Major Additions - Yet Another Awards System

*** CREATE A BACKUP OF YOUR FORUM AND DATABASE BEFORE INSTALLING ***

DESCRIPTION:
This is a Medals/Awards system. Admin can give members awards, and award icons will be displayed in member's profile, posts, as well as in a award list.

FEATURES:
In AdminCP
- Can Create/Edit/Delete/Reorder categories/sub-categories in ACP (with category name and description)
- Can Create/Edit/Delete awards in ACP (with Award Name, Description, Icon URL, Image URL)
- Can Move one (or all) award(s) from one category to another
- Can set some awards un-classified (not displayed for public)
- Can re-order awards in awards showcase
- Issue awards to members, based on username or userid, with Issue Reason
- Remove awards from members
+ Writes granting/removing awards to the log

In ModCP
- Issue awards to members, based on username or userid, with Issue Reason
- Remove awards from members
+ Writes granting/removing award to the log

Front page
- Display awards list in with: Award Name, Description, Icon, Image, and Members who get each award.
- Display awards showcase in profile, with Award information, Issue time and reason
- Display award icons in postbit (showthread, showpost, announcement, private)

New Features/Additions since 3.8
- Points System
- Separate Award Request/Recommendation Forms
- CSS Customizable

Current Release Version 4.0.9

• Added - Handling of user merges
• Added - Handling of user deletes
• Added - Manage awards on per user basis
• Added - Extra info to the logs for mass removal and editing of issued awards
• Added - Ability to collapse categories on awards.php
• Added - Checksum file for checking for suspect file versions
• Added - Various missing phrases
• Fixed - Memberlist not showing awards when option is active
• Fixed - Navtab not being selected (vb version < 4.2)
• Fixed - Category title not being displayed on awards.php
• Fixed - Logging not working in modcp
• Fixed - A few other minor bugs

[Mikhael_]

Thanks squidsk!
I really happy to read that you want add more criteria I'm waiting for it (hope soon)

However, as suggestion, I find more important these criterias:
- day since last post (it could be used for identify if the user is active or not)
- day since last visit
- number of threads created
- days from registration

For now I will do what you had suggest me to do!
Thanks again and good work!

[Pocket Aces]

username/userid override for congratulatory pm doesn't seem to work

[squidsk]

Originally Posted by Mikhael_

Thanks squidsk!
I really happy to read that you want add more criteria I'm waiting for it (hope soon)

However, as suggestion, I find more important these criterias:
- day since last post (it could be used for identify if the user is active or not)
- day since last visit
- number of threads created
- days from registration

For now I will do what you had suggest me to do!
Thanks again and good work!

Days from registration already exists in the mod. Number of threads wouldn't be too difficult to add, but the other two really don't make any sense to add as rewarding for either of the first two doesn't really seem to make any sense.

Originally Posted by Pocket Aces

username/userid override for congratulatory pm doesn't seem to work

Its a known issue that has been been fixed for the next release.

[Mikhael_]

Hi .. I meant that day since last post or visit is not a rewarding but is usefull with a double criteria.
Example..
First criteria shoud be:
Day since last post/visit < 60
Post > 1000

In this case I will add an award only to users that still use the forum and not an old user. I tested another mod and they allowed that a criteria is composed to xx criteria as a combination.
This is should be fantastic but is only a suggestion.
However thanks again!
bye

[squidsk]

Originally Posted by Mikhael_

Hi .. I meant that day since last post or visit is not a rewarding but is usefull with a double criteria.
Example..
First criteria shoud be:
Day since last post/visit < 60
Post > 1000

In this case I will add an award only to users that still use the forum and not an old user. I tested another mod and they allowed that a criteria is composed to xx criteria as a combination.
This is should be fantastic but is only a suggestion.
However thanks again!
bye

Having multiple criteria won't be added at the momemt, but perhaps later.

As for not adding it to old users, for this mod since there's no removal criteria, except for being replaced by a succeeding award for the same criteria, the old user would already have the award and it wouldn't be taken away, unless manually removed.

[squidsk]

Release a small update for award_automation:

1.0.3 R3

* Fixed - Uninstalling product not removing award_automation table
* Fixed - Uninstalling product not droping the award cgroup column from the award_users table
* Fixed - Granting of usergroup criteria awards to incorrect usergroups
* Fixed - Apostrophes in issue reason causing database errors

[katie hunter]

Originally Posted by squidsk

Release a small update for award_automation:

1.0.3 R3

* Fixed - Uninstalling product not removing award_automation table
* Fixed - Uninstalling product not droping the award cgroup column from the award_users table
* Fixed - Granting of usergroup criteria awards to incorrect usergroups
* Fixed - Apostrophes in issue reason causing database errors

Hi Squidsk, do we have to install this addon? Or the version we install will not cause issues?

It says in the email: For those of you using the award automation add-on to yaas I've released a mini-update that fixes a couple of issues.

I don't think i have an addon for the award system, is there an addon?

[squidsk]

Originally Posted by katie hunter

Hi Squidsk, do we have to install this addon? Or the version we install will not cause issues?

It says in the email: For those of you using the award automation add-on to yaas I've released a mini-update that fixes a couple of issues.

I don't think i have an addon for the award system, is there an addon?

Yes there is an, optional, add-on award automation which automates the adding of awards. It's the second zip file in the main post. If it isn't in your installed products list you aren't using it.

[Mariner1]

Ok ive installed this but cant find it on my forum,no nav tab or anything.Everything seemed to install ok on vbulletin 4.2.2.Cant find anything in navigation manager either.
Ive noticed this error too Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /getontheark.com/public_html/admincp/award_automation.php on line 17

How do i fix this pls

[squidsk]

Originally Posted by Mariner1

Ok ive installed this but cant find it on my forum,no nav tab or anything.Everything seemed to install ok on vbulletin 4.2.2.Cant find anything in navigation manager either.
Ive noticed this error too Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /getontheark.com/public_html/admincp/award_automation.php on line 17

How do i fix this pls

What have you installed? YaAS 4.0.6 or YaAS_Automation 1.0.3? The second won't work without the first, in fact I doubt it will even install, and the first does not create a navigation link, that's an update for a future version.

As for the warning go to line 17 and replace =& with =. I will fix that warning as well.