Mini Mods - [OzzModz] Welcome Thread / Post For New Users

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This is a simple mod, that will post a new thread or post, when a new user joins your site.

It can be set to post as soon as the member completes the registration process, or when they confirm their email, should you have that option set in your vBulletin settings.

It is a simple installation, upload the files in the UPLOAD folder, then import the product XML, product-ozzmodz_welcome_thread

You can edit the options under the settings, [OzzModz] Welcome Thread / Post For New Users Settings and change the thread post titles and messages in the options, [OzzModz] Welcome Thread / Post For New Users Titles And Messages

Complete Feature List

• Ability to enable/disable the thread/post system.
• Option to create thread before or after Email activation
• Option to choose to post as a new thread or a reply to a post.
• Option to enter the ID of the person making the post.
• Option for the thread/post to count towards the posters postcount or not.
• Ability to select which forum the new thread should be posted in.
• Option to set the thread id if you choose to post as a reply to a post.
• Option to set the post id if you choose to post as a reply to a post.
• Option to set the thread as open or closed if you choose to post as a new thread.
• Option to enter which post icons to use.
• Option to set as sticky if you choose to post as a new thread.
• Ten different options to enter the thread/post title for the system to randomly use.
• Ten different options to enter the thread/post content for the system to randomly use.

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If you like this mod please hit the button to the right ---->

Please remember to click the, button to the right if you installed the mod ---->

What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps me know how many people are using my work, giving me extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

I appreciate the support!
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* History (Changelog) *
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v1.0.0 (December 15, 2013)
- Initial public release.
v1.1.0 (July 26, 2014)
- Added ability to link username to users profile.
v1.2.0 (September 13, 2014)
- Existing users that change their email, and confirm the new email, will no longer trigger the mod to post a thread.
- Users that sign up with names that have special characters, like this, pandora& will now show up correctly, instead of showing like this, pandora&

[KGodel]

5 stars. With a little tweaking this did exactly what I wanted it to do. ^^

[ozzy47]

Excellent glad to hear, and thanks for marking as installed.

What was it you tweaked?

[KGodel]

Well, I basically edited it so that instead of a welcome thread, it posted information from the registration page. Our site used to have a 2 step system: register, then fill out an application form. We were able to combine the two so that the application was part of the registration page, and your mod would automatically post the application for them. It's saving a lot of hassle and increasing the number of people we can retain. ^^

[ozzy47]

Awesome, sounds good, thanks for posting back.

[dknelson]

I am just getting finished on the the upgrade of my site from VBulletin 3.8 to 4.2.3. I posted today asking my members what the new version is missing that we had before. The number one response was that the Welcome Thread no longer says where the new member is from. My old welcome thread was a version of the old one here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...=91887&page=29

No over the next few days, as soon as I get time, I will be working on integrating the location of the user into this one. Otherwise, this is a great mod.

[Gadget_Guy]

Just installed and on my first user registered with it in place I got this:

Database error in vBulletin 4.2.2:

Invalid SQL:

UPDATE user
SET ozzmodz_welcome_thread_welcomed = 1
WHERE userid =;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 3
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Saturday, November 29th 2014 @ 05:10:54 AM
Error Date : Saturday, November 29th 2014 @ 05:10:55 AM
Script : http://www.toronto-subaru-club.com/f...9c47c1a20340fc
Referrer :
IP Address : 76.67.66.124
Username : Gadget_Guy
Classname : vB_Database_MySQLi
MySQL Version : 5.5.40-cll


Thoughts?

D.

[ozzy47]

Hmmm, there was another user that was getting this, and I was not able to figure out what the issue was, as it is random, and no way to reproduce it reliably.

I notice in the error, that is says your username, what was it you were doing when you got that error?

[dknelson]

I hate to mention it again but I'm STILL getting this error. Got it twice last night. I'm totally baffled since I have uninstalled the mod because of it.

[ozzy47]

Like I said before, that makes absolutely no sense what so ever, as that is run via a plugin, and by uninstalling the mod, there is no plugin to run that.

It is certainly a strange one.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Ozzy !!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! LOL ..

So I too go the following error which from the time stamp suggests that this was triggered when the member clicked on the link to activate his/her account from the email sent to them ...

I just upgraded to the latest version of this Mod because someone updated their email last night and I forgot you had fixed that bug in the latest version ....

I also triggered this error by clicking on the link under the "Script" line and it sent me another identical error but this time with my username and IP of course since I was already logged into the site ...

Hope this helps you nail this down ...I might have to downgrade to the prior version so can you please take a look to see what is causing this ?

I did have 15 other new accounts registered and this one was the only one to trigger this error ....