Tralala, Mr.d:

I see what you mean. Wait until next version.

You've answered other questions, but not this one.

Please reply ASAP - I can't put my forums online until I do this..

Mr.D asked the same question above, and Psionic Vision said he'd work on it for the next version.

A few weeks back I was looking at the cron job to see how invites were issued via reputation gains, and was considering tweaking/simplifying it to allow for it to simply give every member 2 invites (which is how I'd prefer my forums to work)... but I got in over my head, and ultimately figured I'd just wait for Mr. Vision to introduce the feature properly.

In the meantime, you can manually give users invites in the AdminCP. Not easy and not automatic, but it works now.

It wasn't the same question. Mr. D asked how you can give say 100 invites to a certain person. I asked how I can send out a batch of initial invites, before my forum has any more than one member (myself)

Give yourself 100 invites by editing your own account via admincp... And then send out the invites....

Hi
Can you tell me when will you make the next version?

I do not answer this kind of questions.

I just installed this hack and it gave 10 invites to all the users , how can i remove those invites ?

Run the following query:
UPDATE PFXuser SET invites = 0
But don't forget to replace PFX with your table prefix.

I think this is a great hack!

Q1: Can I see the invites sent by members of the board?
Q2: Can I cc: myself on all invites sent?
Q3: What happens to expired invites?
Q4: If I have the by invitation only selected to yes, does the clean up jobs run?
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Idea 1: Maybe add a AdminCP module for all invites sent and a way to mass clean them up. Also in the Admin module a please to cancel delete invitations.

Idea 2: Allow the system to retain the invites for future use or re invite.

Idea 3: Stats on the top invites.

Idea 4: Leverage the member db, to check and see if a member is already on the board.

Idea 5: Optional field on the invite form for invitors first name.

Again Awesome Hack!

Glenn

A1: No, but if you install a referrer statistics hack and turn on referrers, then you will see the statistics of who invited who.
A2: No, and I don't think you would want to get loads of letters on your e-mail box.
A3: They cannot be used anymore, but they stay in the user's invite log.
A4: The cron runs regardless of the settings.

AI1: What would be the point of that?
AI2: Again, what would be the point of that if users automatically gain more invites to issue?
AI3: Install a referrer statistics hack.
AI4: Yes, that features is present in the commercial version of this hack... The commercial version will be available on my website.
AI5: That might be considered, although it might be used for altering self-identify which sometime may not be good.

F: Thanks!

I'm here to tell you, you are a true credit to this an the Vbulletin community. I will look for the refer stats hack. I will purchase the commercial version as soon as it's available.

and.... Thank you so much for replying in the time it took me to drive home.... WOW!

Glenn

You can find the referrer statistics hack right in my profile.
As an alternative, you can use the referrer statistics hack made by Michelle.

And thanks. :)

Psionic Vision, when your site ready for display commercial hacks?
I want to see the features and demo for commercial hacks.
Make sure fit my needs before buy it :)

Within a couple of weeks, hopefully.

hey props to you on this mod, my question to you is there going to be any add ons for this like for example a mod in the users postbit or maybe in the memberlst thses would be some thing awsome to see

Very nice and useful extension. Thank you so much!

can someone work on this : http://www.dholaholic.com/forum/import/import.php

also, that its a must for users to do that before they can start posting..?

www.dancehallareaz.com/forum/invites.php

username : test

pswd : test123

theres a bunch free laying around just search for it

can u please provide me that mod?

where to search and wat to search?

Guys,

Im sorry if this has already been asked or is listed somewhere.

I am wondering if this Invite System will work in a way that when a member sends someone an invite that it still requires there registration to be preaproved by an admin or moderator of the board?

Reason I ask this is because as an admin I still would like to have a say so on who my members are letting into the site and prescreen them possibly by forcing them to answer questions in the registration form or converse with me through either a private message system or through direct email.

I need some control over my members just shooting out invites to just anyone that asks them for one.

Thanks

Doug

Use that.

I just enable "Moderate New Members" in AdminCP -> vBulletin Options -> User Registration options. This "allows you to validate new members before they are classified as registered members and are allowed to post." And it works fine with the Invites system!

Here how it currently works: Person gets invite, registers, validates email. Mod is notified and must approve new member... at which point a 2nd email goes out and lets the new person know he's in. Then (and only then) can s/he see forums and post.

Ideally I'd have liked for an option for Invites to be filtered through mods first; so they can allow or disapprove certain invites as needed. This was asked for above, and unfortunately Psionic Vision said he wasn't interested in implementing that. Maybe for the commercial version, P.V.?

In the absence of that, I still would like to prevent already-banned folks from getting new invites. (Perhaps with a "veto list" of email or IP addresses.) Some members try and re-invite in folks I've already been forced to exclude, and it causes an unecessary cycle of resentment.

In the meantimt though, just wanted to reiterate, vB's built-in User Moderation works well alongside Psionic Vision's Invite System.

Nope, it is not supposed to work fine. It is supposed to bypass any moderation unless a specific usergroup is specified in options. If moderation is not bypassed - let me know.

I have no specific usergroup specified in options. ("Initial Usergroup for Invited Users" is blank.)

And yet, when an invite is issued and accepted, the new member is placed first in the "Awaiting Email Confirmation" group. And once they validate their email they move to the "Awaiting Moderation" queue. At which point a mod can approve them in. I'd always thought it was operating as expected, and I appreciated it. Why would anyone want these preferences bypassed?

They'd want it bypassed cause the member was invited and should thus be a "honor member", essp. on a board wth closed registration. But anyway, shall I keep it as is?

I, for one, would appreciate it being kept as is. Keep in mind not all of us have the same goals for our forums... the one I'm discussing is intentionally small. (Sounds like me and dcpaq2 are on the same page on this one.) My forum isn't about thousands of eyeballs and advertising dollars; it's more about a small, quality membership of friends and friends of friends.

I feel it should be left up to the moderator to decide if an "invite trumps all" on their forum. The inability to moderate invites before they go out is one issue, and the inability to prevent invites from going to known troublemakers is yet another. But we've already discussed those issues.

Allowing invites to completely bypass the email verification and user moderation would make this a much less useful add-on, at least for me. Choice and control is always good. I'm able to work with this hack in it's current state, but if I had to forgo user moderation in future versions, I'd probably skip the upgrade or stop using the Invite System entirely.

Does this mod work with v3.5.4

thanks

Yes.

Is it possible to reset the system so I can run multiple contests?

I want to get setup so I can run a contest every other month. I plan on using the referral system/invites for the contest. The person with the most referrals wins.

Any thoughts?

There's a bunch of what laying around?

yeah if you know a little programing....You can fix it up well nice!

Or if you hire a programmer, like you did ;) , to do it

no i could do it just that it wasnt enough! thats diff :)

I think im gonna install this :P

Yeah, good hack :)

Thanks,
Mat

using 3.5.4

okay i installed this hack...but i have one problem... in my profiles i don't see the Invite someone link or area....

I have it in the vboptions menu. and i did set it.

any ideas...yes i check each and every line of code i had to put in.

How do i change this message.

" You must be invited in order to be able to register on our board. Have a nice day. "

nvm got it , edited phrase invites_e_registration_only_by_invites

when a user signs up after being referred, the blank where the referrer's name should be populated. It's not populating for me, and referrers are not getting credit.

Thanks for the help.

When a person is invited using the invites system, the referrer field is not visible. It is "populated" on a system level automatically, without displaying the value in the registration form.