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]

Originally Posted by Revan

PHP Code:

$anti_autopm_bud_tit = construct_phrase($vbphrase['anti_autopm_bud_tit'], $vbulletin->userinfo['username']);
$anti_autopm_bud_mes = construct_phrase($vbphrase['anti_autopm_bud_mes'], $vbulletin->userinfo['username'], $vbulletin->options['bburl'], $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']);
$pmdm->set('title', $anti_autopm_bud_tit);
$pmdm->set('message', $anti_autopm_bud_mes); 


Saves inventing a whole new construct_phrase() function

thx for that, learned something new now ^^

[Antivirus]

Jacobsen and Revan, both of your suggestions work, and great ideas for cutting out having to create the custom BBcode and improving the hack. Revan's idea uses slightly less code but I will experiment with the str_replace thingie (i am not that familiar with it yet).

Working on an update... thanks for the input people!

[The Chief]

Originally Posted by Antivirus

Jacobsen and Revan, both of your suggestions work, and great ideas for cutting out having to create the custom BBcode and improving the hack. Revan's idea uses slightly less code but I will experiment with the str_replace thingie (i am not that familiar with it yet).

Working on an update... thanks for the input people!

thanks for taking care of this antivirus

[WNxWakko]

What about the ignore list, does it work on that also?

[The Chief]

Originally Posted by WNxWakko

What about the ignore list, does it work on that also?

I don't think it would be intelligent to send a PM to the user that you are ignoring, right??

[akanevsky]

Where are the files?

[Exitilus]

Yah *L* ... I'm looking and I don't see any .. heh

[Antivirus]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

Where are the files?

oops, lol
:smoke:

[The Chief]

Originally Posted by Antivirus

oops, lol
:smoke:

you might consider putting one of their two reccommendations in the next release. It is really important to at least mention the username once.

It makes them more unique, if you get what I mean...

[Exitilus]

Installed and Working fine

[Antivirus]

Originally Posted by WNxWakko

What about the ignore list, does it work on that also?

With specific regards to the IGNORE list, this hack interacts with the ignore list is in the following ways:

• If you add user to your buddylist and you are already on user's ignore list, user will not receive the autoPM from you, even though you will see the PM in your outbox.
• If you add user to your buddy list, when user receives the autoPM, one of the links within the message of the autoPM gives user the ability to easily add you to their ignore list if they feel you are annoying them, or spamming them with add buddy requests.

Originally Posted by gamebgs

you might consider putting one of their two reccommendations in the next release. It is really important to at least mention the username once. It makes them more unique, if you get what I mean...

do you mean like, "Hello $userinfo[username]," in the message body?

[The Chief]

Originally Posted by Antivirus

With specific regards to the IGNORE list, this hack interacts with the ignore list is in the following ways:

• If you add user to your buddylist and you are already on user's ignore list, user will not receive the autoPM from you, even though you will see the PM in your outbox.
• If you add user to your buddy list, when user receives the autoPM, one of the links within the message of the autoPM gives user the ability to easily add you to their ignore list if they feel you are annoying them, or spamming them with add buddy requests.

do you mean like, "Hello $userinfo[username]," in the message body?

yes, and in the title somewhere...

The person will feel that the PM is really coming from that person if you know what i mean, alot are not used to forums, well the ones that join my site anyways and it would be easier for them

[Antivirus]

okie, i hope to have another update with this by end of this week.

[The Chief]

Originally Posted by Antivirus

okie, i hope to have another update with this by end of this week.

great

[Kihon Kata]

WORKED!! INSTALLS with love. MY users sometimes pee pee when they get excited