Pick Random User

[filburt1]

This hack lets you pick a random user given a minimum number of posts and by usergroup. This is helpful for forums with raffles and other similar features.

[filburt1]

Screenshot:

[filburt1]

randomuser.php:

[N9ne]

Nice, keep em comin', this is yet another good one...:)

[Dean C]

Very good idea burty :p!

- miSt

[Xyphen]

yay!! Nice, i'll start a online Lottery now, lol

[Red Blaze]

Alright, this is cool, I could use this to make a member of the month now. XD

[Xyphen]

You can use the hack called Member of the Week or Moment or Month to do that, rofl.

[ULTIMATESSJ]

could this be added into the mod cp, so that mods could do this

[filburt1]

Just upload the file there.

[Logik]

Nice hack. This can eventually be put into alot of other hacks.

[subu1]

04-20-03 at 08:24 PM filburt1 said this in Post #1 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=384738#post384738)
with raffles and other similar features.

hi filburt1, i am from Germany and i don't understand you. What is raffles :(

gr??e subu1

[ryancooper]

This was too easy to pass up!! Installed Thanks.

Hey BTW any way we cna do it so it only picks from the users that posted in the last X days?

[MUG]

Today at 02:22 AM subu1 said this in Post #12 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=385432#post385432)
hi filburt1, i am from Germany and i don't understand you. What is raffles :(

gr??e subu1

A raffle is like a lottery, where people buy a chance to win a prize.

[Buffalo]

Is there a way to "weight" certain users???

either percentage or amount or both, whatever

[SVTBlackLight01]

04-22-03 at 09:18 PM Buffalo said this in Post #15 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=385637#post385637)
Is there a way to "weight" certain users???

either percentage or amount or both, whatever

I would like to see something like this too, but this is still a great hack. :D

[Sufian]

Cool :) Thanks.

[filburt1]

There's no simple way that I know of, but then again it wouldn't be random, now would it?

[wolfman]

Well I am going to install this nice hack some time soon, time permitting :) The only thing I would not mind seeing also is to add user has posted since a certain date or certain number of days. I know many admin just never delete accounts that are not being used just to have a large number of users :) I remove mine and do not display how many users are registered.

[Stu]

05-07-03 at 05:33 PM wolfman said this in Post #19 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=392744#post392744)
The only thing I would not mind seeing also is to add user has posted since a certain date or certain number of days.
Yes this would be great, as I have members going away for weeks at a time and it would be great to only include members active in the last week or so.

Looking Good :classic:

[chrisvonc]

Nice! I was just asked if I could run a give-away for one of my vendors. Can this be set to pick users from a certain thread?

[sean289855]

I would be very interested in something like that. OR how about members that have posted that month.

[tHe Rk]

This hack lets you pick a random user given a minimum number of posts and by usergroup. This is helpful for forums with raffles and other similar features.

Very nice Super easy hack :)

[Nokia Tech]

I am new to all this side of things, And starting to learn, from the basics

Could someone tell me if this is 100% compatible with Vb3.01

Thanks in advance,

[Pheonix]

Could someone alter this hack to make it run in 3.0.0 Release Candidate 4

TIA

-Phoenix

[Pheonix]

In admincp/index.php find:
THis
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['generate_mailing_list'], 'email.php?do=genlist', '<br />');

Under that add this:
construct_nav_option($vbphrase['pick_random'],'randomuser.php?', '<br />');

Upload the file randomuser.php to your admincp/ dir
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In admincp add a new phrase:

Varname - random_user
Text - Pick Random User
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All done!.

Enjoy :)

-Pheonix

[Nokia Tech]

Could not get this to work, I am using VB3.0.1