Expanded User Title Manager

[carolc]

I have a lot of User Titles on my board, and I've had a number of requests to add a bunch more. Problem is that the AdminCP can't change multiple records at once. Ideally I'd like to be able to change multiple 'Minimum Posts' fields at once (similar to the way you can change sort order for multiple fields at once). It is painfully slow if I want to add new titles near the beginning of the cycle, and have to update all the subsequent titles (to increase the minimum post count).

Can anyone help?

Thanks

[carolc]

Just wondering if anyone gave this some consideration.

Thanks

[BirdOPrey5]

:confused: do you mean user ranks instead of user titles?

[carolc]

Thanks for looking at my request. No, I mean User Titles (in the admincp, it’s just under ‘User Albums’ in the left nav bar). You can enter a User Title and a value for “Minimum Posts”, then the title will change once the user meets the next minimum post count level. The only way to update these titles is individually (click Edit, modify, save). I just want one big screen with an editable field beside each title so I can modify all the “Minimum Posts” in one shot.

Simple example:

Say my current titles include these


Newbie 1 post

Title1 50 posts

Title2 100 posts

Title3 150 posts

Title 4 200 posts


Then let's say I got an idea for a new title and want to insert it, like this


Newbie 1 post

Title1 50 posts

Title2 100 posts

Title 2b 150 posts <--new title

Title 3 200 posts

Title 4 250 posts


As is it now, I’d have to individually edit “Title 3” and “Title 4” because I want the post count requirements for those to be higher. Manually editing these wouldn’t be so bad if I only had a few titles, but I have around 40 or so already, and people are asking for many more. I want to add a bunch of titles at the top of the list, so would have to individually edit 40 files (likely multiple times as I tweek it). I may have 75 or so by the time I’m done… so going forward it will be a huge pain to insert anything unless it's at the very end of the list.

I don’t know php, but in pseudo sql, I’m hoping that the code would build an update query something like this:

Update titles (whatever the name of the table is)
Set “Title 1” = 50, “Title 2” = 100, “Title 3” = 200, “Title 4” = 250
(dynamically creating the update query, of course, using data from the screen). I'll then go back and add "Title 2b" afterwards.

vBulletin has this sort of admin screen for many other features (e.g. the Smilie Manager) – it has an editable “Display Order” field with a “Save Display Order” button… I want it to work just like this, just for Titles.

Does that help clarify my request?

Thanks,
Carol

[BirdOPrey5]

It does, yes, I forgot about user titles because I just let my users set their own title... But it works exactly the same as user ranks...

Unfortunately I can't help you though, I don't think anyone ever intended there ever be so many titles... but you don't _have_ to edit each higher number, it's only if you want to...

For example if you have:
Title 1 - 50 posts
Title 2 - 100 posts
Title 3 - 150 posts

If you add title 1b as 75 posts instead of 100 it would take its proper place in the list after being submitted.

[carolc]

I know I can insert a new title in between existing titles, but they won't have the numbering scheme I want... they will be too close together. :) The titles currently go through 700 posts and I want it to go to at least 1000 (adding some new titles at the beginning, middle and end). And I want them to be evenly spaced out, more or less... not all bunched up.

Thanks