AutoPM after addBuddy

What: This will send an automatic PM to a user after you add him/her to your Buddy List. The PM you automatically sent is saved within your outfolder and the Admin can modify the title and message of the PM by changing the phrases.

1 Product (1 plugin and 2 phrases)

Versions / Features:

• 1.0.0 - released on 1/9/06
  
• 1.0.1 - added automatic approval link into body of PM received by user
  added a check to prevent looping of the PM if the receiver already has the sender on his/her buddylist
  
• 1.0.2 - added an anti-harassment link in the PM to deter users from "annoying" others into becoming their friends.
  added link so receiver of PM can easily view sender's profile.
  
• 1.0.3 - cleaned up code and added link for recipient of PM to view sender's profile from within PM
  
• 1.0.4 - Fixed bug which was wrongly sending PM to someone when user added someone to his/her ignore list
  

To Install: Just import the xml file as a product from within AdminCP>PluginSystem>ManageProducts>Add/ImportProduct

To change the title of the PM, edit $vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_tit], and to change the message of the PM, edit $vbphrase[anti_autopm_bud_mes].

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BACKUP BEFORE YOU INSTALL!

Thanks: Thanks to Andreas for writing the [HowTo] Send PM's Automatically. This was inspired by Cloud Warrior's really cool vbFriends hack, which lacked this functionality and it seemed like many people would want it.

about: I'm taking this out of beta, as i think it's working all right by now. Any advice on how to improve this, comments, or bugs - are more than welcome, as I will do my best to address all.

If you use this, please click the install thingie

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[The Chief]

could it be possible to add a button in the message instead of a link..??

[djnth]

Is there a way to have one user automatically added to everyone's Buddy List such as "Tom" on MySpace?

Also, the PM being sent to an added Buddy has the word "buddys" when it should read "buddies"

[Antivirus]

There's a lot of good suggestions for this hack in this thread, thanks for all of them. As soon as i get a chance to update this i will, i'm just slammed with work and getting married in a couple months so I have had no time to work on this lately, but there are some things on my to-do list and as soon as I get a chance, i'll update this hack.

[MorrisMcD]

I am getting this error at the top of the redirect page ... Any ideas?

Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #1 is not an array in \profile.php(727) : eval()'d code on line 35

[mello_mike]

^^I'm getting the same error..

The only time I stop getting the error is when I disable this plugin.

I'm using PHP 5 and MySQL 5

[MorrisMcD]

Originally Posted by mello_mike

^^I'm getting the same error..

The only time I stop getting the error is when I disable this plugin.

I'm using PHP 5 and MySQL 5

Try adding a super mod to your list.. I dont get it when I add one of my supermods.. Havent tried the mods or other supermods though...

[mark1491]

Originally Posted by MisterPopularity

Ok, let's say John wants to add Mary to his buddy list...

Could this be modified with an admin definable setting to either:

a: require Mary to click an "approve" link BEFORE mary is added to his buddy list?
b: allow John to add mary without her approval (the way it works now).

Could this be done?

bump!!

[Antivirus]

Originally Posted by MorrisMcD

I am getting this error at the top of the redirect page ... Any ideas?

Not sure, i'm not getting that error. I am using php 4.3.1 however, maybe somethign with that? You using vb3.5.3 ?

[zappsan]

Great work, thanks.
/me clicks install

[MorrisMcD]

Originally Posted by Antivirus

Not sure, i'm not getting that error. I am using php 4.3.1 however, maybe somethign with that? You using vb3.5.3 ?

Yep.. I am on 3.5.3...