Profile Enhancements - e-steki Karma version 2.2

e-steki Karma v2

I'm really excited to present the new, better from all aspects, version of my previous hack (the one that was in beta stage). I've spent numerous hours to make this, its my greatest modification so far, so I hope you like it!

What is it?
e-steki Karma is a powerful system to let users rate each other with a rating from -5 to +5. Each user's karma is a number, which is the average of all votes they have received. Refer to the Features section for more information.

What's the use?

1. Less flames. Users vent their spleens on rating the one that got on their nerves with a -5 and that's it.
2. Easier spotting of bad members/trolls by new users. This way, new users will not take seriously the bad members' posts and they won't get a bad idea about your forum, they will just think "oh nobody likes that guy anyway, he's not representative of the forum".
3. Users try to have a good behaviour because they know that otherwise their karma will decrease.
4. On a big board, it makes it easier for you to spot members that would perhaps make a good moderator (if they have a high karma value) or members that may need to get banned (if they have a very low karma value). You will also be able to judge how a ban will affect your other users, according to how much they like the soon-to-be-banned user (which is reflected in his karma value).
   

Features

The features in bold were added in the second version. Features in bold italics were enriched in version 2 but existed in version 1 partially.

Admin/Mod Features

1. Now compatible with vBulletin 3.6.8 (link to e-steki Karma 1.0 for 3.5.x).
2. Customizable via a lot of settings.
3. Much better and more safe coding than the previous version. Most of the code has been rewritten from scratch.
4. Great power about who will use the system, via the permission settings.
5. Maintenance section
6. Easier installation than version 1 (Only one template edit (placement of a small comment), the others that version 1 had are now performed via template hooks).
7. Fully phrased (exept for the AdminCP Maintenance section)
8. Users with karma administrative priviledges can see for every user who they rated and by whom they have been rated and remove any vote they wish (useful for karma flooding that some users perform to be in the stats).
9. Most of the bugs in the previous version are now fixed with the maintenance section addition.
10. The bug with the date of the last vote in the profile is now fixed.
11. Displaying the karma in the postbit is now done with no queries.
12. Users with karma administrative priviledges can see the IP of the rater in each vote
13. A nice, usable and extensive html manual instead of an ugly readme.txt ;-)

End user Features

1. Users that have the Karma turned off don't count at all for the system. their votes don't count in anything, and the votes others gave them before they turned it off also don't count at all. Those users also, can't see anything that has to do with the karma system, anywhere. It's like the karma does not exist for them and they don't exist for the karma. However, if they switch it on again, nothing is lost and they may continue from the point where they deactivated it.
2. Rating is now performed by clicking on an image, no form submitting required (saves one click)
3. There is a complete statistics page, with 7 tables that display various statistics.
4. The Karma of each user displays in the postbit (unless he has opted out of the Karma, is not permitted to use it, or the admin has turned off this feature) and users can rate him from there
   
5. In each member's profile they can see if they have previously rated them and what rating they gave.
6. They can view all the votes they have given in a separate page and remove some of them if they wish (or go to the member's profile and change them). Votes that are not active at the time are marked with an admin-controlled formatting. He can also sort the votes by date or rating (default sorting is controlled by the admin). In the same page, users with karma administrative priviledges can also view who rated each user (fully, with sorting, formatting and vote removal).
7. Controversy feature, via an admin customizable algorithm. Controversy for each user is displayed in their profile, as well as in the stats and is color-coded as well as descriptive.
8. Each user can view the percentages of the votes he (or every user, if set so by the admin) has received in a nice graph by clicking in the controversy value.

Don't forget to Mark as INSTALLED!
Important: Supported for only a few days after each release.
Installation/Upgrade instructions included in the zip.

Changelog
2.2.1: Important bugfixes
2.2: I don't remember as apparently, I forgot to add it to the changelog initially
2.1: fixed bugs, cached templates and added the feature of a popup menu rating form in the postbit.
2.0: Initial release

[Lea Verou]

Only add it if its not already present.
Take a look at the original vb3.6.8 postbit template and put it where its located there.
You'll perhaps have the same issue with the modifyoptions template, if you have customized it in a previous version.

[cynthetiq]

It existed already in the file in both postbit and postbit legacy.

I just looked and I no longer see the karma check box in the user options. It has disappeared for some reason. Karma settings in vbulletin options is set to yes.

I also checked my MEMBERINFO template and inserted the comment:

<!-- / main info - avatar, profilepic etc. -->
<!--end rating-->

I'm not very good at the vbulletin stuff but did lots of manual edits for phpbb. Please bear with me since I'm not 100% up to speed on vbulletin. Thank you for your patience and please also be as detailed as you can in your explanations. thank you.

[Lea Verou]

Version 2.1
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Bugfixes
Cached templates (I had forgotten a lot)
New feature: Option to have a popup menu rating form in the postbit, so that users can rate from there.

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by Harley77

Is there a way to have a pop-up box that will allow you to rate an individual? The reason I ask is I currently use zoints local and do not use the built-in members profile page. So being able to rate an individual outside the vb member profile page would be awesome.

I think you'll like the update

[TheBlackPoet]

okay... i finally was able to find the damn karma & other error source in my dbase.. they were in the USER table... (for those who dont know....).... i deleted them and ftp'd the files... imported the product and it installed no problem... i was looking for a drop down in my acp, but there was none.. so i went into my options and saw three options... and one in the maintenance area.... but nothing in my front end....... so.... help a brother out michelle!!!!

[Lea Verou]

Originally Posted by TheBlackPoet

okay... i finally was able to find the damn karma & other error source in my dbase.. they were in the USER table... (for those who dont know....).... i deleted them and ftp'd the files... imported the product and it installed no problem... i was looking for a drop down in my acp, but there was none.. so i went into my options and saw three options... and one in the maintenance area.... but nothing in my front end....... so.... help a brother out michelle!!!!

Btw you could know from the db error you were getting that they were in the user table, lol. I thought you already knew that!
About the frontend: Go to a member's profile (that is not banned, karma banned, restricted, and has the karma set to active (its active by default). You should see the karma table there, with links to other karma pages (if you have performed the template edit for memberinfo). Also, you should notice the karma option added in Edit options and karma in the postbit (for users that are not banned etc).

[TheBlackPoet]

oh!!!!! no..... i see it.... it was there..... in a neat looking drop down!!! oh yeah baby!!! it looks really good....

it tried to rate someone.... and got this error...

Sorry, we were unable to process your vote. This might be caused by one of the following reasons:

The appropriate time between rating two different users has not passed yet
You tried to rate yourself.
You tried to rate someone that is banned or has chosen not to participate in the karma system
You tried to rate someone that does not have the permission to participate in the karma system
You have chosen not to participate in the karma system
You are banned
You are not allowed to participate in the karma system

[Lea Verou]

Glad you like the postbit addition
Is any of these reasons true?
Have you rated any user before?

[TheBlackPoet]

okay.... i saw the tables in the edit options... in two places... the checkboxes are there... but no text.... i figure i didnt load something right.... do you know which one???

i could click them all but i dont know what im clicking....

[Lea Verou]

CheckboxES? There should be only one!
Also, the text is on phrases, search your phrases, perhaps something's missing there.

Btw I have to go to the super market, so I will be away for 1-2 hours.