Miscellaneous Hacks - Force Intro On Register

This will force new members to fill out an intro when they register to your site. Very handy to make sure they are seen and with luck helps them feel welcome.

To install:
Create a new multiple-line text box profile field with the following settings.
Title: (your choice but should reflect it is intro)
Description: (once again your choice)
Max length: (has to be more then your minimum you will set later)
Field Required:Yes, at registration and profile updating
Private field: yes (can be no if you wish)

Rest of the fields are at your discretion. Make sure you make note of the new field id

Import product-introonregister in Manage Products

Now go to vBulletin Options->Into On Register Option and set the values.

Thats it, I have been using it for some time and thought others may like it.

[theparentpack]

When entering the values in vb options do we enter the title, ID# or url of the forum that the introductions should be posted to?

[theparentpack]

Before installing this hack I had my forum set up to moderate the first post of every user. Once the first post was moderated they were promoted to the next membership level and no longer moderated. Now that I have them posting their intro in their registration this post is not moderated. Any ideas about how to have this post moderated?

[Captain Tycoon]

Is it possible to make it so that instead of having one field for the intro, can we have 2 or more? For example, one field which asks for the full name and one field which asks for the age and then both fields are merged/posted into the introduction.

[April7]

Thank you. I think I am going to like this alot. Great idea.

[theparentpack]

The forced intro does not increase their post count by 1. Is there any way to get this hack to count the forced intro as a post count?

Also, I have been moderating new members first posts to filter spam. I noticed that the forced posts are flying in under the radar. Is there any way to make these posts follow the moderation I have set up for initial posts?

So in a nutshell I would like to know if there is any way to moderate the forced post, and have it count in the post count of the member who posted it?

[Mrdby]

love the hack

[BigDog56]

Works great on 3.7.2 But now it seems I am getting people who are using this to spam me. Is there a way to make their post moderated?

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

I have a 'new member introductions' thread, which works much better than a new thread for every member.
Could you add an option to post introductions in a thread?

Originally Posted by Aniron

That is possible, I will put it in a to do for this weekend.

Any news on this?

[Mrdby]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=170323" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=170323</a> think you can add this? That way people know how many characters they are typing so they won't hit submit and either have to many or to less?

[basilrath]

To much spam...............