Forum Rating
 

IMPORTANT NOTE - if you installed 1.0, please make sure you upgrade to 1.02. There was a bug in 1.0 which can cause the wrong forum to be rated.

This mod adds rating of forums. Works exactly like rating of threads. Fully phrased. No code edits. Adds one table, and two extra columns to 'forum' table. Uses datamanagers. Adds one db query.

Installation instructions are in the README.txt in the ZIP. Standard stuff - an 'upload' folder, some template edits, and a product XML install.

Simple "Top Rated Forums" CMPS modules (for versions 2 and 3) included, see README.txt for details.

Tested on vB 3.6.8 and 3.7b3, with CMPS 2.2.1 and 3.1rc2,

Don't forget to hit Install if you decide to run this. No, I'm not shooting for MoTM, I just want to be able to keep you informed about any bug fixes or new versions.

Revision History:

1) 1/27/2008 - 1.00 - initial release
2) 1/28/2008 - 1.01 - fixed tiny template edit issue to properly display tables when Forum Rating is disabled.
3) 1/28/2008 - 1.01 - added CMPS modules to ZIP.
4) 2/23/2008 - 1.02 - Added "Use Thread Rating" mode. Fixed small bug when viewing main category from anywhere other than forumdisplay.php (like index.php). Fixed "rating wrong forum" bug. Added "Sort by Rating" option. Re-organized plugin architecture.

Thanks to wtrk for the original idea.

-- hugh

First post reserved by author. Don't know why, but it seems to be traditional!

-- hugh

new idea and thanks for sharing

good job man :D:up:

Nice to see you in town Hugh! And a cool, original release! Thanks. :)

thanks gritz!

Thanks Man I Like The Idea ..

Install ..

Thanks to everyone for the kind words. Although to be honest it wasn't my idea, 'wtrk' asked me to write it as a paid mod. I had a lot of fun writing it, thought other people might get a kick out of it, and decided to release it as a vborg mod rather than charging him for it.

So kudos to 'wtrk' for the idea.

If anyone has any ideas for improvements, just post 'em and I'll see what I can do.

-- hugh

This is great, wish I could get it to work, got everything right but nothing is showing up, I must of put a template edit in the wrong place or something lol, marked installed for a great idea though.

Make sure "Yes" is selected for the Enable Forum Rating option, in the Forum Rating options (under the main vBulletin Options section).

-- hugh