Hi...I am new to the forums and to programming, but I was wondering how I would go about scheduling a script to check a page every 10 minutes for new members to a forum..and once a new member is found, to automatically send them a private message. And to continuously do this. Thanks and I hope this can be done.
Ryan

There a probably modules that you can install in your forum to do that. What kind of forum is it? eg phpBB, Invision PowerBoard

I am just a member of it...Can it still be done even though I am not the creator? It is a phpBB forum.
thanks for your reply

This sounds like the sort of thing a spammer might want to do.

It's technically possible, as a forum user, to write software to read a page that tells you who's new, screen-scrape it, parse it, and send HTTP code to the server to tell it to send the message to the new users. It's not simple. It's the sort of thing you might employ a contractor to create for you.

ok thats what i was wondering...where would i go to get a program made for this.....and about how much would you say it would cost to get it made...thanks so much for your help
ryan

If there are any indpendent consultants on this forum, they may send you a personal reply. Otherwise, they may know of a cheap ready-made application. If not, you could try:

http://www.rentacoder.com/

or if your budget is *really* *really* tight:

http://www.newtechusa.com/ppi/main.asp

;-)

ok great...thanks so much for your help
Ryan

You'll probably get better answers if you find & post the question in a specialist web developers' forum. This forum is a bit too general and probably doesn't have that many web experts on it.