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.

[Cloverfield]

What is the title of the new thread?

[Username] Intro


I still want to know why the thread doesn't count as a post!

[Daisyboo]

Love it, but uninstalled for now until the forced post follows the moderation settings for my forum (double activation)

[n95gps]

hi
thank you so much for this hack

i have a request please

i would like to change the title of the thread

it say " username intro"

i want to change intro into something else

how can i do that please

[theparentpack]

I am using this currently and love it, however, my concerns with it are the following:

~ The intro post does not count toward the members posts and I have to manually add a post count to their profile.

~ The forced intro is not moderated

~ The newly registered member is not automatically subscribed to the post therefore they do not know when someone replies, or that the post exists at all.

HELP!!!

[maleficarum]

Very nice, installed.

[masons_mum]

you can change the title of the intro post to whatever you like. open the xml to edit it. Find 'intro' and change to whatever you want. Worked for me

[Cloverfield]

The post count thing is still an issue.

[JenniferK]

I wanted moderation as well as not making old members use this when updating profile, so here is my solution. Though I am still having trouble getting this this to work. Note: I approve all new members anyway, so this helps me decide if it's someone I will activate.

I created a new forum for the intros to go to that is not visible on the forum listing, but is open for posting. The idea is that I verify that the intro is not garbage or spam, then just move posts to the real intro forum (mass move if there are several).

When creating the profile field, I kept it as not required so existing members are not forced to use it. If a new member leaves it blank (I say it is required in the description), they won't get activated. In the options I set the minimum characters to 0.

So I did a test register and all looked OK, but nothing posted. Can someone help me with this? Do I need to make the permissions for the forum open to guest posting for this to go through?

[profanitytalker]

reserve

[Battle_Ring]

I get this as well

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