Automatic Welcome PM

Automatic Welcome PM
This Hack will automatically send welcome PMs to new members.
Message Title and Body are Phrases (Varname welcomepm in Phrasegroups EMail Subject Text and eMail Body Text), so you can have Messages in different languages.
You can also specify which User should appear as Sender in vBulletin Options / User Registration Options).

Details
1 Product XML

Contributions
German Language Pack by [name]Metro Man[/name]

History
1.0.0
Initial Version

1.0.1
Updated for RC1

1.0.2
Added direct links to the Phrases in vBulletion Options / User Registration Options to make it easier to change the Text.

1.0.3
Fixed a slight Problem that caused PMs not being send under certain conditions

1.0.4
Fixed a Bug that caused PMs not being send on upgraded vBulletin installations.

FAQ

1. Q: How to I set/change the sender?
   A: Go to ACP / vBulletin Options / vBulletin Options / User Registration Options.
   On the bottom, you will find an input box for the userid that should appear as the sender.
2. Q: How to I change the message title/body?
   A: Go to ACP / vBulletin Options / vBulletin Options / User Registration Options.
   On the bottom, you will find an input box for the userid that should appear as the sender.
   In the description text for this input box, there are links for changing the text.
3. Q: When I try to install this, I get "Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line xxx".
   What am I doing wrong?
   A: You are trying to import the XML as a Plugin which is wrong. It must be imported as a Product (ACP / Plugin System / Manage Products).
4. Q: Why does this Hack not work?
   A: Although it is possible that you have discovered a new Bug that causes it not to work, it is more likely that you have made an installation/configuration/customization mistake.
   Before asking for support, please check:
   - Did you enter the Userid of the Sender?
   - Does the sender have permission to use PMs?
   - Does Usergroup registered have permission to use PMs?
   - Are you using the original Phrases?

Please only click Install if you actually have installed/are using this Hack, and click Uninstall whan you don't use it any longer!

Important Notice
This Hack is not designed nor necessary for vBulletin 3.6.
Do not install it on vBulletin 3.6 if you don't want to run into problems.
You should uninstall this Hack before upgrading to vBulletin 3.6

[Dreamchaser]

Too Cute !

[Snake]

...and too sexy!

[Allan]

Thansk for this hack

Click Install

File Attach, French language.

[xBhp]

does it work for 3.5.3? i have installed this and the options do show up in the panel as well. i have also included the user id correctly. i tried this by registering a new user using admincp but to no avail!

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by xBhp

i tried this by registering a new user using admincp but to no avail!

That's the reason.
It is not designed to send PMs for manually added users, as those are most likely testusers.

[quanvo81]

It doesn't work for me At All.
I am using Vb 3.5.3.
I tried to add admin user name as the Automatic Welcome PM UserID in Vbulletin Option, but everytime I click Save , it return to be number 0 again , it's so weird.
So no auto Welcome PM for me
Does anyone know any ideas how to fix?

[Snake]

Have you uploaded the XML plugin file? If so, recheck your edits...

[quanvo81]

Originally Posted by Aftermath

Have you uploaded the XML plugin file? If so, recheck your edits...

Of course I uploaded the XML plugin file, I have also checked all the setting and everything, it's pretty weird

[Snake]

Well I am not sure so you better contact Andreas.

[Andreas]

I wonder where there are edits?
And I even wonder more why people enter a username when they are clearly asked to enter a userid?
And where did you find a XML plugin file when this hack does not have one?

[quanvo81]

Originally Posted by Andreas

I wonder where there are edits?
And I even wonder more why people enter a username when they are clearly asked to enter a userid?
And where did you find a XML plugin file when this hack does not have one?

DOH stupid me
it is user ID, not NAME
Solved
Thanks Andreas

[kahethu]

Andreas,
For some reason I got 5 identical PMs when I did a test signup.

Any idea what I could have done wrong?

Awesome tool!
Simon

[Mikecp421]

nice thanks!

[captainslater]

I want to have the $username - string in the title of the pm, but that doesn't work.

Any ideas?

[descds]

Mmm ok this is baffling.

We recently did a fresh install of Vbulletin 3.5.3 and then started to add our hacks. However although we managed to get the Welcome PM hack working happily on Vbulletun 3.5.2 on another of our sites its now refusing to send out to any PMS in 3.5.3.

We have the userid to send the pms set to 1 (and i've double checked it). I've updated the phrase (same as the one we used before) and we go through the entire registration process (not adding to the user control panel) with either email validation on or off. Groups are able to recieve PM's in either registered or awaiting email verification groups.

Vbulletin accepts the user and everything works as it should but the welcome PM will not send.

I tried serveral times to upload the plugin and even used the over write function but nothing seems to be making any difference.

I see the plugin is active and the 3 plugins running happily in the plugin manager but no matter what i do i cannot get this thing to fire in a vbulletin 3.5.3 fresh install. Ironically its still running on 3.5.2 on one of my other sites with no problems whatsoever.

So does this not work properly on vbulletin 3.5.3 ? Maybe users who upgrade can get it to work but fresh installs cannot ?

We only have 2 other hacks installed and 1 is the welcome headers and the other "visitors who have come to the site in the last X hours" so i'm convinced its neither of these causing the issue .. The welcome headers is working on our other site so i know for sure it isn't that one ...

Any advice would really be helpful ..