Version: 0.0.2, by macooper
Developer Last Online: Sep 2007
Version: 3.5.0
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Released: 10-15-2005
Last Update: 10-16-2005
Installs: 71
Uses Plugins Template Edits
Is in Beta Stage
No support by the author.
This hack is based on tnguy3n's original Welcome Thread hack. But rewritten as a vbulletin product. Note that you MUST install this as a product, not a plugin. All credit for the original idea goes to tnguy3n, and this modification is posted with his kind permision.
This hack is currently to be treated as beta code. It has been tested on 2 small forums only at this stage. The hack makes no database changes, so should be reasonably safe on most sites. Installation involves loading the product XML and 1 small template change on the register template.
The product is configured via the VBulletin option pages, a new page is created specifically for this hack. The product supports 2 modes of operation :
1) At registration time, the user is prompted to make their own post. If no text is entered, then default text from the configuration page is used for the title and message body. In this mode, the user can choose not to post a welcome thread if they wish.
2) The second mode just creates a welcome thread for the user from the default title and message body with no user intervention.
Support for this mod will be on a best efforts basis. I will try to fix problems in a reasonable time frame, but due to other commitments, I can make no guarantees.
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This modification may not be copied, reproduced or published elsewhere without author's permission.
looks like macooper is not visiting this forum anymore... abandonned ship without notice... so don't request support for this hack, or contact the author by email or visit his forum... maybe he will wake up!
Lovely... I REALLY wanted to get this hack working.
looks like macooper is not visiting this forum anymore... abandonned ship without notice... so don't request support for this hack, or contact the author by email or visit his forum... maybe he will wake up!
great...........i would love to make this thing work. i have seen it working on several other forums, but you know how some site owners are, they refuse to share info. i am having the same issue as alot of people are. the hack is installed yet NOTHING happens upon a new user registering. no post and no option to post. i read earlier in this thread about a template change? too bad it was NOT included in the instructions. could someone who currently has this working please post the template change so that the rest of us may use this hack as well. thx in advance Ron.
I know that the original author doesn't seem to be around right now, but i'm asking in case anyone else would know.
The hack works fine as it is, and a thread is created when a user completes registration. Does anyone know how to delay the posting of the message for when a user activates their account, using the register_activate_process hook? I presume it would mean storing the post in a db table until it was called for upon a member activating the account?
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