Auto post in specific forum

[SELLECK87]

As stated in the title, I was looking for a way for a newly registered user to be sent an automatic message in a certain forum. A kind of Welcome PM but not concerning private messages.

[Hazel]

http://destek.mybb.com.tr/showthread.php?tid=809

It's an old plugin but it works. You'll have to work on it a bit

[SELLECK87]

I read that it is compatible with version 1.4 and 1.6. I currently use the latest version.

[HLFadmin]

It does not contain a version identifier so it may run without problem on 1.8. I did not install it, but looked through the simple code. It creates a 2 tables on installation and deletes them on uninstall. Did not see any red flags in the code, although it is still untried here.

When Hazel says you'll have to work on it, you might want to translate the turkish language pack for AdminCP to another language. Maybe have to deal with table key syntax. And question whether it works only upon registration and not when new member approved by admin.

If you have error logging enabled, install it and check if compatible with PHP 8. If you find warnings, post here. It can be fixed.

[SELLECK87]

OK I will install it later today so I can tell you if there is any error. Unfortunately I don't understand much about php so I will definitely need your help

[HLFadmin]

Translate the language pack for readability, or at least print it out so you can correlate the phrase to the language variable when it appears. If warnings appear, just post the content of the error log related to the activity. Install, uninstall, and new member registration.

[SELLECK87]

Translate the language pack for readability, or at least print it out so you can correlate the phrase to the language variable when it appears. If warnings appear, just post the content of the error log related to the activity. Install, uninstall, and new member registration.

So far I have found this (image attached)
Then I noticed that when a user registers, at the final moment, a blank screen comes up

[HLFadmin]

For first warning, find in three places in /inc/plugins/welcometopic.php

$form->end;

and change to

$form->end();

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The second warning is from line 169 calling for a variable $lang->welcometopic_title which does not exist in the language file.

Try by adding a line to /inc/languages/turkish/admin.

$l['welcometopic_title'] = 'WelcomeTopic Title';

or whatever it should be in the context it appears.

Not sure what language you want admin to run in, but you could translate the turkish phrases to your desired language. I have not tried multi-language capabilities, but I'm sure there's settings for it.

[SELLECK87]

As for the fatal error? Third screen

[HLFadmin]

The fatal error is triggered because the post that is made is missing a subject.
Which may be because the plugin did not initialize an entry in the table for the post subject.

Fix the first warning and try again to establish the welcome post.
The second language warning is not fatal, so if it does not exist, the place in the table wehere it appears will be simply blank.