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Works just fine.
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I've installed this and just love it, but I am having some problems which I'm sure is probably because I'm such a newbie at all of this. I would appreciate any basic (very basic) help anyone could give me.
1. I don't understand how my members can request an award, either for themselves or others. I've searched everywhere on my board and cannot find a a link or button or anything that would give them this ability. From what I've seen, the only way they can even know it exits is if they happen to see an award given to someone else in their postbit. But even if they do, there's still no way for them to request one for themselves or anyone else. I have made a forum for Award requests and put the forum ID into the awards system settings; so there is a forum available, but how do the members post to it? (It's in the admin section of my board so only the staff can see it just as the forums for post reports and infractions are. 2. Perhaps I misunderstood, but isn't there supposed to be another page or module that you can add to your home page that shows all the members that have awards or something like that? That's what I thought this meant: Quote:
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If someone could tell me where in the world to find this "link", I too would like to add it to the drop down menu...but first I need to know where the link is or is supposed to be to start with lol Please, could someone help me? Remember, I'm VERY new at this and need really basic one step at a time directions lol |
Cindy - I'll see if I can help. :)
1) If I'm understanding correctly, you made a new forum for the awards requests, and you have the permissions set so that it is for your admin team. I believe that any posts that go in there from people requesting awards will be moderated - meaning that they will need to be approved (by a moderator of that form, or a SuperAdmin) before they are visible to other admin members. 2) Go to www.YourSite.com/awards.php (change the YourSite.com to your web site) That page should let you view who has received an award, and (if enabled) it should have a "Request" link for each award. |
Yes and no, none of my regular members can see into that forum, only the staff can. The posts therefore don't need to be moderated since we're the only ones that can see them.
The point is though that none of my members have a link or button or anything anywhere to click on that would cause a thread to be posted in that awards request forum.... I went to: http://www.fresh-hope.com/awards.php like you said though and I'll I get is a 404 error: Quote:
http://www.fresh-hope.com/ and the page to my board is here: http://www.fresh-hope.com/forums/index.php Could I have perhaps missed a step in the settings or install? Edited to add: I found the page! I just had to add forums to the address! Thanks!!!! http://www.fresh-hope.com/forums/awards.php |
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As far as the admin forum thing, I'm not sure that you have a choice. From what I've seen with other add-ons, if something forces a post to be made in a forum that they usually wouldn't be able to post in (like this would do), it automatically is put in "moderated" status. If that's okay with you, then I don't think you need to set anything else up, but you (or a moderator of that forum) would need to check and approve those posts/threads. If you find that annoying, you could more or make that "requesting" forum under a section that your members usually have permission to post in. Do you know where to go to add in that Awards link, so your members can use it? |
What you do is add a link to your postbit or postbit legacy pull down menu. Add a link that points to the awards.php file.
If you're using it as a "Post of the Month" nomination, your users will have to include the URL of the post they're attempting to nominate. Here's the code I use: Code:
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When you create the phrase, you can name it anything you want. The code I provided above just pulls the text from the phrase for the link. :)
Unfortunately, you'll have to provide instructions to your users to include the URL of the post they wish to nominate on your site. Other than that, including the link in the postbit works very well. |
oh ok, so if I use that code you gave me, just changing it to say something like "Request Award" then when people click on that persons username on one of their posts, it will generate a new thread requestiing an award for that person? And the person posting it can simply include the url to the post they think should get the award?
I'm sorry for repeating things like this, but I need to make sure I really do understand what you're saying. I've learned the hard way that often what I think someone is saying isn't the case at all lol Also, could you please tell me how/where I go to insert that code you gave me? Again I apologize for needing so much direction here... I really do appreciate your help! |
In your postbit or postbit_legacy template find:
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<!-----Post of the Month----->That's all there is to it. Just make sure your users know to insert the URL of the post they want to reference when submitting the award request. :) |
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