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Post Ranking System
by FullyTested

This product does not modify any VB MySQL tables and thus can be used by all forums regardless of whether they have three thousand posts or three million posts in their database.
Also, no manual template edits.

In A Nutshell:

1. This product provides the ability to track the quality of post contributions made by your registered members.
   Each member's rank totals may be displayed (and are searchable) via the postbit template and/or public profile page.
2. Each post may be ranked 'up' (+1 point) or 'down' (-1 point) by your registered members. Each member may only do this once per post.
   This is done via AJAX if the viewer's browser has JavaScript enabled, or via a link, if not.
   Once a post has reached a certain point threshold (value is set via AdminCP), it's rank changes accordingly.
   All posts start as 'Neutral'.
   Positively ranked posts may have their rank changed to 'Highly Ranked' or 'Highest Ranked'.
   Negatively ranked posts may have their rank changed to 'Lowly Ranked' or 'Lowest Ranked'.
3. Whenever a post has its rank changed, the post creator has his/her rank totals updated accordingly.

Available Options:

• Rank threshold values may be changed at any time., Rank totals are then updated accordingly.
• Each rank can have it's own text colour.
• Each user has the option to have 'Lowest' ranked posts hidden in a collapsed state (same as the ignore postbit). This option is turned on via the User CP thread display options.
• Each user has the option to have 'Highest' ranked posts highlighted to destinguish them from the rest of the posts in the thread. This option is turned on via the User CP thread display options.
• Ability to globally force the above highlighted/hidden posts on all users.
• Option to have extremely lowly ranked posts auto 'soft' deleted. If post is subsequently undeleted, it's rank will revert to 'Neutral'.
• Ability to email mods upon auto deletion of a post.
• Selection of usergroups that may not rank posts.
• Selection of usergroups who's posts cannot be ranked.
• Exclude specific forums from post ranking.
• Ability to include/exclude rank name ('Highest Ranked') in postbit
• Ability to include/exclude rank score (+10/-5) in postbit
• Display user's post rank totals within the postbit template.
• Display user's post rank totals within the public profile page.
• Search for posts of a certain rank, which belong to a specific member, via the postbit or public profile page.
• Display total count, and search for, posts of a certain rank via the 'Post Ranking System' menu in AdminCP.
• Manage votes by User or Post via Admin CP.
• Statistics page where top posts and top posters are displayed. This page may be limited certain usergroups.
• Ability to set a cut-off date (in days). Posts older than x number of days cannot be ranked.

Accountable Actions

• Post delete (soft and physical) // rank totals decrement
• Post undelete // rank totals increment
• Post mergers // rank totals decrement as post may no longer reflect original content on which it was ranked
• Thread delete (soft and physical) // rank totals decrement
• Thread undelete // rank totals increment
• User mergers // ranks transferred to new user
• User delete // voted upon post ranks updated., tables cleared of said user

To Install:
Please see the 'ReadMe' file for installation instructions.
Installing this mod should take no longer than 5 minutes.

Version 2.5
Fixed small bug with the stats page.
Added the ability to have the score and rank images display in a separate line when default setting is to not have the thread title in every post.
The following files have changed:
- postrankstats.php (please re-FTP to your server)
- product_postrank.xml (please re-import with 'Allow Overwrite' selected)

[FullyTested]

Originally Posted by Howie6666

ie: If someone goes -10 for example, can I set promotions to auto ban.. or does it have to be done manually?

Not sure this mod is really about banning people. It could be done of course.

Originally Posted by imedic

Note: "Enter the text color for the phrase 'Low Ranked' in control panel settings " should be 'Lowly Ranked'

imedic, thanks for letting me know and for sharing the buttons.

[AyeCapn]

would it be possible to add a field for forums to INCLUDE rather than EXCLUDE? I have one forum I'd like to use this in as a replacement for a failed attempt at integrating a Pligg installation.

[FullyTested]

AyeCapn, it is pretty much a question of either one includes or excludes forums.
Since I believe most would like to exclude rather than include forums I will not be changing it.
You could however turn the exclude list into an include one yourself quite easily.

[cykelmyggen]

Where do I translate the alt-text on the ranking buttons?
...and thanks for a very nice mod:up:

[cykelmyggen]

Originally Posted by cykelmyggen

Where do I translate the alt-text on the ranking buttons?
...and thanks for a very nice mod:up:

Nevermind - just a cache teasing me

[imedic]

Just a wish for the ones using translated version, on next version please use one phrase in Post Rank Statistics for each line not 2 phrases, because uppon translation if language has different topic sounds wrong
Highest Ranked Posts in my language needs to be: Posts Highest Ranked because is composed of 2 phrases: Posts and Highest Ranked
so better to use a new phrase with all words.

This is if you find free time before releasing an update for this mode and you don't know what to do with it
Great mod : I have translated and launched on my site. I wait for reactions.
PS nominated too

[AyeCapn]

Originally Posted by FullyTested

AyeCapn, it is pretty much a question of either one includes or excludes forums.
Since I believe most would like to exclude rather than include forums I will not be changing it.
You could however turn the exclude list into an include one yourself quite easily.

care to share how one would do this?

[FullyTested]

Originally Posted by imedic

please use one phrase in Post Rank Statistics for each line not 2 phrases

I'll fix that for the profile page stats but for the postbit that would mean the rank names would not stand out as they do now.

Originally Posted by AyeCapn

care to share how one would do this?

The simplest way would be to open functions_postrank.php, find the function called 'postrank_exclude_forum' and then replace where it says 'return true' (line 137) to 'return false', and 'return false' (line 139) to 'return true'.

[zglows]

Hello, FT. I think this is one of the best mods around here.
Is there a way we can have the option to show post values?
For example, 10 users vote positive and 5 users vote negative. The displayed number would be +5.
Please make this possible as an optional activated feature. I'll send you a big gift i you do.

Edit: I'd like to report a little bug. If you end up with this post order:
1st post: Lowest Ranked
2nd post: Lowest Ranked
3rd post: Highest Ranked

Then they all look highlighted.

[FRANKTHETANK 2]

holy crap this is perfect. I am building a modeling site and this will work great for ranking the models. I hope at least.