Greeting inbox message?

fubarp

I'm not sure if this is already installed in the dashboard or not. I want to set up a inbox message sent from the website to players once they have confirmed their emails as a greeting. Is this possible? I know it should be possible I'm just obviously blind to where it is located.

vrijvlinder

There is a message :

Hello !

You have successfully connected to Vanilla Forums Community. Here is your information:

Username:
Connected With:

You can access the site at http://vanillaforums.org/.

Have a great day!

Is that what you want to change ?

fubarp

No I want to make that an inbox message on the forums.

fubarp

Well not that message to the inbox but basically a custom message sent to the player inbox after registering.

vrijvlinder

I believe you can customize that message and change it to anything you want. in the folder forum/application/dashboard/locale/en-CA/definitions.php

fubarp

Are you sure? Went to it, doesn't look like that has anything to do with setting up a message to the person inbox after signing up.

vrijvlinder

Because I don't know what set up you are using all I can do is guess where your files are. This is some of what that file contains. i removed some of it coz it won't fit.

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit();
/*

$Definition['Locale'] = 'en-CA';
$Definition['_Locale'] = 'Locale';

// THESE ARE RELATED TO VALIDATION FUNCTIONS IN /garden/library/core/validation.functions.php
$Definition['ValidateRegex'] = '%s does not appear to be in the correct format.';
$Definition['ValidateRequired'] = '%s is required.';
$Definition['ValidateRequiredArray'] = 'You must select at least one %s.';
$Definition['ValidateEmail'] = '%s does not appear to be valid.';
$Definition['ValidateFormat'] = 'You are not allowed to post raw html.';
$Definition['ValidateDate'] = '%s is not a valid date.';
$Definition['ValidateInteger'] = '%s is not a valid integer.';
$Definition['ValidateBoolean'] = '%s is not a valid boolean.';
$Definition['ValidateDecimal'] = '%s is not a valid decimal.';
$Definition['ValidateTime'] = '%s is not a valid time.';
$Definition['ValidateTimestamp'] = '%s is not a valid timestamp.';
$Definition['ValidateUsername'] = 'Usernames must be 3-20 characters and consist of letters, numbers, and underscores.';
$Definition['ValidateLength'] = '%1$s is %2$s characters too long.';
$Definition['ValidateEnum'] = '%s is not valid.';
$Definition['ValidateOneOrMoreArrayItemRequired'] = 'You must select at least one %s.';
$Definition['ValidateConnection'] = 'The connection parameters you specified failed to open a connection to the database. The database reported the following error: <code>%s';
//$Definition['ValidateMinimumAge'] = 'You are too young to proceed.';
$Definition['ValidateMatch'] = 'The %s fields do not match.';
$Definition['ValidateVersion'] = 'The %s field is not a valid version number. See the php version_compare() function for examples of valid version numbers.';
$Definition['ValidateBanned'] = 'That %s is not allowed.';
$Definition['ValidateUrlStringRelaxed'] = '%s can not contain slashes, quotes or tag characters.';
$Definition['ErrorPermission'] = 'Sorry, permission denied.';
$Definition['InviteErrorPermission'] = 'Sorry, permission denied.';
$Definition['ErrorBadInvitationCode'] = 'The invitation code you supplied is not valid.';
$Definition['ErrorCredentials'] = 'Sorry, no account could be found related to the email/username and password you entered.';
$Definition['ErrorPluginVersionMatch'] = 'The enabled {0} plugin (version {1}) failed to meet the version requirements ({2}).';
$Definition['ErrorPluginDisableRequired'] = 'You cannot disable the {0} plugin because the {1} plugin requires it in order to function.';
$Definition['ErrorPluginEnableRequired'] = 'This plugin requires that the {0} plugin be enabled before it can be enabled itself.';
$Definition['ErrorTermsOfService'] = 'You must agree to the terms of service.';
$Definition['ErrorRecordNotFound'] = 'The requested record could not be found.';

$Definition['PageDetailsMessageFull'] = '%1$s to %2$s of %3$s';
$Definition['PageDetailsMessage'] = '%1$s to %2$s';
$Definition['RoleID'] = 'role';
$Definition['Garden.Registration.DefaultRoles'] = 'default role';
$Definition['Garden.Title'] = 'Banner Title';
$Definition['Garden.Email.SupportName'] = 'Support name';
$Definition['Garden.Email.SupportAddress'] = 'Support email';
$Definition['UrlCode'] = 'Url code';
$Definition['OldPassword'] = 'Old password';

$Definition['RoleID'] = 'role';

$Definition['EmailHeader'] = 'Hello {User.Name}!
';
$Definition['EmailFooter'] = '
Have a great day!';

$Definition['EmailInvitation'] = 'Hello!

%1$s has invited you to join %2$s. If you want to join, you can do so by clicking this link:

  %3$s';
$Definition['EmailMembershipApproved'] = 'Hello %1$s,

You have been approved for membership. Sign in now at the following link:

  %2$s';
$Definition['EmailWelcome'] = '%2$s has created an account for you at %3$s. Your login credentials are:

  Email: %6$s
  Password: %5$s
  Url: %4$s';
$Definition['EmailPassword'] = '%2$s has reset your password at %3$s. Your login credentials are now:

  Email: %6$s
  Password: %5$s
  Url: %4$s';
$Definition['EmailConfirmEmail'] = 'You need to confirm your email address before you can continue. Please confirm your email address by clicking on the following link: {/entry/emailconfirm,exurl,domain}/{User.UserID,rawurlencode}/{EmailKey,rawurlencode}';
$Definition['EmailWelcomeRegister'] = 'You have successfully registered for an account at {Title}. Here is your information:

  Username: {User.Name}
  Email: {User.Email}

You can access the site at {/,exurl,domain}.';
$Definition['EmailWelcomeConnect'] = 'You have successfully connected to {Title}. Here is your information:

  Username: {User.Name}
  Connected With: {ProviderName}

You can access the site at {/,exurl,domain}.';
$Definition['PasswordRequest'] = 'Someone has requested to reset your password at %2$s. To reset your password, follow this link:

  %3$s

If you did not make this request, disregard this email.';
$Definition['EmailNotification'] = '%1$s

Follow the link below to check it out:
%2$s

Have a great day!';
$Definition['EmailStoryNotification'] = '%1$s

%3$s

---
Follow the link below to check it out:
%2$s

Have a great day!';
$Definition['PluginHelp'] = "Plugins allow you to add functionality to your site.
Once a plugin has been added to your %s folder, you can enable or disable it here.";
$Definition['ApplicationHelp'] = "Applications allow you to add large groups of functionality to your site.
Once an application has been added to your %s folder, you can enable or disable it here.";
$Definition['ThemeHelp'] = "Themes allow you to change the look & feel of your site.
Once a theme has been added to your %s folder, you can enable it here.";
$Definition['AddonProblems'] = "Problems?If something goes wrong with an addon and you can't use your site, you can disable them manually by editing:%s";
$Definition['Date.DefaultFormat'] = '%B %e, %Y';
$Definition['Date.DefaultDayFormat'] = '%B %e';
$Definition['Date.DefaultYearFormat'] = '%B %Y';
$Definition['Date.DefaultTimeFormat'] = '%l:%M%p';
$Definition['Date.DefaultDateTimeFormat'] = '%B %e, %Y %l:%M%p';
$Definition['Saved'] = 'Your changes have been saved.';
$Definition['%s New Plural'] = '%s new';

.

peregrine

@fubarp said:
Are you sure? Went to it, doesn't look like that has anything to do with setting up a message to the person inbox after signing up.

So you want a message sent - as if it were a conversation coming from the admin (in addition to the confirmation email).

you can't do that without a plugin and/or mod to the core - there is no interaction with inbox conversations upon approval.

However, the approval message can be changed in the activities(in case you make do with this.).

via changing definition....

$Definition['Welcome Aboard!'] = "We would like to welcome you to our forum. Hope to see you posting soon. Remember you are lucky we are doing this for free. Custom programming available for a fee ";

Linc

FWIW, this is on my short list of plugins to make.

peregrine

@Lincoln said:
FWIW, this is on my short list of plugins to make.

FWIW - glad you mentioned it and glad I haven't spent any time pursuing beyond researching the existing framework

Linc

I literally have an uncommitted plugin folder called 'Greeter' sitting in my local core repo. Not very far along, but definitely going in sometime soon.

My hangup is there's a behavior problem with Conversations. Delete Conversation removes you from all further correspondence in the chain which doesn't make any sense, and means the admin would have a stack of these greetings in their inbox constantly that they could never delete. Stupid. Needs to be corrected but it's a complex change.

peregrine

@Lincoln

not relating to your plugin but if conversations app gets revamped, it would be cool - if upon deletion of conversation by last remaining recipient - the message body gets deleted too, and the conversation table gets cleaned - instead of stacking up of records that can never be accessed by admin or users in vanilla again (except via a database tool). At least that is the way it is in vanilla 2.0.18.4.

Linc

Good insight, I didn't even realize it was doing that.

fubarp

@peregrine said:

Yeah that was what I was asking for and dang. I'll think of something maybe actually placing the code needed in the Reregistration Email. Idk..

phreak

@vrijvlinder said:
There is a message :

Hello !

You have successfully connected to Vanilla Forums Community. Here is your information:

Username:
Connected With:

You can access the site at http://vanillaforums.org/.

Have a great day!

Is that what you want to change ?

I have a problem here, where i can change the text in the locale between Hello and Have a great day. But these both expressions seem to be wrapped around the text (need it in german) and i can't find where they originate.

vrijvlinder

@phreak these?

$Definition['EmailHeader'] = 'Hello {User.Name}!';
$Definition['EmailFooter'] = 'Have a great day!';
$Definition['EmailStoryNotification'] = '%1$s%3$s---Follow the link below to check it out:%2$sHave a great day!';
$Definition['EmailWelcomeConnect'] = 'You have successfully connected to {Title}. Here is your information: Username:{User.Name}Connected With: {ProviderName}You can access the site at {/,exurl,domain}.';

phreak

Thanx vrijvlinder, EMailHeader and EmailFotter didn't exist in mym locale. Seems like i never created them.

Another issue i have is the notification text for conversations.

Hey there, Username

You have just received a new message on Babyforum.at! Visit our forums at "http://www.babyforum.at/ to check it out.

Thank you,
Babyforum.at staff.*

Can't find this one in the conversations locale nor anyway. Mmhh scratch

UnderDog

@phreak said:
Another issue i have is the notification text for conversations.

Can't find this one in the conversations locale nor anyway. Mmhh scratch

In the english locale or the Austrian locale?

phreak

Nowhere

hgtonight

@phreak I did a search on the 2.0 source code and I didn't get a hit for "hey there" or "You have just received".

Are you running 2.1? What is the exact message say?

phreak

I'm running 2.0.18.X.

Wonder where that one hides?!