Hi guys, I saw that there is a need for showing birthdays infos (messages in blocks), and I would also like that option. And I think that It should maybe be integrated in event.module, extracting data from personal_DOB field.

Just curious what you guys think about it? or should there be a new module?

Here are some nodes i found related to that.

Awating for new module - Birthday Module
http://drupal.org/node/25759

Some existing simple birthday module, but altering user table
http://drupal.org/node/31909

Old birthday module, also altering user table
http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/birthday/Attic/

PHP page snippets: putting dynamic content into your main page
Display a "Hello" message utilizing fields from profile.module and say "Happy Birthday" if it's a users birthday!
http://drupal.org/node/25564

Comments

bigbman’s picture

bigbman commented

I would absolutely love to see this. This is actually one of the main reasons I'm currently looking at the Event module.

bigbman’s picture

bigbman commented

I was thinking about adding a cron hook to the basicevent.module, which would scan users birthdays (from a settings determined profile date field) and create a new birthday event if it occured within the next month or 2. Anyone think this is a BAD idea?

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igrcic commented

Man, I really dont know much about drupal architecture, and really dont have time now to learn more about it. I would be nice if some of you guys who knows a little bit more would give some tips or directions how to solve this problem...tnx

killes@www.drop.org’s picture

killes@www.drop.org commented

Feel free to create a contributed modules that uses the infrastructure the event module provides.

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killes@www.drop.org commented
Status: Active » Fixed

I believe there is a birthday module now.

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.