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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[basskiller]

Originally Posted by Tralala

The free version is not (yet) compatible with vB 3.6.5. Only the commercial version is... see the link in the first post.

just curious to what the difference between the two codes would be?
I think the hack is great and it does send out the email in 3.6.5
It's just the referrer link is broke

notice the link include the first word "We" on the following line of the referrer code

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by basskiller

just curious to what the difference between the two codes would be?

all the features of the commercial version are listed here:
http://www.visionscripts.com/?page=p...&vsproductid=3

Originally Posted by basskiller

It's just the referrer link is broke

notice the link include the first word "We" on the following line of the referrer code

can't you just fix that in via editing the phrase? Add a carriage return in there.

[basskiller]

Originally Posted by Tralala

can't you just fix that in via editing the phrase? Add a carriage return in there.

Thanks that did it

In the product-psionic_invites.xml
did a search for

Your registration link: {5}/register.php?invite={6} 
We hope to see you soon

and added a carriage return

Your registration link: {5}/register.php?invite={6} 

We hope to see you soon

uploaded and overwrote the existing plugin


and all works just fine..
I'm running 3.6.5 BTW

Thanks Tralala!!

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by basskiller

uploaded and overwrote the existing plugin

Just FYI, you could have also edited $vbphrase[invites_letter] in AdminCP -> Languages and Phrases

Originally Posted by basskiller

Thanks Tralala!!

No prob.

[moondragon13]

Hey Anthony,

I would appreciate it if you would have answered my question on your site and not deleted the thread. Great customer service!

Can someone explain to me why the SSL support is required?

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by moondragon13

Hey Anthony,

I would appreciate it if you would have answered my question on your site and not deleted the thread. Great customer service!

Can someone explain to me why the SSL support is required?

Hey,

We have not deleted any threads. There may have been a system error, or your thread went into moderation queue. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. What's your username at our site?

As for your question, the SSL support is required for the msn contact grabber because msn is an SSL-based protocol, and SSL is required to connect to it.

[Drix]

The Visionscripts.com site is down.. hope it will be back up soon.

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by Drix

The Visionscripts.com site is down.. hope it will be back up soon.

Really? It loads fine here.

[cOuNtErFiET]

I just installed this on the 3.6.7 PL1 version and is working perfectly, but when i first imported the product and went to use the system gave me DB errors, so i disabled and re-imported and all is working fine now...so just thought i would mention this since there is no other invitation system outside of beta stages that i have found...

[fly2hi]

its working just perfect on 3.5.7
thanks for this hack but how can we make the status of the sended invites get updated daily