*Subscribes to the thread so I knows when 3.5 version is released. Can't wait.

<font size="1">*unsubscribes from the thread because of intolerable spam/noise ratio*</font>

Come on, update this. We realllllly need it :(

I miss this feature on my forums... Maybe I should start rewriting this hack for v3.5... would be nice to see the new features the author announced but it's just taking so long to release this hack :(

he is prb not going to release or work on this now because of little kids cryin and you prb annoyed and pissed him off

he is prb not going to release or work on this now because of little kids cryin and you prb annoyed and pissed him off

Relax, do you want a buggy hack ?? It will be released very soon.

I can be patient in waiting, but not hearing of any updates/progress reports can be frustrating.

Just charge a fee if you want but upgrade this one please.

Are there any alternatives for this sort of hack? This is the only thing keeping me from upgrading to 3.5, I don't know if I can wait any longer.

Ive sent jason 50$ ... maybe some others should too and he would be more driven ;)

I have already ported this for a client who needed it urgently to upgrade. Looks great.
Can't wait to see the new features Jason will put into the new version. I might even install it on one of my own boards :D

I'm sure he is almost done, just have patience everyone :)

Nice job shoemoney.. now he's at the bar... way to slow down progress..

hehe JK :)

I need a port for vb3.5.x too! I don't mind paying for it, so just make it happen ;)

Hey guys, sorry I haven't replied in a while. I didn't get a chance to work on it last week because of thanksgiving, and was still sick, but I've finally gotten over everything and have been working on it today. Right now I'm trying to get all the bbcode parsing to work correctly with the vB editors. The vB editors are used because people can submit additional info (kind of a thread-style) for the rating. But with 3.5.x it's kind of tricky having to call certain files and classes so it's a lot of code-digging to figure out how things work and implement them properly. (I'm even excluding ajax at the moment because of how much complexity that would add.)

There's a lot that has been added / changed, but the upgrade from 3.0.x should be pretty painless as I'm including an extra upgrade script (the table name / structure has changed, and there is an additional table, but it is somewhat backwards compatible to allow for the upgrade).

I am excluding some "like to have" features right now that I do not have working, as right now I'm trying to get the bare essentials up and doing things all properly.

I'm not pissed at anyone, and I'm not planning on charging a fee. I thank all the people who have donated money, that does let me know that you do find the hack seriously useful.

Hopefully by the end of the day today I should know much better where I stand on actual completion, and will post an update. Maybe I will post some screenshots if you guys are nice. ;)

Good news Sir.

I finally realized that I would have to write a class to manage the editor text parsing correctly, so since I've had to go that far I might as well have all the data management within that class.

It's coming along, I'm starting to get back in my groove, if I can keep myself motivated this should fly right along.

On a side note, mondays really suck. This morning I got hydralic fluid when I was on a forklift spray all in my face and on my shirt. My eyes still burn a little but it's not that bad. Then I cut my hand moving some equipment around. Oh, then I stepped in some mud with my nice new shoes. It never ends... I'm jinxed I swear... At least the coding is going smooth thus far.

that does suck and i can relate. had hydro fluid all in my face/mouth/shirt while loading a semi. used the side shifter and the hose ruptured. was not pleasant. happened about a month back.

thanks for the updates (and your hard work) on your port. i look forward to the 3.5.x version. it has (and continues to be) a very important part of our trading forum at pcper.com.

thanks for the update, couldnt send much this time but made a little paypal donation to help out, keep up the great work

I have been running the Trader Rating on my site for a couple of months now and everyone loves it. I just had a question from one of my members and would like to ask one of you if you know why this is happening.

I have a member with these stats:

Feedback Score:
Positive Feedback: 11
100.0%
Members who left a positive: 11
Members who left a negative: 0
All positive feedback received: 12

Why is his Positive feedback showing 11 next to his name if he actually has a total of 12?

will this work on 3.51?

i believe it does this if he got positive feedback from the same person more than once

Very much looking forward to seeing this one working with 3.5, keep up the good work, Jason!

I've noticed across a few TR installs (including my own) that people have modified the code so a certain user's ratings can count repeatedly, even when the rest don't - It makes for an easy means of adding ratings from a previous system.

On ZG, members used to just post feedback in a thread, but I manually converted this and posted all the feedback with a particular user for whom the ratings count repeatedly (http://www.zerogain.com/forum/feedback.php?u=11) - probably something you could include quite easily if you felt it would be of use to people.

So you are saying that a member cant leave positive feedback for the same person?
What if its a completly different sale? doesnt make any sense.

yes they can, but it won't count towards your feedback score. exact same thing as ebay does.

*sighs* it's been a while since Jason's commented. Is there an alternative for 3.5.X? I run a free hobby site, and just can't afford that other one that was listed on here. I have held off "officially" opening my site hoping for this specific modification, and now I've lost my Super Moderator because how frusterated he was with the situation :(. Anyway, if there's anyone that knows of an (at least) affordable solution, please let me know; or if anybody comes up with a conversion of this code, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks, and I do still eventually have high hopes for Jason's mod. I just cannot hold on waiting for it any longer.

Take it easy
KidneyBoy

he just commented yesterday ? ? ?

Well, actually reading the thread takes time. :D

Honestly, I was only checking each time I got a "topic reply" notification. I apologise for what I said above because the lame duck I am, I didn't see the posts that were JUST under my nose. I don't know HOW I missed that. Maybe I was on page 49, and didn't realize there was a page 50. So again, I'm sorry and I can't believe that I missed that. Go ahead and give me the "Jackass of the Day" award :lol:

Damn!!!

Take it easy
KidneyBoy

Hope you get better soon Jason.

Cant wait for the hack, thanks for the updates. Where are the screenies! :P

bada_bing - It is because the score is based on unique members. If the same member rates the person 100 times, their actual score only still increases by 1. It is more 'fair' this way and also prevents abuse somewhat. However in the 3.5.x version there is an admincp option to choose which style you want (i.e. unique or total).

Everyone else - I've been diligently coding away. I believe I have the vB editors working properly and parsing code correctly. I started adding some basic URL checking just to make sure they didn't enter garbage for the URL, but now it's turning into a full-blown thing making sure they enter in at least a correctly formed URL, that it matches up with the forum's hostname, then optionally you can have it check to make sure at least 1 of the 2 people created the thread in question, also you can limit validation to only certain forum sections (i.e. your FS/WTB only, so they can't enter just some random URL that they posted on your forum). Each various check can be set in the admincp options.

Right now I'm finishing up the URL checking, then I need to add in some code to return information when an error occurs for various things (so the user knows what they did wrong, rather than just a generic error message). Then I need finish up some editing ratings code & permission stuff, then it should be good to go. *crosses fingers*

It's close, real close... I'm getting exicted over this myself. ;) A lot will look famillar from the previous version, but there is also some new stuff (visually) and a LOT of new stuff (behind the scenes). One thing I really wanted to do with this version was ease administration and reduce abuse / false info.

Some things that won't make it into this version (but hopefully the next which I will release asap):

- Actual usergroup permissions for who can use the rating system (rather than just relying on the generic "canpostnew" and making it visible to that usergroup).
- Admin / Mod Utils for doing such things as IP checking, mass-pruning, etc. (However with the current system in place, a new person shouldn't be able to make unlmited ratings spamming your users like before).
- Other stuff I've forgotten...

edit - I would post screenies, but I would rather spend the time coding to get it finished at this point in time. It's not all that different from the last version.

Your a Star!

Thank you very much for the update, please pm me with your paypal info so i can send some kind of donation for your time. I cant wait now ! hehe

Man, I am so excited. And I'm picking up my new car today and I'm not sure which I'm more excited about now...

Really looking forward to it, Jason. :)

Cool!

Maybe one screenshot as a teaser?

Hey Jason,

I am running an upconverted version of your current one(1.2.0) on my 3.5.1 board. The question is will the new version work the same with the same database info? Also, how can I as the admin, edit ratings given now?

Can't wait Jason. I just donated $25 for the effort. I know you've been putting a lot of time into this and I hope others are chipping in to help out as well. We all greatly appreciate you putting time into this for us all. With all of the hacks that are going commercial, it's nice to see some useful free hacks like this still available.

TonysDesigns...

If you did not make any changes to the DB structure, then *it should* convert over without any problems. For upgrades I figured the smartest way would be to do a regular install with the XML and whatnot. Then I have separate "upgrade" script which will convert the existing data, then optionally remove old tables, phrases, etc...

Here's some screenshots, not everything is on the page yet, currently I'm working on editing & error checking. I still need to figure out where I'm going to stick the option to "link" two existing deals together. Probably have it on the edit page or its own page where they can enter in two IDs.

I'm still working on which icons are displayed for each instance. I know right now that one user would not be allowed to return feedback for another.

Current icons that you see are either in color or greyed out...

Paper - Submit Feedback / (Gray = Feedback Already Submitted)
Toolbox - Edit Feedback / (Gray = Can't Edit - only add additional comments)
Triangle ! - Report Feedback

If you are viewing feedback you left for others, then the paper changes to a couple little people and the text changes to say if they have rated you or not. I'm going to code it so the link would send the person a PM reminder to rate for the deal.

I think the admincp options are pretty self-explanatory. If anyone is confused about the wording speak up now.

If you have any suggesting for anything you see or would like to see that you think could be implemented fairly easily, please speak up now!

Wicked Jason! Thanks for the REPLY. We didn't make any DB changes at all, only ported it up manually.

Can't wait for that one... I contacted you Jason when you requested beta testers... If you ever need one, I can help you!

thanks!