Those birthday greetings are a nice idea. I like that there are those preset messages (karlbenson1 is my favorite). :P Is there a way to make your own greetings from the admin panel?
You can edit the Themes/<theme_name>/languages/EmailTemplates.english.php to add your own.
Search for:
$birthdayEmails = array(
'happy_birthday' => array(
'subject' => 'Happy birthday from {FORUMNAME}.',
'body' => 'Dear {REALNAME},
We here at {FORUMNAME} would like to wish you a happy birthday. May this day and the year to follow be full of joy.
{REGARDS}',
'author' => '<a href="http://www.simplemachines.org/community/?action=profile;u=2676">Thantos</a>',
),
Add after that code, your own:
'yourname' => array(
'subject' => 'Subject',
'body' => 'Dear {REALNAME},
Body here...
{REGARDS}',
'author' => 'Your name',
),
If you do change the file and upload it over the existing one, clear the file cache in Admin / Forum Maintenance afterward so the change will be applied.
How do I modify files? (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=24110.0)
Cool thanks, I wasn't sure if there was a text box in another area of the ACP I wasn't seeing.
And the clearing of the file cache in Admin / Forum Maintenance, that is an action unique to 2.0 correct.
Yes that is a new feature in 2.0. We now have file based cache.
Quote from: akabugeyes on March 18, 2008, 09:47:17 PM
You can edit the Themes/<theme_name>/languages/EmailTemplates.english.php to add your own.
Are you planning to make this work directly from admin panel? Like in drop down, - > custom' :)
I'm not aware of such plans, but admit that it would come in handy. Seeing as 2.0 is suppose to be feature frozen, this type of change may not be made, but we'll see.