BTW, how is V2 coming along?

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2. Execute the following SQL Queries (Can be done in PHPMyAdmin):
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CREATE TABLE user_rate_trade (
userrateid INT(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
rateduser INT(10) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
userid INT(10) unsigned DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
userrating SMALLINT(6) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
userbuysell TINYINT(1) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
userdate DATE DEFAULT '0000-00-00' NOT NULL,
usercomments VARCHAR(80) NOT NULL,
userurl VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (userrateid),
KEY rateduser (userid)
);

ALTER TABLE user ADD ratetradetotal SMALLINT(5) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL;

I am not familiar with PHP and I am still learning it. I am wondering where I put this? Do I put it in my php.ini file somewhere. If so could you show me exactly where? I have got everything completed except for this.

Thanks this is an awesome hack
Chris

I am trying to install this hack on my website devrykids.com which is located on ipowerweb.com and is running phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 and was wanting to know if anyone could help me set up i'm stuck on number 2 in the installation file..

THanks
Matt

Has anyone tested this with vB3?

yeah this should be a nice addition to 3.0 :)

One more suggestion, if you don't mind, and it might even be a simple one.

Instead of a single number rating like (10) I think a dual number system would be MUCH better, such as (12/2) Clicking the appropriate colored number will display JUST the positive or JUST the negative feedback.

In case this isn't completely obvious, this actually shows how many positive and negative votes a person has. I personally think the eBay system is flawed because of the easy ability to see positives versus negatives. Someone with a lot of transactions can hide some pretty serious negatives off the first page of their feedback.

I'm going to use it anyway, but that would clearly make this hack better, and (without knowing how you do the queries/output) you can probably remove some calculations which get your total figure.

installed really easily, and just love it! thanks for the cool mod

why no new posts?

Hello,

Just 2 questions.

Is it possible to make the URL thread field MANDATORY (must insert)

Is it possible to make the feedback in the postbit appears only when there is at least 1 feedback?

Suggestions for V2

1. Make a new feature that allows you to see all comments left by the user whose profile you're viewing. This way, you can see trends in how they rate other users. This would be mainly for admins, but it can also help others determine how much "weight" to give this person's feedback. As it stands now, you can see all comments "given" to the user, but not all comments made "by" the user on the profile page.

2. Rebuttal comments are very necessary.

3. Email notification to each user when new ratings are added to their profile.

4. Suspension from using the feature on a member-to-member basis. Disallowing certain members from using the tool if they've abused it.

5. Prevention of allowing certain usergroups to be rated. I have a vendor usergroup who I don't want to be rated. I want this to be a trader rating system, not necessarily a vendor rating system.

6. Making the different rating counts clickable - right now, there are 3 numbers to display how many ratings are positive, neutral and negative. I'd like to make those numbers hyperlinked so that users can read only the negative, instead of having the option to only read ALL ratings.

Great hack by the way....

Can't wait for someone to finally come up with a vBClassifieds system. I've been asking for that for years. Glad you're taking it on.