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Cloudrunner
05-31-2005, 12:12 AM
This is a complete redux of my now two year old donations hack for 2.3.x. I have completely recoded this from scratch to work with both vB3.0.7 and Paypal's newest IPN (1.7 currently).

What it does:
Quite simply this hack provides you a way to receive donations from your website's users and provide them with the recognition deserving of a donating member of you community. It uses Paypal exclusively for the time being because of Paypal's "Instant Payment Notification" system.

The basics are this, your users go to your donations page where you have certain levels of donations available via hyperlinked "buttons". These buttons take your user to paypal's secure payment processing system where they pay you your donation. Once payment has been received, paypal sends your server a notification containing certain information pertaining to that specific transaction. Your server then repeats this information to the verification server (which is hardcoded into the system so that *spoofing* is rendered virtually impossible) which first checks to see if the information was sent by it, then checks the validity of the information. If everything checks out, it then sends your server a response of "VERIFIED". When this hack see that word after running the script it inserts all the information into your database so that you can see what was donated, who donated it, and where.

If the server returns a response of "INVALID" then this script drops the information into a separate table so that you can investigate the transaction further to detect fraud attempts. It also does this on any suspicious entries after a few checks. Once payment is verified and information has been inserted into the tables, the system then adds a few toys and items for the user to be recognized as a donating user. What you do with that recognition is up to you.

The side effects of this script are that you can also see when transcations are pending, refunded, reversed, etc, and the reasons why. I am still coding the back end to sort these functions, but the ability is there now.

Features:


You as the admin have the ability to show as little or as much as you want about what happens with your donations.
Your users will only see what you want them to see.
You can show your donation goals to the public.
Automatic updates EVERY time a user donates or retracts a donation.
This can be run in "dummy" test mode using Paypal's Sandbox site for testing purposes before you go live with it.
User selectable currency to pay in

System calculates the price in the user's currency based on today's exchange rate for that currency to yours


Daily CRON to update currency exchange rates

**Coming Soon**

Your members who have donated are recognized for doing so in the memberlist and their postbit.
Postbit Awards for certain levels of donations that you decide on

User has the ability to choose whether they receive the awards recognition

Stuff you have to do:
Files to upload: 5
Files to modify: 2
Templates to modify: 0 (for now)
Queries to run: (The install script does this for you, uninstallation is also provided as well)
Ease of install: easy, simply follow the instructions in the install script.
Time of install: ~5 minutes

***REMEMBER! Add your email address that Paypal has on file in Donations settings. This step is not an option, your payments, although they may be valid, will all be considered invalid if you do not do this! Sign up for Paypal's Premiere Account (Business), and setup IPN.

PayPal Registration:
You will need to register with Paypal for a premiere account if you have not already, if you have, but your account is probably a personal account, you will need to upgrade the account to a premiere account. Assuming that you have a premiere account and have been verified, you then go into your profile at http://www.paypal.com and the select Instant Payment Notification. There will be a checkbox that you must check, and an inputbox where you will need to place your script file. Simply place your entire URL to the paypal.php file there.

On most systems it will be either:http://www.yourdomain.com/donate.php
orhttp://www.yourdomain.com/forum/donate.php
That's all there is to setting up Paypal to work with your site!

If you are going to play in PayPal's sandbox (yes that functionality is in this script too) you need to have a developer access to their sandbox. More information can be found at paypal.com, I'm not going to go into large details, we're all big kids and can figure that part out ourselves ;).
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This is currently in Alpha Stages. This is for the few who are helping me on this give feedback until Beta, when Beta is reached I will post the zip here for full public testing (I don't see this taking more than a week or two, seriously).

Thank you for your understanding.

)O( Cloudrunner )O(

trackpads
05-31-2005, 12:40 AM
Excellent! I will install this and test it out, just something I was looking for!

-Jason

Trana
05-31-2005, 01:26 AM
Very cool! Is there a demo online?

Cloudrunner
05-31-2005, 01:32 AM
Not one that can be public due to licensing restrictions, but there will be screenies shortly.

DS MrSinister
05-31-2005, 01:54 AM
Nice.. I cant wait to see them... :smoke:

Cloudrunner
05-31-2005, 02:14 AM
Screenies of options both on and off

Image 1 -- All Options On
Image 2 -- No Currency Selector on Donation Buttons
Image 3 -- Donations Closed

Cloudrunner
05-31-2005, 02:15 AM
Screenies of options both on and off

Image 1 -- Top Donators Turned Off
Image 2 -- Goals Turned Off
Image 3 -- No Options, Just the buttons and a thank you note.

Cloudrunner
05-31-2005, 02:18 AM
And yes, we are phrased on the user-side of the house, AdminCP is not yet phrased...I'll get more pics of actual use up and admin side tomorrow.

The admin is still very CHEESY, but it's functional for now.

guvner
05-31-2005, 02:58 AM
Hi Cloudrunner - looking really good :)

With the currency drop down, will your hack have the ability to set donations in Australian dollars (AUD)?

Thanks - Mike

deta
05-31-2005, 03:52 AM
Where are the files?

cu deta

gruchacz
05-31-2005, 05:37 AM
Where are the files?

cu deta

It says in the first post.

This is currently in Alpha Stages. This is for the few who are helping me on this give feedback until Beta, when Beta is reached I will post the zip here for full public testing (I don't see this taking more than a week or two, seriously).

I still have room for one more tester for the alpha stages if you wish to assist. PM me for more information, please only those with the current release of VB.

Thank you for your understanding.

)O( Cloudrunner )O(




looks great, can't wait for the release.

Diana Notacat
05-31-2005, 06:43 AM
Absolutely fantastic! I look forward to seeing this as a finished hack! <3

JTyson
05-31-2005, 10:57 AM
This is hugely sought after, thanks for putting in the effort.

Cloudrunner
05-31-2005, 03:38 PM
Hi Cloudrunner - looking really good :)

With the currency drop down, will your hack have the ability to set donations in Australian dollars (AUD)?

Thanks - Mike
edit: I've finished coding the currency exchange part of the script and it is being tested as we speak ;)

Snake
06-01-2005, 04:25 PM
I would like to see a live demo please. I can't take a good look at the screenshots.

Cloudrunner
06-01-2005, 04:54 PM
I would like to see a live demo please. I can't take a good look at the screenshots.
Provide me with a hosted and licensed version of vBulletin so that it can be publicly viewable and I'll do that, until then, you'll have to wait until the beta release just like the rest of the crew. Sorry, licensing restrictions prevent me from giving out my testing server to the public.

Trana
06-02-2005, 02:38 AM
I'm very anxious to see this!

Snake
06-03-2005, 10:26 AM
Provide me with a hosted and licensed version of vBulletin so that it can be publicly viewable and I'll do that, until then, you'll have to wait until the beta release just like the rest of the crew. Sorry, licensing restrictions prevent me from giving out my testing server to the public.

But you are allowed to have a test board so... there ya go! :)

Cloudrunner
06-03-2005, 08:40 PM
But you are allowed to have a test board so... there ya go! :)
and I do, just not one I can give out...patience is a virtue

Trana
06-04-2005, 03:18 AM
Patience is a virtue for those who like the status quo.

We're excited about this well needed hack, can you blame us?

Thanks again.

Cloudrunner
06-04-2005, 04:44 AM
Patience is a virtue for those who like the status quo.

We're excited about this well needed hack, can you blame us?

Thanks again.
not really...lol

I'm stuck on the currency selector code at the moment, but hope to have the problem resolved tomorrow...

edit: I've finished the currency selector. It now runs a daily cron to update the exchange rates automatically to today's exchange rates, and then it converts the donation price to the user's selected currency automatically so that the user can pay in their currency and you will still get the amount you request in your currency.

Just to show that I'm not totally slacking off (this has become my one and only thing to work on over the last week or so...bear with me..), here's another screeny...

Been working on the AdminCP interface...

This is the front page of the donations admin...of course I am open to suggestions...

Snake
06-05-2005, 06:32 AM
Excellent. What a good news for me today. Keep it up man. :)

mcyates
06-05-2005, 07:16 AM
yes this is fantastic, hurry up though lol!!

Mickie D
06-05-2005, 09:54 AM
very nice hack :)

does this use CURL ?

and when its finished will it have the auto add a gif or something to the users postbit ?

how will it intergrate into the members that already have donated via subscriptions ??

see i have a specific usergroup that is called contributed and i use template conditionals to show a donated gif for members (post bit) maybe you could use the same instead of it being complicated just add a conditional to your install txt and make your script once VEREFIED is passed to the script the script will add a user secondery group to a contributed/donated usergroup (tounge twisted sorry).

but i like this alot i can keep track of my donations alot better than browseing paypal all the time and checking emails against users :)


Regards
Mickie D

Cloudrunner
06-05-2005, 12:58 PM
yes this is fantastic, hurry up though lol!!
I'm going as fast as I can on it ;)

very nice hack
Thank you, but it's still a work in progress, that's why I haven't yet released it.

does this use CURL?
No need for CURL, just a simple fgets(); and regexp explode to get the daily exchange quotes, and the system itself is using standard $_POST variables bounced between your server and PayPal's verification server to not only give notification, but to make sure that now spoofing is being done from the outside the servers (i.e. someone tries to inject variables to the program, but paypal's server will see this as erroneous data, and give a response of invalid...thus protecting you from possible hack attempts).

and when its finished will it have the auto add a gif or something to the users postbit?
The current plan is to have the users be marked as a contributor, and based on that setting have the memberlist, postbit, and profile show that they have contributed, I haven't quite figured out how I want to implement this yet, but I am working on that side of the house as soon as I finish with the admin panel.

how will it intergrate into the members that already have donated via subscriptions?
Unfortunately, integrating it with previously subscribed purchases will make it very difficult to setup to do that automatically since historical transactions are difficult to code for on an individual basis from PayPal. So I have added the ability to mark a member as a contributor without the need for a transaction, all you have to do is input their username, and total donations, the system will do the rest.

see i have a specific usergroup that is called contributed and i use template conditionals to show a donated gif for members (post bit) maybe you could use the same instead of it being complicated just add a conditional to your install txt and make your script once VEREFIED is passed to the script the script will add a user secondery group to a contributed/donated usergroup (tounge twisted sorry).
That would require an extra step on the part of the admin in creating a secondary usergroup to do this, and I'm trying to keep extraneous code modifications, and side-bar database INSERTS down to a minimum, so using the current system it only requires that a user be "marked".

But i like this alot i can keep track of my donations alot better than browseing paypal all the time and checking emails against users.
The entire reason I'm bringing this back up folks ;)

)O( Cloudrunner )O(

artonex
06-05-2005, 06:08 PM
hey Cloudrunner i cant wait for the release of this, hope it comes soon :D:D

Cloudrunner
06-05-2005, 07:58 PM
hey Cloudrunner i cant wait for the release of this, hope it comes soon :D:D
Alright, as of now we are in Alpha Final. As long as no bugs raise their ugly heads we'll be going Beta by Friday.

w00tworld
06-05-2005, 08:16 PM
Now this looks like the sort of modification I have been seeking, I hope all gos well with your testing Cloudrunner and look forward to making use it ;)

dsboyce8624
06-05-2005, 08:52 PM
As a tester of this, I'd just like to say that CR is working very hard, and it looks like things are going very well.

Now if I only had people interested in donating to my site!!!!

:banana:

jugo
06-06-2005, 12:15 AM
Dude...you are gonna make ALOT of people very happy.

WOW!!!

dsboyce8624
06-06-2005, 12:18 AM
Dude...you are gonna make ALOT of people very happy.

WOW!!!

Does that mean they'll donate to my site?

jugo
06-06-2005, 12:19 AM
Well...are YOU coding it? LOL.

dsboyce8624
06-06-2005, 12:35 AM
Naw, just testing it.

<insert neener, neener nosies here>

Seriously, it's gonna be real nice. CR is doing a hell of a job.

Even when I email him a bug in the middle of the night!

LOL

GSX-Racing
06-06-2005, 02:10 AM
This hack will be awesome when done. Thanks in advance.

Cloudrunner
06-06-2005, 02:55 AM
I've some templates issues to address over the next week or so with the Alpha (seems that IE doesn't like em much, while mozilla, firefox, opera, and all the other non-ie browsers love the templates...oh well), but nce that's been addressed barring ay new bugs, we'll be going Beta with this, so here's the call for feature suggestions. Go ahead and post em here as I'll be asking a mod to move this *back* to the beta forum once we've gone that route.

Thanks for the support on this folks, I really didn't realize there was this much of a call for it or I would have done it months ago...

)O( Cloudrunner )O(

VBUsers
06-06-2005, 03:10 AM
great job cant wait for this to come out.

dsboyce8624
06-06-2005, 03:45 AM
Yeah, IE'll get ya every time. But it's still the most used by a long shot.

Good thing I use it, or you'd be working on those templates under a little more pressure, LOL!

artonex
06-06-2005, 08:03 AM
thanks for the updates CR, any chance the hack will look like this?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

w00tworld
06-06-2005, 03:40 PM
thanks for the updates CR, any chance the hack will look like this?

http://www.sigstorage.com/upload/1329-Untitled-3.gif


TheWebJunkie, this is what I am seeking also, would be great;)

camoman
06-06-2005, 06:15 PM
Man I can't wait!! Thank you !!

Cloudrunner
06-06-2005, 08:44 PM
Man I can't wait!! Thank you !!
ugh, this is gonna turn into one of them really major addition hacks, I can tell ROFL.

In answer to the look side of things, no not right at this moment, but it can without much problem, I'll look into getting that up in the next few days or so...

Lemme get this IE vs Moz thing figgered out and I'll start workin these other issues as well.

CR

Trana
06-07-2005, 06:54 PM
The script works great, but I would really like to see a CMPS module so I can pin the donation window to the leftside or rightside.

The mockup created by thewebjunkie is perfect. I think that is the display that a lot of people want.

dsboyce8624
06-07-2005, 07:15 PM
The script works great, but I would really like to see a CMPS module so I can pin the donation window to the leftside or rightside.

The mockup created by thewebjunkie is perfect. I think that is the display that a lot of people want.

Being worked on.

Cloudrunner
06-07-2005, 08:35 PM
Being worked on.
lol, ye beat me to it LOL

Yes, as was stated I am currently working on that.I've run into some small bugs that is going to delay the beta release abit, but no worries, progress is steadily being made.

lol, ye beat me to it LOL

Yes, as was stated I am currently working on that.I've run into some small bugs that is going to delay the beta release abit, but no worries, progress is steadily being made.
Alright, just fixed Major bug #1 ;)

With the IPN the system was tracking ALL PayPal transactions that came through, thus bloating your database. I've added a checks/report system to the backend that will look for specific donation transactions (for those of you who use your paypal for other things like selling on E-Bay) and only add and process THOSE transactions that the donations system sends.

I kinda like that myself....no onto other things...

I'm still looking for feature suggestions folks ;)

Trana
06-08-2005, 12:04 AM
You wanted a suggested features list?????

You got it! (I bet you wish you hadn't said that)

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CMPS module (being worked on I guess)

User donation categories - i.e. gold, silver, bronze. A user gives >$XX and is in Gold, etc, etc.

Ability to integrate with the subscription functions a bit

Donations give the ability to get small mini functionality on the site (not like subscriptions). For example, on my site, I would like only the people who donate >$10 to get the right to use the Post Icons. There are a lot of things that VBB doesn't do out of the box that this script can enable. Just a thought for people who are creative about how they solicit donations.

Statistics for Admin console, total donations, donations per day, rate, etc

Thank you email sent to the donation user

Ability to "buy" a banner ad through a donation (maybe a stretch, but hey, you asked for it!). For example, I "sell" banners with a $100 donation. If it can't integrate with a banner module, maybe just an email to the admin with the specifics.

Smaller tables for the donation types and buttons (I guess this can be in the templates or in the cmps module....)

Thats all I can think of for now. I'm sure you can find a few of them that would be worthwhile to add in now that you have gotten the script into a pre-beta and can afford to play around. The one that I would most like to see would be the Gold/Silver/Bronze categories, also the cmps module but it looks like someone is working on this one already.

Good work thus far.

Thanks again!

Cloudrunner
06-08-2005, 12:45 AM
You wanted a suggested features list?????

You got it! (I bet you wish you hadn't said that)

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CMPS module (being worked on I guess)yup, in the works now...User donation categories - i.e. gold, silver, bronze. A user gives >$XX and is in Gold, etc, etc.I like that one, will get that on the todo list immediatelyAbility to integrate with the subscription functions a bitI wouldn'teven know where to start on that one, but I will look into it, back-burnerDonations give the ability to get small mini functionality on the site (not like subscriptions). For example, on my site, I would like only the people who donate >$10 to get the right to use the Post Icons. There are a lot of things that VBB doesn't do out of the box that this script can enable. Just a thought for people who are creative about how they solicit donations.I can implement a "hook" where you can simply use a conditional in a template to display or not based on the user's donation category...oh boy here we go...Statistics for Admin console, total donations, donations per day, rate, etc'nother nice idea, todo listThank you email sent to the donation usertodo listAbility to "buy" a banner ad through a donation (maybe a stretch, but hey, you asked for it!). For example, I "sell" banners with a $100 donation. If it can't integrate with a banner module, maybe just an email to the admin with the specifics.You can do this with the subscriptions, the banner thing would be a totally different hack though, sorry, I don't think I'm gonna look into doing this one simply because I have many major personal and moral issues with advertising on sites that are requesting donations. Kinda defeats the purpose of being a non-commercial entitySmaller tables for the donation types and buttons (I guess this can be in the templates or in the cmps module....)I'll look into doing something like a modular template, but can't promise nothing here yet.Thats all I can think of for now. I'm sure you can find a few of them that would be worthwhile to add in now that you have gotten the script into a pre-beta and can afford to play around. The one that I would most like to see would be the Gold/Silver/Bronze categories, also the cmps module but it looks like someone is working on this one already.

Good work thus far.

Thanks again!Are you sure? LOL...

Trana
06-08-2005, 12:52 AM
In regards to the banner/donation thing, I would agree with you.

However, since I run a very localized site, ANY banners would be nice. We offer a 1 year banner ad free for donations of $100 or more. This is so ridiculously cheap for the people who do want to advertise with us that it is a no brainer.

Just wanted to say that I understand where you are coming from.

KevinL
06-08-2005, 01:20 AM
Looks like this will be a good one :)

jugo
06-08-2005, 12:12 PM
I smell HACK OF THE MONTH all over this one.

DUDE <----Started a thought here and totally forgot what it was.

Trana
06-09-2005, 05:36 PM
Has anyone integrated this with CMPS in the form of a module?

dsboyce8624
06-09-2005, 06:36 PM
Has anyone integrated this with CMPS in the form of a module?

Being worked on.

artonex
06-09-2005, 08:14 PM
dam Cloudrunner this is gonna be a sweet hack i cant wait :D

Jaxx
06-10-2005, 06:13 AM
Been checking this tread every day. :)

One question, you say

You as the admin have the ability to show as little or as much as you want about what happens with your donations.

Does this mean if I pay out for the hosting cost, it will show where that money went to?

Cloudrunner
06-10-2005, 06:21 AM
Been checking this tread every day. :)

One question, you say

You as the admin have the ability to show as little or as much as you want about what happens with your donations.

Does this mean if I pay out for the hosting cost, it will show where that money went to?
I am working on adding comments to the goals area where you can put that information in as a comment to the goal, but it will not deduct that $$$ from the goal at this moment (that shouldn't be too hard to implement and I'll look into it as I finish up the goals adjustments). I am working my butt to the bone at the moment to get this into beta so that I can work out the individual circumstance bugs that I am sure are there, so please bear with me on this one, it's turning into a bigger hack than I thought it would be ;).

kissmans
06-10-2005, 07:53 AM
i don't know this one for share or sales please give me the answer thank. where can i get it.

jugo
06-10-2005, 12:18 PM
THE HACK IS NOT YET COMPLETED!!!! I guess as soon as it's completed it will be released in the "RELEASES" Section.

This is merely a discussion thread. HAVE SOME PATIENCE PEOPLE!!!

:: Cloudrunner :: the proper term is "Donors" not "Donators" ;-)

Snake
06-10-2005, 06:48 PM
Uh will you update the hack for v3.5 lately?

dsboyce8624
06-10-2005, 06:52 PM
I would suspect it has to get finished before it can be updated.

Besides, most people will not be upgrading live servers yet.

I know I'm going to wait a while, I have over 60 hacks installed. I need to figure out which are defunct due to 3.5 and wiat until the ones I absolutely need are ported.

I don't think it's going to be an overnight process.

And I can tell you at this point, CR is working on doing the goals to donations staus bar thingy that is so popular. The basic funtionality is already there and can be seen at my site.

Keep in mind, it's not been dressed up yet.

Dennis

artonex
06-10-2005, 07:31 PM
Cloudrunner i beg you to rls this for 3.0.7 cuz i wont be upgrading to vb3.5.0 for a long long time.

Cloudrunner
06-10-2005, 08:42 PM
Cloudrunner i beg you to rls this for 3.0.7 cuz i wont be upgrading to vb3.5.0 for a long long time.
It will be released for 3.0.7 before I do anything with it for 3.5. and I call them donators simply because donors sounds to me like We're asking them for their spleen...

dsboyce8624
06-10-2005, 09:06 PM
It will be released for 3.0.7 before I do anything with it for 3.5. and I call them donators simply because donors sounds to me like We're asking them for their spleen...

You could make a lot of cash with a spleen, well, a kidney maybe.

:nervous:

artonex
06-10-2005, 10:32 PM
It will be released for 3.0.7 before I do anything with it for 3.5. and I call them donators simply because donors sounds to me like We're asking them for their spleen...


phew! you just made me very happy :D

Cloudrunner
06-10-2005, 11:19 PM
I have a request for someone, anyone who wants to take me up on this, you will get full credit for it.

I need a 3-dimensional dollar sign ($) in dollar green that is in the same style as the small text buttons graphics in the graphics developer kit so that I can super-impose that image on the donate button for the VBACMPS module. Thank you in advance to anyone who can make this happen.

)O( Cloudrunner )O(

P.s. Kind of like the quill and paper is what I'm talking about.

midnightz
06-11-2005, 12:46 AM
I have a request for someone, anyone who wants to take me up on this, you will get full credit for it.

I need a 3-dimensional dollar sign ($) in dollar green that is in the same style as the small text buttons graphics in the graphics developer kit so that I can super-impose that image on the donate button for the VBACMPS module. Thank you in advance to anyone who can make this happen.

)O( Cloudrunner )O(

P.s. Kind of like the quill and paper is what I'm talking about.

Hey,

You can Pm me and I will help you with this no problem, I will give you a few to choose from.

Ez!

Cloudrunner
06-11-2005, 01:14 AM
The button is in no way set in stone right now, but here's a screeny of the CMPS module as it sits right now.

The background, fill and border colors, and the width and height of the percentage bar are all 100% customizable using 6-digit HEX color codes. The amount of goals to show is customizable, the number of users to show per goal is customizable. The percentage is calculated via the goals table, while the donators show up as their total donations across the board.

Am still working on how I want to finalize it, but here's the preview.

caimakale
06-11-2005, 04:50 AM
I was getting ready to pick up your old hack for version 2 to see if I could do anything to port it over. Glad to see you on it, you have saved me a ton of time and headache.

This is a much sought after hack and I really think it will end up with hack of the month. (it will have my vote) Any word on a beta release date?

SLeeeper
06-11-2005, 06:36 AM
CR will this work? If you like them, but need changes or sizing....let me know. I can send the gif file where ever you want...

sorry about the black bg, but I was working on my site. I changed the AA but not the preview :laugh:

Cloudrunner
06-11-2005, 11:01 AM
CR will this work? If you like them, but need changes or sizing....let me know. I can send the gif file where ever you want...

sorry about the black bg, but I was working on my site. I changed the AA but not the preview :laugh:
yes actually, that's perfect!

can you send just the dollar sign to tnp@noblepagan.com?

As far as a release on Beta, I'm shooting for tomorrow to be honest, but I'm not promising anything at this point.

T3MEDIA
06-11-2005, 11:29 AM
The button is in no way set in stone right now, but here's a screeny of the CMPS module as it sits right now.

The background, fill and border colors, and the width and height of the percentage bar are all 100% customizable using 6-digit HEX color codes. The amount of goals to show is customizable, the number of users to show per goal is customizable. The percentage is calculated via the goals table, while the donators show up as their total donations across the board.

Am still working on how I want to finalize it, but here's the preview.Question... I need your help Cloudrunner.
I am doing something for sick Kids in Canada (that is a hospital) can I set this up specifically for them? In other words like a marathon for Sick Kids Hospital.

I wanted the Marathon to end at a specific date with a goal and what we are at now.

Just curious how to go about that. Is it only template specific?
Thank you.

Cloudrunner
06-11-2005, 11:44 AM
Question... I need your help Cloudrunner.
I am doing something for sick Kids in Canada (that is a hospital) can I set this up specifically for them? In other words like a marathon for Sick Kids Hospital.

I wanted the Marathon to end at a specific date with a goal and what we are at now.

Just curious how to go about that. Is it only template specific?
Thank you.
So time delimited goals?

i.e. the goal disappears from the donate.php page after a certain date?

or to have the goal still show, just no one can donate towards that goal after a certain date?

not completely sure if I am understanding the question though...

midnightz
06-11-2005, 01:59 PM
Ok cool nevermind, looks good.

caimakale
06-11-2005, 04:35 PM
So time delimited goals?

i.e. the goal disappears from the donate.php page after a certain date?

or to have the goal still show, just no one can donate towards that goal after a certain date?

not completely sure if I am understanding the question though...


I think it would be nice to be able to set a monthly goal. If I take all of my website costs, and put that number out there for my members to see, it might be a little overwhelming. If I break it up and set a monthly goal, it may be a little more acheivable. Plus if I have more bandwidth usage or need more storage space, or even new software during a certain month, I can just add it to next months goal.

Cloudrunner
06-11-2005, 04:39 PM
I think it would be nice to be able to set a monthly goal. If I take all of my website costs, and put that number out there for my members to see, it might be a little overwhelming. If I break it up and set a monthly goal, it may be a little more acheivable. Plus if I have more bandwidth usage or need more storage space, or even new software during a certain month, I can just add it to next months goal.
easily done, just add a new goal each time you need to and remove the old one. I don't think that I'm going to add any automation to that portion of the hack simply due to the fact that it is easier for you as the admin to do it, than for me to try to guess as to what you would be requiring on the different time frames. I hope you can understand...

SLeeeper
06-11-2005, 05:05 PM
yes actually, that's perfect!

can you send just the dollar sign to tnp@noblepagan.com?

As far as a release on Beta, I'm shooting for tomorrow to be honest, but I'm not promising anything at this point.


No problem, but I need to AA to the background color for you. Otherwise you will get the little white "fuzzies" around it. Are you going to use it on a blue button, like the stock?

Cloudrunner
06-11-2005, 06:49 PM
Aight folks, final testing is under way. I'm NOT adding anymore features until I am 100% confident in the system and have cleaned the code and have it released under Beta.

Once in Beta, I will entertain more feature additions, but as of right now, there are going to be none added until after Beta.

I want to thank you all for your patience on this one, I do appreciate it.

Love and light to you all.

)O( Cloudrunner )O(

artonex
06-11-2005, 07:08 PM
Cant wait Cloudrunner :D

caimakale
06-11-2005, 07:57 PM
Wahooooooo!!!

I can't wait either. It's like Christmas all over again!

RichieBoy67
06-11-2005, 09:21 PM
Anyway I can get in on the beta test???

Cloudrunner
06-11-2005, 10:51 PM
Anyway I can get in on the beta test???
Beta will be open to all and released here on VB.org.

Snake
06-12-2005, 06:39 AM
Will it contain bugs or bug-free?

Cloudrunner
06-12-2005, 10:27 AM
Will it contain bugs or free-bug?
I ain't perfect hoss, but we're doing our best to make sure that the system is as bug-free as we can before release. I think we've hashed out most of em, but one can never be sure.

yoyoyoyo
06-12-2005, 12:19 PM
I am looking forward to this release, also!

dsboyce8624
06-12-2005, 03:06 PM
I ain't perfect hoss, but we're doing our best to make sure that the system is as bug-free as we can before release. I think we've hashed out most of em, but one can never be sure.

I like bugs, good for squishin'.

PS - The current workup is on my site. Goal/Donations Bar included.

Cloudrunner
06-12-2005, 06:13 PM
Public Beta will be released in about three hours...stay tuned.

dsboyce8624
06-12-2005, 06:49 PM
OOoooo, I can't wait!!!!!

Gottcha
06-12-2005, 06:51 PM
been following this thread for awhile now and cant wait til its released.

Cloudrunner
06-12-2005, 09:31 PM
Released.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=82978

(will a mod kindly close this thread?)