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.

[-=Leb=-]

interesting, i will test it today.

[dmknights]

Originally Posted by dmknights

Im getting members complaining that they are recieving about 20-30 emails about their birthday!!!

How do i change this?

Any Help on this?

[Valter]

This product will not send any emails, it just create threads.

So your problem can not be produced by this mod in any way.

[dmknights]

it DOES send out emails!

approx 20-30 minimum per birthday!

[Valter]

Your forum is sending them, not this add-on.

[dmknights]

well its actually the vbulletin software thats sending them. Ive asked support but im not getting any help

[kayskid]

Originally Posted by kayskid

I ran the instructions as provided, but no messages automatically parse for birthdays in the forum I indicated (or anywhere). They do show up on my vba CMPS index page (under Today's b-days), but no new thread is started for them by this mod.

Is it compatible with the vba CMPS mod? I mean - is that something that would cause it to not work?

No answer for this?

Finally today (which is what brings me back to this mod) ONE out of the 2 birthdays posted. I'm on 3.8.2 and usually no birthday messages post since I installed this a while ago.

Is this mod fully compatible with 3.8.2? How about 3.8.3?

It's just weird that, out of the blue, one birthday message finally showed up - but not to both users who had a birthday today!

CYB - is there anything that should be updated in your mod for this to work with 3.8.2?

[Valter]

It works with 3.8.2/3.8.3 but ensure that you have set product options properly. There are exclusion options based on post count, activity, join date,... Also it will not post messages for users who has selected to hide birthday info.

[SteveV]

How to configure it so that the Bday posts are always posted by the same user ?
Now it is doing it random and people are complaining that their account is hacked because they didnt made the post themself

[Frondy]

Just one little issue:

from AdminCP -> Manage Products, link to this product is 3.7.x mod, not this page, so change it:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=177931

to:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=201306

Thanks Cyb for this mod, installed and works on vb3.8.3 :up: