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DragonByte Tech
01-25-2015, 10:00 PM
DragonByte Raffles is a powerful solution for hosting prize draws on your forum. With features like multi-currency support for easy integration into points mods like vBCredits II Deluxe, you can offer new ways of earning different points for your forum.

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DragonByte Raffles is a powerful solution for hosting prize draws on your forum. With features like multi-currency support for easy integration into points mods like vBCredits II Deluxe, you can offer new ways of earning different points for your forum.

You are able to ask for entry fees and give payouts in different currencies, which can be used to award credits you otherwise don't allow people to attain, that you allow them to exchange for big prizes! You can also choose not to offer any payout, so you can host "just for fun" raffles!

Scheduled tasks automatically draw your chosen raffles at the chosen time, and winners are automatically notified. You can also post an announcement thread in a forum of your choice, to really highlight the winners.

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Major Features

Automatically Drawn Raffles: Scheduled tasks automatically draw your raffles when their Draw Date is up.

Multiple Currency Support: You are able to integrate with other points mods like vBCredits by adding their currencies to this mod. You can also charge users the entry cost to the raffle in one currency, and give them prizes in other currencies.

Performance Oriented: Using modern coding techniques, the modification uses less resources than previous DBTech mods by only loading its data when it's explicitly needed.


Major Features (Pro)

Recurring Raffles: Never again create manual raffles or be forced to copy your existing ones, as you can configure raffles to recur once they draw, completely automatically.

Per-Category Usergroup Permissions: Want to reserve a raffle category for only a select few members? Bigger prizes, lower entry cost, you name it. You can fine-tune the usergroup permissions on a per-category basis, even allow usergroups who are globally denied from the Raffle system access to only the categories you choose.


Complete Feature List (Lite)

vBulletin Options

Display Version Number
(Optional) Affiliate ID
Enable/Disable Modification
Reason For Turning Modification Off
Enable Navbar Tab
Forum Integration
PM Sender
Thread Starter
(Pro) Enable "Currently Active Users" On Home Page
Preview Length


Usergroup Permissions

Is Banned Group


Manage Currencies

Add/Edit/Delete Currencies
Choose Points Table
Choose Points Column
Integrate with other points mods


Manage Categories

Add/Edit/Delete Categories
Differentiate multiple raffle types
Usable for sorting


Manage Raffles

Add/Edit/Delete Raffles
Copy raffle to new raffle
Choose Start/Draw Date
Optional "closing period" before draw date where entries are not accepted
Choose entry cost & currency from list of created currencies
Maximum entries (total & per user)
Minimum posts to enter
Maximum wins (total & per user)
PM / Forum Announcement
Choose prizes


Cancel Raffle

Raffles can be cancelled via the AdminCP
Refunds all the users who entered their entry fees


Scheduled Task: Draw Raffles

Automatically draws raffles at their draw date
Runs every 15 minutes


Prize Types

Payout (awards points)
No Payout ("kudos" only)


Front-End Category Browser

List categories
Display the latest raffle in each category
Display total raffles & total entries in each category
Looks & feels like vB's forum browser


Front-End Raffle Browser

List name / description / entries for each raffle
Paginated list


Front-End Raffle Viewer

Display basic raffle info; category, start date, draw date, total entries
Display description
Rules tab beneath description
Link to enter raffle if the user can do so
Display user's own raffle entry count


Global Usergroup Permissions

"Can Enter Raffles" UG permission
Controls who can enter raffles, even if they can view them
Settable via the Usergroup Manager page


Complete Feature List (Pro)

Per-Category Usergroup Permissions

"Can Access Raffles" usergroup permission
"Can Enter Raffles" usergroup permission
Yes/No/Default toggles
Can completely override the global UG perms on a per-category basis


Recurring Raffles

Recurring options

No Recurrence
Daily
Specified Days
Monthly
Yearly

New raffles are automatically created when the current raffle is drawn



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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of all pages generated by this mod, which includes:
1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

hoangserip
01-27-2015, 06:47 AM
thanks for the great hack,
I will test now!

thegreathint
01-28-2015, 04:54 PM
I've filled in all fields but get this when trying to add currency:

A required field called pointstable is missing or has an invalid value.

DragonByte Tech
01-28-2015, 05:03 PM
I've filled in all fields but get this when trying to add currency:

A required field called pointstable is missing or has an invalid value.Make sure you're not including the table prefix in the points table config field.


Fillip

thegreathint
01-28-2015, 07:42 PM
Should also add option for prize images. Kinda bland without it..

concepts
01-30-2015, 05:09 PM
Should also add option for prize images. Kinda bland without it..

Exactly what I was going to say, that small adjustment will do wonders imo for this mod. Great idea however!

Alan_SP
02-01-2015, 07:11 AM
It'd be best if you post suggestions on their site, as this mod is still in phase of adding features, so it's very likely that your suggestions would be accepted. But, their site is the best place for suggesting features as they have special mod for tracking things up.

DragonByte Tech
02-02-2015, 09:16 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.1.0

New Features:

DragonByte SEO Integration

Raffle Main Page
Category Browser
View Raffle
Sitemap Integration


(Pro) Front-End Raffle Management

Add/Edit/Delete Raffles
Copy raffle to new raffle
Choose Start/Draw Date
Optional "closing period" before draw date where entries are not accepted
Choose entry cost & currency from list of created currencies
Maximum entries (total & per user)
Minimum posts to enter
Maximum wins (total & per user)
PM / Forum Announcement
Choose prizes



Fillip

WrecklessRZ
02-04-2015, 04:24 AM
Problem Solved. Nevermind. I didn't realize permissions needed to be set in Usergroup permissions.

DragonByte Tech
02-09-2015, 08:18 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.1.0 Patch Level 1

Bug Fixes:

Issues preventing multiple raffles from having identical titles have been resolved
(Pro) Recurring Raffles should now automatically create new raffles as intended



Fillip

DragonByte Tech
02-16-2015, 05:05 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.1.0 Patch Level 2

Bug Fixes:

"Max User Wins" will now work as intended when raffles are drawn
An issue affecting automatic draws where it was possible for no winner to be drawn even though there were enough entries has been resolved



Fillip

DragonByte Tech
02-23-2015, 08:57 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.2.0

New Features:

Prize Type: Profit Share

Configurable "base amount", ticket entry amounts above this count as "profit"
Ability to customise a % of the profit per-prize
Available to all new & existing raffles


Changes To Existing Features:

Number Formatting

Number formatting has been added to various displays of, well, numbers.



Fillip

DragonByte Tech
03-02-2015, 07:57 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.2.0 Patch Level 1

Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue in which the Copy option would not work as intended in the AdminCP



Fillip

DragonByte Tech
03-09-2015, 08:12 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.2.0 Patch Level 2

Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue in which the "Time Between Entries" would not work as intended.



Fillip

DragonByte Tech
03-16-2015, 09:21 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.2.0 Patch Level 3

Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue where the category/usergroup permissions would not correctly apply when users attempted to enter raffles



Fillip

DragonByte Tech
03-23-2015, 09:32 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.2.1

New Features:

Prize Type: No Payout

You can now enter a custom prize text when using this prize type
Leaving the field blank uses the existing "No Payout" phrase


Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue where the Winner PM would not get sent as intended
The Profit Share prize type will now correctly calculate the payout when displaying and drawing a raffle



Fillip

DragonByte Tech
04-06-2015, 04:52 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.2.1 Patch Level 1

Bug Fixes:

Fixed an issue where recurring raffles also carried over the "Number of Entries" counter



Fillip

badstraw
04-14-2015, 01:32 PM
I installed it but I couldn't figure it out how to make it work, so I had to uninstall it , but now I'm getting database errors because I have to delete every single file manually.. :(

It's super complicated to make a raffle, I even set the user group permissions and everything..

I hope you can explain how the mod works ...

DragonByte Tech
04-27-2015, 05:23 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.2.2

New Features:

Raffle Draw

Draw raffle automatically when visiting the info page
Quicker than waiting for the Scheduled Task
Doesn't require any user input



Fillip

DragonByte Tech
04-27-2015, 05:24 PM
I installed it but I couldn't figure it out how to make it work, so I had to uninstall it , but now I'm getting database errors because I have to delete every single file manually.. :(

It's super complicated to make a raffle, I even set the user group permissions and everything..

I hope you can explain how the mod works ...Without more information it's impossible to say, unfortunately. "It doesn't work" isn't enough information :(


Fillip

vze2yqtm
07-11-2015, 07:11 AM
Hi, when I go to the raffle page I don't see the enter raffle option below the Your Entries: 0 message

Vintum
07-13-2015, 06:39 PM
For the profit sharing, if I enter "0" for the base amount, does that mean all credits used to buy tickets are considered part of the 60% profit sharing?

I'm trying a setup that awards 60%, 30%, and 10% to the top 3 winners.

DragonByte Tech
07-17-2015, 07:09 PM
For the profit sharing, if I enter "0" for the base amount, does that mean all credits used to buy tickets are considered part of the 60% profit sharing?Correct :)


Fillip

RSprinkel
08-02-2015, 01:00 AM
Hi, when I go to the raffle page I don't see the enter raffle option below the Your Entries: 0 message


Same here :-(

ikymbo
08-13-2015, 08:38 PM
i have the same problem! i dont know how to use this mod, where is " ENTER RAFLE?

DragonByte Tech
08-17-2015, 09:23 PM
You need to configure the usergroup permissions for this mod before they can enter raffles.

Fillip

RSprinkel
08-28-2015, 01:16 AM
Ok I have the one issue fixed, now I am having another issue. When the raffle draws I get a message saying "Could not find phrase "dbtech_raffle_drawn".

I have uninstalled the xml file and reinstalled it many times and there is nothing there. I went into the Search Phrases and searched for that phrase it isn't showing at all. Plus it is not sending pm's or posting in specified forums as selected in the settings which I am taking the reasons for that is because of the missing phrase.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

DragonByte Tech
09-10-2015, 03:04 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.2.3

New Features:

"No Payout" Prize Type: Prize Preview

Ability to link to an external resource previewing the prize in question
Templates can be edited to display an inline image if only images are used
Link displayed on the prize list


Bug Fixes:

Missing phrase in the front-end when the raffle is drawn
Announcement PMs would not be sent as intended
Announcement Threads would not be posted as intended



Fillip

DragonByte Tech
11-09-2015, 07:59 PM
DragonByte Raffles v1.2.4

New Features:

Forum Sidebar Block

Display ongoing / upcoming raffles in the forum sidebar
Limit raffle title
Limit amount of raffles to display



Fillip

BadgerDog
02-16-2017, 10:00 AM
This mod refers to handling currencies, but never defines what that means, other then referring to "points" .... :confused:

Does that mean that a user is able to utilize his PayPal account to buy tickets for a raffle?

Regards,
Doug

DragonByte Tech
02-16-2017, 10:01 AM
This mod refers to handling currencies, but never defines what that means .... :confused:

Does that mean that a user is able to utilize his PayPal account to buy tickets for a raffle?

Regards,
DougVirtual currency only, such as ones from vBCredits.


Fillip

BadgerDog
02-16-2017, 10:10 AM
Virtual currency only, such as ones from vBCredits.


Fillip

Thank you ...

Regards,
Doug