the never posted notice, weird. I spend hours trying to figure it out and just diabled the entire plugin till I can correct the issue.