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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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&

[ozzy47]

TBH, there is no way that this could create a thread if someone, or a bot did not properly follow the verify email link.

I can look into adding it to the mod queue, but a simple solution, is to have the threads post in a hidden forum, and once you verify the new user is not a bot, them move the threads out into the right forum.

[newbie2007]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

TBH, there is no way that this could create a thread if someone, or a bot did not properly follow the verify email link.

I can look into adding it to the mod queue, but a simple solution, is to have the threads post in a hidden forum, and once you verify the new user is not a bot, them move the threads out into the right forum.

I'll try that for now thanks.

[ozzy47]

If you are getting hit with bots, I suggest the following:

This will stop most of the spam bots that auto-register:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=294633

This gets alot of human spammers because they still use early IE:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=268208

This stops registration by any device on blacklisted host names.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=279110


NONE of the above use captchas, puzzles, questions or other such nonsense that merely annoys legitimate users, and have been rendered obsolete anyway for the most part, by autospam programs such as XRumer.

[ozzy47]

Originally Posted by Alan_SP

This makes things even worse.

I used test10 user to test with this code.

Result was that I saw only @, without test10 after @. But, when I check text, there's [mention]test10[/mention] in message.

Also, when I quote this text, I get same results, as with using BBcode, or just @ before user name.

And, if I post manually @test10 (without using quoting text made by mod), everything works as it should.

It looks like text made with your mod (or at least username variable) is somehow different from "normal" text that gets parsed normally and which works with AUT. I hope you understand this, it's hard to explain it differently, but it certainly is different kind of text, not sure why, but it just is.

I asked Fillip, and he has no idea, so it looks like this will be on hold for a bit.

[ozzy47]

Strike the above, I figured out a way, it is not pretty but it works. I will update the mod maybe tonight or tomorrow.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Alan_SP

This makes things even worse.

I used test10 user to test with this code.

Result was that I saw only @, without test10 after @. But, when I check text, there's [mention]test10[/mention] in message.

Also, when I quote this text, I get same results, as with using BBcode, or just @ before user name.

And, if I post manually @test10 (without using quoting text made by mod), everything works as it should.

It looks like text made with your mod (or at least username variable) is somehow different from "normal" text that gets parsed normally and which works with AUT. I hope you understand this, it's hard to explain it differently, but it certainly is different kind of text, not sure why, but it just is.

I know what's going on here. The mention BB code needs the user ID number in order to work.

[ozzy47]

Yep, so I have found a way to get it in there with a big hammer and a crowbar.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Nice work Ozzy, always good to see you guys putting in work for us little peeps! lol...thanks Ozzy, you guys seriously do so much for us and "I" personally appreciate the heck out of your guy's work as it gets my site's members for active all the time with the great mods found here at vbulletin.org..you guys rock!

[ozzy47]

Thanks for the kind words. I am glad you like the mods, and appreciate the work that goes into them.

With the added compatibility with DBTech's Advanced User Tagging, in the update tomorrow there will be two more options for admins to use, Ability to set the threads / posts in moderation, so you can see if the new user is a bot before moving the thread / post out of moderation, and the ability to set it to show the posters signature or not.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Nice Ozzy! This is really some good stuff here you have going on man ... yer' da' Man !