[ABD] Post Bot Mod - New Version 1.0.2

[poppertom69]

MOD Title: Post Bot MOD
MOD Description: Post Bot is an all around forum robot that posts messages when certains conditions are met which are defined in the acp panel. For more information on the current extensions read below and look in the features list to see what that extension does.

Welcome post on user join, posts a new message when a user joins the forum welcoming them - by Poppertom69
Birthday post on users birthday, posts a new message on a users birthday - by Poppertom69
Anonymous poster post a message anonymously without people knowing who did it - by Poppertom69
Auto reply, replys to a post automatically if in the correct forum - by sTraTo
MOD Version: 1.0.2
phpBB Version: 3.0.4

Author: Poppertom69

Features:

• Selectable extensions - (don't have to install them all).
• Supports BBCode.
• Dynamic Variables for welcoming post! - so the title can be welcome {USERNAME} and that will display 'welcome poppertom69'.
• Installs using UMIL.
• Can be installed using Auto Mod. (not upgraded though this is a bug in automod)
• Welcome User Features
  • Selectable poster
  • Changable message
  • Custom variables
  • Select which forum you want to post in
  • Able to preview message
  • Automatically posts when a user first visits the forum
• Birthday Features
  • Selectable poster
  • Changable message
  • Custom variables
  • Select which forum you want to post in
  • Able to preview message
  • Automatically posts when its a users birthday
• Auto Reply Features
  • Selectable poster
  • Can select multiple forum to post in
  • Select if the post is time delayed or straight after someone posts
  • Custom variables
  • Able to preview message
  • Automatically replies to the topic when someone posts a new message
  • Automatically replies to the topic if in time delayed forum and if the message reply count = 0 and is x minutes old
  • Can select how often the forums are check and how old the topic as to be
• Anonymous poster Features
  • Selectable poster
  • Select with forum is anonymous
  • Automatically posts the message as a different user when in the correct forum

MOD Format:
MODX

Support:
PHPBB Topic
STG Topic

Planned Features:

• RSS poster - coming 1.0.3

Future Features 1.2.x Line:

• Set bot to post on a certain day e.g. whens its christmas say happy xmas!
• Multiple messages for welcome post and birthday so no always same message
• Option to post as normal, anounement, sticky or global
• Multiple RSS feed poster
• Option to have anonymous poster for whole forum, only replys or only new topic
• Mutilple anonymous forums
• Option for user to edit there post if anonymous

Note:
Does anyone have any features they want added before I feature freeze this version in prep for the MODDB to fix bugs! RSS feed poster will be coming in 1.0.3 and thats the last version before feature freeze so post now or you will be waiting until the 1.2.X line of the mod and I come up with more feature ideas.

Download
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None Issues with 1.0.2
None known at the moment

[accdeac20100525]

The mod works great in my board. Thank you.

[poppertom69]

No problem at all if you have any trouble please post here and i will help. If anyone has any feedback please post it here as i would like to know. Thank you

[.:: Chico ::.]

Did not understand too much

is it work like "modbot" from here?

[poppertom69]

Yes it works like the mod bot here, you just select which user to be the post bot.

[poppertom69]

To explain it more, When a new user registers on your board it will automatically post a new topic welcoming them, you can define the message in the acp.

[.:: Chico ::.]

ok. But the function of modrobot is to create new topics with some subjetc,etc.

Can it work like this? i point to the robot to create a new topic in X forum with Y message.
The idea is to create a "newsbot".

[poppertom69]

you can use it like that if you wish just don't let your users see the file and you can write the message!

[Rotsblok]

possibility to stick the post bot to one forum just like with registration now it can post everywhere which is not my intention :p

and when the action is post in topic the make also that you have first to choose the forum and then the topic as the topic list is now long very long

[poppertom69]

All those features will be added to the next release.

Just to be clear here are the features you wish!

• Only reply to a forum specified by the admin,
• When you click reply it asks for the forum and then you can select the topic.

Have i got that right?

[poppertom69]

first post updated to include the feature!

[RedTrinity]

Hi Poppertom!

Awesome MOD, especially due to the auto-welcome feature I know this will get good use on our forum!!

I have a question - how do you change the ID for the account used for the post bot? The account for ID 4 on our forum is deactivated so its denying me whenever I try to turn this MOD on

Also a feature request - can the post bot be set with a different name for welcome posts? So in other words, one name used for autowelcomes and the other for anonymous posts on the forum?

Reason being is that we have a sort of anonymous poster program on our forum where members have the option to login to a spare account and make personal/sensitive posts for non-judgemental opinions. It would be good to use this MOD as an alternative to the spare account (and sounds very possible going by your description of it) however it would be preferable that new members are not welcomed to the forum by "anonymous" or "secret parent" (the name of our spare account) and by something more warming if you know what I mean!

So the ability to set a different username for the bot for the welcome mode (just to us in that specific welcome forum) as well as a general username for the bot to use elsewhere on the board would be great

Otherwise I can't wait to see how this MOD develops!!

[.:: Chico ::.]

Thanks for your attention, poppertom69.

i'm gonna test it in localhost to understand a little more of your mod.

thank you!

[poppertom69]

I have a question - how do you change the ID for the account used for the post bot? The account for ID 4 on our forum is deactivated so its denying me whenever I try to turn this MOD on

Can you explain this more so i can understand what you are saying!

Also a feature request - can the post bot be set with a different name for welcome posts? So in other words, one name used for autowelcomes and the other for anonymous posts on the forum?

So you want to be able to select two different user id's. One for the welcome post bot and one for the "anonymous" post bot? if i have got that correct can you post back and i'll include it in the next release for you!

[RedTrinity]

Can you explain this more so i can understand what you are saying!

Yes, here is a screenshot with the line highlighted in red which I think I need to change? The account ID.

http://www.theparentingsanctuary.net/screenshot7.jpg

As at the moment its giving me the following error message when I try to submit any changes to Post Bot settings...

Information

The requested user does not exist.

(Though user "RedTrinity" is me and an active account on there, so don't get that bit)

So you want to be able to select two different user id's. One for the welcome post bot and one for the "anonymous" post bot? if i have got that correct can you post back and i'll include it in the next release for you!

Yep that sounds right! Would be a great option to have so that the Bot can have multiple uses