Refer A Friend.

[Base400]

If I wanted to put a link somewhere on the site that said "Refer A Friend" and have them go to a page where they can input. Friend's , Name , Email, and text about the site. inside the text box is a referral link.. I havent seen this around the boards for the 3.5 Beta.

thanks

[yellowchaser]

Yes I would love to see this myself.

[safiel]

This was coded by Erwin for 3.07

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=59708

All the steps will work fine for 3.5rc2 with the exception of step 1a, because the code has changed. Instead, find:

PHP Code:

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'sendtofriend' OR $_POST['do'] == 'dosendtofriend')
{
    $forumperms = fetch_permissions($threadinfo['forumid']);

    if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) OR !($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewthreads']) OR !($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canemail']) OR (($threadinfo['postuserid'] != $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) AND !($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewothers'])))
    {
        print_no_permission();
    }

    // check if there is a forum password and if so, ensure the user has it set
    verify_forum_password($foruminfo['forumid'], $foruminfo['password']);

} 


and replace with:

PHP Code:

if (!$_REQUEST['refer'])
{
if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'sendtofriend' OR $_POST['do'] == 'dosendtofriend')
{
    $forumperms = fetch_permissions($threadinfo['forumid']);

    if (!($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview']) OR !($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewthreads']) OR !($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canemail']) OR (($threadinfo['postuserid'] != $vbulletin->userinfo['userid']) AND !($forumperms & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canviewothers'])))
    {
        print_no_permission();
    }

    // check if there is a forum password and if so, ensure the user has it set
    verify_forum_password($foruminfo['forumid'], $foruminfo['password']);

}
} 


Note, I don't want credit for this hack not working or working. I didn't write it - but I did verify it works

[ryuuchida]

Coolness! Thanks Safiel!

[johnbruce71]

Cheers for the update (well kinda lol) works a treat

[Mr Chad]

What about in the user CP, it shows a Referal link you can give to your friends and when they click it your account name is prefilled in the referal box?

or is this aready around.

like sumthin like

register.php?do=referrerid=1

[Rukas]

^^ That would be cool, and also some way to reward users.

Say if they refer 20 people WHO SIGN UP AND POST AT LEAST X AMOUNT OF TIMES they are automatically moved to a VIP user group.

[john_robot]

good one

[Doc Great]

Thans, but maybe you (everyone who takes over this hack) should edit the sendmessage.php so that the new template gets cached

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array(
	'mailform',
	'sendtofriend',
	'contactus',
	'contactus_option',
	'refertofriend',
	'newpost_errormessage',
);

[Mr Chad]

Originally Posted by Rukas

^^ That would be cool, and also some way to reward users.

Say if they refer 20 people WHO SIGN UP AND POST AT LEAST X AMOUNT OF TIMES they are automatically moved to a VIP user group.

This is a very good idea!

I would love to have something like this.