Major Additions - iTrader v2.0.1

iTrader - A user feedback add-on for vBulletin 3.5.x
Copyright ?2004-2005 Jason Rabel, All Rights Reserved.
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Latest iTrader Verson: 2.0.1
vB Versions Supported: 3.5.x & 3.6.x
Author: Jason Rabel
Contact: PM me here.
Site: EXTREME Overclocking
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Description:
iTrader for vB 3.5.x & 3.6.x has evolved from Trader Ratings for vB 3.0.x which evolved from Buy/Sell/Trade User Rating System for vB 2.x. This is a rating system for when members buy / sell / trade items from each other (presumably on a FS section of your forum). It is somewhat based on the honor system since there is no automatic way to truly tell if they did engage in a transaction. iTrader came about because it was a pain to try and maintain a single thread listing good / bad traders and so far has worked out quite well.

Features:

• Rate another member: Positive / Negative / Neutral
• Specify in each transaction: Buyer, Seller, or Trade
• Leave multiple comments about the deal
• Dates & IPs are all recorded to prevent abuse
• Specify a thread URL to the deal
• Advanced URL checking
• Display ratings over time
• Filter based on Buyer/Seller/Trade/or feedback they left for others
• Users can edit/delete ratings left for others (time based limitation)
• iTrader Admins can edit/delete anyone's ratings (just incase)
• PM notification when new rating or comment is left
• Per-usergroup permissions
• Lots of admin controllable options

Installation / Upgrade Info:
Read the included readme file, it explains everything.

Standard Disclaimer:
BACKUP YOUR DATABASE & FILES BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THIS HACK!!!

Donations:
This add-on will always be free, however your donations are kindly accepted and will help towards further development. The link is on the right under "The Developer" info.

Future Additions:

• AdminCP & ModCP Menus for searching IPs, stats, mass-prune, etc
• Better navigation across pages
• Better error descriptions
• Adjust action icons some
• Page to link two ratings manually
• AdminCP Option to choose how ratings are ordered (asc or desc by time)
• AJAX editing

Release History:
2.0.1 - December 18, 2005
2.0.0 - December 14, 2005

Detailed template edits : (Link)

[mrderanged]

Just want to make sure that I have this right. The "detailed comment minimum characters" field corresponds with the "Additional comments field". Is this correct?

If so, then I'm having the following problem:

I have it set to "0" to disable it, but I am still getting a message that I must have a minimum of 10 characters in my post...

If not, then sorry to have bugged you

Thanks

[mvigod]

Will you be adding something so one can pick the For Sale forums by id and then have the user shown a dropdown choice of buy/sell/tradewhen creating the thread? This attribute would then be displayed on the forumdisplay so users know what type of ad it is before clicking in. Also this attribute can later be used to verify the seller/buyer role perhaps?

[JulianD]

Upgraded to 2.01a!

[benFF]

Originally Posted by Noonster

Upgraded from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1

Thanks and keep up the great work!!

Fantastic - just one request - is it possible to have a "user must have been registered for X days" option to stop people signing up with multiple accounts in a short space of time just to boost ratings?

[zlos]

Originally Posted by klaush

Thanks, i had the same error with a fresh install.

Any idea why only we!

By the way, great product!

Yeap! I am running non-english forum, where dots are automatically replaced with commas. So:

$itrader[pcnt]=100.0

is fine for MySQL serwer, but

$itrader[pcnt]=100,0

(comma!)
means for MySQL server, that we try to send command "0" to a server, which ends up in an error

[zlos]

Upgrage from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1 went smooooothly

Good job! :up:

[zendiver]

Jason, in your template info.html you mention:

You can get creative and use some stars or something based on their score or positive ranking.

I am assuming (yeah I know ) that this would be a conditional that would check their percentages and adjust the images accordingly. Am I off-base on this one?

[eoc_Jason]

Spinball - It is coded so any group set to "iTrader Admin" will receive the emails. You can customize this quite easily by editing the functions_itrader.php file and changing the function itrader_email_admins. Just edit the WHERE clause in the query to your liking. That function is used to report suspicious activity & negative comments. The "report rating" page uses it's own chunk of code in its file, so if you want that changed too you will need to edit that file. In the next version I'll try to code it all to use that one function for simplicity.

mrderanged - Yes, that vB option controls the detailed comment length. If you customized any templates, you will need to revert them because of code changes. That's probably why it's not working.

mvigod - No, sorry, but I am not integrating anything into the thread/post tables or templates. I'm trying to keep this as separate as possible from the stock vB stuff. As mentioned before, this is meant to be very flexible and coding things like that would in effect limit how listings are posted, and also how the system can be used.

bennFF - That can (and should) be done using usergroups & auto-promotions.

zlos - That bug should have been fixed in 2.0.1, are you still experiencing it after upgrading?

zendiver - Yes, easiest thing would be to use some nested conditionals in your templates.

[eoc_Jason]

One little glitch has been discovered that might affect your iTrader system from always showing as closed. There a few other changes / suggestions that have been made so I will try to release another update within the next couple days. (Today I have to go do my Christmas shopping!)

In the interm, if you are experiencing the problem described above, please PM me and I will explain a quick-fix.

[GTAce]

Thanks Jason, I'm looking forward to the update - great job on this mod by the way, I'm VERY impressed!