[DBTech] vBActivity & Awards v3 (vB4)

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Technologies are proud to present vBActivity & Awards Lite v2: The most advanced, most feature-rich and most professional Activity tracking system ever.


Why vBActivity?

vBActivity is Brought to you by the Designer of products such as RPG Inferno and Inferno vBShout and the programmer of RPG Integration v3. vBActivity Lite from DragonByte Tech is a modification designed to allow yourself and your members to keep track of their activity, and be rewarded for it. Give points for many different actions - Posting, Starting threads, Voting, Referrals...

Furthermore, your members get rewarded for creating content which is popular! Gain points for every post in a thread you created, points for high thread ratings, for having a good reputation and more!

You can utilise vBA to encourage members to do certain things on your forum. Lack of new threads? Increase the points given for starting a thread and watch as the thread count rises. Need an influx of new members? Give a boost to referral points and watch as people try to collect more points.

Set Achievement targets for your members to encourage them to get more posts, start more threads, or do any one of a number of things!

Is quality more important to your forum than quantity? Use our Awards system. Manually allocate medals to users for things like the most thoughtful post, the best thread or even things like the most unique signature!

vBActivity v2 has been almost completely rewritten to provide a faster and more scalable activity tracking platform. Already it's showing great potential in the feature requests our Pro users have realised they can now request and see implemented.
This is a major update that solves every performance problem, as well as many of the design problems.

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What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified by us whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps us know how many people are using our work, giving us extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

We appreciate the support!

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Priority support is handled at the Developers Website.

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Major Features

Activity Tracking & Stats: Dedicated activity tracking pages lets you see how many points members have gained for each action, and a browseable archive of aquired activity points lets you see exactly when the points were gained.

Achievements: A powerful engine for creating new achievements lets you create Achievements matching just about any criteria you can think of based on the list of actions (full list of actions can be found in the Complete Feature List below).

Awards: For the moments that deserve something special, you can create and hand out special awards separately from Achievements, acting as unique merit badges.


Professional Only Benefits

Trophies: Give members trophies for being the best at something! Most posts? Trophy! Most threads? Trophy! Only one member can hold a trophy at a time, meaning lots of competition to be *THE ONE*!

Backups: Want to share your carefully put together collection of Achievements, Medals and Trophies with other vBActivity Pro owners? Want to re-install vBActivity on a fresh forum without losing your configuration? Use the backup and import system to achieve this.

Snapshots: Do you want to give double points for a week to encourage activity? With our Snapshot system it's as easy as a click of a button. Take a snapshot of your current settings, change it to what you want for the week, then switch back to your old settings instantly!


Complete Feature List
Lite

Achievement Targets

Shows latest earned Achievement in each category and what we're lacking for the next Achievement

Shows 1 category


Integration

vBShout Shouts
Advanced @User Tagging - Tag
Advanced @User Tagging - Mention

Define Points for Actions:

Points Per Post
Points Per Post (Own Threads)
Points Per Thread
Points Per Thread Rating
Points Per Thread Rating Received
Points Per Visitor Message Given
Points Per Visitor Message Received
Points Per Poll Posted
Points Per Poll Vote
Points Per Day Registered
Points Per Confirmed Friend
Points Per Reputation Point Given
Points Per Reputation Point Received
Points Per Infraction Point Given
Points Per Infraction Point Received
Points Per Referral
Points Per Social Group Message Posted
Points Per Social Group Discussion Started
Points Per Calendar Event Created

Activity Page

Ranking

How members stack up against eachother

Achievements

Shows a list of all earned Achievements.

Activity

Shows a list of all points gains / losses

Leaderboards

Shows who's got the most points of each type

Awards

Shows gained Awards


Member Profiles

Activity Information

Shows a detailed breakdown of a member's Activity information
Shows a breakdown of a member's total points of each type

Achievements

Shows a collapsable list of all this user's earned Achievements

Awards

Shows a collapsable list of all held Awards


Postbit

Activity Stats

Shows some core details about an user's activity

Achievements

Shows the last X Achievements earned.

Awards

Shows the last x earned Awards


AdminCP:

Integration

vBShout

Points Per Shout

Advanced @User Tagging

Points Per Tag
Points Per Mention


Manage Achievements

Add
Edit
Delete
Change Display Order

Manage Awards

Add
Edit
Delete
Award

Manage Categories

Add
Edit
Delete

Criteria

Used for Achievements, Criteria are certain conditions that need to be fulfilled.
Manage Criteria

Add
Edit
Delete


Maintenance

Recalculate Points

Erases all accumulated points and re-calculates them

Recalculate Achievements

Erases all accumulated Achievements and re-calculates them





Fine-Grained ModCP Permissions

Separate usergroup permission required for each page
Separates add/edit/delete and ability to hand out awards
Complete List:

Can Manage Achievements
Can Manage Categories
Can Manage Criteria
Can Manage Awards
Can Grant Awards
Can Manage Maintenance Options
Can Manage Trophies
Can Manage Contests
Can Manage Promotions
Can Manage Backups
Can Manage System Snapshots
Can Import / Export
Can Manage Points Settings
Can Manage Global Permissions
Can Manage vBulletin Options



Points for Attachments

Ability to grant points for attachment uploads
Works when attachments are stored in the File System, not in the database
Allows re-calculation for past attachments uploaded


Points for [DBTech] DragonByte Gallery Uploads

Ability to grant points for DragonByte Gallery uploads
Works when attachments are stored in the File System, not in the database
Allows re-calculation for past images uploaded


Duplicate Achievements

Ability to copy Achievements when creating a new Achievement
Copies all settings including Criteria chosen


Points Alongside Awards

Users can be given points alongside Awards
Works with "Recalculate Points" maintenance action


PM User At X Posts

Ability to define different thresholds to PM a user
Translatable PM title / text


PM User When Receiving Awards

Sends a PM to users when they receive a new Award
Translatable PM title / text
Global toggle via vBulletin Options


PM User When Receiving Achievements

Sends a PM to users when they receive a new Achievement
Translatable PM title / text
Global toggle via vBulletin Options
Doesn't trigger on recalculate, to avoid spam


Define PM Senders

Add separate users as the sender of several vBAA PMs
Reverts to "same as recipient" if no users are specified
Complete List:

Post PM Threshold
New Achievement
New Award
(Pro) New Promotion
(Pro) New Trophy
(Pro) New Contest Winner Admin Notification
(Pro) New Contest Winner User Notification



Awards Setting: Postbit Display Order

Choose between three display orders

Awarded (Ascending)
Awarded (Descending)
AdminCP Display Order



General / Other

Points for Posts is now more compatible with 3rd party modifications that generate posts
Who's Online support
(vB4) The profile block has been updated to support profile customisation



Command-Line Maintenance Script

Deploy script anywhere on your server and run it securely
Allows running all maintenance actions otherwise found in the AdminCP
Ideal for very large forums that cannot reliably run the features via the web browser


Increased Postbit Control

Allows for various postbit items to be deployed individually
Complete List:

Activity Points
Activity Level
Daily Activity
Daily Activity Bar
(Pro) Weekly Activity
(Pro) Weekly Activity Bar
(Pro) Monthly Activity
(Pro) Monthly Activity Bar





Pro

Awards

Request / Nominate Awards with reason input

Record

Displays permanent record of who won each week/day/month etc.

Achievement Targets

Shows latest earned Achievement in each category and what we're lacking for the next Achievement

Shows all categories


Integration

vB Blog Entry
vB Blog Comment

Activity Page

Promotions

Shows all Promotions handed by the system

Trophies

Shows gained / lost trophies

Contests

Overview past contests and who won them.


Member Profiles

Ability to toggle notifications
Currently Held Trophies

Shows a collapsable list of all currently held trophies
Shows how many times these trophies have been held

Previously Held Trophies

Shows a collapsable list of all previously held trophies
Shows how many times these trophies have been held


AdminCP

Awards

Reason for granting Awards

Integration

Points per Blog Entry
Points per Blog Comment

Importer

YAAS awards

Manage Trophies

Add
Edit
Delete

Contests

Toggle public contest
Contests Won criteria for Achievements / Promotions
Ability to give points along with awards to winners
Set number of winners
2 contest types, "first to reach points target" and "total points in time period"
Exclude certain sources from counting towards contest goal
Banner support (small and big size for preview and full view)
Winner PMs
Admin notifications on winners
Link to contest discussion thread
Ability to show or hide current standing for ongoing contests

Backups

Take backups of all vBActivity information
Manage Backups

Add
Edit
Delete
Load


Snapshots

Take a snapshot of points settings
Manage Snapshots

Add
Edit
Delete
Load


Recurring schedules of various snapshot configurations

Manage Snapshot Schedules

Add
Edit
Delete


Statistics

Who's what level
Who's earned each Achievement
Who's been awarded each Award




(Pro) Per-Forum Criteria

Ability to set certain Criteria as only applying to certain forums
Works with the following Criteria types:

Posts
Posts (Own Threads)
Threads
Thread Ratings Given
Thread Ratings Received
Polls Posted
Poll Votes
Reputation Given
Reputation Received
Infractions Given
Infractions Received
[DBTech] Advanced User Tagging: Mentions Given
[DBTech] Advanced User Tagging: Mentions Received
[DBTech] Advanced User Tagging: Tags Given
[DBTech] Advanced User Tagging: Tags Received



(Pro) Recurring Contests

Can be set to recur

Never
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Yearly

Preserves your "Hour" and "Minute" configurations for the new contest


(Pro) Recalculate Winners

Contests that ended without any winners can be re-calculated
Best used after recalculating points
Reads from the Points Log to determine who wins each contest type


(Pro) "Current Standing" Display

Display more or less users than there are scheduled winners for each contest
Doesn't decrease when one or more winners are added to an in-progress contest
Works with contests currently in progress


(Pro) Front-End Contest Management

Separate usergroup permission required
Allows add/edit of contests
Prevents deletion for security purposes
Full contest management interface nearly identical to the AdminCP


(Pro) PM User When Receiving Awards

Per-User toggle via UserCP


(Pro) PM User When Receiving Achievements

Per-User toggle via UserCP


(Pro) PM User When Receiving Promotions

Sends a PM to users when they receive a new Promotion
Translatable PM title / text
Per-User toggle via UserCP


(Pro) New Contest Type: Raffle Tickets (Threshold)

Specifies a "Target" similar to the existing contest type
Users who pass the target will gain raffle tickets (pass it two times over for 2 tickets, etc)
X number of winners are drawn randomly from the list of eligible winners


(Pro) Per-User Toggle: Disable Achievements

Users can hide Achievements from their view of their own and others' posts
De-clutters the postbit without affecting other users' view
Defaults to visible


(Pro) Per-User Toggle: Disable Awards

Users can hide Awards from their view of their own and others' posts
De-clutters the postbit without affecting other users' view
Defaults to visible


(Pro) Per-User Toggle: Disable Trophies

Users can hide Trophies from their view of their own and others' usernames
De-clutters the postbit without affecting other users' view
Defaults to visible


(Pro) General / Other

AdminCP: There's now a "Check All" box in the Contests management screen under Criteria Settings and Forum Settings
Front-End: Contest information that would previously be populated by "N/A" will now simply be hidden when you switch contests


(Pro) Global Toggle: Disable "View Activity" Link

Administrators can hide the "View Activity" link in the "member action" drop-down menu when clicking a user name
Option located next to other integration options
Defaults to visible


(Pro) New Contest Type: Raffle Tickets (Thread Replies)

A thread is designated as the "ticket thread".
Each reply from a member is considered 1 ticket.
Optional restriction of how often a member can reply (in minutes)
X number of winners are drawn randomly from the list of eligible winners


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1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[ProFifaLeagues]

Would this install on 4.0??

[Bouncer222]

I love the fact that this is finally released for 4.0 but in my opinion it is lacking some major features such as the activity bar.

If you ever heared of vbexperience 3.8 ... it has some really extraordinary features... if you could implement those into this one... I will install and nominate!

Please at least implement the activity bar into the posbit_legacy like vbexperience.

Here it is https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=199556&highlight=vbexperience

Thanks

[Kolbi]

Nice hack thank you!

How much ressources does this hack need?

[DragonByte Tech]

Rammie: The mod *should* work fine on 4.0, however we believe it has issues with 4.0.1

Bouncer: thanks for your feedback. If there are any features in particular you feel vBA is missing, please let us know and we will do what we can to add them.

There are some features in the pro version which are not listed here, but we are not allowed to discuss them. You can find them at our website

Iain

[DragonByte Tech]

There's a bug in v1.0.0 that results in PHP errors on showthread.
You can fix it by manually recalculating points - AdminCP -> vBActivity -> Maintenance -> Recalculate Points.

This will be permanently fixed in the next version.

Fillip

[Trek]

I'd second some sort of progress bar. My members like being able to watch that and "level". heh

[DragonByte Tech]

Trek: We'll definetely get that added to the next version then =)

- Iain

[Trek]

Trek: We'll definetely get that added to the next version then =)

- Iain

Thank ya much, looking at the two products they both appear to be worth the full versions and I'll probably be grabbing them both. Just need to get some things working with them first. =)

[RS_Jelle]

Nice, I'm keeping an eye on this mod :)

Points for "time online" and the popular "Post Thank You Hack" would be great. And indeed, some progress bars would be nice.

[COL NIL SATIS]

Tagged...this looks the business!!

[relaxiha]

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.1:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT
userid,

FROM user AS user
WHERE userid >= 0
ORDER BY userid
LIMIT 1000;

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 'FROM user AS user
WHERE userid >= 0
ORDER BY userid
LIMIT 1000' at line 4
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Saturday, February 27th 2010 @ 09:41:37 PM
Error Date : Saturday, February 27th 2010 @ 09:41:37 PM
Script : ************************/admincp/vbactivity.php?do=recalcachievements
Referrer : ***********************/admincp/vbactivity.php?do=maintenance
IP Address : *******************
Username : ****************
Classname : **Database
MySQL Version : 5.1.40

[DragonByte Tech]

Relaxiha, this modification will not work with vBulletin 4.0.1 unfortunately.

[Snug]

maybe adding something for the arcade system?

and after you post your activity isnt updated, you have to refresh... anyone else havign that problem?

[DragonByte Tech]

Nice, I'm keeping an eye on this mod :)

Points for "time online" and the popular "Post Thank You Hack" would be great. And indeed, some progress bars would be nice.

Time online is already planned for a future version.

As in most cases, if enough of our pro customers request compatability with another mod, it's something we'll do =)

Iain

[DragonByte Tech]

Integration with at least one other modification (be it vBulletin Blog or something else) is planned, as Iain said. If nothing else, then because we want to teach people how to create their own addons for this mod.

I realise that this is nigh-on impossible without any form of documentation, but such documentation (and, as mentioned, an "official demo") is coming in due time :)


Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.1:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT
userid,

FROM user AS user
WHERE userid >= 0
ORDER BY userid
LIMIT 1000;

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 'FROM user AS user
WHERE userid >= 0
ORDER BY userid
LIMIT 1000' at line 4
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Saturday, February 27th 2010 @ 09:41:37 PM
Error Date : Saturday, February 27th 2010 @ 09:41:37 PM
Script : ************************/admincp/vbactivity.php?do=recalcachievements
Referrer : ***********************/admincp/vbactivity.php?do=maintenance
IP Address : *******************
Username : ****************
Classname : **Database
MySQL Version : 5.1.40This will happen if you have not setup any Achievements to re-calculate.
Fix incoming in the next version.

maybe adding something for the arcade system?


and after you post your activity isnt updated, you have to refresh... anyone else havign that problem?Yeah, using AJAX to post will cause it to display Captain Placeholder values, this is a known issue.
It's a low priority fix because it's only a cosmetic issue, though.

[Snug]

werd... wasnt really a big problem, just letting you guys know :D

and just got this


Warning: require_once([path]/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/hooks/online_location_process.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_online.php(2175) : eval()'d code on line 11

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/snug/public_html/forums/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/hooks/online_location_process.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/snug/public_html/forums/includes/functions_online.php(2175) : eval()'d code on line 11

[DragonByte Tech]

@Snug: Okay, that's mildly embarrassing xD
I'll have a new version with this fixed up shortly.

Fillip

[Snug]

fo sho...

members are loving this add on... :D

[betts02]

When you view the leaderboards it has the titles for most threads,posts,etc

How do i change the colour of the titles ? my board is basically black and the titles are black and members can not see what the titles say

Cheers in adavnce and great mod

[betts02]

Also can you include a full detailed instructions on how to use,add,etc for the noobs like me ?

Cheers

[DragonByte Tech]

1.0.2 Changelog

Included missing files
Progress bar towards next level in postbit
Pre-emptive error checks
Ability to "Stick" achievements



When you view the leaderboards it has the titles for most threads,posts,etc

How do i change the colour of the titles ? my board is basically black and the titles are black and members can not see what the titles say

Cheers in adavnce and great modThe "legend" CSS element in vbulletin.css (or a file closely related to that).

Also can you include a full detailed instructions on how to use,add,etc for the noobs like me ?

CheersMore detailed user guides will come, for now I'm trying to iron out the child diseases in the product and get it to a stable state.
Then, I'll start prioritising feature requests and documentation.

Beat with me until then ;)


Fillip

[SoulStealer]

really awesome work thanks , by the way v1.0.1 is working fine but when i click on who is online page , online.php is giving me error

Warning: require_once([path]/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/hooks/online_location_process.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in [path]/includes/functions_online.php(2175) : eval()'d code on line 6

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/mmopron1/public_html/forums/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/hooks/online_location_process.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/mmopron1/public_html/forums/includes/functions_online.php(2175) : eval()'d code on line 6

[SoulStealer]

nvm its working fine on new v1.0.2

[Trek]

Hey guys, thanks for the rapid turn around time on fixes/features! The activity bar is excellent!

[Bouncer222]

Hey guys, thanks for the rapid turn around time on fixes/features! The activity bar is excellent!

I don't see any activity bars in the pictures...is an activity bar included with this mod that can be shown on user's profile and in posbit_legacy?

If yes, I will install!

[alfanexus]

Looking good, hope this will integrate with the whole CMS version of VB, points for blogs articles etc.

Will be looking for the final pro version!

[betts02]

Just tried to install the latest XML file and allow to overwrite and get "Missing install script!"

Just to let you know, Do not know if anyone else has had problems with this ?

Cheers again for the great work and fast responces

Also when i go to "Check Version" of this in the product manager i get "Version check connection to host version.dragonbyte-tech.com failed. Please try again later.

The error returned was: 'php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known'
"

Cheers

[DragonByte Tech]

I don't see any activity bars in the pictures...is an activity bar included with this mod that can be shown on user's profile and in posbit_legacy?

If yes, I will install!For now, only postbit/postbit_legacy.
User Profile is coming, though :)

The only progress bar shown is how many % you've gained in the level (f.ex if you have 75% to go to level up, the progress bar will have a width of 25%).
This is because we changed the way Activity works, so that it works off a percentage of average activity (this may be changed in the future because atm, the Activity percentages are kinda wacky atm :p

Looking good, hope this will integrate with the whole CMS version of VB, points for blogs articles etc.

Will be looking for the final pro version!Indeed it will, we will create official addons for at least Blogs and CMS (if possible), and create documentation so that other users can write addons for this product without shooting in the dark ;)

Just tried to install the latest XML file and allow to overwrite and get "Missing install script!"

Just to let you know, Do not know if anyone else has had problems with this ?

Cheers again for the great work and fast responces

Also when i go to "Check Version" of this in the product manager i get "Version check connection to host version.dragonbyte-tech.com failed. Please try again later.

The error returned was: 'php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known'
"

CheersYou need to upload new and changed files before importing the new XML file :) I'll look into clarifying the error message.

Yeah, version checking is broken atm, but that will be fixed in the future. For now, vB.org's mails will do ;)

[Bouncer222]

K well I guess I will wait on the bar to show how active a person is, That is really all I need.

[DragonByte Tech]

We're not really allowed to post updates about the pro version here on vb.org, but if you register on our website, we can email you whenever new versions are released =)

Fillip

[horussjr]

LOL 800% activity. that really is a bug!!

[DragonByte Tech]

LOL 800% activity. that really is a bug!!

Actually it's supposed to show %ages above 100 - it's designed to compare you to the average user.

The problem is that when there are a lot of new users, or users only gaining points for being registered etc, you end up with a massive %age discrepancy (stuff like 50,000% =P)

The new system will instead either automatically set, or allow admins to set, point targets per day/week/month for users which will display as a bar and a %age in their postbit - but they can fill their bar and still keep raising their percentage, so their activity level can be 200% of the target etc =)

Iain

[nomoreturn]

Installed on vb 4.0.2 and keep geeting this error

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT *
FROM vb_dbtech_vbactivity_rewards
WHERE userid IN(
SELECT userid
FROM vb_post AS post
WHERE
)
ORDER BY dateline DESC;

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 ')
ORDER BY dateline DESC' at line 7
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Sunday, February 28th 2010 @ 11:33:59 AM
Error Date : Sunday, February 28th 2010 @ 11:33:59 AM
Script : http://www.mastdunya.com/showthread.php?t=698&p=2559&mode=threaded
Referrer :
IP Address : 216.***.119.**
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version

[DragonByte Tech]

Installed on vb 4.0.2 and keep geeting this error

[snip]This is a known issue, but it only occurs in Threaded mode.

For a quick fix:
open /dbtech/vbactivity/includes/hooks/showthread_query.php

Place directly beneath <?php:

if ($threadedmode)
{
$postids = "postid IN (" . $cache_postids . ")";
}


Permanent fix along with new features coming tomorrow.


Fillip

[woffie]

I will wait for Vb Experience

[DragonByte Tech]

I will wait for Vb Experience

Okay =)

Is there a particular reason why? Is vBA missing any vital features or are you just a die-hard vBE supporter?

- Iain

[Bouncer222]

vbexperience isnt going to get upgraded. the developer has given up on the project.

DragonByte Tech,

The reason some people aren't installing this because your mod is missing a major feature in my opinon. It's all about activity, yet you have no bar that shows how active a user is from 0 to 100 percent active, vbexperience, does do that.

Are you going to implement it in the Lite version?
Because honestly I have no intention of spending money on pro version.

[DragonByte Tech]

vbexperience isnt going to get upgraded. the developer has given up on the project.

DragonByte Tech,

The reason some people aren't installing this because your mod is missing a major feature in my opinon. It's all about activity, yet you have no bar that shows how active a user is from 0 to 100 percent active, vbexperience, does do that.

Are you going to implement it in the Lite version?
Because honestly I have no intention of spending money on pro version.

It's unlikely that we will put the feature in the Lite version - There has to be some reward to our customers who pay for our products and enable us to continue to create mods =)

The current version still has a level indicator showing how active a person has been, and the Lite version will also display what %age activity the person has (in relation to the target) Just not with a graphical interface - The graphical upgrades etc are one of the features rewarding our pro customers.

- Iain

[betts02]

sorry but decided to take this mod off my boards, the whole 800%,etc is a total watse of time and confuses many users on how this works, No activity bar ? Joke,sorry but will await a better version

cheers anyway

[DragonByte Tech]

sorry but decided to take this mod off my boards, the whole 800%,etc is a total watse of time and confuses many users on how this works, No activity bar ? Joke,sorry but will await a better version

cheers anyway

The activity %age system is getting a complete overhaul for the next Lite version.
Daily/Weekly/Monthly Activity bars will be in the next Pro Version.

Thanks for trying the mod =)

Iain

[tort]

sorry but decided to take this mod off my boards, the whole 800%,etc is a total watse of time and confuses many users on how this works, No activity bar ? Joke,sorry but will await a better version

cheers anyway

Wow. Way to come off rude. :erm:

[Trek]

Wow. Way to come off rude. :erm:

Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well.

I can say from personal experience that the authors of this mod are willing to do whatever they need to in order to improve their product. Comments like the one you're referring to, do zero in helping to create a better product.

Such people expect so much for nothing and then are rude when they don't get what they want. It's a serious problem in general and shows up a lot here on vb.org. It's better than such people DON'T use these mods. Otherwise they just stick around and keep acting like jerks, causing mod authors to pull their free/lite versions.

So... all in all, as long as those with such attitudes stay away, we're all better off.

Maybe vb.org needs a way for a mod author to ban someone from a particular mod. That way if they don't want to use it, the authors can make sure they don't hand around being jerks.

[archet1337]

I'm really pleased with this mod. Just what I was looking for. Thanks :)

[DragonByte Tech]

=) Thanks for the support guys.

Really glad the mod is what you were looking for Archet - It should be significantly better when the new version is released in a couple of days as well.

Have to give thanks to Trek for that as well - He's a pro customer and his feedback/suggestions have been invaluable, so if you enjoy the next version it's partially down to him haha!

- Iain

[betts02]

as i did say, SORRY......

I did not mean any offence so get off my back dude.

all i said was the current % is too wierd to even try to work out and a status bar is needed, without it, it is a joke tbh, you must agree, this really should of been put in with this mod so all can see the status

Again as i stated, i will await a better version

So ?????

This means, I shall await an update of the % and the status bar - not that hard to read between the lines dude is it ?

[DragonByte Tech]

as i did say, SORRY......

I did not mean any offence so get off my back dude.

all i said was the current % is too wierd to even try to work out and a status bar is needed, without it, it is a joke tbh, you must agree, this really should of been put in with this mod so all can see the status

Again as i stated, i will await a better version

So ?????

This means, I shall await an update of the % and the status bar - not that hard to read between the lines dude is it ?

=) Everyone has a different opinion of what is and isn't required by a mod.

We decided to try something a little different for activity - turns out it didn't work, so we're going to go in another direction.

Even though the company is young, the customers we have are great - they've been really helpful and let us know what features they would like and what changes they think should be made, so we're working with them to make those changes.

A graphical status bar probably won't be in the Lite version (We need to keep *some* features for Pro) But the current activity %age system will be undergoing a major overhaul to make it much easier to understand and use, and much more useful for measuring activity.

Thanks for your feedback, Hopefully future versions of vBA will be better suited to your needs.

Iain

[DragonByte Tech]

I've just hotfixed a number of potentially serious bugs with this version.
These are:
* Custom avatars would fail to display properly if they were served from the Database
* Threaded mode would fail to load properly
* Accepting a friends request would silently fail

There's no new version number, so all you need to do to patch is download the new zip, and upload the files to your server :)


Fillip

[archet1337]

Thanks Fillip, I was wondering what caused the custom avatars to go M.I.A when served from the DB :)

[DragonByte Tech]

Seems like Friends wasn't 100% fixed, but it is now :)
If you downloaded between my previous post and now, the fix is in dbtech/vbactivity/includes/hooks/profile_updatelist_complete.php - ccheck_feature_by_typenames -> check_feature_by_typenames


Fillip

[Supramania]

When I enable this, my users avatars don't work.

Any ideas what's causing that?

[Snug]

how about adding some sort of separator between the post count and activity points?

[DragonByte Tech]

When I enable this, my users avatars don't work.

Any ideas what's causing that?Re-download the zip, and re-upload the contents of the forum folder, and it will be fixed :)


Fillip

[SoulStealer]

when i activate the product "DragonByte Tech: vBActivity" , avatars are not showing up & when i disable the product avatars are not showing in postbit.

[Kreyg]

I installed the product and all is going well with it except I can't get achievements to work. I rebuild and all that jazz, yet no achievements show up. I've done several simple ones and nothing.

Any suggestions? My forum is http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/forum/forum.php

EDIT:

I got the achievements to work. I'm still having one problem though.

The: http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/forum/member.php?4-Kreyg?tab=vbactivity Link doesn't go to the tab when it's clicked.

REQUEST:

This is a request I have. I didn't see a way to make achievements for the "Activity Rating" I think it would be great to make an achievement called "It's over 9000!!" for users that break that 9000%

[DragonByte Tech]

I got the achievements to work. I'm still having one problem though.

The: http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/forum/member.php?4-Kreyg?tab=vbactivity Link doesn't go to the tab when it's clicked. That's to do with the kind of SEO url you use, there's two question marks there as you can see.
I'll see if I can work around that for the next version.

This is a request I have. I didn't see a way to make achievements for the "Activity Rating" I think it would be great to make an achievement called "It's over 9000!!" for users that break that 9000%Well in the next version, the activity rating will make sense ;p
I'll see if it's possible to get Activity Rating added to the types as well, no guarantees though ^.^


Fillip

[Leo Brazil]

I'm tagging this one to see how it goes.

So far I'm using vBExperience and everybody knows coder won't upgrade it.

This mod seems to be on the right path.

[Supramania]

Honestly my only gripe is one you appear to be addressing. It's the % of activity calculation. Every other mod I've seen takes the activity of the most active member and gauges everyone against him. (i.e. - you are 75% as active as the most active member.)

Right now, my leader board shows my #1 user of having an activity of 141599.96% and me personally at 51508.02% - that's not exactly useful info.

[horussjr]

man. i want to ask for some help. i want to move all the stuff from vba from below age, number of posts under the yahoo skype msn bar. please if you can do that in the plugin or just simply show me step by step how to do that. i want to be like the vbe from 3.8 vb. thank you

[tahrim]

let me cheek....

[kpierce]

Does this support points awarded for blog posts? If not, is there an add on that does?

[DragonByte Tech]

It does indeed =)

Iain

[kpierce]

It does indeed =)

IainSorry, I'm not seeing where to assign points for blog posts. Is it just in the condition "points for posts"?

[DragonByte Tech]

He was mistaken, Blogs aren't supported yet. It will be the first official addon to this product though. No word on when exactly it's being released, but it is coming :)

We're going to fix the problems with the mod (like the Activity % being wrong) and any other bugs / suggestion you guys have, and then we will move on to writing addons.


Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

man. i want to ask for some help. i want to move all the stuff from vba from below age, number of posts under the yahoo skype msn bar. please if you can do that in the plugin or just simply show me step by step how to do that. i want to be like the vbe from 3.8 vb. thank you
That would be the /dbtech/vbactivity/includes/hooks/postbit_display_complete.php file.

I'll see about making this display settings-based in the next version :)


Fillip

[nomoreturn]

This is a known issue, but it only occurs in Threaded mode.

For a quick fix:
open /dbtech/vbactivity/includes/hooks/showthread_query.php

Place directly beneath <?php:

if ($threadedmode)
{
$postids = "postid IN (" . $cache_postids . ")";
}


Permanent fix along with new features coming tomorrow.


Fillip

Thanks for reply i fixed it

[kpierce]

How do you give and take points manually?

[DragonByte Tech]

How do you give and take points manually?That's currently not possible, but will appear in a future version :)

If you register on our website, you'll be better equipped to keep up with feature updates that we're not allowed to discuss here on vBulletin.org :)


Fillip

[Supramania]

I had to disable this. Just too many queries against MySQL.

With the mod enabled my server load averages (Dedicated Server, CentOS5, quad processor) were up in the 4's and 5's - the load peaked today at: 10.59 8.98 8.50

With this mod disabled, I'm now seeing consistent numbers like this: 0.38 0.33 0.53 with the same number of users as before -- this is more like "normal" for my hardware.

I turned on the slow query log in MySQL and it was filled with queries from this app. It's good, but the performance hit was killing my site. Users complaining about page load time, etc.

I'll look at the config and I'll see what I can change to be able to turn this back on.

[DragonByte Tech]

Could you please show me the result of your slow query log? I'll try to have it fixed for the next version :)


Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

Hmm... how many members does your forum have?

A 30x increase in load doesn't sound normal at all...

Iain

[Supramania]

Could you please show me the result of your slow query log? I'll try to have it fixed for the next version :)

I'll re-enable it later and post up some results - I already flushed the log file, sorry. :(

Not used to this kind of quick response. I do appreciate it and will come back with data for you.

Hmm... how many members does your forum have?

10,000 +/-
About 1.5 million posts.

A 30x increase in load doesn't sound normal at all...

No, I was struggling with server performance all last night and this morning, tweaking MySQL cache settings, etc. I didn't think a vBulletin mod could have that dramatic of an effect. I've got plenty of hardware behind the site for its relative size.

I finally enabled the slow query log to see what was putting such load on my processors and it was this mod, which really surprised me.

[Supramania]

Ok, I just tested again. This is in a very slow time of the day with only 100 +/- connections to the site.

Prior to enabling mod:

0.47 0.43 0.38 | 112 Users Online (74 members and 38 guests)

Immediately after enabling mod:

1.18 0.63 0.45 | 118 Users Online (78 members and 40 guests)

a few minutes after enabling mod:

2.12 1.36 0.80 | 113 Users Online (72 members and 41 guests)

This trend will continue until server load goes out of control and connections start getting throttled.

After mod is disabled for a few minutes:

0.57 0.81 0.76 | 111 Users Online (70 members and 41 guests)

My slow query threshold is set to 10 seconds. The mod is pumping queries that take 10 seconds or more into the queue every 2 seconds, this causes MySQL to backlog severely until the entire site runs like molasses. Eventually the system starts rejecting connections due to high processor load because MySQL is running away with all 4 processors.

Attached find the slow query log after just a couple of minutes of running with the mod enabled.

It pumps an entry like the following into the log about every 2 seconds:

# Time: 100302 18:29:40
# User@Host: databasename[databasename] @ localhost []
# Query_time: 13.313781 Lock_time: 0.000048 Rows_sent: 4 Rows_examined: 368738
SET timestamp=1267576180;
SELECT SUM(points) AS newpoints, userid
FROM dbtech_vbactivity_pointslog
WHERE userid IN(
SELECT userid
FROM post AS post
WHERE post.postid IN (0967161,967167,967177,967178,967194,967203,967204 ,967232,967238,967243)
)
AND points > 0
GROUP BY userid;

[DragonByte Tech]

I've just re-uploaded the zip file without the offending query.
What this means for the product is, for the next 24 hours your Activity rating might spike a bit higher (:p) but your forums shouldn't bog down like that again.

If it does, please let us know and we will fix it as soon as possible. Your feedback is quite invaluable in this, none of us have access to such a huge forums as yours, so it's great that you're willing to help out :D

Just re-upload all the files, no need to do anything with the XML :)


Fillip

[Supramania]

I have uploaded the zip and it has been enabled for about 30 minutes.

Load averages are 0.80 0.76 0.60

Looks like you got it. Thanks!

Also, is it possible to add userid= as a criteria - with that one feature, your mod can completely replace the other "awards" system I have running.

[DragonByte Tech]

There's a feature for making awards and giving them to users in the Pro version (we call them Medals) :)
That system's due for an overhaul in v1.1 as well, when it'll be able to give the same award to the same user multiple times.

Glad to hear the problem has been solved, in the next version we'll take care of the Activity formula problem, which should bring this mod out of Beta.

Btw, could you leave the Slow Query Log on overnight, so that it can log the "Daily Points" Cron job?
I worry that that's a performance hit, and you're the only big-board user I know of ;)

Thanks in advance :)


Fillip

[Supramania]

I've left it on for exactly that reason - I'll post it up tomorrow.

[DragonByte Tech]

Thanks :D

The cron job runs at midnight GMT though, so it may need to be left on for another 24 hours to be fully sure.
But at least leaving it on will catch any other potential resource predators xP


Fillip

[horussjr]

another update with the same name as 1.0.2? please change the name when you update this plugin. thx

[DragonByte Tech]

It was just a hotfix that affected a small number of our current users, so I didn't find it needed to change the version number.
I'll keep it in mind in the future though :)


Fillip

[Popa Andrei]

can u make the bars to be moved in the left side in postbit?

[tidus78]

Problem :

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/libs/activity.php on line 309

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/class_profileblock.php on line 961

[DragonByte Tech]

can u make the bars to be moved in the left side in postbit?You can do that yourself, via a template edit :)

Problem :

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/libs/activity.php on line 309

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/class_profileblock.php on line 961Sounds like your datastore cache entries have been corrupted.
Try running the following query to let it auto rebuild:
UPDATE datastore SET data = '' WHERE title LIKE 'dbtech_vbactivity_%' AND title != 'dbtech_vbactivity_pointscache'


Fillip

[FlameGun]

I get this error when I try to add a condition for an achievement.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/actions/admin/modifycondition.php on line 29

this when trying to add an achievement:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in [path]/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/actions/admin/achievement.php on line 16

[DragonByte Tech]

Sounds like your datastore cache entries have been corrupted.
Try running the following query to let it auto rebuild:
UPDATE datastore SET data = '' WHERE title LIKE 'dbtech_vbactivity_%' AND title != 'dbtech_vbactivity_pointscache'

Fillip

[FlameGun]

I've ran it via the vBulletin AdminCP - 1st Time said 2 Affected rows, 2nd and on said 0. Didn't solve the problem.

[DragonByte Tech]

What's the output of:
SELECT * FROM datastore WHERE title LIKE 'dbtech_vbactivity_%' AND title != 'dbtech_vbactivity_pointscache'
?

Fillip

[FlameGun]

title data unserialize
dbtech_vbactivity_activitylevel 1
dbtech_vbactivity_category 1

[DragonByte Tech]

okay, how about
select * from dbtech_vbactivity_type

For some reason it's not rebuilding the cache properly, so you may be missing some data.

[FlameGun]

1 perpost 1
2 perpost_own 1
3 perthread 1
4 perthreadrating 1
5 perthreadratingreceived 1
6 pertag 0
7 pervmgiven 1
8 pervmreceived 1
9 perpollposted 1
10 perpollvote 1
11 perfriend 1
12 pergivenrep 1
13 pergottenrep 1
14 perinfractiongiven 1
15 perinfractionreceived 1
16 perreferral 1
17 persgmessage 1
18 persgdiscussion 1
19 percalendarevent 1
20 perdayregistered 1
21 totalpoints 1
22 activitylevel 1
23 albumpictures 0
24 attachments 0
25 attachmentviews 0
26 post 1
27 post_own 0
28 thread 1
29 threadrating 1
30 threadratingreceived 1
31 vmgiven 1
32 vmreceived 1
33 pollposted 1
34 pollvote 1
35 friend 1
36 givenrep 1
37 gottenrep 1
38 infractiongiven 1
39 infractionreceived 1
40 referral 1
41 sgmessage 1
42 sgdiscussion 1
43 calendarevent 1
44 dayregistered 1

^^ Results. Didn't solve the issue though.

[DragonByte Tech]

I know it wouldn't, I'm just trying to figure out wtf is going on here :p

You're not missing any data, so it's just that the cache isn't rebuilding.
Try this plugin, refresh the main page, and tell me if you still have the error


Fillip

[FlameGun]

No, that didn't fix anything - just gave me a database error across the board. :p

It happens on two different forums that I've tried it on - on two different servers just an FYI.

[DragonByte Tech]

What database error? Can you post the message?

Fillip

[FlameGun]

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT dbtech_vbactivity_medal.* FROM `dbtech_vbactivity_medal` AS dbtech_vbactivity_medal LEFT JOIN dbtech_vbactivity_category AS category ON (category.categoryid = dbtech_vbactivity_medal.categoryid)
ORDER BY category.displayorder, dbtech_vbactivity_medal.displayorder ASC;

MySQL Error : Table 'username_mysql.dbtech_vbactivity_medal' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Thursday, March 4th 2010 @ 08:03:23 PM
Error Date : Thursday, March 4th 2010 @ 08:03:23 PM
Script : [path]/forum.php
Referrer :
IP Address : 24.47.17.186
Username : ---------
Classname : vB_Database

[Supramania]

Fillip,

Just an FYI - I've reviewed my slow_query_log and there's nothing in there from your modification at all. I believe the change you made fixed the issue.

[DragonByte Tech]

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:
[snip]
Whoops, I'll attach a fixed plugin to this post and then we'll see what happens :)

Fillip,

Just an FYI - I've reviewed my slow_query_log and there's nothing in there from your modification at all. I believe the change you made fixed the issue.Awesome, glad to hear it :D


Fillip

[redraider]

can this be combined with post thank you hack ... ?

[DragonByte Tech]

can this be combined with post thank you hack ... ?

Not a feature so far, but if our customers request hack integration then we will work to apply it in a future version =)

Iain

[mokonzi]

It would be a nice addition to the hack...

Does this mod have a way of installing some basic data? A working guideline, so to speak, of an ideal setup?

I'm working my way through installing on a test site, and would have liked a basic data setup...

[DragonByte Tech]

It would be a nice addition to the hack...

Does this mod have a way of installing some basic data? A working guideline, so to speak, of an ideal setup?

I'm working my way through installing on a test site, and would have liked a basic data setup...

Import/Export and a basic setup to import is coming in the next pro version, as well as a basic image pack =)

[FlameGun]

Thx dude, its fixed - I'd suggest you add that as an attachment for all in the main post.

[DragonByte Tech]

Thx dude, its fixed - I'd suggest you add that as an attachment for all in the main post.No need, I'll incorporate this feature in the next version due to be released soon :)

[insidedesign]

Tagged.
BTW, you have to be a member of your website to view your main products page (http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/vbpayments.php).

[DragonByte Tech]

ChangeLog
1.1.0
New method for selecting images for Achievements
Ability to Repair Cache in the event of mysterious errors.
Bugfixes for re-calculating Achievements
Other various bugs fixed


This update also takes the modification out of Beta status.
Thanks to FlameGun and Supramania for helping to debug and load test this modification respectively :)

[Supramania]

DBT - does this incorporate the changes you made on my behalf?

[DragonByte Tech]

Yeah, all fixes done to other people's sites either via here or via support has been incorporated into the finished product :)

The code that caused the load issue is no longer needed, so it would have been removed regardless :)


Fillip

[betts02]

Come back to this after my ignorance and attitude towards the coder was wrong, so sorry for that burst, just an off day for me

Anyway installed the latest version and in admin settings where it has

"Enabled Postbit Activity Bars"

"Choose which of the Activity Bars are enabled in the Postbit"

In that area i get the following " An error occurred while processing the bitfield files, the following information was returned: "

also i get the same in the " Enabled Postbit Activity Bars "

any ideas ? cheers

[DragonByte Tech]

Fixed, sorry bout that.

Download the new zip and re-import the Product XML file, that should be all that's needed.

Fillip

[betts02]

Cheers mate, quick responce and works fine

[SoltanWorld]

Version check connection to host version.dragonbyte-tech.com failed. Please try again later.

The error returned was: 'php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known'

I have unistalled perv version and installed new one, this error appears wat should i do?

[DragonByte Tech]

Version check connection to host version.dragonbyte-tech.com failed. Please try again later.

The error returned was: 'php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known'

I have unistalled perv version and installed new one, this error appears wat should i do?

Version checking functionality isn't working yet, but as you have it Installed you'll receive an email when I update it :)


Fillip

[SoltanWorld]

Thanks and i have an error on :

Enabled Postbit Activity Stats
Choose which of the Activity Stats are enabled in the Postbit. An error occurred while processing the bitfield files, the following information was returned:
Error:1
Enabled Postbit Activity Bars
Choose which of the Activity Bars are enabled in the Postbit. An error occurred while processing the bitfield files, the following information was returned:

how abt these ?

and i want to knw , this version1.1.0 has 4 setting menu like the 1.0.0? any new options?

[DragonByte Tech]

Download the new zip and re-import the Product XML file, that should be all that's needed.

Fillip

[SoltanWorld]

thanks i did it, just where can i edit images for achivement i have no option!

[DragonByte Tech]

You can choose an image from the dropdown in the Achievement Icon setting. Upload more images to /images/icons/vbactivity/achievements to make them available.

Fillip

[SoltanWorld]

where is the drop down man? i told you bro, the setting in ACP/Setting/Option/vBActivity i had on 1.0.2 version , right now i have the same as the old one, no diff

can u plz explain for me how to do it? i just gott confused

[DragonByte Tech]

In the Manage Achievements bit :)


Fillip

[SoltanWorld]

sry My mistake :"> Permission fault ! Thanks

[betts02]

Problem after any post is made i get

"Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in /home/nextgen6/public_html/forums/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/libs/activity.php(407) : eval()'d code on line 1

vBulletin Message
Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/nextgen6/public_html/forums/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/libs/activity.php(407) : eval()'d code
Line: 1"

any ideas ? chhers in advance

To add to this, If i re-fresh this page where the message is, It takes me to the post saying i tried to double post, Diabled for now

[DragonByte Tech]

Problem after any post is made i get

[]

any ideas ? chhers in advance

To add to this, If i re-fresh this page where the message is, It takes me to the post saying i tried to double post, Diabled for nowDoes this also happen if you run the Recalculate Achievements function in the AdminCP (vBActivity -> Maintenance)?
If so, here's what you need to do:

Go into your Manage Achievements section, set every Achievement to have display order 0.
Manually set display order = 1 for one Achievement
Try Recalculate Achievements again. If the error doesn't appear, repeat step 2 until it does.
Tell me when you reach the Achievement that has the error, and I will fix it :)Thanks in advance :)


Fillip

[Kreyg]

I just installed the update, thanks

I just have 1 slight issue. I use a fixed width forum, and because of that the activity page gets messed up http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/forum/vbactivity.php

anything I might be able to do to tweak that on my end?

[DragonByte Tech]

Under CSS Templates -> dbtech_vbactivity.css, decrease the width of
.rankingstart
dl.ranking dd

Fillip

[Kreyg]

Worked like a charm!

Thank you very much

[betts02]

Does this also happen if you run the Recalculate Achievements function in the AdminCP (vBActivity -> Maintenance)?
If so, here's what you need to do:

Go into your Manage Achievements section, set every Achievement to have display order 0.
Manually set display order = 1 for one Achievement
Try Recalculate Achievements again. If the error doesn't appear, repeat step 2 until it does.
Tell me when you reach the Achievement that has the error, and I will fix it :)Thanks in advance :)


Fillip

That worked for this fix, But, And this may not be a problem but it shows now as :

Activity at 20029.25%

Is this correct to show like this ?

cheers

To add to this also, i on ly have 1 achievement for the moment

[DragonByte Tech]

Can you tell me what that one Achievement is? If there's a problem with it when you're posting, I'll fix it.

The Activity % is normal for the first week or so of running the mod. Don't worry, it'll sort itself out in time :)


Fillip

[betts02]

I did what you said and it fixed it

1 Thing if possible, i know you may be busy but for newbies like me, a description on how to add achievements,etc properly

cheers anyway for the uick fix and reply

[DragonByte Tech]

I did what you said and it fixed it

1 Thing if possible, i know you may be busy but for newbies like me, a description on how to add achievements,etc properly

cheers anyway for the uick fix and reply

Best bet would be to request at the DBT forums for that kinda thing =)

Don't really want to get into that sort of thing in this thread.

Iain

[betts02]

Not on my forums but in an email i get :

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT languageid,
phrasegroup_global AS phrasegroup_global,
phrasegroup_posting AS phrasegroup_posting,
phrasegroup_postbit AS phrasegroup_postbit,
phrasegroup_micromembers AS phrasegroup_micromembers,
options AS lang_options,
languagecode AS lang_code,
charset AS lang_charset,
locale AS lang_locale,
imagesoverride AS lang_imagesoverride,
dateoverride AS lang_dateoverride,
timeoverride AS lang_timeoverride,
registereddateoverride AS lang_registereddateoverride,
calformat1override AS lang_calformat1override,
calformat2override AS lang_calformat2override,
logdateoverride AS lang_logdateoverride,
decimalsep AS lang_decimalsep,
thousandsep AS lang_thousandsep
FROM forumslanguage
WHERE languageid = 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'phrasegroup_micromembers' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Request Date : Sunday, March 7th 2010 @ 09:38:54 AM
Error Date : Sunday, March 7th 2010 @ 09:38:54 AM
Script : http://www.nextgenerationgamers.co.uk/forums/memberlist.php?pp=30&order=asc&sort=username
Referrer :
IP Address : 216.129.119.42
Username :
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

Any fix ?

cheers

[DragonByte Tech]

That is entirely unrelated to vBActivity, it's related to a mod that has something like "Micro Members" in its title :)


Fillip

[Passel]

hi, is it possible to make the stats in the Userbar (postbit) collapsing?

[DragonByte Tech]

Not currently, but I'll add it to the list pf potential features for a future version :)

[ti07shadow]

I have noticed that going to the activity page the subnav on the navigational bar is GONE. And eys I am using the latest version of vBulletin

this bar

[http://i45.tinypic.com/211x11.png]
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/03/59.png


is not working in activity page!

[http://i45.tinypic.com/2cny1rd.png]
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2010/03/60.png

[Trek]

I'd guess (purely a guess too), but subnavs are nav items in relation to the primary nav tab you're currently on.

There are no sub nav links for activity (maybe there should be?). But regardless it wouldn't make sense to have things like "Blog Settings" and such if the Activity tab is the active tab.

[ti07shadow]

however that sub nav displays on eveyr page on my forums but the activity area. also this isnt the suite version of vbulletin nor do I have the blog that works with this version of vbulletin only the on that works with previous versons before 4.X.X so blog stuff wont appear on mine :p

[DragonByte Tech]

Trek is indeed correct, I just didn't add any sub-items to it.
In my defence, at the beginning of the making of the mod I had no idea what I was going to put there, and I just never went back :p


Fillip

[COL NIL SATIS]

Does this work on vBULL 4.0.0 mate??

[DragonByte Tech]

It might, but it's only been tested on 4.0.2 because of the bug introduced in vB 4.0.1

Fillip

[Tinnie]

Hey there how can I fix this prob ?

Warning: array_merge() [function.array-merge]: Argument #2 is not an array in [path]/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/class_profileblock.php on line 687

[DragonByte Tech]

Try running the Repair Cache function in the AdminCP.

Fillip

[Tinnie]

I tried to run this : Repair / Optimize Tables but it didn't work

[DragonByte Tech]

The Repair Cache menu item under vBActivity.


Fillip

[Tinnie]

I pressed that already it says Cache rebuilt successfully.
but still the same error

is this an array ?

// Store a cache of the rewards
$rewards["$day"]["$i"] = array_merge(
$rewards_r,
$vbactivity->cache['achievement']["$rewards_r[featureid]"]
);

[DragonByte Tech]

The only other thing I can think of is that you somehow have an Achievement in the system that's been deleted.

try adding this above that statement:
if (!is_array($vbactivity->cache['achievement']["$rewards_r[featureid]"]))
{
continue;
}

[insidedesign]

Is there a default setup once installed? I am referring to the points and rewards, etc...

[DragonByte Tech]

The Lite version doesn't contain a basic set of Achievements, no.
The points can be calculated via the AdminCP or ModCP (for Activity Managers).

Fillip

[nitra1000]

Can the mod tell us who 'won' a given period week/month/year?

Can I remove certain users/usergroups from being displayed (my posting bots and admins/mods)

Also how much is the pricing of vBA full?

[DragonByte Tech]

Can the mod tell us who 'won' a given period week/month/year?No, there's no such statistical tracking anywhere

Can I remove certain users/usergroups from being displayed (my posting bots and admins/mods)Not in the current version, but it's being implemented in the next feature release.

Also how much is the pricing of vBA full?We're not allowed to discuss that on vBulletin.org, our homepage (http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com) has all those details though.


Fillip

[nitra1000]

We're not allowed to discuss that on vBulletin.org, our homepage (http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com) has all those details though.

Fillip

Really I can't see it anywhere.... I spent 5 minutes looking through your site. Good way to lose my business, hiding your prices behind registration or placing them in a obscure place.

Are there any plans to implement the monthly stats, as I only want this mod to help run a competition... and as it is it won't do this.

I would be more than happy to pay for it, if it did this.

[DragonByte Tech]

I reckon it would be feasible to add monthly stats. I suppose we should store the Top X daily/weekly/monthly winners (where X is a number chosen by the Admin, and each stat storage can be individually disabled).

I'm not entirely sure when the next feature release is going to be, as we have other stuff on our plate right now (such as bringing out a bugfix release over the course of next week) but whenever it is, it'll definitely be a Pro feature.

Fillip

[bigcurt]

What's the chance of this being ported to 3.X series? I just do not support the 4.X series at this time and don't see me supporting it for quite some time..but I would love to try this mod and buy the pro version.

Thanks bud,
Curt

[DragonByte Tech]

v1.1.1 has been released, with the following changes:

* Tabs with no data will no longer show up on vbactivity.php
* Achievements are now cached to allow for a faster loading experience when viewing threads.
* The product is now easier on the server due to the above caching.
* Other various reported bugs fixed

Fillip

[bigcurt]

v1.1.1 has been released, with the following changes:

* Tabs with no data will no longer show up on vbactivity.php
* Achievements are now cached to allow for a faster loading experience when viewing threads.
* The product is now easier on the server due to the above caching.
* Other various reported bugs fixed


Fillip

I am going to take that as there is no chance haha.

[DragonByte Tech]

vBExperience, the mod this is built to replace, still works on 3.8 :)


Fillip

[Supramania]

I'm getting flooded with error messages since installing the upgrade. 1398 emails in my inbox since I installed this late last night. I'm getting about 2 error emails a minute at this point.

The error is:

Database error in vBulletin 4.0.2:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT * FROM dbtech_vbactivity_rewards
WHERE userid =;

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 '' at line 2
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Friday, March 19th 2010 @ 11:20:52 AM
Error Date : Friday, March 19th 2010 @ 11:20:52 AM
Script : http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?416-GReddy-Type-RS-BOV
Referrer :
IP Address : 67.195.114.47
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

I have disabled the mod as my users were getting these error screens as well.

[DragonByte Tech]

Try this:
In dbtech/vbactivity/includes/libs/activity.php find:
public function verify_rewards_cache(&$userinfo, $updatecache = true)
{

Add below:
if (!$userinfo['userid'])
{
// This isn't a valid user
return false;
}

[Supramania]

I have made the requested edits and have reenabled the mod. I will report back shortly.

[Supramania]

I'm now getting a whitescreen error on all pages.

I will have to back this out and try again later when the site is quieter.

[DragonByte Tech]

I'll do some research on it myself, it seems to be because you have guest posting enabled in at least some forums.

I'll post back once I've figured this out, sorry for the problems :(


Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

I've just tried this fix myself, and it works fine. The white screen was probably either due to an incomplete copy/paste, or not waiting for the file to upload properly.

How about with the attached file? I'm holding off releasing this fix until you can verify it's working correctly :p


Fillip

[Supramania]

That appears to be it - I must have made a mistake with the copypasta.

I'll report back in a bit after checking for error.

[DragonByte Tech]

Awesome :D

There was another error that happened while using Achievements with the = sign, but you already have the fix for that in the activity.php file you just put on your site :)


Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

The zip file has been updated with two small fixes that affected a limited number of users.
* You can now use the = comparison in Criteria without it resulting in errors.
* Posts from unregistered users will no longer cause database errors.

The only changed file in the zip is
/forum/dbtech/vbactivity/includes/libs/activity.php

[Supramania]

Looks clean - nothing in the slow query log or the mysql log. :)

[Dadoo]

Vbulletin-fr.org is proud to provide you the French translation of vBActivity v1.1.1

IMPORTANT : this zip file contains ONLY french phrases in XML file, not the product.

Installation instructions are inside zip.

[badawidollah]

very nice
installed

[ProFifaLeagues]

Confirmed to work well on vbull 4.0 thank you!
Only problem seems to be when clicking on the leaderboard tab its fails to open or in fact do anything at all,any ideas??

[DragonByte Tech]

Can't say as I do, and your website doesn't exist it seems, so I can't go check for myself either.

Fillip.

[ProFifaLeagues]

Can't say as I do, and your website doesn't exist it seems, so I can't go check for myself either.


Fillip.
Deffo does mate lol try www.progamerleagues.com/forum.php (http://www.progamerleagues.com/forum.php)
Any ideas to solve it would be great as this is a superb mod.
Thanks

[DragonByte Tech]

For some reason, you are missing $includes = '<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/dbtech/vbactivity/vbactivity.js?v=' . $vbulletin->options['dbtech_vbactivity_versionnumber'] . '"></script>';
from your vbactivity.php file - either that or your headinclude_bottom template variable is missing from your GENERIC_SHELL template.

The problem is that vBActivity isn't being fed its JavaScript file.

[ProFifaLeagues]

Thank you i will look into that now!!!

[DaDarkDude]

Installed. Great code!

[DragonByte Tech]

First you need to add Criteria:
Go to Manage Criteria, Add New Criteria, and then create the criteria you want to use (like "Posts >= 10" etc)

Then go to Manage Achievements, Add New Achievement and set it to use the Criteria you made in the previous step :)


Fillip

[DaDarkDude]

I'm having problems editting and adding achievements. I did everything you told me and sure enough; the options came out.
There's just one problem: the pages of the nav bar are blank. And I mean completely blank. I reuploaded the data three times and it didn't make a difference any time.
Is this a known issue, or did I make a mistake...?

[DragonByte Tech]

Can you show me your forum URL so I can look at this myself and try to see what's wrong?

Fillip

[DaDarkDude]

<a href="http://kingdomheartsmedia.com/forums/" target="_blank">http://kingdomheartsmedia.com/forums/</a>

Everything is working fine except for adding achievements.

[DragonByte Tech]

What did you mean, "pages of the nav bar"?

Fillip

[DaDarkDude]

I meant the sections in the ACP that allow you to edit the code.
(ACP sections)
vBActivity:
Manage Achievements
Manage Categories
Manage Criteria
Maintenance
Repair Cache
Settings

are all showing up as empty PHP pages.

[DragonByte Tech]

Can you access some form of error logs in your hosting control panel (like cPanel, LxAdmin, etc)?
If not, then you'll need to ask your host to show you how to turn on PHP errors, because I can't help debug that unless I know what's wrong...

Fillip

[DaDarkDude]

Sorry, but I don't really get what you want.. You want the error logs? Because we don't even have error logs showing up, just a blank page.
(You'll probably see a no permission mask, but:
http://kingdomheartsmedia.com/forums/admincp/vbactivity.php?do=achievement)
And all the other links are just appearing empty.
I'm thinking it's probably a problem with the php file..?

EDIT:
So, I just discovered something. It works in the modcp, but it's not working in the admincp... is that a known issue?

[DragonByte Tech]

No that's not a known issue, and it's never happened before on any other site.
Unless you can PM me with FTP details to your site, I can't look into this any further I'm afraid...

Fillip

[DaDarkDude]

Any luck? I sent you the FTP details..

[DragonByte Tech]

I'm a bit preoccupied by the new 4.5.0 Pro release of vBShout atm, but I'll get to it :)

[DaDarkDude]

No problem. Take your time. :D

[DragonByte Tech]

I believe that should fix it :)

The problem was that you had uploaded the vbactivity.php that was meant to go in the root folder to your /admincp/ folder.
I've re-uploaded every file and I believe it should be correct now, let me know if there's any further problem :)


Fillip

[SoltanWorld]

i have update to 1.1.1 and achievement tab is not appearing, does it appear when some achievement earned by users ? or i have made a mistake ?

[DragonByte Tech]

Yeah, the tabs on the main Activity page only show up if there's content to display in them.

Fillip

[SoltanWorld]

Thanks filip and i want to know do you have any solution for Vbshout on Vba?

[DragonByte Tech]

Integration between the two products will be released once we've completed their normal feature sets :)


Fillip

[nitra1000]

How do you disable the "Activity" tab on the main navbar?

[DragonByte Tech]

How do you disable the "Activity" tab on the main navbar?Clear out the contents of the dbtech_vbactivity_navbar_link template.

[insidedesign]

{vb:raw headinclude_bottom}

Needs to be included!

[DragonByte Tech]

I'll add it to a future version, thanks :)

vBActivity was my first foray into making a dedicated vB4 page, so ropes were still being learned xP

[insidedesign]

I just installed the lite version, and ran the 'Recalculate Points' tool to get the system started. After that, the 'Activity Target' set itself to 93.91. Is this a good number?

Being that I don't have any experience with this MOD yet, what is a good 'Activity Target' and 'Activity Target: Minimum Points' setting? I understand it varies from community to community, but I just want some feedback....

[DragonByte Tech]

The target will always be the best number for your community, though I must warn you that the first day, week and month, the Daily, Weekly and Monthly stats respectively will be out of whack.

The system assumes every single point that's generated by past posts / threads etc came today, so that'll naturally upset the targets some.

Leaving it alone will mean it corrects itself over time :)

[insidedesign]

The target will always be the best number for your community, though I must warn you that the first day, week and month, the Daily, Weekly and Monthly stats respectively will be out of whack.

The system assumes every single point that's generated by past posts / threads etc came today, so that'll naturally upset the targets some.

Leaving it alone will mean it corrects itself over time :)

Very cool very cool! So if your community becomes more active, it automatically sets the bar higher to be 'active' - and visa versa. Very clever.

Also, one more thing (for now anyways =D):
In the postbit, I see your forum (http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forum.php) has daily and monthly activity indicators. Is this for the paid version only? I didn't see any details about this in the comparison page (http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/content/115-vBActivity).

[DragonByte Tech]

Yeah vBActivity's comparison page is horribly out of date, written by someone who abhors writing documentation xP

Indeed the Daily and Monthly indicators in the postbit is Pro-only feature :)

[DragonByte Tech]

Very cool very cool! So if your community becomes more active, it automatically sets the bar higher to be 'active' - and visa versa. Very clever.

Also, one more thing (for now anyways =D):
In the postbit, I see your forum (http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forum.php) has daily and monthly activity indicators. Is this for the paid version only? I didn't see any details about this in the comparison page (http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/content/115-vBActivity).

It is indeed a pro only feature, the comparison page for VBA needs updated, which itwill be when the new version is released.

Thanks for catching that =)

If you have any other questions about pro the DBTech website is probably the best place to ask, just to make sure we stay well within the rules etc =)

Iain

[nitra1000]

HI Dragon Byte with introduction of a monthly goal, have/could it be setup to record the top 10 of a given month?

[DragonByte Tech]

Just now it will already display the top X users by a number of categories you can set

(sort by username, total points, daily activity, weekly activity, monthly activity, overall activity level)

Iain

[DragonByte Tech]

HI Dragon Byte with introduction of a monthly goal, have/could it be setup to record the top 10 of a given month?It's not currently possible to do this, however we're investigating including a "activity winners" page in the future :)


Fillip

[nitra1000]

But if I were to say log in on the 1st of the month and sort the list by the month, would it show me the top active people for the last 31/30 days?

Could you see your product being able to give this information in anyway as it is? Doesn't necessarly have to record it.

[DragonByte Tech]

No it wouldn't, you'd have to log in on the last day of the month to see this.
It's not currently designed to store the statistics, but it's something we're considering for the future :)


Fillip

[nitra1000]

No it wouldn't, you'd have to log in on the last day of the month to see this.
It's not currently designed to store the statistics, but it's something we're considering for the future :)


Fillip

So it would work if I ran a 28 day compition? Starting on the 1st of the month and ending a couple of days before the end.

I'm not new to having to work with software that doesn't quite do what I want it :)

Also I just relised you can't exlude certain users from vbactivity, what about forums that use RSS bots?

[DragonByte Tech]

So it would work if I ran a 28 day compition? Starting on the 1st of the month and ending a couple of days before the end.That would work, yeah.

Also I just relised you can't exlude certain users from vbactivity, what about forums that use RSS bots?Usergroup exclude should be coming in the next version :)


Fillip

[Devanand]

Any hope for 3.8.x version?

[DragonByte Tech]

Any hope for 3.8.x version?

Yeap, hoping to have it out within the month =)

[Ninth Dimension]

Hi, great mod, nice addition to my site - I'm also thinking about buying the full thing when I can afford it.

I have a question however, how can I remove the navigation tab for this? Thank you.

[nitra1000]

Hi, great mod, nice addition to my site - I'm also thinking about buying the full thing when I can afford it.

I have a question however, how can I remove the navigation tab for this? Thank you.

It's on a few pages before but you basicly clear out the nav template of this mod (exact name of it is somewhere on this thread)

[DragonByte Tech]

It's on a few pages before but you basicly clear out the nav template of this mod (exact name of it is somewhere on this thread)Correct, thanks :D
The template name is dbtech_vbactivity_navbar_link :)

In the next version, due in not too long hopefully, I'll add a setting to turn off the navbar tab. Sorry about the inconvenience :(

[Ninth Dimension]

Correct, thanks :D
The template name is dbtech_vbactivity_navbar_link :)

In the next version, due in not too long hopefully, I'll add a setting to turn off the navbar tab. Sorry about the inconvenience :(

Perfect, thank you :)

[Xencored]

I dont use it at all for the Activity But the Achievements is so dam awesome
Thanks for such a Awesome mod

p.s tell neo Hi!

[insidedesign]

I just installed the lite version, and ran the 'Recalculate Points' tool to get the system started. After that, the 'Activity Target' set itself to 93.91. Is this a good number?

Being that I don't have any experience with this MOD yet, what is a good 'Activity Target' and 'Activity Target: Minimum Points' setting? I understand it varies from community to community, but I just want some feedback....

The target will always be the best number for your community, though I must warn you that the first day, week and month, the Daily, Weekly and Monthly stats respectively will be out of whack.

The system assumes every single point that's generated by past posts / threads etc came today, so that'll naturally upset the targets some.

Leaving it alone will mean it corrects itself over time :)

It has been over a week since I ran "Recalculate Points" tool and 'Weekly Activity' percentages are still all over play. For example, 7812.93% for one member.

When does this number come down to a normal level? I thought it would be a week after the recalculation - this is not the case apparently.

[DragonByte Tech]

Does that one member have a vastly higher post / points generation than the rest of the member base?

If not, try adjusting the threshold setting you'll find directly under the target setting in vBulletin Options, then run re-calculate again (it won't change your points, just the targets).
I cannot tell you the correct setting for your forum, you need to figure that out by going to the leader boards and keep adjusting the number up (small increments) until you find a level that's appropriate for your forum.

Hope that helps :)

[hubba]

Maybe stupid question... where do I find the recalculate Button??

[DragonByte Tech]

Tis not stupid :) Recalc's under Maintenance in vBA's nav group :)

[wesooby]

Hello!

Awesome Mod!!

Is there any way to have the points added to one's reputation?

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DragonByte Tech]

Hello!

Awesome Mod!!

Is there any way to have the points added to one's reputation?

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Sorry, that's not currently an option :(

[sixdemons]

by far this is one of the best mods that I ever had, I was wondering if the activity percent will fix after a week? because everybody have more than 6000%..

[DragonByte Tech]

by far this is one of the best mods that I ever had, I was wondering if the activity percent will fix after a week? because everybody have more than 6000%..

You can manually adjust it if you prefer - It might be worth doing this for the first month.

The reason is all of the points a person has ever earned are counted as being earned in one day, which skews the figures for that month haha.

It should fix itself after the first month at worst. It depends on your exact settings IIRC.

Iain

[kersti]

Is there any documentation that will tell me what the different achievement levels are? I can't find anything on that after installing.

[DragonByte Tech]

Is there any documentation that will tell me what the different achievement levels are? I can't find anything on that after installing.I'm not sure what you mean by Achievement Levels, could you clarify please? :)

If you mean the "Level" you see in postbit (Activity Level) then it's just a measurement of how many activity points your members have accumulated over time.

If you mean different "tiers" of Achievements, then it means that you can create an Achievement that your members gain when they have reached, for instance; 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 posts.
The corresponding Criteria will be Posts >= 1, Posts >= 5, [...] Posts >= 1000.

If neither is what you meant, then I'll need more information before I can answer your question :)


Fillip

[kersti]

I'm not sure what you mean by Achievement Levels, could you clarify please? :)

If you mean different "tiers" of Achievements, then it means that you can create an Achievement that your members gain when they have reached, for instance; 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 posts.
The corresponding Criteria will be Posts >= 1, Posts >= 5, [...] Posts >= 1000.


Hi Fillip

Yes it's the tiers that I mean - I cannot see where they are set

Kersti

[DragonByte Tech]

You will first need to go into the "Manage Criteria" and create the criteria like I described above.
Then you will be able to use those Criteria to create Achievements.

Hope that helps :)


Fillip

[kersti]

You will first need to go into the "Manage Criteria" and create the criteria like I described above.
Then you will be able to use those Criteria to create Achievements.

Hope that helps :)


Fillip

I cannot see where I would do this. I have the following options under settings:
- General Settings
- Points Settings
- Stats Settings
- Achievement Settings

At no point do I see on any of these any place where I can add in tiers or select images for them or any such thing.

Sorry if it's in front of me, I'm pulling my hair out and feeling rather blind!

[DragonByte Tech]

It's in the left hand side menu in the AdminCP, not in vBulletin Options :)

If you can't see it, go into the Administrator Permissions interface and give yourself the Can Administer vBActivity permission :)

[kersti]

That was it!

I use a different account for day to day admin instead of the original one for security reasons.

May I suggest that you add this as a tip to the install instructions?

[kersti]

OK, so what achievements and categories and criteria have others set up? I'm in need of inspiration.

Also, do I HAVE to reset it at first? Can I just start from today?

[DragonByte Tech]

You don't have to re-calculate posts, no :)

I already see you registered on our site so you should find some inspiration there :)

[buiquockhanh]

I want it like your show, how
The first picture is of me

[DragonByte Tech]

To show it like ours is Pro only :)

[kersti]

You don't have to re-calculate posts, no :)

I already see you registered on our site so you should find some inspiration there :)

Yep, but unfortunately it didn't help me!

I'm still confuddled about the relationships between categories/achievements/criteria. A handful of examples would be great.

How do I set different images for awards?

On the activity page, not understanding where the %s are calculated.

Also, would prefer raw points rather than %s .

In the future I know that I'll be looking to run short term competitions and calculate the points gained over that period but without affecting the total points overall.

Is there any further documentation with the pro version?

[kersti]

Oh and I've noticed the following which would be great to have, are they available in the pro version?

- points for adding an avatar
- points for adding a profile pic
- points for uploading album images
- points for blog posts

[DragonByte Tech]

I want show Lv. Percent,Daily Activity,Weekly Activity,Monthly Activity as you..
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=117300&d=1274228819Such a display is Pro only :)

Yep, but unfortunately it didn't help me!

I'm still confuddled about the relationships between categories/achievements/criteria. A handful of examples would be great.

How do I set different images for awards?

On the activity page, not understanding where the %s are calculated.

Also, would prefer raw points rather than %s .

In the future I know that I'll be looking to run short term competitions and calculate the points gained over that period but without affecting the total points overall.

Is there any further documentation with the pro version?Categories are mainly only to structure it better. "Achievements for posting" is am example category.
Criteria are conditions that members need to fulfill to gain an achievement.
Upload an image to the images/icons/vbactivity/achievements and they will become select able.

I can't answer your other questions atm because I'm typing on a mobile phone and they require more detail.

Oh and I've noticed the following which would be great to have, are they available in the pro version?

- points for adding an avatar
- points for adding a profile pic
- points for uploading album images
- points for blog postsnot yet, but we are adding more points types for pro customers in the future :)

[kersti]

Questions and observations after first week of using this:

In the leaderboard, how can I remove some of the stats give? For example, the infractions is not something I want out there.

Is there any way to remove some of the columns in the ranking page? Better still - I'd love it if the actual points could be displayed in a column to the right of the username, they get lost otherwise and the focus is as a result on thepercentages which do not make sense to the average user.

Some kind of explanation is needed for users on what the %s, points and levels refer to. Perhaps these could point to a page which has the details so a user can figure out how to up their points - of course this would need to be editable or defined in some way.

You've said in the past that a sample setup is not appropriate for this space, I strongly disagree. Please show us how to set up half a dozen rewards/levels/achievements and how they could interact. If you do not have time for this perhaps another user would be willing to oblige?

The postbit was blown out of all proportions when I added this to it - is there any way we could have just one or two items in the postbit? Ideally I'd like to remove the activity bar and just the points and the awards.

There is also a need to make the link on the main nav bar optional, or to be able to add it elsewhere - realestate on this bar is premium and I'd like to decide what goes there!

There is most definately a need for being able o set short term targets and goals, ie points within a given date range. I would imagine this could be a premium offering. I'd pay for that.

A comparison page for lite vs pro would be great ;) AT the moment I'm not sure if any given item is not showing because it's pro or because I've not set it up correctly

Storing stats over time, at least the top people and points is a must-have. Pro perhaps?

Integration - needs to be done with thank-you, blog posts, articles, avatars, profile pics, profile questions, albums.

Need to be able to exclude users - I own my forum so I earn most points, I shouldn't be the one getting the rewards!

I'm running this for a promotional period without rebuilding the points database. As such, not too sure what activity % refers to exactly. I note that there's a suggestion that this be according to the most active user, or perhaps it's according to the average user - this would make most sense to me (providing it was most active actually active user). I'm concerned about when my promo period is over - do I rebuild then? Will I have stupid 5s then?

Don't get me wrong, it's a brilliant product - which is why I'm taking an active interest in getting my questions answered :)

[DragonByte Tech]

In the leaderboard, how can I remove some of the stats give? For example, the infractions is not something I want out there.At the moment, there's no way of hiding stats from the leaderboards page without actually disabling that entire points type.
I'll write it down for the next version :)

Is there any way to remove some of the columns in the ranking page? Better still - I'd love it if the actual points could be displayed in a column to the right of the username, they get lost otherwise and the focus is as a result on thepercentages which do not make sense to the average user.That page is getting a revamp in the next version, I'll definitely look into adding the actual points.

Some kind of explanation is needed for users on what the %s, points and levels refer to. Perhaps these could point to a page which has the details so a user can figure out how to up their points - of course this would need to be editable or defined in some way.I could make a FAQ page I suppose :)

You've said in the past that a sample setup is not appropriate for this space, I strongly disagree. Please show us how to set up half a dozen rewards/levels/achievements and how they could interact. If you do not have time for this perhaps another user would be willing to oblige?Levels aren't something you set up, but as for example Achievements you could add Posts >= 1, 5, 10, 15, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000.

The postbit was blown out of all proportions when I added this to it - is there any way we could have just one or two items in the postbit? Ideally I'd like to remove the activity bar and just the points and the awards.The Pro version allows postbit control.

There is also a need to make the link on the main nav bar optional, or to be able to add it elsewhere - realestate on this bar is premium and I'd like to decide what goes there!Definitely coming in the next version, it was an oversight to only add controls for the two menu links and not the tab =(

There is most definately a need for being able o set short term targets and goals, ie points within a given date range. I would imagine this could be a premium offering. I'd pay for that.That's an interesting idea, one that could be expanded to make this quite a mod for competitions ;)

A comparison page for lite vs pro would be great ;) AT the moment I'm not sure if any given item is not showing because it's pro or because I've not set it up correctlyIt would be against vB.org rules to include this inside vBA itself, but we'll work on changing our website to reflect these differences in the future.

Storing stats over time, at least the top people and points is a must-have. Pro perhaps?Already a planned feature =)

Integration - needs to be done with thank-you, blog posts, articles, avatars, profile pics, profile questions, albums.This is also planned, we're just writing our own Thank You mod first ;)

Need to be able to exclude users - I own my forum so I earn most points, I shouldn't be the one getting the rewards!Also planned =)

I'm running this for a promotional period without rebuilding the points database. As such, not too sure what activity % refers to exactly. I note that there's a suggestion that this be according to the most active user, or perhaps it's according to the average user - this would make most sense to me (providing it was most active actually active user). I'm concerned about when my promo period is over - do I rebuild then? Will I have stupid 5s then?Upon first rebuild, where it reads all your past posts etc, you will indeed have stupid %s. We're going to work on a system to avoid this happening.
The activity target is rebuilt daily, and it takes the amount of points gained by users who gained more than X points in the past week (where X is a value you can set in the admincp options) divided by the number of users who gained more than X points in the past week.

This value then becomes 100% of the weekly activity target.
Divide by 7 to get 100% of the daily activity target.
Multiply by 4 to get 100% of the monthly activity target.

Don't get me wrong, it's a brilliant product - which is why I'm taking an active interest in getting my questions answered :)Not a prob, you give good suggestions =D


Fillip

[kersti]

OK, at last I have someone who has met my first award criteria - and no award. I've clearly missed something! Attachments show my settings

[DragonByte Tech]

Display order is 0, and that means its disabled :)

[kersti]

That did the trick :) Thank-you!

[GONUMBER6]

Would be nice if you can add that points are deducted for each day of inactivity? Also would be great if you created a "store" to spend points received.


Can this modification be integrated with this one? :

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2044156&posted=1#post2044156

[DragonByte Tech]

No deduction of points is currently possible, sorry :(

I have no idea if it can be integrated with that mod, but if you can change the points field in the user table, you can change it to dbtech_vbactivity_points and it should work :)

Please note that until the next version (due next month), spending points in a store will cause a user's level to drop - this is something that'll be remedied :)

[GONUMBER6]

No deduction of points is currently possible, sorry :(

I have no idea if it can be integrated with that mod, but if you can change the points field in the user table, you can change it to dbtech_vbactivity_points and it should work :)

Please note that until the next version (due next month), spending points in a store will cause a user's level to drop - this is something that'll be remedied :)


Maybe I will start by adding the mod as it is and then add the "store" once you come up with the next version.

Another great way to make this give more points is adding a mod for arcade high scorers? This may already be possible, I am not sure?

I use helpful answers, but I have it set so that helpful answers counts toward rep, so that should already be "intergrated" right?

[DragonByte Tech]

vBA doesn't integrate with rep so no it won't be integrated by default. That is, unless they use the Data Manager to store reputation, which few mods do.

Arcade integration is coming in the future (if possible) - we've got more core updates to do before we can start integrating it with other mods :)

[GONUMBER6]

Glad to hear it. :)

Above it states "points for each point of reputation" in the list. Since I use helpful answers, and helpful answers is integrated with reputation, (I have it set up so that it gives 1 point for each helpful answer), then it should give points for helpful answers, right? I think?....

[DragonByte Tech]

That applies for when people give eachother reputation using vBulletin's own reputation system.
It will support the Helpful Answers mod only if that mod was coded to add reputation in the same way vBulletin adds reputation.

[GONUMBER6]

Okay thank you. I have it installed, do you have a FAQ for setting it up properly?

[Bounce]

Promising this...

I have a few questions if you don't mind answering?

How do these work?

Manage Achievements
Manage Categories
Manage Criteria

When I goto add an Achievement is asks me to do some Missing Required Information: Criteria.

I click the link and all the Add New Criteria options come up, do you need to enter all that info again, I was under the impression it was set already?

If you do then not a problem but WTF does all the symbols mean in Comparison ?? > , => etc

[GONUMBER6]

I had the same question, but most of these settings you will find under your vboptions. I think this area you are speaking of is for giving awards to users.

[DragonByte Tech]

Okay thank you. I have it installed, do you have a FAQ for setting it up properly?No FAQ yet, though it's an area we're hoping to improve upon in the future :)

Promising this...

I have a few questions if you don't mind answering?

How do these work?

Manage Achievements
Manage Categories
Manage Criteria

When I goto add an Achievement is asks me to do some Missing Required Information: Criteria.

I click the link and all the Add New Criteria options come up, do you need to enter all that info again, I was under the impression it was set already?The Lite version comes with no default data.
You'll have to create Criteria for your Achievements to require, and Categories for them to be in, before you can create a new achievement :)

If you do then not a problem but WTF does all the symbols mean in Comparison ?? > , => etc> means "greater than"
>= means "greater than or equal to"
= means "equal to"
< means "less than"
<= means "less than or equal to

Hope that helps :)

[GONUMBER6]

Great it is installed and working with the points market system. :)

Would be great if you issued points for creating blogs and getting blog comments as well. Probably the #1 thing it is missing.

Is there any mod similar to helpful posts that will work with vbactivity? Most of my users use that feature instead of rep (easier to see I guess....)

***update. I created an achievement but it is not displaying in the profile or the postbit. Am I missing something? I have created one achievement for <= 10 friends, and I have more than 10, and I see no achievement.

I am wondering if I need to add something to the last line of the creation which states:

Additional Criteria : 0


****another question: Can you change the name of the "points" to something else? Like cash, bucks, ect?