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SMF Development => Feature Requests => Applied or Declined Requests => Topic started by: Tim on November 21, 2004, 06:10:58 AM

Title: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Tim on November 21, 2004, 06:10:58 AM
I just received a Happy Birthday mail from a vBulletin forum I frequent.

i don't know why, but it brought a little sparkle in my eye ;)

An idea for SMF?
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Anguz on November 21, 2004, 06:21:28 AM
This has been requested a few times. Those emails are a nice touch.

Happy Birthday Tim.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Peter Duggan on November 21, 2004, 06:35:03 AM
Happy Birthday Tim! :)

PS Welcome to the 'wish yourself a happy birthday club' (Ben S, Peter Duggan 2003).
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Amacythe on November 21, 2004, 10:14:42 AM
The birthday email has been requested a few times.  I think it should be an option in the admin panel right below the 'Show birthdays on board index'.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: codenaught on November 21, 2004, 10:15:48 AM
I agree. Would be a nice little 'gift' to the users.  :P
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Tim on November 21, 2004, 12:01:23 PM
It's really amazing, because even though I know noone there would have remembered, getting the email seemed like they did..

Talk about a nice gift lol ;D
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: [Unknown] on November 21, 2004, 08:46:47 PM
If someone wants to write code for this, I can put it into 1.1.  I don't have time for it right now, though.

One thing though - I would say that it would mean one thousand times more if it was just a button someone had to press.  Maybe even the possibility for a personalized message.

Because, while a little message may make a sparkle in your eye, the knowledge that *someone* cared enough to do it... well, that will put a sparkle in your heart.  It also means it won't be sent at midnight, which will probably mean all that much more.

One related thing I have wondered about - people in other time zones... should it show as your birthday only when it is your birthday... in your time zone?  Seems horribly complicated, though.

-[Unknown]
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Webby on November 22, 2004, 02:19:49 AM
Tim, gefeliciteerd nog ;)

I asked for this a few time, in combination with a sendcard (www.sendcard.org) script that is. Although it would be nice if it was just a simple message saying happy birthday......

Would be nice if someone could write a script for this !!

see :

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=19542.new;boardseen#new
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=19922.msg160612#msg160612
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Tim on November 23, 2004, 07:38:05 PM
Button to click?

You mean like users can click a button and wish the member a happy birthday?

Or the admin needs to click a button?
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: [Unknown] on November 23, 2004, 07:40:17 PM
Quote from: Tim on November 23, 2004, 07:38:05 PM
You mean like users can click a button and wish the member a happy birthday?

Bingo.  Except, I would say it only has to be clicked once, and it would be an email from the forum still.  Just sent by some member - or even perhaps a guest.

-[Unknown]
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Anguz on November 23, 2004, 08:30:50 PM
Well, in the upcoming calendar link with the member's name, you could maybe make that send the HB email. :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Oldiesmann on November 24, 2004, 10:42:29 AM
I actually didn't think too much of that vBulletin email when it was my birthday because I post on two or three different vBulletin boards, and I got the same message from all of them (even one that I rarely post on), so it didn't seem as special to me. It's more fun when people start happy birthday threads in your honor ;)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Tim on November 24, 2004, 12:06:03 PM
Well, if you add ten diferent messages chances of getting the same one from multiple boards get slimmed down a bit :)

I like the idea to have a user send the member a message, but what about us less popular ones?
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: [Unknown] on November 24, 2004, 03:03:52 PM
If it were easy enough, the birthday emails could depend on the community - I mean, to whom they are sent.  I think this would "feel" a lot better, personally.

Of course, it would need the "midnight option" just in case all members hated each other or something.

-[Unknown]
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Anguz on November 24, 2004, 03:08:16 PM
Well, the default bd email could be editable by the admin, that'd make the emails from different SMFs unique. Also, it doesn't have to go at midnight, it can be sent once that day, but may be at noon, for example, or some other chosen time by admin.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Amacythe on November 24, 2004, 09:25:26 PM
Maybe send it upon the first post of that day? or the third or whatever...
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: [Unknown] on November 24, 2004, 11:25:52 PM
Wouldn't work for an international forum like this one, or for a forum that gets only one post a day.

-[Unknown]
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Webby on November 26, 2004, 01:56:04 AM
Well, I would like to see it work with a cronjob, but first there has to be someone who wants to write such a mod...... ;)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Webby on November 28, 2004, 02:14:08 PM
Nobody who wants to have a go at this ?

Maybe some suggestions then on how to do this ?
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Webby on December 14, 2004, 11:39:35 AM
Nobody ???
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Pause on December 15, 2004, 04:08:17 AM
Quote from: Webby on December 14, 2004, 11:39:35 AM
Nobody ???
If I was any good (and knowledgeable) at coding, I would, but unfortunately I'm not so I can't... it's definately a good idea though... Probably best for it to be a pm in my opinion (if they have notify on private message, then they'd find out about it in their email anyway).
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Webby on December 15, 2004, 04:41:17 AM
Maybe someone could give us a push in the right direction ?
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Midgard on December 17, 2004, 07:02:06 AM
Nice idea
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: Han on June 23, 2005, 10:05:46 AM
I'd like to give this topic a kickstart.  ;)

This is a really nice idea. We now send this bithday-email by hand.
It would be nice if this was a forumfunction.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: SekondeR on June 29, 2006, 05:37:45 PM
any finished work?
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: windirect on June 29, 2006, 05:42:43 PM
Good mod idea  :)
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: URPG on July 03, 2006, 08:31:26 AM
You could send a <your website's Team> E-Mail instantly and send one at 23:59 on the birthday and all Members have time to click a button to sign a greeting card by the members? Would reduce the amount of E-Mails send and have a nice personal touch too.
Title: Re: Happy Birthday mail
Post by: flegmatyk on September 25, 2006, 03:13:35 AM
It could work this way that a day before birthday everyone who log on the forum (but the person who have birthday) will get a question if he/she wants to sign a birthday card. Then, at birthday will be sent an email with all these people signed ;) That would be nice i think, but it could be problematic if your forum is big and there are more than 5 birthdays everyday...