microREQUESTS
 

Removed by the Author because:

• For 7 mods, there are 1905 downloads but only 577 clicked installed.
• For these 577 installs I got 4 donations for Brand Free. Make a simple search on the net using the product name and you'll find that 50% have illegally removed my copyright.
• I found 3 vb.org style sites, offering for download my mods but after PAID SUBSCRIPTION, or DONATION

After all, I'll stop be the idiot on this market.

Maria

1.- Usage

You can use it when you want to get any type of your members' feedback. Suggestions, Requests for new features, Opinions and anything similar. The main advantage is that is not using forum style for endless discussions, but rather it let someone to post eg a suggestion and other members can vote positive or negative to this suggestion. Something like that Amazon.com is using.

2.- Installation


The installation is pretty easy, has been checked many times for installing and uninstalling the product. Just follow these steps below:

• Download and unzip the file microRequsets.zip
• Open the folder vbulletin and select all files and subfolders inside it
• Connect to your website and open the directory where is your vBulletin installation (usally forum, forums, portal etc).
• Upload the selected files to your site. If you fellow the right way then the file requests.php must be on the same level as the index.php file of vBulletin.
• Before any new installation is good to backup your database before, even if nobody is doing it (including me). At lease turn your site off
• Check at your AdminCP->vBulletin Options->Plugin/Hook System that Plugin system is enabled.
• From your AdminCP->Plugin System->Manage Products choose Add/Import Product and import the product: product-microrequests.xml

3.- Configuration


As every vBulletin product, you need to make some initial configuration before it goes live.

• MicroREQUESTS Options
• Setup the categories. Category is for general use, you can use products, services, sections of your site or anything else you prefer.
• Setup request statuses. Actually this is only for those operating a non-English site, to translate the statuses. Otherwise you can't add/delete statuses.
• Setup usergroup permissions.
• There is an option to show a special HTML block on index page and in the main page for each category. To do this, you must prepare a normal HTML or PHP file and upload it at microrequests/introfiles/ . Then you can assign the file to the corresponding category from your admincp. Only for the index page, you need to manually enter the filename (including the extention) from microREQUESTS options.

4.- Template Modification

The module is using it's own templates, so it doesn't needs any template modification except if you want to add a link to the navbar. In this case you need to modify the NavBar template.

Open it and find:
Add below:


5.- Copyright

• You can modify the code as you like to meet your special needs
• You can distribute this module AS IS, but NOT FOR PROFIT
• My copyright link must remain always visible.
• Even if there is an option to automatically turn off my copyright link, you can't do that unless you're member of my club.

6.- Others

• There is no commercial version, but in the upcoming days should be a special version just for my club's members.
• Support and Upgrades only in my site.
• Thank you, but I'm not accepting donations.

Hope that you'll like it. I'll be back soon with microSUPPORT a Ticketing and FAQ module.


Till then enjoy your life
Maria

Wowwwww !!! Miracles are happening on this site:) After 5 minutes of posting, with 0 downloads and 0 installations, someone rate it as Terrible:D Why I think that beside his name should be appear "Coder":p? And by seeing who is online on this thread, I don't need to be seer to understand who is that guy.

What's the interest rate without testing? It's a bad guy?

Thanks, Maria ;) I will test it ;)

one idea, because you've posted it in the 3.8 area
you could use the templatehooks in navbar, so the users using this wouldn't need to edit the template

and great idea

Is that working on 3.6, 3.7 ?? As I know, no. I'm giving more attention to compatibility with earlier version. And finally I don't think that it's so big work to add it in navbar.

Anyway, thank you for your advice. Really appreciated.

Mary

Thats why i wroteThe're available since 3.6.6

Have you tested with 3.7.x?... If it works at least with 3.7.x then most probably I'll add it.

Maria

If there were no, the blog and projecttools wouldn't work;)

Suggestion : include a comments system for each request ;)

It's a good hack ;)

but then it would exaclty do what a forum, threads and a modification(digg it, or rate the thread dont know)do...

Edit: found it: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=150751

Yes, of course, but no threads are created automatically for a request. And then if a member adds a negative vote (or positive vote), he can't justify its choice directly in the resquests system.

It's a good concept.

Good Hack! :)

FYI... In Usergroup Permissions area, the first question is..

"Can use vbRequests?"

Two quick comments while I am going through the installation process...

One - I would prefer to see support within this forum (as opposed only on your site as mentioned in the description.)
Two - Would be nice to have installation instructions within the distributed ZIP file as well.

Will come back and Mark as Installed and rate it when I have completed the process.

OK.. one more...

Products should be a required selection when submitting a request.

radmoose, does not make sense to write in this topic.

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I do not want to register at another site, why put a hack here? I do not understand this

As long as I can't have control of the thread (especially fo some rude people), support should be minimal on this site.

There is a PDF file inside the zip with installation and configuration instructions.

I'll add it.

Maria

You can download and use it. That's why I post it here (and in many other sites). That's the most common problem that many members don't like to understand. You don't like to register in another site. Great. Download and use it. But I can't give support in 10+ sites that I'm posting my mods.

Maria

true

Ack!

For some reason, I didn't see the PDF in instructions in the ZIP file when in WinZIP (not a big fan of the new WinZIP) so please accept my apology for mentioning the lack of the file when in fact it was there all along.

Regarding support, OK, I understand your position. While I still prefer support here, I do appreciate that you are providing support for this and that your are accessible via your site. =)

Thank you for your consideration regarding Products being a required item.

Now I just need to get my members to use it =)

I loved this hack. Thanks a lot for your great effort Maria.
If you don't mind i would like to suggest comment system too. I would like to use this hack for my movie review website and i would like to limit the requests just for lets say "Active Members". It would be nice if other users could make comments about the request.

Installed...
Thanks again

help!! :s

I have a mistake with the TFSEO

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare remove_accents() (previously declared in /home/****/public_html/foro/includes/functions_tfseo_chr_wide.php:2) in /home/*****/public_html/foro/microrequests/includes/functions.php on line 467

ty, good mod

We're using same function name. It's not so easy to change it now. Sorry.

Maria

Besides the issue with "Product" not being a required field, I have been pretty happy with the microREQUESTS module. (And yes, Mary, I know you said you would look into that..thanks!)

Now, the bigger issue isn't the module itself, but how to get the forum members to USE it.

I have a link on the NAVBAR and mention it in various places, but the traffic is minimal.

I am thinking of creating (or hopefully someone else has created) a vbAdvanced CMPS module that will show something like the latest X suggestions.

Any users of this MOD done such a thing?

Oh, one other 'suggestion' =) Optional PRIVATE voting so only the admins can see who voted (similar to the private polls.) Sometimes members don't want to vote NO on a friends suggestion so they don't vote at all.

okay i got a little problem here. everything seems to be working but when a member submits a request i can't see it at all in the open requests section but when there in there account its there how can i fix this.

ty MicroHellas, i love your mods :up:

mine just stoped working all of a sudden. what do i do i tried reinstalling it but it just gives me a 500 error

Have you gotten this fixed yet? Was it this mod conflicting with something else? I'm really interested in this mod.

Maria have you gotten a chance to look into this issue he had? I really want to install this mod as I think it's neat.