Michael.J Posted October 17, 2019 Author Posted October 17, 2019 4 hours ago, The Old Man said: Thanks Mike, yes I have a 1 minute Cron working fine. Yeah if you don't mind sending me a PM, I want to take a quick look over your settings first. The Old Man 1
Michael.J Posted October 17, 2019 Author Posted October 17, 2019 New update to the Birthday Greeter application with these changes. Quote A few minor bug fixes. Integration with Basic Points application to give out points on members birthday. The Old Man 1
The Old Man Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 Season's Greetings @Mike John Just a few suggestions for Birthday Greeter, if that's okay! When the Birthday Greeter sends out an auto birthday email, if there is also a birthday topic that gets/got created, perhaps the email could also include a link to it? This way an absent member would be even more likely to visit the forum if they know there's a topic with greetings. (This occurred to me because I think we had such a member visit this week after their birthday, but they didn't choose to post in their birthday topic, and I wondered if they'd missed it for some reason.) Secondly, I wondered if it was possible for the birthday topic to include a tag with the person's name? Before birthday greeter, I used to add a tag like 'Happy Birthday membername' to birthday topics, which was handy as we could click to see previous years greetings. Last suggestion! The birthday topics only have one template, so all topics look the same and contain the same message and images/emoji. If we could add up to say 3, or maybe 5 topic templates and birthday greeter used 1 at random, it would add some more variety, they'd have a less automated, more personal feel. Thanks! P.S. I lied. Here's another one. Through the use of extra language strings, perhaps the birthday greeter could also optionally send out anniversary greetings based on a member's join date? Mercury5 1
Michael.J Posted December 30, 2019 Author Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/19/2019 at 9:23 AM, The Old Man said: When the Birthday Greeter sends out an auto birthday email, if there is also a birthday topic that gets/got created, perhaps the email could also include a link to it? This way an absent member would be even more likely to visit the forum if they know there's a topic with greetings. This shouldn't be a problem, noted this for a future update. On 12/19/2019 at 9:23 AM, The Old Man said: Secondly, I wondered if it was possible for the birthday topic to include a tag with the person's name? Before birthday greeter, I used to add a tag like 'Happy Birthday membername' to birthday topics, which was handy as we could click to see previous years greetings. Like the tag mentions? @The Old Man On 12/19/2019 at 9:23 AM, The Old Man said: Last suggestion! The birthday topics only have one template, so all topics look the same and contain the same message and images/emoji. If we could add up to say 3, or maybe 5 topic templates and birthday greeter used 1 at random, it would add some more variety, they'd have a less automated, more personal feel. If there's enough demand for this, I'll consider it. If it's just birthday topics, then adding a few additional message settings shouldn't be a problem. But adding multiple settings for personal messages, topics, emails etc... does take some time. On 12/19/2019 at 9:23 AM, The Old Man said: P.S. I lied. Here's another one. Through the use of extra language strings, perhaps the birthday greeter could also optionally send out anniversary greetings based on a member's join date? Possibly... But it might just be easier to have something dedicated to anniversaries instead. The Old Man and Mercury5 1 1
The Old Man Posted December 31, 2019 Posted December 31, 2019 On 12/30/2019 at 5:04 AM, Mike John said: This shouldn't be a problem, noted this for a future update. Great, thanks Michael! On 12/30/2019 at 5:04 AM, Mike John said: Like the tag mentions? @The Old Man Well I was actually thinking the tags which you can add to a topic. The ones that get separated with a comma if you add more than one. On 12/30/2019 at 5:04 AM, Mike John said: If there's enough demand for this, I'll consider it. If it's just birthday topics, then adding a few additional message settings shouldn't be a problem. Yes, just for the topic template that you set up in the AdminCP. Currently every Birthday topic's first post looks identical, but if as an admin we could create a few templates instead of just the current one template (with varying fonts, images or wording), the it would add a bit more variety as the app would choose one at random each time it created the topic. Thanks Mike, have a great New Year!
Michael.J Posted January 1, 2020 Author Posted January 1, 2020 7 hours ago, The Old Man said: Well I was actually thinking the tags which you can add to a topic. The ones that get separated with a comma if you add more than one. That's an interesting one. Are you using daily birthday topics or new topics per member? If you've got ftp access, I might be able to put together something you can try. Would anyone else find this useful? 7 hours ago, The Old Man said: Yes, just for the topic template that you set up in the AdminCP. Currently every Birthday topic's first post looks identical, but if as an admin we could create a few templates instead of just the current one template (with varying fonts, images or wording), the it would add a bit more variety as the app would choose one at random each time it created the topic. Any other criteria to what template is used or just purely random? It's not as versatile as a database section to manage templates but I think I could probably do this with 5 or so fixed template fields. e.g. https://www.devfuse.com/public/screenshots/image_1574836464.png
Mercury5 Posted September 20, 2020 Posted September 20, 2020 Strange but it hasn't added the members birthday today.
Guitar Gathering Posted October 14, 2020 Posted October 14, 2020 Trying to update this for the latest IPBoard update and when I try to update this application it says "Something Went Wrong" and won't let me continue. Other applications upgraded without incident. Please advise. Thanks - Steve
Michael.J Posted November 3, 2020 Author Posted November 3, 2020 On 8/25/2020 at 4:32 AM, Square Wheels said: Is this 4.5 compatible? Yep has been tested and updated for IPB 4.5. On 9/20/2020 at 11:55 PM, Mercury5 said: Strange but it hasn't added the members birthday today. Didn't display in the widget or send out any birthday alerts? Has the problem repeated or was just a once off? On 10/15/2020 at 5:59 AM, Guitar Gathering said: Trying to update this for the latest IPBoard update and when I try to update this application it says "Something Went Wrong" and won't let me continue. Is there any other detailed error with that? Are you updating this app manually or using the new IPS Marketplace update feature?
marco2306 Posted February 15, 2021 Posted February 15, 2021 Unfortunately the chatbox is not recognized, is that even possible with the chatbox +? Or which chatbox is meant? I have the chatbox + 2.3.6
Michael.J Posted March 1, 2021 Author Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/15/2021 at 7:15 PM, marco2306 said: Unfortunately the chatbox is not recognized, is that even possible with the chatbox +? Basic chatbox only, I'll be adding for the plus version in the future but haven't had a chance with ipb 4.5 updates keeping me busy. marco2306 1
kasperskyclub.ru Posted March 13, 2021 Posted March 13, 2021 This app sends greetings to users who had a birthday yesterday. My time zone is GMT +3. Unfortunately, no integration with Members Shop.
Michael.J Posted March 16, 2021 Author Posted March 16, 2021 On 3/14/2021 at 10:33 AM, kasperskyclub.ru said: This app sends greetings to users who had a birthday yesterday. My time zone is GMT +3. Unfortunately, no integration with Members Shop. Have you adjusted the time settings to suit your local timezone? It should then only run the task at those selected times. https://i.imgur.com/bVz2eJS.png You'll need to speak to that apps author regarding integration.
Michael.J Posted June 12, 2021 Author Posted June 12, 2021 New update pending approval. Quote IP.Board 4.6.x compatibility check and update. And minor bug fixes.
marco2306 Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 The {member_name} does not replace the username, how can you fix that? With best regards
Michael.J Posted July 27, 2021 Author Posted July 27, 2021 On 6/24/2021 at 2:48 AM, marco2306 said: The {member_name} does not replace the username, how can you fix that? If you disable the Topic/Post Daily setting, it will create individual birthday topics instead and the member tag will work then.
Michael.J Posted July 12, 2022 Author Posted July 12, 2022 On 7/7/2022 at 5:01 AM, Square Wheels said: Is this compatible with 4.7? Tested with no issue, updated the IPS Marketplace. Square Wheels 1
SeNioR- Posted September 7, 2022 Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) New idea: push notification when the user you are following has a birthday 🙂 Edited September 7, 2022 by SeNioR- Michael.J 1
Michael.J Posted September 19, 2022 Author Posted September 19, 2022 On 9/7/2022 at 7:50 PM, SeNioR- said: New idea: push notification when the user you are following has a birthday 🙂 Thanks for the suggestion!
iiioroh Posted October 17, 2022 Posted October 17, 2022 It works for me with errors. One user is congratulated with a message several times. No other users. Doesn't send emails at all Can you help?
Michael.J Posted October 21, 2022 Author Posted October 21, 2022 What errors are you getting? What do you have set for the Topic/Post Daily setting? Have you enabled the email alerts in that settings tab?
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