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

[mtha]

Originally Posted by Andreas

Only one PM is being sent, so you don't have to modify anything.

I know that there's one PM is sent, but I set so that member have to verify email and waiting for moderation, and in my case, I want to send the PM right when he is registered (not wait until the account is moderated).

That's why I want to modify the conditions, so that the PM is sent right after registration (given that the system will ask for email verification and moderation)

The default phrase does work just fine, so if yours doesn't you must have edited it incorrectly

yeah, that's what I said, I had $email and $username in the text ... (copy from what I used for the same purpose on vB3.0.x) that give the error

[Andreas]

Doesn't make much sense - moderated/unactivated members can't use PM

[mtha]

Originally Posted by Andreas

Doesn't make much sense - moderated/unactivated members can't use PM

shouldnt they still be able to read, should they?

my point is,
- sometime when they register, even with a notice that they need to check their email, they may still not be aware of that
- many time, activation email went to BULK MAIL, esp. with yahoo email, so that a PM remind them that they should also check the bulk mail could help.
- Despire that we have TnC before registration, and instruction on how the account activation and process go, people still ignore it, and ask why their account is not activated. A general FAQ doesnt really help much, so a PM to them specifically, would work better. In the PM, I would include what they need to know, or where to look for, if they have questions, trouble activating account ....

so, it's not really an welcome PM, it's some kind of instruction PM :P

[Andreas]

Well, you can either activate their PM (then they can also send) - or you deactive their PM (then they can't read).
As I don't enable PM for unactivated members for security reasons, it wouldn't work for me

[mtha]

Kirby,

if I want to do it my way, should it works if I do the above changes?

Thanks man

[Andreas]

Yes, should work.

[The Chief]

installed and works great!!

[Flow Fusion]

Gret hack thanks!

[Hanif]

Works like your first night of marriage hit with mountains of passion with your ideal dream woman !!!

U Rock Kirby !

Installed !

[Jon@Refresh]

Hi everyone.

we're using the latest version of the product and have it all working. Except that the PM received email says the PM has come from the user that just registered. I know this was a problem before, but I thought it had been fixed in a new version of vB (we're using Gold)? If it isn't fixed, can the PM received email be disabled for this PM (it's not really needed)?

Thanks