Stars v0.2.3

Thanks to Bane there has been a complete reworking of the installation/instructions for this hack. It is now up to date for 2.0.3 and the installer runs exactly like the vB install/upgrade scripts do.

There is no demo as I don't currently use stars on my board.

For version: 2.0.3

Files needed: stars.php

Files to edit: newthread.php, newreply.php, admin/misc.php, admin/index.php, admin/usergroup.php, register.php and possibly stars.php

Templates to edit: postbit

Instructions: Upload install_starshack.php and stars.php to your admin directory. Go to example.com/admin/install_starshack.php and login, then follow the on-screen instructions.

Upgrade information: If you have previously installed the stars hack, make sure you choose the "upgrade" option on the screen mentioned in the instructions. If you have previously installed this version (using install_starshack.php), you MUST STILL use the upgrade option even if you are reinstalling or you will get database errors.

This hack is © 2001 Kevin Schumacher and may not be redistributed, modified or not, without prior permission.

Please DO NOT contact me via AIM, ICQ, PM, or email about this hack. Post your question/problem here and I will try to help you.

Feedback appreciated.

[VAN]

Originally posted by tubedogg
Van: Do you find this line anywhere in functions.php?

		eval("\$post[profile] = \"".gettemplate("postbit_profile")."\";");

Ahhhh. Evidently when I pasted the stars code in there, the bottom comment line ended up in front of that line. Such a simple fix, yet it vexed me for hours. Thanks for sending me in the right direction, T-Dogg.

Hey Tubedogg,
I read through all the posts and I have everything installed correctly as far as not having any errors in code and I have my options in the admin cp, and the lines are added to the functions.php file but I still can't get the stars to show, as of now I only have the stars setup for normal registered users in the amount of posts that they make. Hopefully someone can help me with this. Thanks

Update;
I now have at least the member stars working now but it only works for newly registered members after the hack, even if I update the user titles on the counter, I still can't get the stars to show for the administrator even though it has the space under the user name for the stars, which I'm guessing is from the postbit template, hopefully someone can help me out with this so I can have it working, this mod rocks.

Another update,
The stars hack rocks, I found that somehow my admin/misc.php ended up in the root directory and therefor not letting the stars work, so I got that back in place and everything works like a charm, and then I tried the faq and tada figured out that I needed the misc.php file in the root directory so I copied the one from my backup and all is well, good job tubedogg

At the installer, it says..


admin/functions.php

Step 1 of 1 find:


if ($post['receivepm'] and $enablepms==1) {
eval("\$post[pmlink] = \"".gettemplate("postbit_sendpm")."\";");
} else {
$post[pmlink] = "";
}

and Replace with etc,

I cannot find this code in the Functions.php, i have looked for hours.. word by word! I can't find this code, so I cannot add the code below it for the stars to work

Please Help..


Chandler

Hi,
i have installed the stars hack it seems to work bud when there comes a new registration on the board now he gets the msg

There seems to have been a slight problem with the database. Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists

The problem is that the user CAN login bud i cannot find his name in the users list in cp. so i cannot remove him or edit his account on the board.
What or where can i remove that user account so that the person re-register him again.

THX

[tubedogg]

Chandler: you will need to upgrade to 2.0.3 to use this hack. Also please enter your license information in your profile. Thanks!

Blackfire: Please enter your license information in your profile. Thanks!

[Chrysalis]

hack is installed i get no error stars in cp works but i dont see any stars in the threads.

[tubedogg]

Chrysalis, please enter your license information in your profile. See the link in my sig for more info. Thanks!

[rebby]

this works slick...

now i just gotta find some good stars

Works like a charm. Need green stars now. Got to find them....

A long install, but it works

Thanks....