Refer Friend

Refer Friend

For some reason, there is no "Refer a Friend" form standard in vB3.

This is a simple "Refer a Friend" form based on sendmessage.php.

All you need is to edit 1 PHP file - sendmessage.php, and add 1 template.

Instructions are in the HTML zipped below.

Below is a screenshot, as requested.

[Viks]

Hi Erwin, thanks buddy for the response... i should have been able to figure that one out... DUH!

Well, the reason I wanna block guests from refferring wud be cause the sendmail may used a nuisance by some pranksters!

[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Viks

Hi Erwin, thanks buddy for the response... i should have been able to figure that one out... DUH!

Well, the reason I wanna block guests from refferring wud be cause the sendmail may used a nuisance by some pranksters!

Find this:

PHP Code:

// Erwin's Refer Hack 
if ($_REQUEST['refer']) 
    { 
    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('refertofriend') . '");'); 
    } else { 
    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('sendtofriend') . '");'); 
    } 
// Erwin's Refer Hack 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

// Erwin's Refer Hack 
if ($_REQUEST['refer']) 
    { 
     if ($bbuserinfo[userid]) 
    { 
    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('refertofriend') . '");'); 
    }  else {
    print_no_permission(); 
    }
    } else { 
    eval('print_output("' . fetch_template('sendtofriend') . '");'); 
    } 
// Erwin's Refer Hack 


[Viks]

Thx Erwin.
//btw i checked "vB Color Scheme Machine"....it v.cool.

[Oblivion Knight]

Any news on being able to refer multiple friends?

It should be easy enough to allow e-mail addresses to be separated by a commar..

[gilbert]

Can someone please answer my question about the permissions?

[Viks]

Originally Posted by gilbert

Can someone please answer my question about the permissions?

If I am not wrong then u need to goto Admin CP -> Usergroup Manager -> Edit permissions -> AND ENABLE "Can Use Email to Friend".

[TonTon]

good stuff, installed.

[syjech]

ugh...where'd I go wrong?

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '}' in /home/paretnet/public_html/forums/sendmessage.php on line 259

[ryancooper]

AWESOME hack Thanks Man1!!!

[icest0rm]

Originally Posted by gilbert

Can someone please answer my question about the permissions?

I get a permissions problem as well after I upgraded to 3.0.6 and re-implemented the hack. Here's the error:

"you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation."

Any ideas on what could be wrong?

[icest0rm]

Originally Posted by icest0rm

I get a permissions problem as well after I upgraded to 3.0.6 and re-implemented the hack. Here's the error:

"you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation."

Any ideas on what could be wrong?

Never mind. I assumed that I didn't have to re-add the template. I went and re-added the template and it's now working.

[Crank]

i installed this hack like a champ.
thanks for the work
also i added the link in the navbar of the site for easy refference

here is the code i used

<td class="vbmenu_control"><a href="sendmessage.php?do=sendtofriend&refer=1[sessionurl]">Refer Friend</a></td>

tnx again

[Damian]

/me installs

Thanks for the great hack.

[jfreels]

very nice, thanks!

[The Coldwood]

Originally Posted by Koutaru

You're on a roll I'll be using this definately.. but what would be better is a screenshot

Reinstalled for vB 3.0.6