Invites System

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|| Invites System
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|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5.0
|| Released : Dec 19, 2005
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|| Time required to install: 1 minute
|| Difficulty: easy
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DESCRIPTION

A complete invites system for your vBulletin board.

STATISTICS

File Uploads: 3
Template Changes: 4
Products to Install: 1


FEATURES

Configuration Options:

• The system can be turned on and off.
• Registration can be set to either require invite code to sign up or to continue allowing regular registrations when the system is on.
• Invite Expiration Period.
• Minimal Posts Required to Receive Changes in Number of Invites.
• Minimal Reputation Required to Receive Changes in Number of Invites.
• Number of Posts Required to Get One (1) Invite.
• Number of Invites Received or Subtracted per Reputation (+ for positive, - for negative).
• Initial Number of Invites Given on Registration (Sign Up).
• Usergroups that May Not Use Invite Manager.
• Usergroups that May Use Invite Manager (Optional Override).
• Initial Registration Usergroup (only pertaining to registration by invites).
• Do or Do Not make users linked by an invite mutual buddies after the completion of registration of the person invited.
• Single / Multiple Address Line Field.
• If Multiple, Number of Fields to Show.

Miscellaneous Features:

• Upon invite-based registration, the person who issued the invite is set up as a referrer of the person invited. Therefore, free specification of a referrer is restricted during such registration.
• Image (GD) Verification.
• Administrator can manually edit any user's invite count.
• If a user is permitted to issue invites (based on both the number of unused invites and the system permissions), that user has a link to invites of usercp home (says "Click here to invite new users!"). When a user has no invites left, the link does not show up. Nevertheless, as long as system permissions allow access to the Invite Manager, the usercp navlink continues to show up, so that the user would have access to his/her invite history, which is available just below the "Issue New Invite" form.
• If registration is set to require invite code to sign up, the navbar register link becomes hidden.
• If registration is set to continue allowing non-invited sign ups, the number of invites available to any single user is unlimited. Therefore, the number of invites left does not show up.
• Invite History in UserCP, on the bottom of the invite manager.
• Single-Line AddressField, with Unlimited # Of Simultaneous Recipients, within the bounds of invite tokens.
• Multiple-Line AddressField, with Limited Configurable # Of Simultaneous Recipients, within the bounds of invite tokens.
• Unregistered Users, Banned Users and Users with No Forumview Permissions cannot use invite manager. Therefore, you do not have to specify those usergroups in the list of usergroups that may not use the invite manager.
• Invite counts are automatically updated once a week, based on the admincp-configured settings.
• Per-user invite usage restriction.
• Inactive users, who do not post anything new, will gradually lose all of their invites.

VERSION HISTORY

1.5.0
A new, commercial release.

1.4.0
[+] Image verification to avoid multiple submits.

1.3.0
[+] New Config Option: Single-Field / Multiple-Field Address Line (Default: Multiple-Field)
[+] New Config Option: Number of fields to show if multiple option is chosen.
[+] User Option, which lets an administrator restrict invite system usage for that single user.
[F] Fixed Bug, which prevented a user from registration if COPPA was enabled.
[F] Fixed Bug, which prevented a user from sending out an invite if he had zero invites and dependency on registration was turned off.
[F] Fixed Bug, which continued to show the invite form after it was submitted, even if there were no more invites left.

1.2.0
[+] New Config Option: Usergroups that May Use Invite Manager (Optional Override).
[+] New Config Option: Initial Registration Usergroup (only pertaining to registration by invites).

1.0.2
[+] Ability to send unlimited simultaneous invites, within the bounds of invite count owned.
[+] Improved invite interface (see screenshot).
[F] A couple of hard-coded forgotten phrases have been moved into the phrase system.

1.0.1
[+] Amount of posts required to get one invite is now configurable
[+] When a user can issue invites, he/she has a link on usercp (which says "Click here to Invite a New User!")
[+] When invites are required to register, there is no direct "Register" link in the navbar
[+] When invites are not required to register, there is no limitation on invites, and therefore the number of invites left is not shown
[+] Administrator can now edit invite counts manually using Admin Manager
[+] Administrator can now specify which usergroups cannot use Invite Manager
[+] More descriptive AdminCP Hack Options
[F] Added TABLE_PREFIX to the Install Code
[F] Fixed a Typo in Registration Code
[F] In the Invite History, invites are now lister in a descending order, rather than ascending. In other words, the latest invites are now on the top.

1.0.0
Initial Release

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

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[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by SpArKs85

Isn't there some kind of referral system similar to to this? This sound like a great hack, its just my vB is 3.6.4.

Just be patient, a port will be released soon.

[FireFish]

I've had this idea for a while & wanted to share it; I'd LOVE to see someone code this:

We have 'hidden' forums reserved for members of a specific secondary user group.
However, to get them assigned to that group, I have a list of instructions I send them.
1) Register
2) Click 'Contact Us' & request for permissions promotion
3) Wait to be approved.

My Proposed Modification to solve this:
It would be neat to have a special field on the registration form called 'Invitation Code' or something like that, which, when entered, will automatically join that new user to that secondary private user group.

Alternatively, being able to send a special 'invitation link' which will automatically have that field filled in would be nice.

Obviously I'd want to be able to make multiple invitation codes which corespond to multiple user groups.

This concept is kind of like a Coupon Code in a shopping cart; you enter a predefined code & automatically receive a discount; no need for manual approval.

p.s. - the secondary user groups I am referring to here are NOT joinable. They are for BETA testing software & only selected BETA members get invited.

If anyone has any input on this idea, please reply to this thread.
I'd love to see it.

[ragtek]

yes it would be great

[akanevsky]

It would be neat to have a special field on the registration form called 'Invitation Code' or something like that, which, when entered, will automatically join that new user to that secondary private user group.

That is available in the commercial edition of this hack.

[FireFish]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

That is available in the commercial edition of this hack.

How do I get a hold of it? I needed this yesterday :-)

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by FireFish

How do I get a hold of it? I needed this yesterday :-)

Please check out the site linked to in my signature. You can get a hold of it from there.

[FireFish]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

Please check out the site linked to in my signature. You can get a hold of it from there.

I tried but couldn't find the link. I found another mod that adds a user to a Secondary User group based on the value of a field displayed at registration. I'm winging it with that but would like a way to invite them via the Invites System.

[akanevsky]

I couldn't find the link.

http://visionscripts.com/?page=products&vsproductid=3

[FireFish]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

http://visionscripts.com/?page=products&vsproductid=3

I didn't see anything about that feature I was asking you about there. Can this automatically take 1 user's invites & add the new members to a secondary group?

Being a commercial version, I assume this isn't free. How much is it?

[akanevsky]

Can this automatically take 1 user's invites

I am not sure I understand the question - please clarify.

add the new members to a secondary group

Not currently (never requested), but it can add users to a primary group automatically.

Being a commercial version, I assume this isn't free. How much is it?

As it states on the page, a license is $24.99, and that includes one year of support and updates.