Tuff One

[caphq]

Ok.. this one is a bastage.

I know you you can set users titles based on post count.. and you can even set custom user titles based on post count and the amount of time the member has been registered.

Is there ANY way to merge post count, registration date AND referrals to equal advancement in the user title "ladder"?

I will kiss the smelly toe of anyone who can tell me how to do this.

[caphq]

Come on smachol, you know how.. lol :D

[Steve Machol]

What I know is that this can't be done without hacking. Sorry!

[caphq]

Could you move this post to the hack section for me please. :)

Oh.. and did you like the self proclaimed 5 star rating? :D

[caphq]

bump

[caphq]

I will pay someone to do this.

[Palmer ofShinra]

I know the folks over at http://www.coolsigforum.com had soething like that set up... where yout title advancement was based on your post count PLUS a hidden value based on how many "kudos" other users had given you for good posts.

[Reeve of shinra]

Well as I know nothing about hacking or PHP it would be stupid to listen to me, ... I am just curious to see if this would be the way to do it....

Find the php file that references the variable for the title and change it to equal $title = postcount + referals + date joined.

And in the admin panel change the portion where
0-50 = newbie
50-100 = expert
ect
ect

to reflect the values you would get from adding all that.

anyhow - good luck.

[caphq]

I need user titles (not custom user titles) to be based on post count, registration date, referrals and a custom field called victory points. I should be able to set the required amount of each in the admincp under user titles (modify and add) for each user title.

I also need all of those fields to appear under each members user name in threads. Post count, and registration date already do... but referrals and victory points need to be added.

also.. the board already calculates post count, registration date, and referrals... so victory points will be manually added to each user by me via the admincp

from what I understand, most of the code for this already exists... so its just a matter of it being placed in the right spots

a working version is worth at least 50 bucks to me

[Palmer ofShinra]

http://vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=191778&t=9586#post191778

There's a simple script I wrote to add-remove points.

Showing all this info under a user's name/avatar is a template modification.

But... let me get this clear...

Right now NORMAL titles are based off of post count...

Instead, you want NORMAL titles to be based off of post count, days registered, referrals and victory points?

This should be fairly doable, actually...

I'm unfamiliar with the referral system, but I should be able to puzzle it out.

The rest should be easy.

Now, how do you want these things weighted?

Everything needs to be converted to a single number...

But are referrals worth the same amount as, say, days registered? Or posts?

Shouldn't victory points count for more than posts as well?

Come up with those numbers for the final version, will ya?

You can email me for further details at palmeroftheturks@canada.com

[caphq]

What I would like to do, is access this in the admincp under user titles. Then I should be able to click either add or modify a user title. Then I can specify the required amount for each field. For example... to become a senior member, they need a post count of 100, be registered for 30 days, have 5 referrals, and have 100 victory points. After I enter this info, I would simply hit save. When someone reaches these numbers, the board would detect it and automatically change the user title appropriately.

[caphq]

....and yes, those are for NORMAL user titles that I can add, remove, and modify. I will disable custom user titles all together.

[caphq]

If the above is not possible, just let me know. I will try to figure how each number weighs against the others like you stated. I would like to try to avoid this setup if possible, but if it’s the only way than so be it.

[Palmer ofShinra]

Hmmm... this makes it complex...

This'll involve adding stuff to the DB.

I'll have to look into it.

If you do a "each number adds to a total" system then it can just piggyback on the normal title system... just refine it to look for more than postcount.

[GeorgeofCS]

I'm actually working on one of these sytems. It's based alot of the personal glamour hack and a little bit and Palmer ofShinra's type system. So far I've got the brownie point end of it to include posts, page views, referrals, donations, sponsor clicks, and an adjustable zone. I can probably add anything else into this system. But not much more than that. Like I said I've just got it keeping score. The end I'm unfamiliar with is the how to give options to people based on the points rather than posts and how they can upgrade their status. This is mainly because I haven't dealt with php for very long.

[Palmer ofShinra]

Well, the simple version I have in mind is pretty simple.

Where the board looks at postcount to determine title, instead it's supposed ot look at post count + all other factors.

That's quite simple, really...