Are you using the legacy template by any chance?

How do I tell that? I'm trying to yank this right now as my forums crashed and I'm getting emails like crazy here.

You got any idea what this is from?

Invalid SQL:
SELECT title, data FROM 125datastore
WHERE title IN ('options', 'cron', 'forumcache', 'usergroupcache', 'stylecache')

mysql error: Table ' dbnamehere.125datastore' doesn't exist

mysql error number: 1146

No idea what might be causing that.

I think it was a bad query for the whos online hack by Gary. :(

Better ask in his hack thread then.:)

I'm not sure now that it was that. I was able to re add it, and Contributor hack and all is well in the world again. Thanks.

Well I just installed this hack and its not working. i followed the directions to a T and all. I got to be over looking something and have no idea where to look.

I can mark the person as a contributor.. however it doesnt show when people post.

any ideas?

Nevermind.. i had to add it to postbit_legacy..

Looks like its working there now..

Yeah like I said.. I had to add it to the postbit_legacy template.. thats twice that has happened to me..

one day i will find out whats the difference between postbit and postbit_legacy :)

/me installs awsome addon

I tried using this code, but it didn't work. Is the number 4 indicating the subscription ID? I thought it was, so I subbed 4 for 1, my subscription ID that I use. It didn't work though.

Anyone know how to use this code correctly? What am I doing wrong? No offense to the maker of this hack. :) It looks good! I just would rather edit a template then edit multiple php files. :)

Add these phrases:

Varname: user_contrib
Text: Mark as Contributor ?

Varname: post_contrib
Text: <b>Contributor</b>

whats the Phrase Type?

IIRC Global.

i dont see IIRC Global. :S

IIRC = If I Remember Correctly :)

The phrase type will work in GLOBAL so put it there:)

o my bad

I saw this question asked earlier, and unless I blew by the answer, then I'd like to ask again.

I had the original version of this this hack installed in V 2.2.7, and I used this so that I could display a little image and use this to indicate my staff members, but now that we're using Gold it appears that it's all done with phrases instead.

I'm using the ranks to assign a silver ring to indicate my subscribers and would like to use this for my staff. So the question is...

How....or can I use a phrase to assign this image like I did above? And if so....is the placement of the image just a matter of where in the postbit you place it like it was before.

Thanks! :p

I really prefer the multi-tiered version where you can label a user based on the amount that they donated.

example:
Platinum Contributor
Gold Contributor
Silver Contributor
Bronze Contributor

This is very effective when the time comes to request donations. :)

can you make it so a certain usergroup is an contributor?

I did it step by step, but it doesn't show up. I may be missing something.

Good work. I was wondering, could we make the contributor thing say something different like... awesome person...not that i'll use that, but can we change it?

Smacks the install....I just love the little things....

Installed per instructions-cannot find anything in the CP.

It's in the user profile in the Admin CP. ;)

thank you! very easy install


*clicks install :)

Is it possible to use that to mark an entire usergroup as contributors?

Well...we do that with the Rank system in 3.0....

All of our contributors have a Silver Ring displayed in their profile if that helps any,

Oh you mean the internal rank system of Vb3?
I have still Vb2.3.0 and dont plan to upgrade for now ...

In that case ...no...you have to mark them on a user by user basis. We used this to indicate staff when we were running 2.3 and it worked quite well.

The hack is OK, but I really do not want anything in the signature is their a way to not have it do that?

The Contributor title doesn't show up in the signature - so i'm not sure why it is for you :ermm:

All my users have a "contrib" in their signature, when you click on thier profile.

You haven't edit the MEMBERINFO template correctly.:)

thanks I will check it thanks!

is'nt this the problem?-

'signature',
Below, add:
'contrib',

Never mind I found it!

It would be great if you could hack a page that would display all the contributors in a list format.

Okay I'm new to hacks and i don't understand what you mean by this

[sql]
[/sql]
Check the link above:)

Okay I'm blonde, how do I go to myadmin.php and run a query? :$