Quote: Originally posted by Aragorn Returns he's turning 17 and i highly doubt he will see this. but why does that matter? |
Hello All,
This is a nice personal touch by Aragon and I'm sure recipients of a virtual Birthday Greeting will be pleasantly surprised.
If only they can see it...
I have a suggestion or two regarding this little issue. Could we not fine-tune or tweak the vb-scripts such that birthday people on the calendar will automatically receive a greeting from us (Buck or the moderators will do nicely) and an invitation to visit the SYM forum?
I don't have the technical smarts to write such scripts, but I believe it can be done with very minimal adjustments to the present arrangement. Gaax brought up a good point that kind, helpful souls with technical knowledge such as Sabre, Craig and Sojourner to name a few will not often visit SYM, if at all.
Having an auto birthday alert will bring traffic to SYM and will also be an initiation of sorts for new members.
If that is achievable, we can even extend it to new members who register for the first time to receive auto Welcome Messages from us and some general advice as to how to make posts, eg read stickies, FORUM RULES (important after the Wraith thingy fiasco), and perform searches on past threads.
I would welcome any comments/ advice on this.
Thank you.
EDIT: BTW, Happy Birthday Sabre!