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olswick: This is a great idea. I was gunna create this for a client site bback before i discovered xoops. Now with XOOPS covering alot of basic features, this kind of function is easier to add on top :)
I might think about doing something, as a programmer, maybe if we just defined a bit more beyond what already been mentioned it would be easier to code. Like: maybe the reg is modified to ask for birthdate (optional) and for people who supply the info, they get a Happy Birthday to Username. also it would need to handle multiple bdays in one day.
I beleive it would be easier to let the user supply this info automatically, so the webmaster doesnt have to ask each person and then type it into the database.
Some communities are really big. So even if youre site is small, if this was to be a module for xoops, it should scale to any size site, big or small.
scrapie: That could be done, the module would come with a bday announcement block, which you could put anywhere. such as on top of the forums page if you like.
WarDick: That is an excellent suggestion by reusing existing facilities to address this request of functionality. It would work great for smaller sites, and most sites are not super huge, so it covers like 90% of XOOPS site.
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We should add any other obvious details if we did want to actually make a module out of this instead of actually reusing existing functionalities, as WarDick suggested.
some of the module requirements I listed above, I know they are obvious, but programmers need the obvious defined to code a solution that covers it.
Finally, I have many times needed this feature. I may think about writing this module, although i need to fiure out some things, and can possible start it in a month.
meanwhile, an exact requirements list could be planned out.
Cheers,