Birthdays 2.0.1: Changing the Interface

The interface that users encounter when entering their birthday can be changed to better suit your needs simply by editing lang_main.php and birthday_interface.tpl. Examples of how it might be changed follow:

• Default (Yahoo!-inspired):
  

  Date of Birth:

  [ Select a Month ] January February March April May June July August September October November December , (Optional)

  
  
• PayPal-inspired:
  

  Date of Birth:

  /     /   Month Day Year (Optional)

  
  
• vBulletin-inspired:
  

  Date of Birth:

  Month: Day: Year (Optional): January February March April May June July August September October November December   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

The actual modifications that need to be made are as follows:

• Default (Yahoo!-inspired):
  

  # no changes necessary

  
  
• PayPal-inspired:
  

  # #-----[ COPY ]------------------------------------------ # copy contrib/templates/subSilver/paypal.tpl to templates/subSilver/birthday_interface.tpl # #-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------ # language/lang_english/lang_main.php # #-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------ # $lang['Default_Month'] = '[ Select a Month ]'; $lang['Default_Day'] = 'dd'; $lang['Default_Year'] = 'yyyy'; # #-----[ REPLACE WITH ]---------------------------------- # $lang['Default_Month'] = ''; $lang['Default_Day'] = ''; $lang['Default_Year'] = '';

  
  
• vBulletin-inspired:
  

  # #-----[ COPY ]------------------------------------------ # copy contrib/templates/subSilver/vbulletin.tpl to templates/subSilver/birthday_interface.tpl # #-----[ OPEN ]------------------------------------------ # language/lang_english/lang_main.php # #-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------ # $lang['Year_Optional'] = 'Year <i>(Optional)</i>'; # #-----[ REPLACE WITH ]---------------------------------- # $lang['Year_Optional'] = 'Year (Optional)'; # #-----[ FIND ]------------------------------------------ # $lang['Default_Month'] = '[ Select a Month ]'; $lang['Default_Day'] = 'dd'; $lang['Default_Year'] = 'yyyy'; # #-----[ REPLACE WITH ]---------------------------------- # $lang['Default_Month'] = ''; $lang['Default_Day'] = ''; $lang['Default_Year'] = '';

As a final note, if you wish to change the order in which the month, date, and year inputs show up, simply open lang_main.php and change $lang['DATE_FORMAT'] as appropriate. This document uses F j, Y.