Mini Mods - Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates

Exciting Announcement! vBulletin 3.7.0 now includes a built in Welcome Headers System (named "Notices") that easily allows you to add and control your own welcome messages with functionality above what can be found in the traditional welcome headers system. There are some important differences in these systems so please read this thread before upgrading.

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Important: If you are upgrading from the 3.6 or earlier versions and have modified the navbar template you will either need to revert it or add new vBulletin code as shown in https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=152.

Out of the box, your forum isn't personalized to assist or address your visitors. As a result, guests entering on a page other than the homepage (which is most often the case) have no idea what to do or why to register. Additionally, there are no visible status indicators, making it confusing for unconfirmed, unapproved or new members to know what to do or where to begin. But with a little customization, the use of the vBulletin Notices System and Welcome Headers, you can solve these issues in just a few minutes.

What is Welcome Headers?

Welcome Headers is a set of predefined messages and rules designed to help you get started in personalizing your site's notices using the vBulletin notice feature. The default templates are just that, default ? I highly encourage you to modify and add to the language and rules to meet the needs of your actual community environment.

Modifications/ Instructions:

Plugins: 1 (notices entries, rules and phrases)
This template hack should take under 5 minutes to implement and customize.

Installation/ Upgrade Instructions

1 ? Backup any existing welcome header messages (upgrading)
2 ? Remove the default welcome header from your forum home template (new installs)
3 ? Install the attached plugin file
4 ? Now Required: Customize the messages to include your site's name

For detailed instructions on each step please view the install.html file included with this addon.

Support

Please post any enhancement or technical questions you may have and I will do my best to respond in a timely manner. Please note: I can not guarantee an immediate response and am unable to assist with integrating this addon with other addons or with HTML related questions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please see the second post in the thread for a list of frequently asked questions which is updated periodically.

Older Version Support

While most users are choosing to upgrade to the notices system, there are some advantages to the "old" system mainly in that it does not rely on a rules system and can be configured as designed with code changes. Additionally, the "old" version has automatic interfacing with several other addons which the notices system does not. For this reason, the old version is still supported and remains fully compatible with 3.7.

Updates

- 5/9/2008 :: A small upgrade has been released fixing the typo in the sendmessage.php file

[XxBuLLeTz]

nice mod...thanks for it.

[OttoBomb]

A nice clean mod, well done.

[Icy]

There is a little typo in Guest Message.

Welcome to the <strong>YOUR FORUM TITLE</strong> forums. <br /><br />You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our <strong>free</strong> community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, <a href="./register.php"><strong>join our community today</strong></a>! <br /><br />If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact <a href="./send_message.php">contact us</a>.

[SuperDave71]

See edit at bottom: This product works perfectly!

This was working so well but now I cannot get the notices to work at all.

I tried deleting the plug-in and reinstalling but to no avail. I even reverted the forumhome template back to the original and tried again but no go!

I KNOW THIS WORKS! I had it working not two days ago. I have NO idea what could be going on.

I hope I can figure this out. Does anyone know where the notices are being called from?

Thanks in advance!

-Dave

EDIT: I got this working. It was my fault ( imagine that ) ..somehow I accidentally added a style sheet that hosed me.

GREAT JOB!!

[loonytune15]

I have finally installed this hack. Seen it on previous versions of vb, but for some reason never installed.

Solved that problem.

[Criticize]

Whenever I install this it is not displaying it, I have uninstalled and reinstalled 3 or 4 times.

Any thoughts? This is actually the first plugin I have installed on this new forum of mine lol...

Thanks for the great mod, looking for some help!

[Ted S]

Have you followed the instructions file and checked that messages show up in the notices area of your ACP?

[eNforce]

Hi, this works but only on my default vBulletin style, what can I add to my custom style to make the notices show up?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by eNforce

Hi, this works but only on my default vBulletin style, what can I add to my custom style to make the notices show up?

It sounds like your custom template sneeds some reverting to take advantage of the notices system. Check the default templates against your customization and find the missing variables.

[eNforce]

Originally Posted by Ted S

It sounds like your custom template sneeds some reverting to take advantage of the notices system. Check the default templates against your customization and find the missing variables.

Aye, it was my navbar I had the navbar above the header so it wasn't being inserted correctly. Thanks for the mod