why only negative... i can see ppl make up fake accnts and give themselves positive feedback... which is why i still hold that the showthread should be mandatory..

o and thank you spinball i edited the install file and everything worked great!!

If you want the thread URL to be mandatory,

In traderratings.php, find:
Replace with:
Then modify the phrase tratings_thread_url and removed the "(optional)" text.

--- Thanks to Jason for the code.

thank you thank you thank you!!!

I think this is a very good idea. You could even go one step further and make it so that the link to leave feedback is only available on trading threads and automatically refers to that thread.
On our forums it is against the rules to negotiate via PM since the mods can't see what's going on and then can't adjudicate should a problem occur. Only private details are passed via PM.
Forcing people to refer to a thread when leaving feedback would mean that unless they cheat and put in an unrelated thread (risking a ban) they must refer to a thread and therefore can't use PMs to trade.

i agreeif u can control wat forum(s) the url is located tht would be even better but i think that this is somewhat in the works already



possible to see trader rating on view profile page? and/or memberlist page?

love ya work. :)

i'll be installing tonight.

btw - site is www.skylinesaustralia.com

Phew... a ton of posts while I was asleep! Okay to answer a few questions...

1. The next release v1.02 will have a few changes of the changes you guys have been describing. (I'm not going to go into details cuz I don't want to make promises I can't deliver.)

2. *Probably* in 1.03 will be an option that will tie a buyer & seller together with a thread (via a button on the thread which the buyer must click, then they will have the option to rate each other). However I don't want to get rid of rating people where there isn't a threadid, as some sites & people do deal via PM or other means. So there will probably be a split into "Verified" and "Unverified" deals, where the verified has a link to the thread and all that jazz.

As for admin stuff, I know there needs to be something done to make it easier, but I'm having a hard time visualizing what the interface needs to look like exactly. If one person was giving a lot of people negative feedback, you can always go to his trader ratings and click the link to see who he left feedback for. I'll keep thinking about it, but the more input you guys can give me, the better.

Also I was thinking of making a stats page showing the higest & most rated people, and also the lowest. Possibly the last few ratings. How many ratings per day, avg per day, etc...

Lastly, I'm just curious, if I put up a paypal donate button on the first post, do you think any of you guys would dontate anything? I know this brings a lot of commerce to your sites, and also long-term member loyalty. I usually wouldn't do something like this, however I'm currently unemployed and in what little free time I have I've been spending all of it working on coding this, and helping people get it installed (and tweaked a couple servers too... hehe).

One little error that I'm sure can be fixed easily I hope.

When I click Feedback Left for Others I get this message.

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.0:
Invalid SQL: SELECT * FROM wireless_user_rate_trade LEFT JOIN wireless_user ON wireless_user.userid = wireless_user_rate_trade.rateduser WHERE user_rate_trade.userid = 9 ORDER BY userdate DESC, userrateid DESC LIMIT 0, 30
mysql error: Unknown table 'user_rate_trade' in where clause
mysql error number: 1109
Date: Thursday 03rd of June 2004 11:52:17 AM
Script: http://www.wirelessmatt.com/forum/tr...u=9&viewtype=4
Referer: http://www.wirelessmatt.com/forum/traderratings.php?u=9




The user I selected positively left feedback for another, so at first I thought it was because the person didn't leave feedback for anyone, but that's not the case.

Yahoon23 - that's a bug in the file, I forgot to add the ".TABLE_PREFIX." to the part after the WHERE clause...

Find line ~200 under the -> //Various View Types For Feedback Display
under the switch case 4: -> //Feedback Left for Others

WHERE user_rate_trade.userid

to

WHERE ".TABLE_PREFIX."user_rate_trade.userid

I thought I got all the SQL table prefixes, but I guess I missed one... ;)

Beautiful. Works like a charm.

Thanks alot.

Also, for those of you wanting a quick-fix until an updated version releases with the Trader Rating in the member profile. I just went and edited the memberinfo template and added the same postbit conditional.

It's not pretty, but for the time being, it's doing the trick.