MAF: (Moderator Application Form & Application Rating Module)

FAQ:
What Does It Do? it enables your members to apply to be a mod, cuts down on all the asking and stuff

That It? basically

What about the cool back end? ooh yeah, so anyway it will email on the 14th day to either let em know they've been shortlisted or to try again at a later date

How will it know? mod ratings innit, if their under 7 their outta there

Anything else? nah i guess it starts a thread in your mod forum to tell your mods to rate em

How does it know what forum and who's the threadster? you tell em via the admincp options (where the rest of the vboptions are) theirs a handy little group for the MAF and i don't mean 2+2

Ok so that's gotta be it now? nope

What else does it do? it logs it all in the admincp schedules tasks and sends you a copy of the email

Damn who taught you all that? various folks, special thanks to Dean, Marco, OBK and Zero Tolerance who helped me on this specific hack though.

Ok so what's the install like? swift the long thing is the upload

Ok rumour is it needs to run a cron, what's a cron? :squint: it's the automated do-dad in the admincp

How do i set it up? it's so straight forward you could close your eyes and do it, the file you're cronning is called "maf-cron.php" and i recommend running it at 12.30 (that means leave the rest as stars)

Ok so if their an installer? there is indeed thanks to Link and his magical HIS

Well now that's sorted can i install it? please do!

How can i help you become cooler? click install and let's see if i can become hack of the month innit

Bye now? yes go :ermm:











So you heard their was an upgrade and you're wondering just what you have to do right? simply reupload all the files (not including your cron if you wanna be special and then just run the installer, if that gives you trouble just click overrite original settings, all it's gonna do it reinstall the phrases, reinstall the templates and tell you the two file mods to remake.


So you heard their was an upgrade this time around? simply reupload all the files (if you wanna pretend to be uber 1337 just upload the admincp file and the cron folder file)

latest zip: 10/05/05 16:59

[alkatraz]

used some of your application questiosn and "terms" on my custom mod app

just wanted to say thx

[Yukino_AE]

ok last night i had someone use the mod app to submit their application. this morning i had received the following error like over 100 times to my email:

Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL:
INSERT INTO vb3_thread(title, lastpost, forumid, open, replycount,
postusername, postuserid, lastposter, dateline, visible, sticky)
VALUES ('New Mod Applications To Be Rated', 1124215271, 0, 1, 0, '',
, '', 1124215271, 1, 0)

mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual
that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use
near ' '', 1124215271, 1, 0)' at line 2

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Tuesday 16th of August 2005 10:27:22 AM (the times are different for each email error)
Script: http://anime-extreme.net/forum/cron.php?&rand=246654
Referer: http://anime-extreme.net/forum/
Username: ShinobiXX (the usernames are different for each email error)


is this because i didn't specify variables for the automated thread settings?

because when i set those variables it posts the automated threads like 100 times.

[csidlernet]

Nice work thanks man

[Yukino_AE]

any answers on this?

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by Yukino_AE

is this because i didn't specify variables for the automated thread settings?

yup it is i'm afraid

[djsydeburnz]

I have a couple of questions. Would there be a way to send a PM to all moderators rather than having it post to a forum?

Also, once the 14 days is past and the applicant retained a 7 or better rating, are they supposed to be automatically added to the mod usergroup? And, is there a way to shorten the timeframe?

Or better yet, what are all the ways the site takes care of the applicant?

Also, my cron ran fine for a couple days, now im getting an error emailed to me:

/bin/sh: line 1: ./includes/cron/maf_cron.php: No such file or directory

[Yukino_AE]

well after i specify the variables for the automated thread setting and then the cron runs right after that everytime someone views the forum where the automated thread goes it creates a new thread so i end up with like 182 threads about mod reqeusts to rate.

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by Yukino_AE

well after i specify the variables for the automated thread setting and then the cron runs right after that everytime someone views the forum where the automated thread goes it creates a new thread so i end up with like 182 threads about mod reqeusts to rate.

do you intend to use the thread creation aspect of the script?

[sabret00the]

Originally Posted by djsydeburnz

Would there be a way to send a PM to all moderators rather than having it post to a forum?

yes there would but it requires hacking the hack.

Originally Posted by djsydeburnz

once the 14 days is past and the applicant retained a 7 or better rating, are they supposed to be automatically added to the mod usergroup? And, is there a way to shorten the timeframe?

nope, once the times up, they're officially shortlisted, it needs human power to make them mods

Originally Posted by djsydeburnz

what are all the ways the site takes care of the applicant?

it tells them if they got shortlisted or not.

Originally Posted by djsydeburnz

/bin/sh: line 1: ./includes/cron/maf_cron.php: No such file or directory

you forgot to edit the maf_cron.php

[Yukino_AE]

Originally Posted by sabret00the

do you intend to use the thread creation aspect of the script?

no i don't really need that. i'm frequently in the admin cp so i'm always checking.