Module  : Birthdays
Version : 1.0.2
authors : Juergen Hansen, Sunbringer (update), Steve Healy (update)

This module shows a list of active users that have upcoming birthdays

* Admins can select:
    - number of days into the future to check for birthdays (1-365)
    - forum pages to display birthdays on
    - caching of user data
    - hiding page when no birthdays to show
* Users can:
    - input their birthdays in the Control Center
    - choose to hide or show their age (hidden by default)

Installation:
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- Unpack the archive;

- Move the directory "birthdays" to the directory "mods"
  within your Phorum installation;

- Login as administrator in Phorum's administrative interface 

- Go to the "Modules" section;

- Enable the module "Birthdays".

- Go to the settings page for "Birthdays" and select your
  preferences

- Templates can be configured to show birthdays on the profile page.
  (see below)


Template customization:
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If you want to show birthdays on the profile page, insert this code 
in the template /<your templatefolder>/profile.tpl:

            {IF PROFILE->mod_birthdays->birthday}
                <dt>{LANG->mod_birthdays->ProfileCapture}:&nbsp;</dt>
                <dd><? echo strftime($PHORUM["DATA"]["LANG"]["mod_birthdays"]["long_date"],$PHORUM["DATA"]["PROFILE"]["mod_birthdays"]["birthday"]); ?>
                {IF PROFILE->mod_birthdays->age}
                    <? echo strftime(" %Y",$PHORUM["DATA"]["PROFILE"]["birthday"]); ?>
                {/IF}
                </dd>
            {/IF}


If you want to change the date format, you can do it in the language file.
