AutoPM after addBuddy

What: This will send an automatic PM to a user after you add him/her to your Buddy List. The PM you automatically sent is saved within your outfolder and the Admin can modify the title and message of the PM by changing the phrases.

1 Product (1 plugin and 2 phrases)

Versions / Features:

• 1.0.0 - released on 1/9/06
  
• 1.0.1 - added automatic approval link into body of PM received by user
  added a check to prevent looping of the PM if the receiver already has the sender on his/her buddylist
  
• 1.0.2 - added an anti-harassment link in the PM to deter users from "annoying" others into becoming their friends.
  added link so receiver of PM can easily view sender's profile.
  
• 1.0.3 - cleaned up code and added link for recipient of PM to view sender's profile from within PM
  
• 1.0.4 - Fixed bug which was wrongly sending PM to someone when user added someone to his/her ignore list
  

To Install: Just import the xml file as a product from within AdminCP>PluginSystem>ManageProducts>Add/ImportProduct

To change the title of the PM, edit $vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_tit], and to change the message of the PM, edit $vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_mes].

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BACKUP BEFORE YOU INSTALL!

Thanks: Thanks to Andreas for writing the [HowTo] Send PM's Automatically. This was inspired by Cloud Warrior's really cool vbFriends hack, which lacked this functionality and it seemed like many people would want it.

about: I'm taking this out of beta, as i think it's working all right by now. Any advice on how to improve this, comments, or bugs - are more than welcome, as I will do my best to address all.

If you use this, please click the install thingie

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[jj]

Hi there,

I've installed it and it works. I have some suggestions for future versions. I could do them all by myself but I don't have the time at the moment

• Possibility to send the pm from a defined user account or from the user who added the recipient. For example: I use a "Bot" to store some external information into the forum. He could also be used to send the pm. Maybe some others would like that, too.
• After a quick look on your code, I found there is no check if the recipient already has added the sender to his buddy list. If that happens maybe another phrase should be chosen without a sentence like "If you would like to be friends, please add me to yours", i.e. just "I've added you to my buddy-list" or "User $1 has added you to his buddy-list". Got my idea?

If more gets into my mind, I'll post it.

[jj]

Originally Posted by gamebgs

thank you, hope it works out great, as it would be cool to use the $userinfo[username] instance in the title also to do something like this...

That's quite easy and a quickie. Here we go:

1) Find in original code

	$pmdm->set('title', $vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_tit]); 
	$pmdm->set('message', $vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_mes]);

2) Replace with

	$anti_autopm_bud_tit = str_replace("$1",$vbulletin->userinfo['username'],$vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_tit]);
	$pmdm->set('title', $anti_autopm_bud_tit); 
	$anti_autopm_bud_mes = str_replace("$1",$vbulletin->userinfo['username'],$vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_mes]);
	$pmdm->set('message', $anti_autopm_bud_mes);

3) Use $1 in the phrases where you like to get the username

[The Chief]

Originally Posted by j.jacobsen

That's quite easy and a quickie. Here we go:

1) Find in original code

	$pmdm->set('title', $vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_tit]); 
	$pmdm->set('message', $vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_mes]);

2) Replace with

	$anti_autopm_bud_tit = str_replace("$1",$vbulletin->userinfo['username'],$vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_tit]);
	$pmdm->set('title', $anti_autopm_bud_tit); 
	$anti_autopm_bud_mes = str_replace("$1",$vbulletin->userinfo['username'],$vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_mes]);
	$pmdm->set('message', $anti_autopm_bud_mes);

3) Use $1 in the phrases where you like to get the username

wow, thanks for this, but now is there a way to put a link in there somewhere, like I think you should be able since you got this to work...

Like a link of what i posted before for that user to automatically add him (approve)??

thanks!!

[Snoop-It]

excellent hack! using it on my board aswell.. thanks for this!

[Antivirus]

i didn't see any of your new posts until i just got this requested feature added. i was able to use a custom BBcode in order to avoid having to enable HTML in PMs globally, so now the approval link thingie in the PM message body seems to work. Let me know how it works for you.

[The Chief]

Originally Posted by Antivirus

i didn't see any of your new posts until i just got this requested feature added. i was able to use a custom BBcode in order to avoid having to enable HTML in PMs globally, so now the approval link thingie in the PM message body seems to work. Let me know how it works for you.

there seems to be an error,

XML Error: mismatched tag at Line 80

I can't even upload it...

[Antivirus]

ok, looking at it...

[Snoop-It]

damm just tried upgrading and i got this error.. when importing the product..

XML Error: mismatched tag at Line 80

[The Chief]

Originally Posted by dholaholic

damm just tried upgrading and i got this error.. when importing the product..

XML Error: mismatched tag at Line 80

he said he was looking at it

[Snoop-It]

yeh i posted straight away.. i didnt see that post - my bad.. :nervous: