AndyB - Birthday Thread

Premium AndyB - Birthday Thread 2.5

Automatically creates birthday threads for your members.
Compatible XF Versions
  1. 2.0
  2. 2.1
  3. 2.2
  4. 2.3
Description:

Automatically creates birthday threads for your members.

(Example of Birthday thread)

AndyB - Birthday Thread-1.webp



(Example of Options page)

AndyB - Birthday Thread-2.webp



(Example of User group permissions)

AndyB - Birthday Thread-3.webp



Features:
  • Automatically creates birthday threads for your members.
  • Alert is sent letting the member know about the birthday thread.
  • Follows "Show day and month of birth" privacy settings.
  • All phrases start with birthdaythread_ for your convenience.
Cron entry:

In order to change the Cron entry, you need to add $config['development']['enabled'] = true; to your config.php file.

Set the Birthday thread cron entry to run once a day at 3:00 AM.

AndyB - Birthday Thread-4.webp



Be sure to remove development mode line in your config.php file once you finished editing your cron entry.

Options setting:

Select next day

The following option needs to be selected if your cron entry runs the previous day of members birthdays.

User group permissions:

Normally all you need to do is set the Registered user group to "Yes".

Questions and Answers:

Q: Is it possible to have all birthdays put into a single thread?
A: No. The idea of a birthday thread is to spot light a single member and have a place to share nice comments directed solely to the one member.

Q: Will the Starter username set in the options ever receive a birthday thread?
A: No.

Latest updates

  1. 2.5

    Improved error handling if options not set.
  2. 2.4

    Added Custom user field to Options page.
Similar resources Most view View more
Back
Top