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Trader Ratings - A user feedback hack
Copyright ?2004 Jason Rabel, All Rights Reserved. __________________________________ 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 ?????????????????????????????????? Updates: ?????????????????????????????????? 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: ?????????????????????????????????? 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: ?????????????????????????????????? ? 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: ?????????????????????????????????? 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: ?????????????????????????????????? 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: ?????????????????????????????????? See Screenshots below, or you can view them on my forums: My Trader Rating Page Standard Disclaimer: ?????????????????????????????????? BACKUP YOUR DATABASE & FILES BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THIS HACK!!! Forums Using This Hack: ?????????????????????????????????? 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: ?????????????????????????????????? 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: ?????????????????????????????????? ? rebuttal / followup comments ? item description (possibly instead of thread url) ? button on thread that buyer/seller clicks to tie the transaction to two people Show Your Support
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#752
11-30-2005, 02:26 PM
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bada_bing - It is because the score is based on unique members. If the same member rates the person 100 times, their actual score only still increases by 1. It is more 'fair' this way and also prevents abuse somewhat. However in the 3.5.x version there is an admincp option to choose which style you want (i.e. unique or total).
Everyone else - I've been diligently coding away. I believe I have the vB editors working properly and parsing code correctly. I started adding some basic URL checking just to make sure they didn't enter garbage for the URL, but now it's turning into a full-blown thing making sure they enter in at least a correctly formed URL, that it matches up with the forum's hostname, then optionally you can have it check to make sure at least 1 of the 2 people created the thread in question, also you can limit validation to only certain forum sections (i.e. your FS/WTB only, so they can't enter just some random URL that they posted on your forum). Each various check can be set in the admincp options. Right now I'm finishing up the URL checking, then I need to add in some code to return information when an error occurs for various things (so the user knows what they did wrong, rather than just a generic error message). Then I need finish up some editing ratings code & permission stuff, then it should be good to go. *crosses fingers* It's close, real close... I'm getting exicted over this myself.  A lot will look famillar from the previous version, but there is also some new stuff (visually) and a LOT of new stuff (behind the scenes). One thing I really wanted to do with this version was ease administration and reduce abuse / false info.Some things that won't make it into this version (but hopefully the next which I will release asap): - Actual usergroup permissions for who can use the rating system (rather than just relying on the generic "canpostnew" and making it visible to that usergroup). - Admin / Mod Utils for doing such things as IP checking, mass-pruning, etc. (However with the current system in place, a new person shouldn't be able to make unlmited ratings spamming your users like before). - Other stuff I've forgotten... edit - I would post screenies, but I would rather spend the time coding to get it finished at this point in time. It's not all that different from the last version. 
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#757
11-30-2005, 08:48 PM
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I am running an upconverted version of your current one(1.2.0) on my 3.5.1 board. The question is will the new version work the same with the same database info? Also, how can I as the admin, edit ratings given now?
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#758
12-01-2005, 03:17 AM
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Can't wait Jason. I just donated $25 for the effort. I know you've been putting a lot of time into this and I hope others are chipping in to help out as well. We all greatly appreciate you putting time into this for us all. With all of the hacks that are going commercial, it's nice to see some useful free hacks like this still available.
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#759
12-01-2005, 03:29 PM
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TonysDesigns...
If you did not make any changes to the DB structure, then *it should* convert over without any problems. For upgrades I figured the smartest way would be to do a regular install with the XML and whatnot. Then I have separate "upgrade" script which will convert the existing data, then optionally remove old tables, phrases, etc... Here's some screenshots, not everything is on the page yet, currently I'm working on editing & error checking. I still need to figure out where I'm going to stick the option to "link" two existing deals together. Probably have it on the edit page or its own page where they can enter in two IDs. I'm still working on which icons are displayed for each instance. I know right now that one user would not be allowed to return feedback for another. Current icons that you see are either in color or greyed out... Paper - Submit Feedback / (Gray = Feedback Already Submitted) Toolbox - Edit Feedback / (Gray = Can't Edit - only add additional comments) Triangle ! - Report Feedback If you are viewing feedback you left for others, then the paper changes to a couple little people and the text changes to say if they have rated you or not. I'm going to code it so the link would send the person a PM reminder to rate for the deal. I think the admincp options are pretty self-explanatory. If anyone is confused about the wording speak up now. If you have any suggesting for anything you see or would like to see that you think could be implemented fairly easily, please speak up now!
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#760
12-01-2005, 03:38 PM
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