[nhawk]

Originally Posted by OverhaulNetwork

Here is another suggestion I would like to see implemented. When I enable Show Raffles Already Drawn raffles seem to show in order of when they were started. I think it would make more sense to have them sorted by when the draw date is. I am forced to disable this feature because I don't want active raffles to be buried by raffles that have already been drawn.

Also have you given more thought to changing the cutoff time to buy tickets from 12:00AM? Maybe an option per raffle in minutes to choose cutoff times? Right now I am forced to set my raffles to end on the day following that actual day I draw as I have many members get tickets right up until I manually draw the raffle. This causes some confusion as the draw date shows as the following day. I am also forced to change the date back to the actual draw date right before drawing otherwise the raffle will remain showing current on the raffle page and side block even though it has been drawn.

I won't make the change on the general released version, but I will tell you what needs to be changed. Just be aware that the raffle system has run on the site it was developed for, for nearly 4 years. The midnight entry deadline was created because of problems with people entering at the very last moment and the result becoming skewed because of that.

For your listing of raffles, edit raffles.php. Locate the FIRST instance of this code...

	$getraffle = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "raffle
		WHERE startdate <= $timenow
		$oldentryopt
		ORDER BY id DESC
	");

And change it to this code..

	$getraffle = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "raffle
		WHERE startdate <= $timenow
		$oldentryopt
		ORDER BY enddate DESC
	");

That will sort the raffles by end date in decending order.

Now, the entry deadline...

Locate ALL instances of this code..

$oneless = $raffle['enddate']-86400;

And change it to..

$oneless = $raffle['enddate'];

Locate this code..

if($check_raffle_date <= $current_date && $raffle['winner'] == "")
{
	$raffle['status'] = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_wait_color'] . "'><b>" . $vbphrase['raffle_waiting'] . "</b></font>";
}elseif($raffle['winner'] != ""){
	$raffle['status'] = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_drawn_color'] . "'><b>" . $vbphrase['raffle_drawn'] . "</b></font>";
}
else
{
	$raffle['status'] = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_active_color'] . "'><b>" . $vbphrase['raffle_active'] . "</b></font>";
}

And change to..

if($raffle['winner'] != "")
{
	$raffle['status'] = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_drawn_color'] . "'><b>" . $vbphrase['raffle_drawn'] . "</b></font>";
}
else
{
	$raffle['status'] = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_active_color'] . "'><b>" . $vbphrase['raffle_active'] . "</b></font>";
}

Locate this code..

if(($check_raffle_date <= $current_date) && $detail['winner'] == "")
{
	$detail['status'] = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_wait_color'] . "'><b>" . $vbphrase['raffle_waiting'] . "</b></font>";
}elseif($detail['winner'] != "")
{
	$detail['status'] = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_drawn_color'] . "'><b>" . $vbphrase['raffle_drawn'] . "</b></font>";
}
else
{
	$detail['status'] = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_active_color'] . "'><b>" . $vbphrase['raffle_active'] . "</b></font>";
	$detail['active'] = $vbphrase['raffle_active'];
}

And change to this...

if($detail['winner'] != "")
{
	$detail['status'] = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_drawn_color'] . "'><b>" . $vbphrase['raffle_drawn'] . "</b></font>";
}
else
{
	$detail['status'] = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_active_color'] . "'><b>" . $vbphrase['raffle_active'] . "</b></font>";
	$detail['active'] = $vbphrase['raffle_active'];
}

Locate this code..

if($check_raffle_date == $current_date && $detail['winner'] == "")
{
	$show['msg'] = TRUE;
	$msg = "<font color='". $vbulletin->options['raffle_drawn_color'] . "'>" . $vbphrase['raffle_closed'] . "</font>";
}

And delete it.

Near the end of raffles.php locate this code...

if($current_date >= $oneless) eval(standard_error(fetch_error('raffle_entry_ended')));

And delete it.

That should allow entries right up until you actually draw the raffle. I strongly recommend against this. And I also recommend you disable the scheduled draw task if you do this.

If you make these changes, I can't support any problems that may happen. I hope you understand.