Add-On Releases - Facebook Gifts Modification - Paid Gifts

Facebook Gifts for vBulletin 3.8.x

This is what I would call the next release, so to speak, of the original gifts modification released by Christian8a. I was the coder of that product, and I am releasing this next iteration of the product with several more useful features.

In addition to being able to send gifts in the same fashion as facebook, this modification has several new features, including:

• A new custom credits system that is integrated with Paypal. You can now charge for certain gifts using paypal seamlessly.
• Mass Gifting and Crediting -- Administrators can now send out gifts in mass quantities through the admincp. They can send them out according to usergroup. In addition, the administrator can mass credit people (credits are used to buy gifts) and edit user's credits through the administrator control panel.
• Usergroup Specific Gifts - Administrators can now define certain gifts as available for only "select" usergroups.

This release will be considered a beta until I can get accurate reports on bugs and problems with the system. I worked on this update over a year ago for a client and am now releasing it publically. I cannot remember how much I changed the codebase since I worked on this modification for Christian8a, so I am not sure which bugs currently still exist or which don't. In addition, this version is feature incomplete. I would like to get feature requests from users in order to figure out what would be a useful addition.

I do not have any web space currently for a demo. If anyone would be so kind as to provide links to their forum that has it installed--I'll put it up here.

Installation Instructions

1. Unzip the provided "Gifts Modification" zip file.
2. Upload the contents of the "upload" folder to your forumroot (with the gifts.php file going into the forum root, the gifts.php in the admincp folder to your admin folder, the two xml files to the includes/xml folder, and the images/gifts folder going into its respective area)
3. Import Product file (in the root of the zip file it is called product.xml) -- Currently I am not supporting upgrading from the old Gifts modification, so please do this at your own risk. I will not support upgrading until this comes out of beta.
4. Configure Gifts Settings (under Gifts category in admincp, click on Gifts Settings. Be sure to include your paypal email at the bottom if you plan on using credits, or else it will not work correctly).

I will provide support for this product as I have time.

I am not responsible for any data loss or damage caused by this product. It is provided "as-is" and install at your own risk. And of course, vBulletin.Org is the only place where a download is valid. Hosting this product at any other website is strictly prohibited without explicit permission from me. In addition, you are only permitted to use this product if you have a valid vBulletin license (which goes without saying).

Thanks, and have fun!
DO NOT INSTALL IF YOU USE VBCREDITS - There is a huge compatibility issue regarding common field names in the user table.

[ShawneyJ]

Originally Posted by Cole2026

Yeah, I'll have that fixed in a day or two.

sweet cant wait thx

[Veer]

Nice mod.

I'm using MyLs1 Gifts and I will wait for the upgrade support, because I don't wanna lose old gifts and data.

[popular]

need some kinda credit system could u make it work like say per 100 posts a user could send 1 gift free without the paypal?

[Cole2026]

Originally Posted by popular

need some kinda credit system could u make it work like say per 100 posts a user could send 1 gift free without the paypal?

I'm not going to get complex with my credits system; however, I will implement vBCredits compatibility.

[pein87]

Thanks installed cant wait for the gold.

[saviola8x]

Thanks for you and thanks for mod.

[Stevie Night]

Installed, but I get this message when trying to access gifts.php

Steve, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

[Darkwaltz4]

For those of you with vBCredits, but want this hack's functionality:

100% free you can use vBCommerce and the Icon itemtype from my site, which does exactly this and more. Link in sig or PM me for details.

[saviola8x]

Originally Posted by Darkwaltz4

For those of you with vBCredits, but want this hack's functionality:

100% free you can use vBCommerce and the Icon itemtype from my site, which does exactly this and more. Link in sig or PM me for details.

i want it. Share for me. Thank so much

[Chadi]

Originally Posted by Cole2026

The mass add feature is already in production for the second beta, and I'll add the welcome gift option to the list.

Thanks for this mod.

Just curious, when can we expect the mass add feature to be implemented?

Please add ability to sort categories as well. Better yet, ajax implementation would rock