Badge for registering

[Garth]

How do you give a badge when someone registers? No other requirements other than registering. I'd like to notify new members about the badge system the instant they register to get them involved in it from the off, and I figure a 'welcome to the forum' badge would be a good way to do that!

Maybe this functionality is there already? I've got some of the default badges turned off at the moment...

[SMFHacks]

Would be a custom badge but would be possible to build.

[pavshinAN]

 I've got some of the default badges turned off at the moment..

[RGyaznoff]

about the badge system the instant they register to get them involved in it from the off, and I figure a 'welcome to the forum' badge would be a good way to do that!

[MechSpecs]

This is something I am also looking in to.

I know that the basic badges, included with the mod, are coded to behave a certain way (ie: on 1000 posts, on 1 post etc) I am trying to hunt down that data so that I can alter some of the basic badges to behave the way I wish them to (ie: 3 different badges to be granted upon the 1st post).

[SMFHacks]

It would be in sources badge awards
The code would be lik this except you would have a different badgeAction passed

Code: [Select]

// Post Badges
$badgeAction = 'posts1';
if ($memberContext[$memberID]['posts'] >= 1 && !in_array($badgeAction,$currentBadges))
{
$badgeID = GetBadgeIDByAction($badgeAction);
$ret = AddBadgeToMember($memberID,$badgeID,false);
if ($ret == true)
{
$currentBadges[] = $badgeAction;
$newBadges[]  = $badgeAction;
}

}


[MechSpecs]

That did it! I was able to easily add 3 new triggers for their first post and viola, all done. Cheers.

[MechSpecs]

Hrmmmmm, ran in to a problem with this...

Code: [Select]

$badgeAction = 'firstpost1';
if ($memberContext[$memberID]['posts'] >= 1 && !in_array($badgeAction,$currentBadges))
{
$badgeID = GetBadgeIDByAction($badgeAction);
$ret = AddBadgeToMember($memberID,$badgeID,false);
if ($ret == true)
{
$currentBadges[] = $badgeAction;
$newBadges[]  = $badgeAction;
}

}

The problem is that even if I have other badges and over 200 posts, the very next post I make it gives me the three badges I set up. I was hoping to have it set to only give these badges on the FIRST post, not the 256th post LOL

UPDATE:

The way I got around this was to use the following code...

Code: [Select]

$badgeAction = 'firstpost1';
if ($memberContext[$memberID]['posts'] < 2 && !in_array($badgeAction,$currentBadges))
{
$badgeID = GetBadgeIDByAction($badgeAction);
$ret = AddBadgeToMember($memberID,$badgeID,false);
if ($ret == true)
{
$currentBadges[] = $badgeAction;
$newBadges[]  = $badgeAction;
}

}

This way any poster with LESS THAN 2 posts (the < symbol worked here) gets the badge but anyone with 2 OR more posts will not get it the badge.