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How can I automatically send a welcome PM (Private Message) to my new members?
Xoops 2.0.X Open /**Xoopsinstallation**/register.php

Find:
(XOOPS_GROUP_USERS, $newid)) { echo _US_REGISTERNG; include 'footer.php'; exit(); }


Xoops 2.2.X Open /**Xoopsinstallation**/modules/profile/register.php

Find:
 $newid = $newuser->getVar('uid'); if (!$member_handler->addUserToGroup(XOOPS_GROUP_USERS, $newid)) { echo _PROFILE_MA_REGISTERNG; break; }


Add After:
//Welcome PM Hack start //Yeah,already defined above^^ // $newid = $newuser->getVar('uid'); $pm_handler =& xoops_gethandler('privmessage'); $pm =& $pm_handler->create(); $pm->setVar("subject", "Add the subject here"); $pm->setVar("msg_text", "Add your message text here!!!!!!!"); //Newuser's id $pm->setVar("to_userid", $newid); // Admin's id,1 in my case $pm->setVar("from_userid", 1); if (!$pm_handler->insert($pm)) { // echo "Failed to send Welcome Private Message!!"; // No need to echo this failure-message here,I think so!!...Just optional^^ } //Welcome PM Hack end

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 Auto PM to new members hack

 carnuke   Published 11/16/2005 18:55   Home away from home   Joined 11/05/2003   Comments 1955    

Thanks Bluenova for a very usefil FAQ

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 alitan   Published 11/16/2005 21:07   Quite a regular   Joined 03/14/2004   Comments 399    

This is really useful!
I suggest this should be included in the next XOOPS also, if we can make is databasable it is very more useful as well.Please use this on Xoops.org!

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 Bender   Published 11/16/2005 21:30   Home away from home   Joined 03/10/2003   Comments 1899    

Quote:

This is really useful!I suggest this should be included in the next XOOPS also,



In that case i suggest [size=x-small]someone[/size] puts it into the feature request tracker on the sourceforge.net core development site so it doesn´t go unnoticed.

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 alitan   Published 11/17/2005 0:43   Quite a regular   Joined 03/14/2004   Comments 399    

Unfortuanately it seems that, the features requested at the feature tracker will not be read, since it is about one month that I have posted a feature there and nobody even botherd to look at it and comment on it! So what I think is that feature tracker is useless.

 
user

 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 bluenova   Published 11/17/2005 9:03      Joined 04/10/2004   Comments 1022    

I think it is checked by Mith and phppp but niether of them have been around much recently. As we all know real life has to come first every now and again I have added it, as I'm sure it will be looked at for 2.4

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 gogds   Published 11/17/2005 13:22   Just popping in   Joined 12/18/2004   Comments 11    

Hi,

Can this be done in XOOPS 2.2.3?

Thanks.

 
user

 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 bluenova   Published 11/17/2005 13:34      Joined 04/10/2004   Comments 1022    

I havn't tested it, but I think it should?

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 offside   Published 12/05/2005 22:17   Updated 12/05/2005 22:18   Just popping in   Joined 10/07/2004   Comments 71    

sorry to be a pain, but I just cannot find the code that need to be changed, I am using the latest version of xoop.


could you please point out the exact path to register.php

Thank you

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 bluenova   Published 12/09/2005 8:41      Joined 04/10/2004   Comments 1022    

register.php is in the root of your XOOPS installation. i.e.

/home/yourusername/xoops/register.php or
/home/yourusername/register.php

(if you're using linux)

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 offside   Published 12/10/2005 16:08   Just popping in   Joined 10/07/2004   Comments 71    

Thank you bluenova for your reply, but all I have in register.php is the following code

include 'mainfile.php';
$parsed_url = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
$url = "modules/profile/register.php";
header('location: '.$url);
//this file is deprecated
?>

 
user

 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 bluenova   Published 01/24/2006 10:14      Joined 04/10/2004   Comments 1022    

register.php in 2.2.X can be found in:

/**Xoopsinstallation**/modules/profile/register.php

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 supernix   Published 01/24/2006 15:22   Not too shy to talk   Joined 03/13/2003   Comments 151    

I am using 2.2.4 and I dont see the line mentioned that we are supposed to look for

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 bluenova   Published 01/24/2006 15:56      Joined 04/10/2004   Comments 1022    

I havn't tested it, but I think it can go after:

$newid = $newuser->getVar('uid');
        if (!$member_handler->addUserToGroup(XOOPS_GROUP_USERS, $newid)) {
            echo _PROFILE_MA_REGISTERNG;
            break;
        }

Can you post back if it works?

cheers
Bluenova

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 supernix   Published 01/24/2006 22:07   Not too shy to talk   Joined 03/13/2003   Comments 151    

ok so far I tested it on 2.2.3 final but not 2.2.4 but it worked fine. Now if someone wants to jump on http://www.shotokansite.com and register to test it out and let us know how it went then we will know if it is viable for 2.2.4 as well.

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 tedsmith   Published 04/17/2006 13:04   Home away from home   Joined 06/02/2004   Comments 1151    

A brilliant hack. I've added it to all 3 of my sites in one global sweep!

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 aph3x   Published 04/17/2006 13:31   Theme Designer   Joined 12/26/2004   Comments 834    

I've just installed it on XOOPS 2.2.4...tested and worked fine :)

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 bumbum   Published 04/27/2006 16:44   Just popping in   Joined 10/18/2004   Comments 99    

This is such a cool little hack. I'm using 2.0.13.2 and it works fine.
It would be nice though if it were part of the system module or some area of the administration preferences instead of a hack - it would make future upgrades much easier.

 
user

 Re: Auto PM to new members hack

 sabahan   Published 05/12/2006 1:08   Quite a regular   Joined 03/04/2006   Comments 317    

thanks for this great hack...working perfectly in 20132

 
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 Auto PM to new members hack only if activated?

 CeBepuH   Published 05/14/2006 11:55   Updated 05/14/2006 11:56   Not too shy to talk   Joined 06/10/2002   Comments 128    

Great. But how should I go about if I would like the PM to be sent only if the user clicks on the activation link, or the admin activates manually the userprofile?

 
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 Re: Auto PM to new members hack only if activated?

 ewonline   Published 10/24/2006 2:55   Not too shy to talk   Joined 11/17/2004   Comments 198    

I tried that in a separate file (i just called it testpm.php) and it would not send and it error, but for the reason for the error, it printed nothing.

How would i make it work in an another file? Not the register file.

 
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 auto welcome pm msg

 rpilney   Published 09/05/2007 20:06   Updated 09/05/2007 20:13   Just popping in   Joined 01/25/2006   Comments 76    

GREAT HACK! love it.

now if I could get the script for deleted old pm's to delete ALL of them I would be all set. :)

 
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 welcome pm hack

 noo-b   Published 07/25/2008 15:18   Just can't stay away   Joined 10/23/2007   Comments 456    

i just notice that this hack continue working in my site although i remove this hack long time ago

after some investigation i found out the hack is stored in the database and not in registerform.php/register.php and it is automatically send new pm to newly registered users..
i nver touch my database
..i don't know why the hack is stored in database

I'm using XOOPS 2.0181..i deleted it from phpmyadmin and now everything is ok..

p/s:i noticed that this feature is integrated in the 2.3 core ..great

 
user

 re: nice hack

 young   Published 10/20/2008 9:24   Just popping in   Joined 01/16/2006   Comments 99    

very nice hack, i has look this for a long time.

thanks

 

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