Invites System

[dcpaq2xx]

Guys,

Im sorry if this has already been asked or is listed somewhere.

I am wondering if this Invite System will work in a way that when a member sends someone an invite that it still requires there registration to be preaproved by an admin or moderator of the board?

Reason I ask this is because as an admin I still would like to have a say so on who my members are letting into the site and prescreen them possibly by forcing them to answer questions in the registration form or converse with me through either a private message system or through direct email.

I need some control over my members just shooting out invites to just anyone that asks them for one.

Thanks

Doug

[akanevsky]

Initial Registration Usergroup (only pertaining to registration by invites).

Use that.

[Tralala]

I just enable "Moderate New Members" in AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> User Registration options. This "allows you to validate new members before they are classified as registered members and are allowed to post." And it works fine with the Invites system!

Here how it currently works: Person gets invite, registers, validates email. Mod is notified and must approve new member... at which point a 2nd email goes out and lets the new person know he's in. Then (and only then) can s/he see forums and post.

Ideally I'd have liked for an option for Invites to be filtered through mods first; so they can allow or disapprove certain invites as needed. This was asked for above, and unfortunately Psionic Vision said he wasn't interested in implementing that. Maybe for the commercial version, P.V.?

In the absence of that, I still would like to prevent already-banned folks from getting new invites. (Perhaps with a "veto list" of email or IP addresses.) Some members try and re-invite in folks I've already been forced to exclude, and it causes an unecessary cycle of resentment.

In the meantimt though, just wanted to reiterate, vB's built-in User Moderation works well alongside Psionic Vision's Invite System.

[akanevsky]

I just enable "Moderate New Members" in AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> User Registration options. This "allows you to validate new members before they are classified as registered members and are allowed to post." And it works fine with the Invites system!

Nope, it is not supposed to work fine. It is supposed to bypass any moderation unless a specific usergroup is specified in options. If moderation is not bypassed - let me know.

[Tralala]

Nope, it is not supposed to work fine. It is supposed to bypass any moderation unless a specific usergroup is specified in options. If moderation is not bypassed - let me know.

I have no specific usergroup specified in options. ("Initial Usergroup for Invited Users" is blank.)

And yet, when an invite is issued and accepted, the new member is placed first in the "Awaiting Email Confirmation" group. And once they validate their email they move to the "Awaiting Moderation" queue. At which point a mod can approve them in. I'd always thought it was operating as expected, and I appreciated it. Why would anyone want these preferences bypassed?

[akanevsky]

They'd want it bypassed cause the member was invited and should thus be a "honor member", essp. on a board wth closed registration. But anyway, shall I keep it as is?

[Tralala]

They'd want it bypassed cause the member was invited and should thus be a "honor member", essp. on a board wth closed registration. But anyway, shall I keep it as is?

I, for one, would appreciate it being kept as is. Keep in mind not all of us have the same goals for our forums... the one I'm discussing is intentionally small. (Sounds like me and dcpaq2 are on the same page on this one.) My forum isn't about thousands of eyeballs and advertising dollars; it's more about a small, quality membership of friends and friends of friends.

I feel it should be left up to the moderator to decide if an "invite trumps all" on their forum. The inability to moderate invites before they go out is one issue, and the inability to prevent invites from going to known troublemakers is yet another. But we've already discussed those issues.

Allowing invites to completely bypass the email verification and user moderation would make this a much less useful add-on, at least for me. Choice and control is always good. I'm able to work with this hack in it's current state, but if I had to forgo user moderation in future versions, I'd probably skip the upgrade or stop using the Invite System entirely.

[cgchris99]

Does this mod work with v3.5.4

thanks

[akanevsky]

Yes.

[cgchris99]

Is it possible to reset the system so I can run multiple contests?

I want to get setup so I can run a contest every other month. I plan on using the referral system/invites for the contest. The person with the most referrals wins.

Any thoughts?

[rnmcd]

www.dancehallareaz.com/forum/invites.php

username : test

pswd : test123

theres a bunch free laying around just search for it
There's a bunch of what laying around?

[MissKalunji]

There's a bunch of what laying around?

yeah if you know a little programing....You can fix it up well nice!

[rnmcd]

yeah if you know a little programing....You can fix it up well nice!
Or if you hire a programmer, like you did ;) , to do it

[MissKalunji]

no i could do it just that it wasnt enough! thats diff :)

[MentaL]

I think im gonna install this :P

[Nutz]

Yeah, good hack :)

Thanks,
Mat

[Tyegurl]

using 3.5.4

okay i installed this hack...but i have one problem... in my profiles i don't see the Invite someone link or area....

I have it in the vboptions menu. and i did set it.

any ideas...yes i check each and every line of code i had to put in.

[coolnikin]

How do i change this message.

" You must be invited in order to be able to register on our board. Have a nice day. "

nvm got it , edited phrase invites_e_registration_only_by_invites

[shortbus1662]

when a user signs up after being referred, the blank where the referrer's name should be populated. It's not populating for me, and referrers are not getting credit.

Thanks for the help.

[akanevsky]

when a user signs up after being referred, the blank where the referrer's name should be populated. It's not populating for me, and referrers are not getting credit.

Thanks for the help.

When a person is invited using the invites system, the referrer field is not visible. It is "populated" on a system level automatically, without displaying the value in the registration form.

[shortbus1662]

so what would be wrong then with my installation?

Everything worked. I created an email account in order to send a login to test it, and it worked. I clicked the link, registered, and that was it. When I registered, the referral field was there and was blank. When the process was finished there was no referall credited. Also, in my invites list where it shows the number of invites, it says when it was sent, but the received and registered spaces are blank as well.

btw, you did not respond to my pm or RAC private bid request so I'm assuming you weren't interested?

Thanks

[TruthElixirX]

FAQs
What about importing the MSN/AIM/XXX contact list, like in MySpace?
MSN Grabber is featured in version 1.5.0 of this hack. 1.5.0, however, is not free anymore.
AIM and other grabbers are to be added later.


I'm confused. I searched this thread and he said if anyone asks about this then they will be put on ignore list. I searched and all I saw was "no msn support" quite a few times. I read #1 post and it says support for MSN Grabber is built in, but this script costs. I googled MSN Grabber and didn't get anything.

So my question is this:

Is MSN Grabber by Psionic or is it a 3rd party program? And where can I purchase it?

[MissKalunji]

I'm confused. I searched this thread and he said if anyone asks about this then they will be put on ignore list. I searched and all I saw was "no msn support" quite a few times. I read #1 post and it says support for MSN Grabber is built in, but this script costs. I googled MSN Grabber and didn't get anything.

So my question is this:

Is MSN Grabber by Psionic or is it a 3rd party program? And where can I purchase it?
send him a pm.....

He'll tell you

or you can get a coder to get it done :)

but keep looking there are a couple of free ones if you're a coder you'll be able to add it yourself or throw in couple $ and someone will do it for you thats what i did

[akanevsky]

Although there are free grabbers, none of them integrate with my invites system If you look in my signature, you will see that I have a version with msn grabber included, but that version costs a certain amount of bucks.

[TruthElixirX]

Although there are free grabbers, none of them integrate with my invites system If you look in my signature, you will see that I have a version with msn grabber included, but that version costs a certain amount of bucks.
Thanks for clearing this up. :)

[akanevsky]

No problem.

[Whiterook]

Hey Psionic Vision,

I know the mod if for 3.5, and I'm probalby reaching... but is it possible to install this mod in 3.0.7? I would upgrade to the new version but my board is hacked to the gills, and I'm afraid I would never get all the mods to work on 3.5.

Am I out of luck?
I would certainly make it worth your time to modify this for 3.0.7. If there is a chance in it, drop me a PM with your requirements.

Very Nice work m8... I wish I could install 3.5. to use this mod
Regards,
WhiteRook

[tnguy3n]

vB 3.5 hack would not work on vB 3.0.
I have this similar hack written for vB 3.0 a while back (even before this hack released). You can download it here (http://www.vbviet.org/forums/showthread.php?t=103).

[Whiterook]

tnguy3n... You're all right!
I thank you, the board thanks you....We all raise a cold one for you :D

[Whiterook]

Hey tnguy3n,
I hate to assume anything so I will ask. Is the mod in English? I only ask because the site says "vbviet.org". I see most of the board is in English, but that doesn't mean the mods are.

Just Reged in... having a look aobut the place. Nice digs bro... another good source for mods :D (providing the answer above is yes hehe)

Thanks again for the hack,
Best Regards,
WhiteRook

[Mellow]

I'm getting this email.. but, I don't know what action is being done, it's referring to the cron.php... I think.

Invalid SQL:

DELETE FROM access
WHERE forumid IN (0,) AND
userid = 176;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') AND
userid = 176' at line 2
Error Number : 1064

[akanevsky]

This query is unrelated to the hack. The problem is probably somehwere else.

[oz_moses]

good job, great hack.

[dilbert]

Hello,
This is a nice modification, thank you.
I see on your site you offer a "commercial" version.
What are the differences?
Also, I do not have IonCube on my shared server, would I be able to use the commercial version?

[MissKalunji]

Hello,
This is a nice modification, thank you.
I see on your site you offer a "commercial" version.
What are the differences?
Also, I do not have IonCube on my shared server, would I be able to use the commercial version?


ill answer that for you

Theres a zip version that you can just upload on your server and that will make it

the diff is the commercial one has msn grabber

[dilbert]

ill answer that for you

Theres a zip version that you can just upload on your server and that will make it

the diff is the commercial one has msn grabber

Thanks for the help and quick reply.

[MissKalunji]

np dear

[akanevsky]

There is also another difference: The commercial version checks to ensure that no already registered users receive any invites. E.g., if you try to invite an e-mail that's registered, it'll not go through.

[dilbert]

np dear

* dilbert blushes :D

[dilbert]

There is also another difference: The commercial version checks to ensure that no already registered users receive any invites. E.g., if you try to invite an e-mail that's registered, it'll not go through.
I'll consider the commercial version for further explanation of MissKalunji mentioned related to IonCube. I'd need beginner instructions. :rolleyes:

[akanevsky]

Well, you need to go to www.ioncube.com/loaders.php and download a loader archive that is made for your system. Then you upload it to yourserver/www/ioncube/ and run the php file within it to see whether it'll work.

[dilbert]

Hmm,
It looks like it worked, I think. :confused:
I uploaded the installer and got this info:
Testing Server

Testing whether your system supports run-time loading...


Looking for Loader 'ioncube_loader_win_4.4.dll'

Extensions Dir: C:\PHP\Extensions (/PHP/Extensions)
Relative Path: /../../inetpub/bloodbanktalk/ioncube/

Results

Run-time loading should be possible on your system but no suitable Loader was found.

Instructions

The Windows Loader for PHP 4.4 releases is required.
Loaders can be downloaded from www.ioncube.com
but, this just sends me to the place that I downloaded the original file from.
I have a bunch of dll files in the ioncude folder now, does that mean it is set up and will work?

Thanks for the help.
Well, you need to go to www.ioncube.com/loaders.php (http://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php) and download a loader archive that is made for your system. Then you upload it to yourserver/www/ioncube/ and run the php file within it to see whether it'll work.

[akanevsky]

Seems like you've uploaded the files to the wrong folder.
It says that it cannot find the loader, which means that no - it will not work. Try putting files into the php extensions folder mentioned (C:PHPExtensions).

[dilbert]

I opened it from my desktop and let it decide what folder to create it in. I gave it FTP info and it did the rest on it's own. I don't have access to C:, it's a shared server.
Does this mean it won't work?
If not, thanks for your help.

[akanevsky]

On a windows server, yo would usually have to ask your hosting provider to upload the ext. for you.

[dilbert]

OK, thanks. They charge a monthly fee for this, so at this time if IonCube is needed I will not be installing this modification. I appreciate the support you offered.

[arossphoto]

I'd like to add some text to the top of invites.php that reminds members about our strict membership requirements so they think twice before inviting someone.

I've looked at the file, but I don't see where I could insert this. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Andrew

[akanevsky]

You insert the text into the USERCP_INVITES template.

[arossphoto]

You insert the text into the USERCP_INVITES template.

Thanks very much!

[Jay...]

any updates on when there will be a 'DADDY' tick box added? instead of ticking each MSN contact box one by one?

[akanevsky]

It has already been added. Please visit www.visionscripts.com regularly so that you will not be left behind. :)

[Jay...]

woosh! thanks anthony you are a legend, is it in this download?

[Jay...]

ignore that post, it obviously isnt cos its not the MSN version! silly me

[akanevsky]

:) Ya, it's not here, but it's in the version that you know where to download from :)

[justchecking]

Nice hack. I would like to install it on my board. Problem is I have latest vb 3.5.4 and the hack says it is for 3.5.0. Do you think that could be a problem ?

Thanks.
JC.

[akanevsky]

Unless stated otherwise, a 3.5.X hack is compatible with all 3.5.X versions of vBulletin.

[007]

What are the main differences between this hack and the commercial version? Thanks!

[akanevsky]

Here:



1.5.1
[+] Added master tickerbox for msn grabber module.

1.5.0
[+] Added support for msn contact list retrieval (hot!)
[+] It is no more possible to send out invitations to already registered people.
[+] If this is your first installation of the product, the crons are now added automatically, unlike in previous versions.
[+] Removed a bug that caused invites to be added/subtracted on reputation change even with "Registration by Invites Only" turned off.
[A] In the admincp "add user" screen, the "can invite" field is now set to "on" by default.
[A] Initial number of invites is now changed to 0.
[A] A couple of amendments to the configuration field comments.

[Marcus Lau]

support 3.5.4?

[akanevsky]

Yes, certainly.

[Marcus Lau]

YOurs commercial version i dont understand, what if i dont have:

IonCube Loader
CURL w/ SSL Support

[JazzleBug]

I have this rockin' on 3.5.4. without any trouble. If it works out well, I'll be upgrading to the commercial version to show my support. So far, so good. :up:

[akanevsky]

Glad to hear that :)

[JulianWolf]

Great Hack, Thanks!

Is there a way to change the "from"-Setting in the Invitation-eMail? It is "Name @ Forum" in the moment and lots of Users think, this is spam. I would like to put the eMail-Adress from the User, who invites, in the "from" of the invitation-eMail.

Best wishes, Julian!

[Tralala]

Yeah, the spam thing is a bit odd, I've gotten numerous comments from folks who disregarded the invite as spam. I've tried to alter the invite text to make it more clear...

[JulianWolf]

That´s why I think putting the eMail of the "inviter" in is the best way. I suggest that they are friends and so he will not classifie an eMail as "SPam" which is comming from a friend.

But ... how can I change that? I didn´t find something in the phrases and templates, so I guess it is in the Hack itself.

Best wishes, Julian!

[akanevsky]

So what do you guys think would be a good title that would not be considered spam?

[Tralala]

Good question.

I do think setting the "From:" field to be the sender's email address (instead of "Name @ Forum") would help.

Perhaps the "subject" field could be user customizable? (And if left blank, then it would use the default title.)

[TomJames]

Awesome, im gonna be testing this and hopefully implementing. Great stuff, ill be looking around your site at your other stuff soon :D

*clicks install*

[akanevsky]

Ya, except you should also look at the new releases at my site cause they have much more features than this version.
By the way, in the last release I changed the subject and from fields a bit, in the following way:

From: SiteName
Subject: A friend has invited you to register on yaddayaddayadda...

[Tralala]

Wondering, does this work on vB 3.6?

[akanevsky]

It should, but since I am not even going to look at vB 3.6 until gold release, I can give no guarantee.

[Tralala]

Well I won't look at vB 3.6 until gold release then, either. :D

[bogie]

I'm trying to install this mod and have ran into issues adding the code to the UserCP template. When I add the code from the readme file I get this error:

vBulletin Message
The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/*****/public_html/forums/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3537) : eval()'d code on line 1

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.

Appreciate any help anyone can give me on this.

[akanevsky]

Try reverting the template and trying again.

[Kronomancer]

Thanks - this is a good plugin. I find that it works okay with 3.6 beta 4.

One feature I would really appreciate is setting permissions to allow members of a particular usergroup invite new users to a particular usergroup. For example, as administrator, I would like to be able to invite collaborators to register, after which they would automatically be upgraded to a group with private access to workgroup areas. Or for other (non-administrator) workgroup members to invite other colleagues to join the same group, etc... with vB's powerful permissions system, it opens up many options for where you could take this invite system.

[bada_bing]

What do you gain with the paid version that you dont get with this one

[Bubble #5]

I find that it works okay with 3.6 beta 4.
Thanks for the heads up :)

[Tralala]

What do you gain with the paid version that you dont get with this one


From http://www.visionscripts.com/?page=products&vsproductid=3


Support for msn contact list retrieval.

History of issued invites, with color highlights and options to purge expired or rejected invites.

Daily invite reminders and expiration notifications, can be turned off if desired.

Ability to define how often reminders can be sent.

Ability to reject received invitations.

Automatic prevention of invites from being sent out to already registered e-
mails.

Automatic prevention of invites from being sent out to the same e-mail multiple times.

It is possible to either keep registration process open or to restrict it to invited registrants only.

Ability to define users as "First Friends". Such users become mutual buddies with all new registrants, whether invited or not.

[akanevsky]

One feature I would really appreciate is setting permissions to allow members of a particular usergroup invite new users to a particular usergroup. For example, as administrator, I would like to be able to invite collaborators to register, after which they would automatically be upgraded to a group with private access to workgroup areas. Or for other (non-administrator) workgroup members to invite other colleagues to join the same group, etc... with vB's powerful permissions system, it opens up many options for where you could take this invite system.

That is available in the new, commercial version.

What do you gain with the paid version that you dont get with this one

http://www.visionscripts.com/?page=products&vsproductid=3

[TheChosenOne]

Hey Psionic...pls help me out...users at my forum are not able to send out invitations ...only i as an administrator can send out invitations..emails are simply not recieved at the email IDs mentioned when a registered user tries to send out invites.

Pls help...thanx.
TCO

Edit..-i am running it on 3.5.4

[akanevsky]

Perhaps your site is blacklisted for spam by the mail service that is not receiving spam?

[TheChosenOne]

Perhaps your site is blacklisted for spam by the mail service that is not receiving spam?
Hey PV this is simply not possible ..i have not yet opened my forum for public...just testiing my site...secondary if any such thing was possible then nobody including the administrator would have been able to send out invites ..but i am able to send out invites


Edit : so this could simply be a possible with some setting..whatsay ?

[akanevsky]

No, this is not setting - this is something with the mail server(s)...

[almukmin]

This mod sucks, it messed up everything, uninstalled it.

I'm glad I didn't buy the commercial one. Looks like this one is meant to mess up.

[Mudvayne]

This mod sucks, it messed up everything, uninstalled it.

I'm glad I didn't buy the commercial one. Looks like this one is meant to mess up.
How come :eek:.. I'm using it n its runnin fine on my board.. U shud've hire a good developer instead of buyin the commercial one ;)..

[MissKalunji]

How come :eek:.. I'm using it n its runnin fine on my board.. U shud've hire a good developer instead of buyin the commercial one ;)..

he didnt buy it... But yeah u can search around theres a bunch out there....

[akanevsky]

This mod sucks, it messed up everything, uninstalled it.

I'm glad I didn't buy the commercial one. Looks like this one is meant to mess up.

Can you please clarify, how does it "mess everything up"?
Both the free and the commercial versions of this hack are funning fine on multiple sites. So, your statement seems illogical... Esspecially, since you have come from here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1036878#post1036878).

he didnt buy it... But yeah u can search around theres a bunch out there....

None that offer the same amount of features. :)

[MissKalunji]

Can you please clarify, how does it "mess everything up"?
Both the free and the commercial versions of this hack are funning fine on multiple sites. So, your statement seems illogical... Esspecially, since you have come from here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=1036878#post1036878).



None that offer the same amount of features. :)

You would be surprise.....

[akanevsky]

You would be surprise.....

I want some links instead of just words please. Thanks.

[almukmin]

I'm sorry, my apology, it's supposed to work but vBulletin messes up, everytime I click on Save & Reload, part of the code dissapear. (editting template)
Anyway, will you add Yahoo grabber in the future?

[mrgrimes]

Can I use this for inviting people to a private forum within the board, and if so how?

[almukmin]

I think it's for inviting people that aren't already a member of the site.

BTW, I still need the grabber if Psionic can work on that maybe.

[mrgrimes]

Is there a way to set users' 'can invite' field to default to no, rather than yes?

[mrgrimes]

I think it's for inviting people that aren't already a member of the site.

BTW, I still need the grabber if Psionic can work on that maybe.

Quite, but I want to invite unregistered people to a specific forum within the site, so that they become the private members of that forum.

[karlm]

Quite, but I want to invite unregistered people to a specific forum within the site, so that they become the private members of that forum.
I'm fairly new to vb, but I had a similar need. My 'Karl style' answer was to create a new usergroup and email the select members to request to join that usergroup. The permissions for that group were to see the hidden forum, while standard members could not.
It's effectively an invitation.

[mrgrimes]

...answer was to create a new usergroup and email the select members to request to join that usergroup.

Thanks, I think that's what I'll do. It's a shame though that there's no mechanism within vBulletin for making this sort of thing easy.

[akanevsky]

I'm sorry, my apology, it's supposed to work but vBulletin messes up, everytime I click on Save & Reload, part of the code dissapear. (editting template)
Anyway, will you add Yahoo grabber in the future?

Perhaps it's something to do with your editor...

Is there a way to set users' 'can invite' field to default to no, rather than yes?


Not, not currently.

[I||usi0nz]

I have problems with this sending it to @hotmail.com users but i can send it to @yahoo.com users.

[almukmin]

I tried to order thru your site for the commercial version but it's disabled.

[akanevsky]

You're right, it is disabled until the 7th. We cannot accept orders until then because our sales department is away.

[Tralala]

It should, but since I am not even going to look at vB 3.6 until gold release, I can give no guarantee.

:)

Woo hoo! (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=1177802)

[I||usi0nz]

Well 3.6 Gold is released :) and email's that sent out to hotmail wouldn't work :/

[akanevsky]

Well 3.6 Gold is released :) and email's that sent out to hotmail wouldn't work :/


Think I don't know?

[coolnikin]

Add Pay/Donate to register with invite system. It will be very handy :)

If you have a commercial version of such a thing available do let me know.

And ya do fix Hotmail thing :s

[I||usi0nz]

Think I don't know?
If you do than, why aren't you answering the problem? It seems like you didn't know. Because this is what u posted You're right, it is disabled until the 7th. We cannot accept orders until then because our sales department is away. that seems like you didn't know, correct?

[akanevsky]

What I'm saying is that I know that 3.6 is released and there is no need to tell me about it. Also, I'm saying that the we could not accept orders until the 7th. That's it.

[I||usi0nz]

^Well than If you knew. You would know I was just exaggerating. Because this what I saw when I post about it
It should, but since I am not even going to look at vB 3.6 until gold release, I can give no guarantee.

[Dilldogs]

I am getting this Error after sending 12 invites great:

You must specify at least one person that you want to invite.

even after I specify person to invite? Anyone know whats wrong?

[Jayphen]

Has anyone tried installing this on a 3.6 forum?

[Jayphen]

I can confirm that this works fine on Vbulletin 3.6.

[akanevsky]

Yes, this works fine on vBulletin 3.6. That is now official.

[MajorFm.com]

This is great but needs to be incorporated within the registration process, so after the user registers, it redirects them to invite your friends page where there is a simple:

MSN Username
MSN Password

Aim Username
Aim Password

Yahoo Username
Yahoo Password

....and so on, with then ONE button that says invite, this would then login in, and send a pre-defined e-mail to all contacts on that users list e.g.
Hi Mark,

I'd like to see you on the Urban Music Forum. It takes just 2 minutes to register...

Please visit: www.majorfm.com/forum/register.php

See you there...

Thanks,
Matin
This would then work very well, the fact that the user has to check/un-check, write the message themselves etc puts them off, big sites like Hi5 etc did exactly what is written in my spec above.

[akanevsky]

The commercial version supports msn contact grabbing, more grabbers are going to be added in future.

[Jayphen]

Is it possible to also allow the option of simply generating a code, so the user can copy and paste it to the person they're inviting rather than emailing it to them?

[akanevsky]

Please post that as a feature request at visionscripts (given that you have version 1.5.0 and up).

[Jayphen]

Eh, I coded it in myself.

[Kwak]

Could not read all 42 pages but

1. Is there a port for vBulletin 3.6.0?
2. If this is now a commercial version, do vB owners need to buy a separate license from VisionScripts for $35? I see the download link though.

[Azhrialilu]

It's confirmed as working for 3.6 about two pages back :)

[akanevsky]

Is there a port for vBulletin 3.6.0?
Yes. The latest version (commercial) is available with 3.6.0. The free version should work with 3.6.0 without a port.

If this is now a commercial version, do vB owners need to buy a separate license from VisionScripts for $35? I see the download link though.

The version available here is a fully functional free version, but versions 1.5.0 and above are commercial and have more features.

[Kwak]

Hi, is it possible to rename invites to invite.php?
If so, can it be done easily? TIA.

Clicked install.

[Kwak]

For some reason, visitors/guest group can not view the Invites.php page.

I checked the Usergroup but no option there. Could not find anything in the Invites option too.

[akanevsky]

Hi, is it possible to rename invites to invite.php?

What's the point?

For some reason, visitors/guest group can not view the Invites.php page.

That's because they are not supposed to. The page is intended to invite other people, but guests cannot do that by definition.

[Kwak]

I guess a No for both then. Thanks anyways for the reply.

[akanevsky]

No, it's not a "no". It can be renamed easily. But I don't understand why you want to do it...

[Kwak]

Hi again, wanted to rename it to refer.php (text as Refer) but if it takes a bit of work, invites.php is fine with me.

One thing though, will it be difficult to enable guests to use invites.php? Thanks in advance.

[akanevsky]

It wouldn't be difficult, but it would defeat the purpose of the system. Why would you want people who are not even members of your site invite someone else?...

[Kwak]

How can you make it so that the invites.php link would only appear when registered members login?

Like the Mod link appears only for mods. TIA

[akanevsky]

How can you make it so that the invites.php link would only appear when registered members login?

It's a current behavior..

[I||usi0nz]

About sending mails to hotmail, does it work now?
Because last time, it didn't work :/

[akanevsky]

That depends on the relation between your hosting server and hotmail. Nothing I can do about it.

[ExtremePhysique]

Ok...I've installed this (and yes I clicked install :) ) and it's working but I'm testing things out and I'm not understanding something.

I've got the user rep disabled...so you can only get new invites based on post count. In the "Posts Required to get One Invite"

I initially had 100 posts....which gave the user 17 invites

I then changed it to 300 posts, which then gave the same user 24 invites

I then changed it to 500 posts, which then gave the same user 33 invites.

As the required post count increases should the number of invites not go down instead of up?

:confused:

[akanevsky]

Each time you run the cron, invites get added to what already is, not subtracted. So it is working correctly. It didn't go down, you would get 2 x 17 = 34 the second time.

[ExtremePhysique]

Each time you run the cron, invites get added to what already is, not subtracted. So it is working correctly. It didn't go down, you would get 2 x 17 = 34 the second time.

I see...that's what I figured after I ran it 5700 times :alien: *shoots self in head*

Any way to reset it all to zero again I can fix my stupid mistakes? lol

[akanevsky]

UPDATE user SET invites = 0

[ExtremePhysique]

UPDATE user SET invites = 0

Much thanks :)

[voteforbird]

What features does the commercial version have that this one doesn't?

[akanevsky]

- MSN Contact Grabber
- More Customizability
- Daily invite reminders and expiration notifications, can be turned off if desired.
- Ability to define how often reminders can be sent.
- Ability to reject received invitations.
- Automatic prevention of invites from being sent out to already registered e-mails.
- Automatic prevention of invites from being sent out to the same e-mail multiple times.
- Ability to define users as "First Friends". Such users become mutual buddies with all new registrants, whether invited or not.
- When an invitee signs up, the invitee can be automatically put directly into a special usergroup, if such specified in the issuer's usergroup settings.
- Image verification to prevent multiple submissions, compatible with 3.6
- History of issued invites, with color highlights and options to purge pending, expired or rejected invites.

That's just some of the differences.

[voteforbird]

I've just installed the premium version and nothing happened. The hack is not displaying anywhere in the forums, and yes it is activated.

[voteforbird]

I then went to /forums/invites.php and was [first] told to upload my license key, which I did. No difference.

[voteforbird]

I think I figured out the problem. Usergroup permissions must be set. It would help to have a decent installation readme, so you know.

[akanevsky]

Usergroup permissions must be set.
Usergroup permissions have to be set for most hacks. It's so obvious that I didn't put it in the readme.

[Derekclarke]

where do i find the cron Manager in v3.6.1? had a good look but do not see it in Admin CP

[akanevsky]

where do i find the cron Manager in v3.6.1? had a good look but do not see it in Admin CP
Same place as 3.0.x and 3.5.x. It's called Scheduled Tasks.

[Stunner]

A month almost since the last post but I managed to find and install this and give it 2 thumbs up, A++, 3 cheers whatever good thing I could say I like this add on.

[akanevsky]

A month almost since the last post but I managed to find and install this and give it 2 thumbs up, A++, 3 cheers whatever good thing I could say I like this add on.
You should check out the newer version available on my site. :)

[taxick]

Hey :)

This Invite system look greate. I have install the system, and it sems to work.

But when i invite some my frinds, they don?t get the invite mail..

I use the last vBulletin Version 3.6.2

Plz Help me :) - Sry for my werry bad english

[akanevsky]

But when i invite some my frinds, they don?t get the invite mail..

That's a problem with the e-mail provider of that friend.

[powerbook]

I'm testing this as admin on the board 3.5.5.

After I type all info for the new invite and click "Send Invite" I can see that it goes to a pending state at the bottom. At the top it has this message "1 Invite(s) Were Sent Out Successfully To The Following People:" but the mail never gets received and the status stays on pending.

I send mails from the board so there should be no reason the mail function shouldn't work. I re-imported the hack. I double checked the template modifications and all according to the "readme".

What is confusing, I turned of "register on invite only" as I want any visitor to be able to register. In the setup (AdminCP) of the invite system it has this comment "The cron that gives out new invites will not run either" if set to no". This couldn't be the reason could it?

[akanevsky]

I'm testing this as admin on the board 3.5.5.

After I type all info for the new invite and click "Send Invite" I can see that it goes to a pending state at the bottom. At the top it has this message "1 Invite(s) Were Sent Out Successfully To The Following People:" but the mail never gets received and the status stays on pending.

I send mails from the board so there should be no reason the mail function shouldn't work. I re-imported the hack. I double checked the template modifications and all according to the "readme".

What is confusing, I turned of "register on invite only" as I want any visitor to be able to register. In the setup (AdminCP) of the invite system it has this comment "The cron that gives out new invites will not run either" if set to no". This couldn't be the reason could it?

The status will stay pending until the person acepts it.
The fact that mail is not delievered could be caused by one of the following:
- The source and destination emails are the same (e.g you send it to webmaster@yoursite.com while your site send emails from that address also.)
- The receiver mailbox puts emails from your domain into junk box
- The message gets marked as spam by an anti spam program

[taxick]

That's a problem with the e-mail provider of that friend.

I have try to invite 5 pepel, with defrind ISP.. And it still dont work! They dont get the invite mail!!

I have try to send other mail, from forum, and it works!!

I have tjek all the settings!

Will it help if i bye the visions on you site??

Its the same problemes som powerbook have.. I just use Bulletin Version 3.6.2

[powerbook]

The only thing it can be is:

- The source and estinatimails are the same (e.g you send it to webmaster@yoursite.com while your site send emails from that address also.)

I created a second e-mail account for myself and it still doesn't send although it says it did.

taxick, I think we have the same issue, we solve one we solve both :). Keep you informed..

EDIT: Something must be wrong in my reputations. I changed the setting to -1 instead of 10 and now it works

"Minimal Reputation Required to Receive Changes in Number of Invites"

[taxick]

The only thing it can be is:

- The source and estinatimails are the same (e.g you send it to webmaster@yoursite.com while your site send emails from that address also.)

I created a second e-mail account for myself and it still doesn't send although it says it did.

taxick, I think we have the same issue, we solve one we solve both :). Keep you informed..

EDIT: Something must be wrong in my reputations. I changed the setting to -1 instead of 10 and now it works

"Minimal Reputation Required to Receive Changes in Number of Invites"

I have try to set reputations -1, but it stil not work.. But now i have Bye the pro version :) I Will Keep you informed..

EDIT: I HAVE NOW GET THE PRO VERSION, BUT I CANT STILL GET IT TO WORK :(

[Kwak]

Hi,

Does anyone know what code to add unto the Invites code so that guest/visitors who are not logged in can not see the Invites link?

Thanks in advance.

[Tralala]

Hi,

Does anyone know what code to add unto the Invites code so that guest/visitors who are not logged in can not see the Invites link?

Thanks in advance.

AFAIK, only logged-in members who have actual Invites in their UserCP will see the Invites link.

[akanevsky]

AFAIK, only logged-in members who have actual Invites in their UserCP will see the Invites link.
That is true.

[ldwebtech]

is it works for vb 3.6.1

[akanevsky]

Yes.

[Erwin]

Fixed! Please ignore! :)

[Erwin]

Fixed! :)

[akanevsky]

Please ignore! :)

Yes sir :) I did not even have a chance to see what the problem is :(.

[stonner]

I want to buy the commercial version, but when I run the test.php, I got the following message:

CURL is installed, but not working correctly with SSL pages. Error Message: libcurl was built with SSL disabled, https: not supported!

What can I do? Will it work?

thank you

[akanevsky]

I replied at visionscripts. Please do not cross-post the same question.

[stonner]

hi,

Is it possible that the invites system becomes a part of the registration process?
for example, the last step would be the invites-page instead of the confirmation-page. I don't have email verification enabled.

thank you

[Ugur CETIN]

is there any new version of invitation system for vb 3.6.x?

[akanevsky]

This version works on 3.6, but there is a new, commercial version that has much more features than this one.

[modtang]

I'm getting the Division by zero error....

Warning: Division by zero in /includes/cron/update_invitecounts.php on line 79

Line 79 is...

$invitescount_change += floor($postcount['cnt'] / $vbulletin->options['invites_posts_per_one_invite']);


Any suggestions? Running 3.6.3 and none of my invite settings are set to 0 (zero).

[akanevsky]

$vbulletin->options['invites_posts_per_one_invite']

That setting should be set to something more than 0. And you need to install the product XML.

[SaN-DeeP]

thanks I will preferrably get the commercial addon, do you plan to add yahoo contact grabbar as well ?
I do have few local country specific email providers to grab as well.

Regards,

[modtang]

$vbulletin->options['invites_posts_per_one_invite']

That setting should be set to something more than 0. And you need to install the product XML.
Like I said, nothing is set to 0, and the xml *is* installed. :surprised:

[akanevsky]

thanks I will preferrably get the commercial addon, do you plan to add yahoo contact grabbar as well ?
I do have few local country specific email providers to grab as well.

Regards,

I cannot say for sure.

Like I said, nothing is set to 0, and the xml *is* installed. :surprised:

Well, if you want send me your admincp details and I'll take a look.

[Veer]

Hello Psionic Vision

Many thanks for this hack, clicks *Install*

[Yellow Slider]

Dear Psionic Vision ,
I have installed it,
im running 3.6.4
and i don't have in the USERCP the link that should tell my to click if i want to send invites.
this one
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=39555&d=1134832162

help me plz, thanks.

[akanevsky]

Dear Psionic Vision ,
I have installed it,
im running 3.6.4
and i don't have in the USERCP the link that should tell my to click if i want to send invites.
this one
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=39555&d=1134832162

help me plz, thanks.

Do template modifications.

[basskiller]

3.6.2 and works fantastic.. Thanks

[bmc]

Thanks for this! Installed and clicked the Install button!

[storpappa]

3.6.4 - not getting the link to add invites in the UserCP if the option for Allowed Usergroups has Administrator in it. Set Allowed Usergroups blank and it allows access to the page

To test the User CP settings, if I enable invite override and set the value to 10 or 10000 the CP displays the correct number.

Just seems to be some issue with putting in an entry in the Allowed Usergroups value. In fact, any value, wether it is a valid group name or not, causes the option to invite to be unallowed.

[akanevsky]

3.6.4 - not getting the link to add invites in the UserCP if the option for Allowed Usergroups has Administrator in it. Set Allowed Usergroups blank and it allows access to the page

To test the User CP settings, if I enable invite override and set the value to 10 or 10000 the CP displays the correct number.

Just seems to be some issue with putting in an entry in the Allowed Usergroups value. In fact, any value, wether it is a valid group name or not, causes the option to invite to be unallowed.

This hack's free edition has not been ported to 3.6 yet.

[Corporal Clegg]

thank you very much for both this and your stats hack...

Excellent work !!

[Carmen27]

I am trying to test this out and I keep getting the emails sent back to me. (as Admin) here is what I get.

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

lxxxxxx@yahoo.com
forged from header: "Carmen @ The Official Website For HMW & G"
<xxxxx@hotmail.com>

------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------

Return-path: <xxxxx@hotmail.com>
Received: from nobody by host86.hrwebservices.net with local (Exim 4.52)
id 1H0OoX-0002KL-LM
for lxxxxxxx@yahoo.com; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:58:53 -0500
To: lxxxxxx@yahoo.com
Subject: You have been invited to register on The Official Website For HMW & G!
From: "Carmen @ The Official Website For HMW & G" <xxxxxx@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <200612292053.26ccd8993971@www.xxxxxxx.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Priority: 3
X-Mailer: vBulletin Mail via PHP
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:58:53 -0500

Hi, xxxxx!

You have been invited by Carmen to register on "The Official Website For HMW &
G".
Carmen has attached a note to the invitation:
----------------------------------------------------
hey, just testing
----------------------------------------------------
Your registration link:
http://www.xxxxxx.com/forums/register.php?invite=05048f61b77715958bc0
We hope to see you soon!

Best Regards,



Does anyone know why I get the invite emails returned to me? And what do I need to do to get this to work?

Thanks

[akanevsky]

It says that the e-mail address is not valid.

[Carmen27]

the email address is valid. I just put the xxx there cuz I didn't want to make it public.

But I tested 3 email accounts and they all come back to me.

If the emails are valid what are other possbile problems?

Thanks,
Carmen

[Carmen27]

I just sent an invite to this email address

Carmen (behindtherank@yahoo.com)


which is valid, i've it for a year.

But I get the email sent back to me with that error.

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

behindtherank@yahoo.com
forged from header: "Carmen @ The Official Website For HMW & G"
<k4linar@hotmail.com>

------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------

Hi, Carmen!

You have been invited by Carmen to register on "The Official Website For HMW &
G".

Your registration link:
http://www.hispanicmilitarywives.com/forums/register.php?invite=84be382667a13ee47b36
We hope to see you soon!

Best Regards,
The Official Website For HMW & G Team


Any other ideas? This must not work with 3.6.4 vbulletin.

[Carmen27]

I called my Host and they said something about the invite being scripted to only allow emails from the site email address. The From needs to be changed or something... I"m so confused ....

How has everyone else got this to work with 3.6.4? Your help is appreciated.. Caremn

[akanevsky]

I called my Host and they said something about the invite being scripted to only allow emails from the site email address. The From needs to be changed or something... I"m so confused ....

How has everyone else got this to work with 3.6.4? Your help is appreciated.. Caremn

These e-mail are not generated by the invitse script. These e-mail are generated by the receiving e-mail provider. Perhaps your domain is blocked or something on the e-mails that you are trying? You are the first one with such problem.

[Carmen27]

These e-mail are not generated by the invitse script. These e-mail are generated by the receiving e-mail provider. Perhaps your domain is blocked or something on the e-mails that you are trying? You are the first one with such problem.


It's working now! I had to use the SMTP system.. thanks, Carmen

[Carmen27]

I have way to many invites and when I change how many each members get and do the Cron run now, i get this error...

Nothing in the setting is set to zero so I'm not sure what this error means. Thanks,
Carmen

Warning: Division by zero in /includes/cron/update_invitecounts.php on line 79

Warning: Division by zero in /includes/cron/update_invitecounts.php on line 79

Warning: Division by zero in /includes/cron/update_invitecounts.php on line 79

[akanevsky]

Do not set the number of posts to 0.

[letsjoy]

thanks very much

[PoetJA-1975]

This hack's free edition has not been ported to 3.6 yet.

Any plans to port this for 3.6.4?
Thanx,

Jacquii.

[akanevsky]

Any plans to port this for 3.6.4?
Thanx,

Jacquii.

Of course. Soon.

[ragtek]

i use it without problems on 3.6.4

[Bubble #5]

I agree. Would be much appreciated if it could work for 3.6.4.

[PoetJA-1975]

Of course. Soon.

Fantastic ;)
Thanx!

Jacquii.

[Bubble #5]

Of course. Soon.
Thank you Psionic Vision, we appreciate the help :)

[SpArKs85]

i use it without problems on 3.6.4

Are you sure? I'm considering installing this to 3.6.4

[ragtek]

www.ragtek.org
i use here 3.6.5 and like you see theres no registration availablen
just with invite its available

Invites System 1.4.0 An automatic system which gives your users a limited number of invites that they can give out. When this system is enabled, regular registration without invites is restricted.

maybe its because of my modifications, i changed a lot of code

[akanevsky]

i use it without problems on 3.6.4

What about the crons? There is no way 3.5 installer for crons will work on 3.6.

[ragtek]

yes that i mean with modifications.
i deleted at beginning the crons because they didnt make that what i wanted

i just have a cron who checks if the invite is older than 3 weeks=>this will be delaited and the user gets +1

the other things i dont use

[SpArKs85]

Isn't there some kind of referral system similar to to this? This sound like a great hack, its just my vB is 3.6.4. :(

[akanevsky]

Isn't there some kind of referral system similar to to this? This sound like a great hack, its just my vB is 3.6.4. :(

Just be patient, a port will be released soon.

[FireFish]

I've had this idea for a while & wanted to share it; I'd LOVE to see someone code this:

We have 'hidden' forums reserved for members of a specific secondary user group.
However, to get them assigned to that group, I have a list of instructions I send them.
1) Register
2) Click 'Contact Us' & request for permissions promotion
3) Wait to be approved.

My Proposed Modification to solve this:
It would be neat to have a special field on the registration form called 'Invitation Code' or something like that, which, when entered, will automatically join that new user to that secondary private user group.

Alternatively, being able to send a special 'invitation link' which will automatically have that field filled in would be nice.

Obviously I'd want to be able to make multiple invitation codes which corespond to multiple user groups.

This concept is kind of like a Coupon Code in a shopping cart; you enter a predefined code & automatically receive a discount; no need for manual approval.

p.s. - the secondary user groups I am referring to here are NOT joinable. They are for BETA testing software & only selected BETA members get invited.

If anyone has any input on this idea, please reply to this thread.
I'd love to see it.

[ragtek]

yes it would be great

[akanevsky]

It would be neat to have a special field on the registration form called 'Invitation Code' or something like that, which, when entered, will automatically join that new user to that secondary private user group.

That is available in the commercial edition of this hack.

[FireFish]

That is available in the commercial edition of this hack.
How do I get a hold of it? I needed this yesterday :-)

[akanevsky]

How do I get a hold of it? I needed this yesterday :-)

Please check out the site linked to in my signature. You can get a hold of it from there. :)

[FireFish]

Please check out the site linked to in my signature. You can get a hold of it from there. :)
I tried but couldn't find the link. I found another mod that adds a user to a Secondary User group based on the value of a field displayed at registration. I'm winging it with that but would like a way to invite them via the Invites System.

[akanevsky]

I couldn't find the link.

http://visionscripts.com/?page=products&vsproductid=3

[FireFish]

http://visionscripts.com/?page=products&vsproductid=3
I didn't see anything about that feature I was asking you about there. Can this automatically take 1 user's invites & add the new members to a secondary group?

Being a commercial version, I assume this isn't free. How much is it?

[akanevsky]

Can this automatically take 1 user's invites

I am not sure I understand the question - please clarify.

add the new members to a secondary group

Not currently (never requested), but it can add users to a primary group automatically.

Being a commercial version, I assume this isn't free. How much is it?

As it states on the page, a license is $24.99, and that includes one year of support and updates.

[COBRAws]

Being a commercial version, I assume this isn't free. How much is it?

As a customer I recomend you to buy the full version :)

[FireFish]

I am not sure I understand the question - please clarify.



Not currently (never requested), but it can add users to a primary group automatically.



As it states on the page, a license is $24.99, and that includes one year of support and updates.

1 User meant me allowing someone (1 named user) to dispense invite links & have users who register with them automatically joined to a secondary user group.

[akanevsky]

1 User meant me allowing someone (1 named user) to dispense invite links & have users who register with them automatically joined to a secondary user group.

Yes, there is a special page that is used to send out invites - these invites are e-mails that contain a special link that, when used, make the new registrant a referee of the inviter and places him or her in an optional usergroup that you define if you want to via usergroup options.

[FireFish]

Got it; sounds like a nice buy; I'll give it a try.
Before buying, do you have a document you can give me outlining the differences in the free Invites you made vs. the Commercial (only if you happen to have one)?

Just curious as to what to expect.

[VaaKo]

Does it work with 3.6.x?

[akanevsky]

Got it; sounds like a nice buy; I'll give it a try.
Before buying, do you have a document you can give me outlining the differences in the free Invites you made vs. the Commercial (only if you happen to have one)?

Just curious as to what to expect.

The following features exist only in the commercial edition:

Better Invite History (invites can be purged / cancelled, holds more information). Has fancy enchancements such as status highlights, etc.
Daily invite reminders and expiration notifications, can be turned off if desired
Ability to define how often reminders can be sent.
Ability to reject received invitations.
Ability to permanently opt out of receiving future invitations, with automatic marking of invite as rejected and with an admincp database management interface.
Automatic prevention of invites from being sent out to already registered e-mails.
Automatic prevention of invites from being sent out to the same e-mail multiple times.
Ability to define users as "First Friends". Such users become mutual buddies with all new registrants, whether invited or not.
As an alternative to automatic allocation (which can be turned off), there is an "Allocate Invites" tool, which gives you an ability to give out X invites to members that match a certain criteria.
Image verification to prevent multiple submissions.
MSN Contact Grabber included.
A Lot More Configuration Options
Usergroup placement feature is much more developed
Invitation hash is stored in a cookie and is not lost between pages.
If an invited person signs up without specifying invite code, the invite for that e-mail gets marked as accepted.
More informative e-mails.

That's just some of the feature differences. If you wish, please - feel free to register at visionscripts.com and try out the online demo of the front-end.

Does it work with 3.6.x?

The version available here does not - because of the cron issues (although it will soon be updated). The commercial edition, however, works with both 3.5 and 3.6.

[FireFish]

The following features exist only in the commercial edition:

Better Invite History (invites can be purged / cancelled, holds more information). Has fancy enchancements such as status highlights, etc.
Daily invite reminders and expiration notifications, can be turned off if desired
Ability to define how often reminders can be sent.
Ability to reject received invitations.
Ability to permanently opt out of receiving future invitations, with automatic marking of invite as rejected and with an admincp database management interface.
Automatic prevention of invites from being sent out to already registered e-mails.
Automatic prevention of invites from being sent out to the same e-mail multiple times.
Ability to define users as "First Friends". Such users become mutual buddies with all new registrants, whether invited or not.
As an alternative to automatic allocation (which can be turned off), there is an "Allocate Invites" tool, which gives you an ability to give out X invites to members that match a certain criteria.
Image verification to prevent multiple submissions.
MSN Contact Grabber included.
A Lot More Configuration Options
Usergroup placement feature is much more developed
Invitation hash is stored in a cookie and is not lost between pages.
If an invited person signs up without specifying invite code, the invite for that e-mail gets marked as accepted.
More informative e-mails.

That's just some of the feature differences. If you wish, please - feel free to register at visionscripts.com and try out the online demo of the front-end.



The version available here does not - because of the cron issues (although it will soon be updated). The commercial edition, however, works with both 3.5 and 3.6.

Sounds nice; two more quick questions:

1) Is there a way to 'mass-refill' all member's invitations by a set number? Or, possibly give 20% more invites across the board based on registration volume?
I obviously wouldn't want to handpick & manually adjust for random members by hand.

2) Is it easy to 'upgrade' from your free Invites mod to the commercial one? Should I uninstall this one first? Will the db changes have issues when installing the commercial version b/c of changes the free one may have already made?

[akanevsky]

1) Is there a way to 'mass-refill' all member's invitations by a set number? Or, possibly give 20% more invites across the board based on registration volume?
I obviously wouldn't want to handpick & manually adjust for random members by hand.

Yes, there is a special allocation tool for that, and it's interface is very similar to that on the "find user" screen. E.g. you can filter users by anything you want.

2) Is it easy to 'upgrade' from your free Invites mod to the commercial one? Should I uninstall this one first? Will the db changes have issues when installing the commercial version b/c of changes the free one may have already made?

You'll need to undo and then redo template modifications, but aside from that it's just a re-upload of files and the product xml, and then a revert of any modified templates. :)

[Bubble #5]

The version available here does not - because of the cron issues (although it will soon be updated).

Looking forward to being able to use this again :)

[FireFish]

The version available here does not - because of the cron issues (although it will soon be updated). The commercial edition, however, works with both 3.5 and 3.6.
I forgot to ask & forgive me if I 'overlooked' this in your documentation:

How are your customers notified of product updates? Do I need to subscribe somewhere? Is the download process of updates simple? From the customer area?

I want to make sure I'm notified once the Allocation feature is fixed.

[akanevsky]

I forgot to ask & forgive me if I 'overlooked' this in your documentation:

How are your customers notified of product updates? Do I need to subscribe somewhere? Is the download process of updates simple? From the customer area?

I want to make sure I'm notified once the Allocation feature is fixed.

You're notified via e-mail to the handle specific in your visionscripts profile. Updates are downloaded the same way as the original file, since updates are contained within the original file.

[FireFish]

You're notified via e-mail to the handle specific in your visionscripts profile. Updates are downloaded the same way as the original file, since updates are contained within the original file.
I should have clarified; I was referring to your commercial version; I know vBulletin would send me an update.

But for the commercial version I bought on your site, do I need to subscribe for updates?

[akanevsky]

handle specific in your visionscripts profile

Please read the above part again. vBulletin.org has no connection to the handle you specific at VisionScripts.com. You don't need to subscribe, but make sure to turn on "receive e-mails from administrators" at your visionscripts profile.

[blogtorank]

Anthony, Installed yet another hack ;)

[FireFish]

Gotcha; thanks

[frosch68]

Hi there...

it is a great hack but i get this error if the invited person sent the registration:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /mx5geibq/www.xxx.info/Spieleforum/includes/class_dm_user.php(2391) : eval()'d code on line 1


the person is registered, but he sees this error-message

whrere is the problem ??

i am using vb 3.6.4

[akanevsky]

Hi there...

it is a great hack but i get this error if the invited person sent the registration:



the person is registered, but he sees this error-message

whrere is the problem ??

i am using vb 3.6.4

This hack is not fully compatible with 3.6.4. Hence the problem.

[PoetJA-1975]

Any timeframe on when OR whether this great modification will be fully compatible with 3.6.4? :D

Jacquii.

[akanevsky]

Any timeframe on when OR whether this great modification will be fully compatible with 3.6.4? :D

Jacquii.

When: No.
Whether: Yes. :)

[jasbell]

Does this work on 3.6.4 also???

[ragtek]

Does this work on 3.6.4 also???

lol:up: look the last 20 postings
they are all talking about your question

[jasbell]

but that was a week ago.....is there some grand announcement as to when something is finally compatible?? How would one know?

[akanevsky]

but that was a week ago.....is there some grand announcement as to when something is finally compatible?? How would one know?

Subscribe to this thread and you'll know when the time comes.

[vern17]

Any chance you will get around to updating this hack soon? We are up to vBulletin version 3.6.5 now. This is a nice hack, but it seems like you are taking quite a while to get a new version out there. Waste of a good hack.

[Chester_Lou]

i can't find <if condition="$show['registerbutton']"> in navbar >.>

[FireFish]

Psionic;

I'm having an issue with this mod;
I have the commercial version & my problem is that if a recipient of an invite tries to create an account too late after it has expired, I cannot send them a new invitation (it says that I sent an invite to this e-mail address already), extend the one sent or anything else.

I can't clear a list of e-mail addresses that have expired invites to send new ones; which is a big problem.

For now, I'm manually going into the database & deleting the line in Table invites with that users invite.

How can we resolve this?

[Tralala]

Any chance you will get around to updating this hack soon? We are up to vBulletin version 3.6.5 now. This is a nice hack, but it seems like you are taking quite a while to get a new version out there. Waste of a good hack.

You do realize the paid version is compatible, yes? You also realize the free version was/is offered simply as a kind gesture by Psionic?

Just making that distinction clear; the tone of your note implies some sort of... I dunno... entitlement?

[Tralala]

Psionic;

I'm having an issue with this mod;
I have the commercial version & my problem is that if a recipient of an invite tries to create an account too late after it has expired, I cannot send them a new invitation (it says that I sent an invite to this e-mail address already), extend the one sent or anything else.

I can't clear a list of e-mail addresses that have expired invites to send new ones; which is a big problem.

For now, I'm manually going into the database & deleting the line in Table invites with that users invite.

How can we resolve this?

I agree; a friendlier front-end to clear out some addresses from the database would be ideal. I sent myself a bunch of invites to my various email addresses to test the hack, and it's a pain right now as I need to either clear them out, or create new email addresses, simply to test.

(Using the commercial version, BTW.)

[akanevsky]

Psionic;

I'm having an issue with this mod;
I have the commercial version & my problem is that if a recipient of an invite tries to create an account too late after it has expired, I cannot send them a new invitation (it says that I sent an invite to this e-mail address already), extend the one sent or anything else.

I can't clear a list of e-mail addresses that have expired invites to send new ones; which is a big problem.

For now, I'm manually going into the database & deleting the line in Table invites with that users invite.

How can we resolve this?

You can delete the expired invites by installing the latest release - it has a feature that allows you to delete the entries from the front end...

Can you please post questions concerning the commercial edition at visionscripts? Thanks.

[FireFish]

Fine; please reply to my response @:
http://www.visionscripts.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5655#post5655

[jahshaka]

the commercial version says that it supports 3.6 is that correct?

[Tralala]

the commercial version says that it supports 3.6 is that correct?

Yes.

[FireFish]

the commercial version says that it supports 3.6 is that correct?

It does work nicely with 3.6.x; I'm running 3.6.5 with it.

[subzero06]

Hey Psionic Vision i just finished ordering the product...waiting for confirmation so i can download.
Thanks

[akanevsky]

I think I have already approved your order... Please check.

[eruse]

the version we can download here is it also compatible with v3.6.5 does it work with it?

[akanevsky]

Please read this thread (short answer: no).

[AzaDiyaR]

nice hack

this work fine vb 3.6.4 ;)

thank you for this:D

[PoetJA-1975]

the version we can download here is it also compatible with v3.6.5 does it work with it?

works just fine for my 3.6.5 Forum ;)

Jacquii.

[ragtek]

the only thing that doesnt work is the cron job
why it is so hard to read the whole thread?