Miscellaneous Hacks - Cyb - Auto Birthday Greeter

Info:
This hack automatically creates a birthday thread in the forum you select. Only members that allow their date of birth to be displayed will be listed, and age will be shown only for those who has choosen that. Members are shown in colors defined in usergroup settings. You can choose to exclude inactive members. Several users can be set as greeters (used randomly when posting). Thread will be created first time when someone loads forumhome after midnight.

Note:
-This executes 1 very simple query on forumhome.

Installation:
-Import XML file (as product) through AdminCP: Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

To set options:
Go to: vBulletin Options > Cyb - Auto Birthday Greeter

Versions:
v1.0 - Aug 26. 2007.
-Initial release
v1.1 - Aug 27. 2007.
-New: Option to exclude members with post count lower than X
-Fixed bug where several threads are posted for the same birthday
-Shortcut to "Age" phrase added to the list on settings page
v1.2 - Aug 28. 2007.
-Date format follows your forum acp settings
-New: Option to exclude members joined in last X days
-Another fix for duplicate birthday threads on some forums
v1.3 - Aug 31. 2007.
-Option to synchronize hack with forum time to avoid situations where birthday thread is created too early or too late
v1.4 - May 03. 2008.
-Compatible with vBulletin 3.7
-Minor bugs fixed

Mark as INSTALLED to get support and updates.

[toddos]

pls help

[Keyser S?ze]

just throwing my 2 cents in, this is nice and all but i think a better way is when or if the user comes on the forum on their birthday they get a oiouo, much like the PM popip, that says Happy Birthday <username>!

and they only get it once each year

[Mum]

Keyser just do that with notices.

Cyb - the message that is posted on my site is this (i havent' changed it, it's the default) i'm not sure how to fix the colour thing

1 member is celebrating their birthday on 22nd June 2008:
		
					-[color= black]Steve[/color] (born in 1970, Age: 38)
		
		
		Happy Birthday!

[cserna]

Thanks! Downloaded...

Was wondering if there is something like this that exist but for new members? For example start a new thread that mentions all the new members that joined the day before and welcoming them to the forum.

I will look at this code and see if I can put together myself but would like to save some time if it already exist somewhere.

Thanks again!

[Makc666]

1.
This phrase was change in 1.4.

		<phrase name="cybabgreeter_message_user"><![CDATA[{1} member is celebrating their birthday on {2}:
		{3}
		
		
		Happy Birthday!]]></phrase>

But I think that it must sounds like:
{1} member is celebrating his birthday on {2}:
and not
{1} member is celebrating their birthday on {2}:

2.

ALso it will be nice if you comment this change:

From:

$cabg_message = construct_phrase($cabg_message_sp,$cybabgreeter_totalusers,date($vbulletin->options['dateformat']),$cabg_birthdays);

To:

$cabg_message = construct_phrase($cabg_message_sp,$cybabgreeter_totalusers,vbdate($vbulletin->options['dateformat']),$cabg_birthdays);

As there are some other places in product's code where date() is used.

Thanks

[cmiller1014]

Originally Posted by Mum

Keyser just do that with notices.

Cyb - the message that is posted on my site is this (i havent' changed it, it's the default) i'm not sure how to fix the colour thing

1 member is celebrating their birthday on 22nd June 2008:
		
					-[color= black]Steve[/color] (born in 1970, Age: 38)
		
		
		Happy Birthday!

Same issue... any idea how to fix it?

[Valter]

Remove white-spaces from CSS parameters in usergroup options.

[BucWiLd]

nice, thank you

[AuroraStorm]

How can I set this up for individual threads for people who celebrate their birthdays on the same day?

Oh and by the way, those who don't see threads, go into your Admincp - VBOptions - Cyb Auto Birthday greeter. right here "Greeter(s) (comma separated UserID list)", type in the userids listed in your Usergroup Manager list... (i.e., regular members, Admins, Moderators, etc to look like 6,7,10). It took me a moment to figure that one out...

[PHILLYFAN]

thanks!