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

[notsonormal]

will this work on 3.51?

[dsotmoon]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

Why is his Positive feedback showing 11 next to his name if he actually has a total of 12?

i believe it does this if he got positive feedback from the same person more than once

[Telkman]

Very much looking forward to seeing this one working with 3.5, keep up the good work, Jason!

I've noticed across a few TR installs (including my own) that people have modified the code so a certain user's ratings can count repeatedly, even when the rest don't - It makes for an easy means of adding ratings from a previous system.

On ZG, members used to just post feedback in a thread, but I manually converted this and posted all the feedback with a particular user for whom the ratings count repeatedly (http://www.zerogain.com/forum/feedback.php?u=11) - probably something you could include quite easily if you felt it would be of use to people.

[bada_bing]

Originally Posted by dsotmoon

i believe it does this if he got positive feedback from the same person more than once

So you are saying that a member cant leave positive feedback for the same person?
What if its a completly different sale? doesnt make any sense.

[ImportPassion]

yes they can, but it won't count towards your feedback score. exact same thing as ebay does.

[KidneyBoy]

*sighs* it's been a while since Jason's commented. Is there an alternative for 3.5.X? I run a free hobby site, and just can't afford that other one that was listed on here. I have held off "officially" opening my site hoping for this specific modification, and now I've lost my Super Moderator because how frusterated he was with the situation . Anyway, if there's anyone that knows of an (at least) affordable solution, please let me know; or if anybody comes up with a conversion of this code, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks, and I do still eventually have high hopes for Jason's mod. I just cannot hold on waiting for it any longer.

Take it easy
KidneyBoy

[dsotmoon]

Originally Posted by KidneyBoy

*sighs* it's been a while since Jason's commented.

he just commented yesterday ? ? ?

[OttawaGolf]

Well, actually reading the thread takes time.

[KidneyBoy]

Honestly, I was only checking each time I got a "topic reply" notification. I apologise for what I said above because the lame duck I am, I didn't see the posts that were JUST under my nose. I don't know HOW I missed that. Maybe I was on page 49, and didn't realize there was a page 50. So again, I'm sorry and I can't believe that I missed that. Go ahead and give me the "Jackass of the Day" award :lol:

Damn!!!

Take it easy
KidneyBoy

[dnlister]

Hope you get better soon Jason.

Cant wait for the hack, thanks for the updates. Where are the screenies! :P