The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

Welcome thread on registration · **Released**: 10-15-2005

This hack is based on tnguy3n's original Welcome Thread hack. But rewritten as a vbulletin product. Note that you MUST install this as a product, not a plugin. All credit for the original idea goes to tnguy3n, and this modification is posted with his kind permision.

This hack is currently to be treated as beta code. It has been tested on 2 small forums only at this stage. The hack makes no database changes, so should be reasonably safe on most sites. Installation involves loading the product XML and 1 small template change on the register template.

The product is configured via the VBulletin option pages, a new page is created specifically for this hack. The product supports 2 modes of operation :

1) At registration time, the user is prompted to make their own post. If no text is entered, then default text from the configuration page is used for the title and message body. In this mode, the user can choose not to post a welcome thread if they wish.

2) The second mode just creates a welcome thread for the user from the default title and message body with no user intervention.

Support for this mod will be on a best efforts basis. I will try to fix problems in a reasonable time frame, but due to other commitments, I can make no guarantees.

Snake · #2 10-16-2005, 06:49 PM

Installed!

Daniel · #3 10-16-2005, 06:53 PM

Installed aswell, thank ya'

thetoolman · #4 10-16-2005, 06:55 PM

installed but the php echos dont work.. they just show up as the php:

Welcome to new member: $userinfo['username'] is what i get

i have enabled html and bb and still get it.

macooper · #5 10-16-2005, 06:57 PM

Sorry guys,
I uploaded the wrong .xml file. Please try downloading again.

murrtex · #6 10-16-2005, 09:05 PM

thanks for this pruduct..i installed.every thing is ok..but poster in welcome message appear as new user..
it should be forum staff
i must choise staff id and must write to welcome thread options..

is it possible..??
thnks

macooper · #7 10-16-2005, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by murrtex

thanks for this pruduct..i installed.every thing is ok..but poster in welcome message appear as new user..
it should be forum staff
i must choise staff id and must write to welcome thread options..

is it possible..??
thnks

I can add that option. It is not possible without a code change, but the change is easy. I'll add that option and post a new version sometime tomorrow.

murrtex · #8 10-16-2005, 09:55 PM

thanks macooper u r great..

gnubittol · #9 10-16-2005, 10:14 PM

I suggest, for the future version, to activate the "Welcome thread on registration" AFTER the Email Confirmation process are done

therefore no spamming will be created by "testing forum people"

Ciao!

jugo · #10 10-16-2005, 10:30 PM

Can you package this up in a ZIP as per the Release Instructions, so we oculd download it easier. Thanks for this....

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.04615 seconds Memory Usage 2,287KB Queries Executed 23 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (1)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)modsystem_post (1)navbar (6)navbar_link (120)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (2)pagenav_pagelink (10)post_thanks_box (10)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (10)post_thanks_postbit_info (9)postbit (10)postbit_onlinestatus (10)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
Messages:

The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy!