Points for clicking
 

Requested by Abaweet69 here.

This mod allows you to configure links where an user is given a set amount of points per set interval seconds for clicking.
You can either choose to have the urls dynamic (IE it accepts the ?url= argument), thus generating multiple different links, or if you use only one, you can configure a set url.
The latter offers more security and ease of use, but if you need multiple different links, you would need the dynamic part.

Known issues about the dynamic part is that it removes everything in the url after '&'. If you need urls with & in it, you need to configure the url manually in the script.
More info in the attached .txt file.

sounds like something that could be applied to banners right?

Yea, anything thats linkable ;)

Revan - I can't thank you enough for filling my request
Do you have a paypal account? I'll be more than happy to send you $10 or so for helping me out :)

This is a good idea, unfortunately it allows for only one click a day, regardless of how many different links you have. It would be nice to have one click allowed per link.

I am currently working on v2 of this, it will allow one click per actual link, and not globally :)
All that remains is to find a way to prevent "http://example.com" giving the user [amount] points, then "example.com", "www.example.com", "www.example.com/", "http://example.com/" all giving their own set of points.
:)

what should you worry about that? Admin sets the link.

Yeah, but even though an user sees a link that goes "http://forum/redir_points.php?url=http://www.example.com", it is just too easy to right click the link, copy it, then enter it manually into the address bar, forming it however they want it ;)

This post just alerted me of something:
An user could just create any link he wants.... :ermm:

Here is what I would do. Take the address out of the equation. Create a db set where the user creates a the links and then well they are added to the db and given a numberid or a text id. Where they can be called and instead of say http:///blah they would see 1. Making it non forgable.


ex: http://forum/redir_points.php?url=1 or http://forum/redir_points.php?url=testsite

which would throw them to say http://www.thisisjustatest.com

I don't get it... links should be in db, no? If you want multiple link that is the best way, I think...