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.

[Valter]

Sure you must set who will post threads.

[ProAzn]

Installed but doesn't work. No birthday thread created even though birthday occurred for an active member. Settings for hack same as screen shot listed. Any ideas? I see others have same problem...

[ProAzn]

I am using 3.7.2. Appears people using latest version have problems with this mod. Anyone know why??

[ProAzn]

Ok here's what the birthday greeter panel looks like. Now anyone tell me why it doesnt work?? Using 3.7.2 vb. version. The active users time cut-off is set at 0, the default. So all members are active. A member had a bday yesterday and it didn't work! argh. Also hrs set at -2 to catch west coast birthdays. Current time zone for server is CT.

[kkeezer]

I am also having a issue with it no longer working for my site as well, it uses to work 100% of the time and now nothing... I am on 3.7.0. and CYB HB addon ver 1.4

Please help to get this add-on working again.

I added two images as well so you can see what I see when looking at the addon.

TIA,
Kyle

[kkeezer]

Bump for reply...

[da_judge]

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!

Sorted it

Original

<span style="color:#c0c4c9 ;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">

Edited

<span style="color:#c0c4c9;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">

Removed all spaces

Job Done cheers

[smirkley]

I have noticed the birthday topics not being created also, but I also noticed that the birthday block on the home page also no longer shows up since my last upgrade to 3.7.2 PL1.

I havent yet figured out if this is because of the VB update, or if the mod isnt working with the update, and disabled the VB function on the home page somehow.

edit - I disable the mod, and the birthday notice on the homepage still doesnt show, so I 'suspect' the new vb patch update isnt flagging a member as having a birthday. (I also have all members birthdays showing, with no cutoff for activity time, so the ALL should show)

[smirkley]

Thinking it was a VB issue with the new patch version, I submitted a ticket, but they are unable to reproduce this on a stock board.

I will 'try' to figure out where it fails, but no guarantees here.

[smirkley]

OK, this appears to be a VB3.7.2PL1 issue, after working with VB on a support ticket.

Unproven yet as far as this mod goes, but I suspect it will fix the issue described as far as the mod not making a birthday post.

Apparently the setting to display active member birthday only, in ACP, works exactly backwards to the text in the checkbox.

To make it work, UNCHECK the "Show birthdays for active users only" to show birthdays for active users only.

I have submitted a bug report at VB dot com, so I suspect this will be fixed soon.