Karma Hack v 1.0

Karma Hack v1.3a

This is our first vb Hack, so we are hopping to get lots of feedback. Enjoy this one.


Admin Function

- Set points for each
~ newthread
~ reply
~ points for thread owner if thread's view exceeded certain number.
~ extra points to user from admin/mod
~ extra points for thread owner if the thread's reply more than certain number.

- Admin/Moderator can also add/delete points to user who posts useful thread or nonsense.

- Admin can set auto ban feature to on or off. If this feature is set to on, users' karma points that
exceed the negative point admin set to, will be banned from posting or replying threads.

User Function

- User can comment on other people's post and if they agree that post, the user will get karma points
for that. If user disagree with what they post, their karma points will be deducted.
- User can earn karma points when they post new thread, replies, many people view their thread, many
people reply their thread.
- User can also earn karma points from administrator or moderator if they post useful thread.
- Their points wil be deducted if they post nonsense.

Sample Forum using this Karma Hack
CertifyExpress.com

I won't be able to answer all you technical questions as I am NOT the sole OR main programmer who write this hack. If you are facing technical problems you may either post here and I will try my best to help you together with vbulletin.org members OR you can also post your questions or problems at my forum for faster support, as my team are often online there 5 Days a week from Monday to Friday.

Karma 1.3a Release - March 15 2002

I highly recommended that you upgrade to 1.3a.

• Minor display changes.
• Bug Fixes.
• Security fixes.

For those who are using karma v1.3 just upload adis.php

Bug fixed
- Fix you are not login bug when you are actually login.


Next version
Will be release in April 2002. If you have any features to suggest or recommendation please post a NEW thread in my forum instead of vbulletin.org, so I can keep track of all the suggestions and as this thread is getting too long and I can't keep up with it.

[Guichi]

i installed the hack and set the amount of negative karmas for auto ban but it seems that is not working. i have changed the settings on the autoban multiple times and it still doesnt work

[pgowder]

How can I add this as a column on the memberlist?

[Neil]

Is anyone able to help me with the problem of Karma only accessible from one of my styles, as I requested in an earlier post please?

[AndyTSJ]

When you installed it, presumable you applied the modifications to the templates in your default style ? Then reapply the template parts of the hack to the same templates, but in your other styles... that's my guess.

[Neil]

As far as I recall, I was careful to apply any template mods to ALL of the templates used on my site. Besides, the functions that display the karma totals and the karma button are defined in the script, rather than the template right?

Also, I can't go back and apply the changes in the template anyway, because the instructions are in the install file, and if I run that again it'll stuff up the database, won't it?

[Winky]

ok maybe I am stupid here but the install text says nothing and the install script says nothing when doing the install does the install do everything for you or is it just telling you what you need to modify? I tried both ways and nothing works for me.

[kushtiUK]

I have VBportals and would like to add a Side Block to show my top five with Karma, can anyone tell me the PHP I would need to call that up.

If this helps, I already have on show the top five posters and the PHP used is;

// Set this to the max number top posters to display
$a=1;
$num = 5;
global $bburl;
$query = "SELECT * FROM user ORDER BY posts DESC LIMIT $num";
$resultlatest = mysql_query($query);
while ($latest_array = mysql_fetch_array($resultlatest)) {
echo " <font size = 1>&nbsp;$a: <A HREF='$bburl/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=$latest_array[userid]'>$latest_array[username] </A> $latest_array[posts]</FONT><BR>";
$a++;
}
echo "<font size = 1><A HREF='$bburl/memberlist.php?what=topposters&perpage=20'>more... </A>";

[Recon_Boy]

One 'gotcha' I ran into is trying to see a result on my forums after upgrading from v1 to v1.2 without going to the admin cp and setting the new options first!!!...I know....duh...

[HeadStAtE!]

Thank you for this hack.

Currently I have 3 main concerns.

1) I think a template should be used for the content of the pop-up box rather than holding all this within adis.php.

2) adis.php is checking for the user's title:

if ($usertitle == 'Administrator' || $usertitle == 'Moderator')

This is dangerous because the user title can be changed in the user CP, it should be checking for the usergroup being either a moderator, super moderator or admin.

3) By refreshing pages (or using the back button) I have been able to vote more than once.

Niggles:

1) The button alt image in postbits has the spelling "karna" not "karma"

2) It waits for you to enter a comment then tells you that you should log in first!

3) You can submit a comment without selecting a positive or negative opinion.

[pgowder]

Can anyone help me display the top 10 or display the karma in memberlist??

My members are loving the hack, but want to be able to see who is the highest!

thanks