Question: (trying to decide whether to downlaod this or vBCredits) - is there a "per forum" setting? For example, can I allow users to earn points by creating a thread in my review forums (which power GARS), or news forums (which power VBA CMS), but not elsewhere?

In addition, when defining levels and experience points, can I define level titles also?

I can't manage my settings in the AdminCP.
Like:
vBExperience

Settings: General
Settings: Bars
Settings: Points
Settings: Awards
Settings: Shop
Settings: Stats
Statistics: Level

When I click one, I only see:
vBulletin Options

vBulletin® v3.7.3 Patch Level 1, Copyright ©2000-2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

Strange enough:
Statistics: Level
Delete Statistics
Recount
Manage Awards
Manage Shop
Manage Custom Points
Import another level product
Those are working correctly.
Anyone a solution?

I fixed it and save as addon_for_3.7.17_postrate.xml

Just for confirmatiion, that change would be for 3.7.18 release. File has been updated and saved as addon_for 3.7.18_postrate.xml
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POSSIBLE PROBLEMS:
There is might be a small problem if somebody installed my previous release of this hack:
This code doesn't seem to work:

So one may need to execute MySQL command to change "points_misc_postrate" to "points_post_postrate" by oneself.

AND THIS MAY BE A BUG FOR vBExperience:

awardfields for Awards are stored in table: <TABLE_PREFIX>xperience_awards

For Awards that take points_misc_postrate into account, it will store this fieldname in this awardfields. After I change the field to points_misc_postrate, the awardfields is not updated. So SQL query error is triggered say field points_misc_postrate doesn't exist (of course). This is true for any addon that update/upgrade containing changing of field names.

Will this mod be updated for vb 3.8 beta (maybe RC) or will you wait until vb 3.8 becomes final? Or is it possible for non coders to adjust vbExperience? Eg the security token has been changed during one of the last vbulletin updates and it is pretty easy to solve this problem.

I am asking, because the new vbulletin version has social group improvements which are badly needed. I know that you have released a very fine mod called social forums, which is even better in terms of social group messages, but it probably won' t get updated to vb 3.8.

Thank you!

You can use the CDP Interface to collect data on your own, f.e. just for some forums.

Yes, in conjunction with usergroups.

Use the default way for settings (AdminCP/Settings)

Thanks. I changed xperience_earn_postrate to xperience_earn_post to create a valid hook. 3.7.18 will include this addon.


You will have to increase the version of the code
<code version="1.0.0"> -> <code version="1.0.1">, or just simply do a <code version="*"> to execute it on every install.

It should be avoided to change the fieldname. But if you change it, you will have to change possibly created awards on your own. Just go to awards, select new field and save.


Beta 3 will already be adapted to 3.8 Beta 1.

Anyone know if you can just remove the Activity bar in the postbit?

You will need to remove it from the template "xperience_gfx".

Thank you Phalynx

Perhaps you have a solution?

Love the mod. I have one request. I don't like having the mini award show up next to the username in the postbit. I attempted to grab the code that goes there from the templates and insert it into my postbit directly at my preferred location however it doesn't work. It gives me a dead image. I viewed the image path and its not including the end of the image name.gif

What is the bit i can put in my postbit to have the award appear other than using the settings? I need to actually code if that is possible.

Thanks,

As I cannot confirm that I cannot fix that. I can take a look on your forum, please provide me a temporary admin account via PM.

You need to attach .PNG or .GIF - take a look at the function "GetAwards" in functions_xperience.php

When exactly are "use of reputation" points calculated? I went in and repped someone, and their points didn't change, nor did mine. After 30 minutes, still no change. What about "rep" points; when does that recalc also, on-the-fly (realtime) or once a day? I couldn't see whether any of the cron jobs tallied "rep use" or "rep" points.

Recalculation is beeing triggered by a new posting and the cron, regardless what you did.

So if I rep a post, when exactly should points go up? I've set "use of rep" and "rep" to add points (via AdminCP), but I don't see the increase happen immediately after giving rep. I even went to the cron and hit "run now" on all 3 vBExperience crons, and still no increase.

As I already said: A posting is the trigger. If you post something, then all stats, including rep are calculated. This has been done to avoid recalculating every time a user clicks somewhere.

Ok, I understand now. Sorry for my slowness. People have to post to keep their points updated. It makes sense, and rewards/promtes active participation. Thanks for your prompt answer, and for a great product!!

Im not figuring this out.

Here is what im manually putting in the postbit

Ive also tried this,

However the image path that appears is this,

http://warriornation.net/Forum/images/misc/level/award_
and
http://warriornation.net/Forum/image...vel/award_.gif

Notice the actual image name is not appearing. What variable do I need to put in that image path to have it display?

@phlynx i have already marked it installed, long before.....

here are my queries

ok Phalynx, i am having some problem....

The VBexp tab in admin control is not working.....The Vbulltin options are working fine, but when i am clicking the VBexp tab and then cliking any of settings its totaly blank.

First i uploaded the VBexp 3717 version, it was not working, then i uploaded the Beta version and its same...what to do now??
Already clicked install

can we have a promotion system based on activity. Say if the user has over 50% activity he/she will be shifted to a new group and when the activity will fall below 50% he will again come back to the old group.

This has already been implemented long ago and the feature has been listed in the first post as well.

Nice addon! Could you give some hints on how to make a plugin for vbexperience? For example, what hooks should be used, and for what goal? Or if this was already discussed, where should one read about it?

There is an example in the extras directory.

thanks jerx, but i think they meant the "activity" catagory which measures how often a member visits and posts on the site. So if they come daily and post daily, they get access to the premium forum.

anyone can help me do a custom for Vbookie? i can provide test forum and all?

u got me wrong, i am talking about promotion by activity meter and not by the point system.
The fault of the point system is that once a user reaches a certain point value, he is promoted to a particular group, but after that he can remain inactive and enjy all the facilities.
But by activity meter, he/she always have to be active

Ok, I got your problem. You are trying to access $awardname in postbit, but that variable is beeing set on hook "fetch_musername". You will need to hook in "postbit_display_complete" and read the awards. Take a look at "fetch_musername" of vBExperience.

Maybe. But it seems you clicked after that on "Mark as Uninstalled" as I cannot see your "Installed"-flag.

How come since I upgraded to 3.7.3 P1 in AdminCP -> vBEscperience Drop Down menu the Settings: General, Settings: Awards, Settings: Bars, Settings: Points, and Settings: Shop links show blank pages when I click on them? :confused:

The links work fine if I use AdminCP -> vBulletin Options

I have uninstalled and killed, deleted files, played with version 17, and ersion 14 and the links are not displaying. :confused:

I have no clue. It's definitly working with 3.8 Beta 1.

Now, I had some time to test drive vBExperience.

Here are some suggestions:

1. Display levels overview (how many points you need to reach a certain level)
2. Adjust breadcrump to vb' s look. Right now it looks like
   homepage - forum
   L vbexperience earn points
   Whereas it should look like
   homepage - forum - vbexperience
   L earn points
3. Earn points for profile views (your own profile viewed by someone else).
4. Earn points for viewing album pictures.
5. Earn points for commenting album pictures.
6. Only earn points for received renomee, when positive renomee. Substract if negative?
7. Earn points for poll creation.
8. Earn points for received votes.
9. Earn points for voting.
10. Earn points for calendar events.
11. Earn points for avatar upload.
12. Earn points for profile picture upload.
13. Earn points for signature.
14. Earn points for birthday.
15. Earn points for custom profile fields.
16. Earn points for social group message.
17. Earn points for social group picture.
18. Earn points for private messages. Our users should use the visitor message feature in the first place. Therefore we like to substract points when a user sends a private messages.
19. It looks like you cannot set negative user points for actions. It would be nice to be able to do so, because by doing so, you would be able to limit certain actions. Eg private messaging, attachment views, creation of visitor messages, gallery views, etc.
20. Do not allow negative values for user points. This is to support the use of negative points for certain actions. Let' s say I have set negative points for private messages, users should not be able to send out private messages if they have less points than the substracted amount for sending private messages.
21. Starting balance and monthly balance for points. Eg if you set negative points for pms, new users would not be able to pm other people right away. Therefore they should get a certain amount of points for the beginning. To keep users participating on the forums, they should get a certain amount of points each month (like a paycheck).
22. Donations of points. Our members liked this feature pretty much. You were able to donate your own points to someone else.
23. Negative values will mess up the system quite a lot. Recounting points would most likely lead to false values. Eg by deleting private messages, you would be able to regain private message sending ability.

I noticed some problems with the level import, if you do not uninstall the level first it sometimes does not update the levels. If you uninstall first, recounting seems to be enough. No need to update points on the maintenance screen.

Is it possible that the instructions for finding the right level setting are not correct? These are the instructions:
I think if you get 30-40 for your top users, you need to pick a lower level (if you used level 4, try using level 3). If you do the other way around your top levels will be smaller than 30-40.

If you get levels above 90, you should take a higher level. After the recount you should get levels below 90.

I would suggest taking a lower level, too, if you get top levels of up to 80. Then your top members will probably have a level of up to 60, which would give them the chance to participate in vBExperience a little bit longer.

I did not know that. I thought it did not work, because you said that beta 3 will be adapted to 3.8 beta 1. I guess you meant the new features of vb 3.8. Then I might try updating to vb 3.8 before your next vbexperience release.

I see. But I think you need to take other things into consideration, too. Right now, I am testing a new install and imported data from the real site. Therefore only the test users I log into have an activity of more than 50 %. But it is not hard to get over 50 %. I think if you register a new account and login daily, you will even get 100% activity.

Thanks for your deep feedback.



Already implemented

Uhm, if I have much much time.



In 3.7.18 Beta 3 already implemented

Maybe in a later release


Not possible as vBExperience calculates existing data. As users must delete message (inbox limits...) this is not very usefull.

Correct.


This would need to hook in every process and also replace usergroup permissions. Just wait for the release which will include promotions based on other values than points and create a group which can send PM and one that cannot.


Nice idea. Give aways are included since 3.7.18, but only for items.


Updating points IS recounting. It's the same action behind it.



A similar description has been already posted somewhere in this thread. Will include it in readme_levels.txt.


Beta 3 will run with vB 3.8


That is not right. Activity is only calculated on base of postings, not logins.


vBExperience Beta 3 will be released in around one week, as I have many things on my todo list to make it more fit with vB 3.8

Hey there! I'm trying to make a conditional to insert something into the postbit or even forumdisplay using the activity field, here is my code
Neither one works, any ideas on how I would do it?

The Modification works, but in the vBExperience drop down menu, those "Settings" do not display. Version 17 should work for 3.7.3 P1, right? :(

I will be testing version 18 Beta 2 and 3 *when released* on my test forums.

can someone guide me with the " Manage Custom Points"?

i've awarded someone 10 000 where does it go? i don't quite understand that...i'de like for it to be added in misc and been counted towards experience total point. How can i accomplish that?

on another hand everytime i add some i have to do a manual recount? seems like when i did it it was added to the misc?

Any update on resetting the points, useful for a contest?
Or rather making monthly archive so that users can see their points for each month.

Thanks for the fix.
Edit the award didn't work. I had to delete the award and start over or edit it manually through phpmyadmin. Anyway it's not a common problem.

Would it be possible to have shop items be payable from the overall points instead of only one Point category or another?

hi how do i get this to work with vbgallery 2.4.3:confused:

any help would be great.

just choose "experience" as the point field it will use the WHOLE system. he just gave you the choice to choose between field

It should already count toward the total experience point. It goes into the category of Custom which I think is a subcategory of Misc.

One thing I have found is that the user getting the points needs to make a new post, only then will they receive the custom points.

ah i see that's what i didn't know thank you

anyone have an idea for me? My question is a few posts up https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....postcount=2031