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03-29-2001, 10:00 PM
ok, this is the hack i use.
it makes difference on per user/mod/super mod/admin basis.
You can customize it as you like.

If the user has below than X msgs, he get an empty star.
If the user reach X msgs, he will get a special star which means he reach the max :))

You'll need six images,so.
[star.*.gif]
star.no.gif // the empty one
star.user.gif
star.mod.gif
star.supermod.gif
star.admin.gif
star.max.gif //the special one



<?php
// very basic stars hack by freddie
$sh = 12; //height of the stars
$sw = 11; //width of the stars
$starposts = 20; // Number of posts to give a new star
$maxstars = 10; // Maximum stars per line
$maxtotalstars = 20; // Maximum stars to give
$maxmsgs = $starposts*$maxtotalstars;

unset($stars);

// Everyone else
if ($post[usergroupid]==6)
//admins
$starsgif = '<img src="images/star.admin.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This star means '.$starposts.' messages">';
elseif ($post[usergroupid]==5)
//supermods
$starsgif = '<img src="images/star.supermod.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This star means '.$starposts.' messages">';
elseif ($post[usergroupid]==7)
//mods
$starsgif = '<img src="images/star.mod.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This star means '.$starposts.' messages">';
else
//normalusers
$starsgif = '<img src="images/star.user.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This star means '.$starposts.' messages">';

$starsmaxgif = '<img src="images/star.max.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This user has more than '.$maxmsgs.')">';

$numstars = intval($post[posts] / $starposts);
$starcount = 0;
for ($x=0; $numstars>0 && $x<$numstars ;$x++) {
if ($x == $maxtotalstars-1) {
$stars .= $starsmaxgif;
break;
}
$stars .= $starsgif;
$starcount++;
if ($starcount == $maxstars) {
$stars .='<br>';
$starcount = 0;
}
}

if (!$stars) {
$stars = '<img src="images/star.no.gif" border=0 width='.$sw.' height='.$sh.' alt="This user has just arrived.">';
}

?>


to use it, include the code where you want, in the postbit template.

finally, here are my stars.

hope this is useful :D

03-30-2001, 08:57 AM
ops.... i forgot to give credit to freddie for the original code.... silly me :)

i've just create a complete package to be sure the code will not mess up.

cya.

03-30-2001, 09:02 AM
hey, any chance ya can merge this with tubedogg's star hack?

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12648

03-30-2001, 04:46 PM
it's a totally different approach...
mine is a hack "as is", tubedogg's one has cp integration and other features...

03-30-2001, 05:51 PM
I want the CP intergration!
As does alot of people!

03-30-2001, 05:56 PM
i pasted the code in to the postbit template and i get nothing back...

here is my postbit template:fixed now so i am cleaning this thread up some

i just get the php stuff back when i do a view source on the html it generates??? why? do i need to put the php tags @ the top/bottom??

03-30-2001, 06:01 PM
sorry, i was my fault
i was in a hurry :)

save the code as a file, in the main forum dir,eg. stars.php,
then in the head of your showthread.php file, right under require global.php,add

include('stars.php');



and in the postbit simply insert $stars

:D
hope it helps.

03-30-2001, 06:11 PM
:D

now it makes sense... thanks... except everybody has one blank star... hmm... time to debug and figure out why...

03-30-2001, 07:03 PM
Stars (or ranks) will officially make their debut in version 2.1. I will try to create something as diverse and feature rich as possible.

03-30-2001, 07:06 PM
Originally posted by freddie
Stars (or ranks) will officially make their debut in version 2.1. I will try to create something as diverse and feature rich as possible.

:)

sounds great... in the meantime.. any idea why the if statment in the above code doesn't work for me... i am using 2.0b3

03-30-2001, 09:44 PM
it gives a blank star until they reach the minimum amount of posts to obtain a star.

03-30-2001, 10:36 PM
Originally posted by marl
it gives a blank star until they reach the minimum amount of posts to obtain a star.

i have over 500 posts myself and i get a blank... i am also an admin... several of my other users are in the hundreds and still no stars either... how many posts are needed??? i thought it was only like 20...

03-30-2001, 10:42 PM
you can customize these values:

$sh = 12; //height of the stars
$sw = 11; //width of the stars
$starposts = 20; // Number of posts to give a new star
$maxstars = 10; // Maximum stars per line
$maxtotalstars = 20; // Maximum stars to give
$maxmsgs = $starposts*$maxtotalstars;

03-30-2001, 10:47 PM
i've messed w/them some and i still only get one blank star... as if the "if - ifelse - else" statment is not working right...

03-30-2001, 10:47 PM
either that or the "for" loop maybe?

03-31-2001, 01:20 AM
the right place to fit is:


while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {
//stars hack
include('stars.php');