I know... I love to get people going :speechless:

You didn't get anyone going. I was asking a simple question.

is everyone refrshing this page every few minutes in hopes that Jason is able to release b4 Saturday ends? :rolleyes: :nervous:

He didn't say which timezome!! So there!

well, he is in tx, so he has 30mins. :p

*drooling* Anticipation is running high here. Happy to wait though. Hope he's not stressin' on it.

waiting :(

Not alone... ;)

Trying to explain to hundreds of members that some things take time :)

Nice one Jason... i await this release then

Go Jason!!!

Go Jason Go! ;)

Good news people!

I have *finally* finished it! Woohoo!

I'm about to export it from my dev forum and import it into my real forum and run the update to convert all the old data.

If all goes well and my users don't report any serious bugs, then I will release an official 3.5.x update tomorrow! ;)

Thnx god he is alive:D

Waiting for this Jason, god bless ya:D

thanks for the update Jason

So it "should" work with 3.52 which seems to have changed some templates again?

Either way great news and I donated because of the great effort your putting in.

<3

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I'm going to be updating my forum probably tomorrow morning to 3.5.2, however iTrader should not be affected. That's the whole point of the product / plugin system for 3.5.x ;)

I did forget one little thing, the PM notifications. However that's mostly just copying some code, doing a couple checks, and adding a checkbox on the feedback & detail pages, so it will make it into the first release.


The upgrade script to convert the data from the 3.0.x (Trader Ratings) to iTrader has worked like a charm. There is only 1 required step (the actual conversion & recalcualting of scores), but I added several addtional steps:

- Auto Link Deals
- Delete old phrases & templates
- Delete old table

there is a working copy of iTrader on Jason's website. direct link: http://forums.extremeoverclocking.com/itrader.php?u=1

Looks very cool!

Unfortunatly you can't really see most of the changes as a guest, as a lot is "behind the scenes", and also when you are rating someone.

One thing I added was the ability for an itrader admin to be able to add a comment in anyone's deal detail page. Also a person can leave a comment even if they haven't returned the rating yet (an example is when they are waiting for their package to arrive and they want to know what the heck is going on, but don't want to leave a pos/neg rating yet).

Yeah Jason! U rool! Go for it! Update us! ;) Thanks for this hack! ;)

will we be able to save our old traded ratings if we had it set up on 3.0 before the upgrade?

Im looking forward to a 3.5 release!

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek.

sweet

Did I miss something?

nope, just words of encouragement. ;)

Phew :D

Looks like a few minors bugs have been discovered on EOC, maybe that's what's holding jason back to release the mod here at vB.org.

Wooohoooo thats really good news :D

Its been 2 days since your post has it been released yet??

Sorry guys, yesterday was a complete bust. I had to do some emergency home repairs, and my back is still aching today like a son of a gun from having to crawl around the attic.

Anyhow, yes there are a few minor bugs that were discovered which I need to fix this morning, then I should be able to get the release out this afternoon.

To answer a previous question, yes there is an upgrade script from 1.2.0 (3.0.x) to 2.0.0 (3.5.x). Basically you do a regular install of iTrader, then run the upgrade script. It imports / converts all existing data, and optionally can attempt to auto-link all existing deals, delete old phrases & templates, and lastly delete the old table & fields.

My suggestion is if you are upgrading to run the script up to the point of removing the phrases & templates, but leave the old table data until you are 100% sure you new data is correct.

I think when everyones done telling Jason how great he is...

We should acknowledge that Jason has done a horrible job supporting this product that is listed as a major addition.

When a developer chooses to develop a product and string people along with phony release dates its called overcommitting and under delivering.

As forum owners, I am sure many of you have quite a few angry forum members waiting and waiting for this hack. I stopped giving dates out about 2 weeks ago and I am glad I did. We were met with many reasons for this hack not being put out the last 4 times he promised to deliver but the bottom line is it never came out.

If you are going to have a hack under major additions on this board, I think there should be some committment to act responsibly and set a realistic release date and not dangle carrots in front of everyone here day after day like bugs bunny teasing us.

Even when you release a hack for nothing out of the kindness of your heart, this still stinks. From reading this string, I and many other would pay for this and other hacks if they were released in a timely fashion.

Well, I am not the most patient person in the world, but I know what it's like when things don't go according to plan. I can wait a few days while Jason works things out on his end. I don't see any reason to criticize -- the mod will be done when it's done. I haven't even told anyone on my forum about the new feature because I realize that nothing is ever set in stone.

Ryan

no, just your post and attitude stink, go away, thanks for the update Jason, sorry about the back

I agree with that :D

Hes done great work.... and I appreciate the update - I have just told the members of my forum it will return too and when they moan i just say unlucky it will be back as soon as possible and please be patient!

Darren

Did anyone told you to upgrade to 3.5 without this mod being finished ?

Maybe you ought to your members to act more clever and don't procced with the upgrades until you are absolutely sure that everything works fine and so they will be happy. The fault my friend is all yours and your way to blaim Jason is pathetic and shows that you are just ungrateful.

You have no right to complain.
You want a Trader Rating system finished on your time table...go hire a coder and pay to have it done to your expectations.

Agreed. He has no obligation to complete and furnish this to us at all. If he wanted to turn his back he could walk and guess what.. You would be SOL.. Be happy that he is taking the time (no matter how long that might be) to give it the community FREE I might add.. becuase you know what? If he decided to charge how many would pay for it? EVERYONE would becuase everyone wants it... So hush and be patient..

Considering I provide this for free, I don't think you have any room to complain. If you needed something like this so bad, you can always pay a professional developer or do it yourself. This entire site is made up of users being nice to others sharing their work for free, they are not commercial products, nobody charges for their use.

I am not just some monkey locked in a closet that codes 24/7. I do have a job, and run several websites, and try to have somewhat of a life on top of all the work.

If you do not like it, then don't use it. Simple as that...

I upgraded to 3.5 and lost the ability to use the TR, but I am not complaining! I'm just glad that it will be an option again in the future.