[AndyB] Birthday thread 2.4

(Example of Birthday thread)




(Example of Options page)




(Example of User group permissions)




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.




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.