Trader Ratings v1.2.0

Trader Ratings - A user feedback hack
Copyright ?2004 Jason Rabel, All Rights Reserved.
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Latest TR Verson: 1.2.0
vB Versions: 3.0.0 - 3.0.9
Author: Jason Rabel
Contact: PM me here, I'll respond.
Site: EXTREME Overclocking
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Updates:
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1.2.0 - September 4, 2004
- Added Trader Ratings Stats Page (finally!)
- Added PM notification when someone receives feedback
- Changed how positive feedback percentage score is calculated (bugfix)
- Ability to "close" the Trader Ratings pages (for maintainence or whatever) - TRATING_CLOSED
- Ability to set the URL field when submitting feedback to required or optional - TRATING_REQ_URL

1.1.0 - June 7, 2004
- Added time-based user edit/delete abilities, set via TRATING_UEDIT constant in traderratings.php file
- Userdate field is now an int field to be consistent with vBulletin
- Userrating field changed to tinyint to save space
- Fixed timeframes for showing historical ratings
- Made some various code consolidation
- Added missing ".TABLE_PREFIX." statement
- Templates.txt file shows code for postbit & MEMBERINFO, with conditional examples
- All 3 templates changed heavily
- Added some more phrases & fixed missing phrases

1.0.1 - June 2, 2004
- Fixed a "divide by zero" display error
- Postbit template fixed so guests do not have a trader rating

1.0.0 - June 1, 2004
- Initial Public Release

Description:
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Trader Ratings has evolved from my vB2 Buy/Sell/Trade User Rating System. This is a rating system for when members buy / sell / trade items from each other (presumably on a FS section of your forum). It is based on the honor system since there is no way to truly tell if they did engage in a transaction. (But I'm working on a way to fix that.) Trader Ratings came about because it was a pain to try and maintain a single thread listing good / bad traders and so far has worked out quite well.

Features:
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? Rate another member: Positive / Negative / Neutral
? Specify Buyer, Seller, or Trade
? Leave comments about the deal
? Records date when rating created
? Specify a URL to the deal
? Display ratings over time
? Filter based on Buyer/Seller/Trade/or feedback they left for others
? Users can edit/delete ratings left for others (time based limitation)
? Admins & Mods can edit/delete anyone's ratings (just incase)
? Stats page showing best & worst rated members, and recent ratings
? PM notification when a person is rated

Basic Info:
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I haven't written a FAQ or any real documentation yet, but the way the system works is very simple. The only part that might confuse someone is that the Feedback Score is based only on UNIQUE members. Also, there are simple checks in place to make sure they actually do select proper info and enter a comment. A user is not able to rate themself (obviously). Permissions for viewing / rating are similar to standard forum viewing / posting permissions. Also it checks to make sure users exist and all that good stuff.

Installation Info:
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This hack is very simply to implement requiring only:
? 1 new file
? 5 new templates / 2-3 template changes (navbar, posbit/postbit_legacy, MEMBERINFO, memberlist_resultsbit)
? 52 new phrases
? 1 new DB table / 1 table DB change & index

An install/upgrade PHP file is included to do all the template/phrase/DB stuff, so basically you run that, upload the file, and edit your postbit template. BAM!

Screen Shots / Demos:
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See Screenshots below, or you can view them on my forums: My Trader Rating Page

Standard Disclaimer:
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BACKUP YOUR DATABASE & FILES BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THIS HACK!!!

Forums Using This Hack:
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EXTREME Overclocking Forums
i-Club -- Forums
Accord Tuner
NSX Prime
Honda-Acura.net
Guns Network
PimpRig

(PM me your forum if you want me to add you to the list)

Donations:
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This hack will always be free, however your donations are kindly accepted and will help towards further development. If you donate, please leave me some info (either your forum site or username at vB.org) so that I can thank you.


Plans For Future Releases:
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? rebuttal / followup comments
? item description (possibly instead of thread url)
? button on thread that buyer/seller clicks to tie the transaction to two people

[eoc_Jason]

BladeUK - I replied to your PM with the (hopefully) info you need to correct it.

horrordvds.com - Like I said before, it's based on unique members. In a way, you have to think of the logic behind it. Seeing that 20 different people bought/sold something from a person IMO is a little more comforting to know that one person bought/sold 20 things from a person. The Rating is just the score displayed in the thread view. On the user's trader rating page it displays the total amount of positive feedback received. If you feel the need to make it non-unique, you can easily edit the PHP script to do so, however I'm not planning on making any changes/options in my code.

therczone - Yes, I always knew about how it displayed that info incorrectly in the "who's online", and there are numerous posts on how to alieviate the issue for any custom file (like you posted). I might add an additional text file for people who want to make this change, however I see it as non-essential. If you notice, the rest of the hack doesn't require editing any vBulletin files (this was intentional) so that upgrading from one version to the next (for both vB & TR) would be quick and painless.

[Hooligan_R6]

First off have to say what a great hack this is! It installed very easily and on my default style is working perfectly. I have 2 styles and made all the same template changes I made to my default to my second template. Each user now has the Trader Rating link with their feedback amount. But if you click on the link to leave them feedback it takes them to a blank page. This is only on the second non-default style.

I tried searching through this thread to find a answer but did not find exactly what I was looking for in relation to my issue.

Thanks in advance!

[akoj]

This is such a great addition to my board. Thanks!

[fiber1]

Very nice and thank you! Would like to second the link validation in future releases.

Fiber

[coolgus]

Very Useful !!!

[eoc_Jason]

This is a template inheritence issue. You need to have all the trader rating templates at the highest level of your styles so that they can be used by all the lower custom styles.

Originally Posted by Hooligan_R6

First off have to say what a great hack this is! It installed very easily and on my default style is working perfectly. I have 2 styles and made all the same template changes I made to my default to my second template. Each user now has the Trader Rating link with their feedback amount. But if you click on the link to leave them feedback it takes them to a blank page. This is only on the second non-default style.

I tried searching through this thread to find a answer but did not find exactly what I was looking for in relation to my issue.

Thanks in advance!

[Keyser S?ze]

right now im using 1.1.0 and its really doing all i want it to, the other new things i really have no use for and i hate to mess with something thats working

so

the oen thing i do want is the notification when someone leaves u feedback, is there anyway to install just that into 1.1.0? i can do it manually if u can tell me what to add

thanks

[eoc_Jason]

The change from 1.1.0 to 1.2.0 includes more than just new features. It also have various bug fixes that can be somewhat critical under various circumstances. Not to mention that if you do not upgrade properly then there is no guarantee that you will be able to upgrade to future versions correctly.

The upgrade to 1.2.0 is very quick and painless. It does not modify any existing TR templates (if that is what you are concerned about).

[Keyser S?ze]

ok i upgraded, i wasnt worried about it loosing data i know that never happens (usually anyway), i just didnt want it to stop working so well, one thing i love about this hack is even when i upgrade vb3, the hack doesnt have to be reinstalled, (least in 1.1, we shall see for the new one

one thing, i had hoped this problem for me would have been fixed in 1.2 but its still not working, might be a conflict of another hack im not sure but anyways

the "trader rating: (3)" shows up in legacy but not in vb3 default (the new style postbit)

i have a template hack that allows users to pick in the CP whether they want legacy or vb3 default, could that be causing the problem?

i got the right code in both postbit styles, but just doesnt show up sadly, any ideas?

[eoc_Jason]

There's no reason it shouldn't work for both template styles (I've used them on both). As long as your code is in both templates and at the right style level, it should work. (I don't know how many custom style's you use, if any, however that seems to be most peoples problem is they have the templates only for one custom styleid...)