It's here! vBExperience 3.8.5 Beta 2 has arrived. It features promotions based on a xperience value that YOU can define. Experience, Tags, Posts, Friends - all can be used for a promotion to a higher usergroup.
Achievements are working the same way: Define the points that are needed to achieve them! Achievements are completing the idea behind the Awards.
A new tabbed interface will make it easy to navigate between the grown featureset.

Upgrade Instructions
1. Copy ALL (I mean ALL - That is a common error!) files from upload_via_ftp/ to the server.
2. ReImport product_vbexperience385.xml, allow overwrite
3. If you modified any of the vBExperience templates, revert them
4. Check all Awards, correct their URL to the new path /xperience/icons/. If you don't have custom awards, use the "clear award"-command to clear and re-create them.
5. Run AdminCP/Experience/Recount

History
3.8.5 Beta 2, 02nd September 2009
- Just a short note: Condition in Achievements and Promotions are calculated in POINTS, not in counts of items.
If you choose 10 Day, you must enter the points needed for this.
For example: You have an achievement for 10 days. You have set 2 points for every day since registering. Calculation: 10*2 = 20
You will have to set 20 as the condition.
- New tabbed interface. If you want to change the style, edit the template xperience_navbar_css
- Promotions now showing usergroups and conditions for a promotion to the next group
- You can import old vBExperience Legacy promotions (that were created within level.xml)
- Achievements in Profile
- Achievements below Avatar
- Several Beta 1 fixes

3.8.5 Beta 1, 28th August 2009
- Achievements!
- Promotions!
- Notification on Awards, Promotions and Achievements
- GAP: Empty pointfields will not be displayed anymore
- Activity: Showing percent values with a decimal
- Activities now also for users
- Awards below Avatar
- Default Awards are now also creating new category
- Shop: Fixed issue in not returning cash on sells
- Reworked Edit Shop Items

Todo for Beta 3:
- Download files with vBExperience as a credit system ("LDM Links and Downloads Manager", "DownloadsII")
- Activity eraser
- AdminCP Permissions
- Advanced User Permissions

You are implementing (in BETA3) points for temp downloads?! :eek:

Oh yeah! :cool:

Do we have to use DownloadsII or LDM to use this feature or can we use the default vB download or does it incorporate all?

It's almost done. The plugin for LDM/DLII is finished, the database can handle it - but it's missing an input field in the shop properties. It will follow then in Beta 3.

Beta 3 will be released in around 2 Weeks, because I'm on holidays next week.

Do I Have to upgrade to the new beta to do this

Promotion system
To motivate users to do more on your forum I created the promotion system. By reaching defined xperience points the user will be moved to another usergroup - where you can set graphics, shadows, highlighting, etc... What is interesting in combination with this: you can give the user more possibilities f.e. larger avatars or bigger PM box. A log of the promotions is available.

I can't work out how to set this up

If you can't work out, you need to upgrade to the Beta 2. Older versions are much more complicated (editing XML files). With 3.8.5 there is a GUI for that.

Will upgrade now, As last t ime I tried the promotion it ended up pomoting all my banned users lol

This will not happen with 3.8.5, as you define the group from which the user can promote to another.

vBExperience won already "Mod Of The Month"-Award in March 2008.
Great News: vBExperience has been nominated for the Mod Of The Month September 2009!

It would be great to have your vote here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=222194

voted!

vBEx deserved my vote. :)

Bug I think

I set an achievment for someone to recieve after making 100 posts,

But people are getting them when they have less than 100 posts
in the compare option I have the arrow pointing towards the right and the value is set at 100 is that correct?

similar problem for an achievement I created for users with more than 20 referrals. everyone is receiving them.

No, That is not my mean, I want to display IMAGE of goods in my members signature, not items. Please help me !

Not a Bug. It seems you both didn't read what I posted in the release notes/readme:
vBExperience is collecting data and multiplies it with points you set via options.


Please define IMAGE. Items are represented by images.

I changed it did the recount but it's the same

Once an achievement has been assigned, it will not be rewoked anymore. I did not implement it yet, maybe in Beta 3 (in around 2 weeks!).

In the meantime clear the table xperience_achievements_issues and recount.

How do I do that, sorry for being dumb

you mean in my SQL in phpmyadmin

I LOVE the new update. Thanks for taking our requests.

Great work. :)

Yes:
Awaiting more Feedback :)

Thanks sorted...will have a play around and leave feedback

Phalynx, as I always say this is one the best mods I ever seen here not only for your support but you're always trying to do your best to accept our requests and so on.

Well, on your to do list you mentioned - Download files with vBExperience as a credit system ("LDM Links and Downloads Manager", "DownloadsII")

That's a great idea, I don't know what you thinking about this but I have a few suggestions:

To download something from there users show have a certain number of points and spend their points in case they download it.
Possibility to set different "price" for every download.
Also, if you upload stuff you earn points.

I know this is not an easy task but as you always surprize us, here it goes.

Leo, let's have a surprise in Beta 3 :)

Much Apprciated Phalynx For Update Excellent Work Thankyou :up:

I always have with all your upgrades. :up:

After installing the latest BETA the template messed up..

http://forums.jetgaming.org/xperience.php

I have set up the "pay pal" award for donators.... is there anyway to set it so the award automatically goes to everyone who donated?

yeah baby!!!.
I marked NOMINATED this mod in this post https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=1065

Voted now and great news.... you are winning Phalynx !!! That's it dude !!!!

Upgrading... BRB for comments

EDITED ********************

Working ok :)
(I'm not using promotions. Can't say anything about this feature)

When I deleted my statistics and recounted, I get this error on Updating experience points

any idea why?

EDIT: also I though it would be a good idea to reinstall, but kill_xperience.php is showing a blank white page in admincp..........

Uhm, seems all fine. Did you reverted modified templates?


No, and it will not be done with awards. Set up an Achievement, condition is at least 1 point in PayPal-Donation.


Thanks :)


I will release a hotfix, as this is a bug with forums in subdirectories.

So you will fix the

issue?

Yes, as I said.

Oh I was rather confused, I didn't know If you were talking about the kill_xperience problem or that one.

I fixed both.

Please download the Beta 2 again, overwrite class_xperience.php and reimport product. Recount after then. This will fix the Achievements in Forums with Subdirectories.

Found a style bug in google chrome

Have a look at the screen shot
http://premium1.uploadit.org/chattab...s//desktop.jpg

Internet explorer and firefox seem ok

The template is distorted when you use the Google Chrome browser.

Hmm yes I know, thats what I was saying!

Please edit the template xperience_navbar

Add at the end of the template this:
Does it help?

Yes, thank you :)

Good News: I will release a Refresh of the Beta 2 with the following changelog:

3.8.5 Beta 2.1
- Shop can now control items of "Links and Download Manager" and "DownloadsII". Simply put the LinkID of the item into the Shop Item Properties. User cannot download the item until he purchase it.
- Fixed issue with Notification on forums with subdirectory (e.g. /forums/)
- Fixed issue with Achievements on forums with subdirectory (e.g. /forums/)
- Fixed issue with Google Chrome and Tabs
- Improved uninstall

How to upgrade?
Simply overwrite all PHP files and import product XML.


Awaiting feedback :)