Astrological Signs

LAST UPDATED 6.30.01 1:05 AM Eastern
v0.2.0 Released - compatible with vBulletin 2.0.1
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This hack adds the astrological sign of any user who has provided at least the month and date of their birth. It can be updated retroactively for all your current board members, and it works automatically for any new users. It displays the sign next to the user's birthday in their public profile, and between the Online Status icon and the Profile button in every post they make.

This was requested and beta-tested by synx. It was in beta for approximately 5 minutes, which is what I think we should shoot for around here. (Before I get flamed, I'm JOKING! ). He also created the icons that are used in it. I can, however, assure you that I wrote all of the code, which is somewhat more than I can say for my star hack. Then I saw Marl's star hack, where he basically released Freddie's star hack as his, and I felt better, because I changed the code more than that. (Sorry, Marl, but I call em like I see em! )

If you installed my star hack, there are certain instructions in this that are different. Watch out for them, as it may mean the difference between it working and you posting here.

Without further ado, here it is. The instructions are, again, too long for posting, so they're in the zip file (sign.txt).

For version: 2.0.1

Files needed: mysql.php

Files to edit: member.php, register.php, showthread.php, admin/misc.php

Templates to create/edit: postbit_sign, postbit

Instructions are in the zip file.

Once again, PLEASE back everything up before installing this, as it does edit the user table.

PLEASE follow the directions exactly. There are some steps that, if they aren't followed in the right order, may screw up your board.

FEEDBACK WANTED! Likes/dislikes/modification requests all gladly accepted.

PLEASE DO NOT PM me or contact me via AIM or email me for help with this hack. I WILL see your post here and try to help you. Thanks!

Enjoy!

Originally posted by tubedogg
IMPORTANT NOTE! For those that installed this hack during the day today, you MUST upgrade as stated in the first post in this thread. I fixed a major bug and now everything should be working correctly.

Oh man.......thanks!

i was thinking that i did some mistakes installing it

'-_-

} else { $zay = "yaz"; }

in fact,this part didn't make any sense to me.. :?

Yeah I know. Coding at that hour of the morning (when you haven't been to bed yet) shouldn't be allowed!

i have another prob.
i'm virgo, and it properly detects my sign.....

any clues?

Huh? If it's right, what's the problem?

i don't sleep at all :P

dunno what's wrong, it ignores virgo signs, doesn't add anything in the sign field.....

im trying to debug that..

I have updated the zip file to reflect this change, so if you have not installed the hack yet, just download the zip file and follow the instructions in it.

If you have installed the hack, then you need to follow the instructions in the first post in this thread to upgrade.

of course, i've already made the necessary changes, as you state.


also run mysqlnew.php

but i still have this little prob..

No way....

i can't find why the script doesn't update user sign if a user is virgo.. it resets the field in the "sign" column.

No error, it simply ignores it.

This applies to all users..

Any clue, tube?

I have no idea, marl. At least it reads all the other signs right...I went through a period during testing where it would pick signs at random! So who knows. I'm still not quite sure exactly how it works...j/k. I'm sorry, I have no idea.