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Week / Month Topic Nominations

Acknowledgments:
This release would not have been possible without the existence of the former ?Topic Nominations? by J98680B2423E (Data) and "Post Thank You" by Abe1, which provided the mod?s core structure. A nice set of button and awards images have also been provided by princeedward. You can view screenshots at the original mod's thread: VB 3.7 Topic Nominations

What is Topic Of The Week/Fortnight/Month?
It adds a "Topic Of The Week/Month" nomination system for your community.
Topic of the Week/Month is a contest that select posts on which your community can nominate as the best and then discuss them during the course of the selected week/fortnight /month. Any listed topic (post, thread) is eligible for the Topic of the Week/Fortnight /Month selection. This mod should also work in VB 3.7.x, but it has only been tested in VB 3.8.

Features of New 2.0 Version:

• 50+ bugs fixed & 30+ phrases changed for clarification.
• Fixed ajax functionality for adding & removing nominations.
• 16 settings to determine which users can nominate and which posts can be nominated.
• Documented this mod?s limitations & changelog in the 2nd post.
• Fixed Hall of Fame to to correctly display most awarded members and topic winners from the past 3 contests (3 awards per contest).
• Added new setting, max # of nominations user can receive, to prevent a poll being dominated by a single user.
• Added new function to recount # of current nominations received and past awards.
• Added new function to manually finalize the current contest, close the old poll thread, and create a new poll thread.
• An option to enable blog nominations is available and should work (coded by Data), but is not supported (I do not have VB Blog).
• You must have 3 VB default hooks in the postbit template: see troubleshooting below for details. If you ask for help with a problem, you must state in your post if you have reverted ALL nomination templates and read the troubleshooting tips in the 2nd post. If you haven?t, do so otherwise you will be ignored & can debug it yourself.

Installation instructions:

1. Upload the content of the "upload" folder into your forum root directory
2. Import the "product_nominate_topic.xml" product via your ACP:
   ACP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Product -> Add/Import Product (Allow overwrite for updating)
3. For upgrades only, REVERT ALL nominate_topic templates in ACP -> ?Find Updated Templates? or top FYI section of Control Panel. This mod will work only if ALL templates are reverted since major changes were done to them. Reapply custom phrasing to changed phrases as needed.
4. Adjust & save the mod settings to your preference in ACP -> VB Options. It is strongly recommended that you use the default, preset options.
   Specify the Forum ID that will receive nomination threads and the Forum ID's for which posts can be nominated. Also specify the User ID of the nomination thread owner.
5. For new installs only, start a new nomination poll at:
   ACP side menu -> Nominate Topic -> Special Actions -> Create New Poll Thread
6. Read the 2nd post for Troubleshooting Tips & Mod Limitations and the 3rd post for specific features of this mod.

Version History:
2.0.0: Initial Release.
2.0.2: Fixed table column bug.

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Thanks to everyone who nominated this mod for October, 2009 You can vote for this mod at: this thread.

[alehawk]

I reuploaded the files and now I got this error:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE adforo_thread SET iconid = images/icons/nominate/nominated_star. png WHERE threadid = '5634'; MySQL Error : Unknown column 'images' in 'field list' Error Number : 1054

Tnx

[Cedric_FP]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

Well, where you want your image boils down to your preference. If I coded for every possible combination, it would be endless....

Yes but I can't find your plugin where you hook and eval the template modification. I have no problems moving it myself.

Is the template being called after the quick reply button? I want to find the call and move it, but can't find where, as I mentioned, insert it via plugin.

I assume you insert it via plugin.

[vbboarder]

Originally Posted by alehawk

I reuploaded the files and now I got this error:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE adforo_thread SET iconid = images/icons/nominate/nominated_star. png WHERE threadid = '5634'; MySQL Error : Unknown column 'images' in 'field list' Error Number : 1054

Tnx

You did your settings wrong. For the iconid, it's supposed to be a number, NOT a url - that's why you got the SQL error. You can find the iconid when you edit your icon in VB's ACP.

[vbboarder]

Originally Posted by Cedric_FP

Yes but I can't find your plugin where you hook and eval the template modification. I have no problems moving it myself.

Is the template being called after the quick reply button? I want to find the call and move it, but can't find where, as I mentioned, insert it via plugin.

I assume you insert it via plugin.

If you want to move the button, you wouldn't edit the plugin - you need to edit the template (postbit). The hook you need to look for and move is: $template_hook[postbit_controls]

[vbboarder]

Originally Posted by g0dfather1984

Yeah, I have checked all settings. I have even turned off modifications to see if that helps and nothing.

If I send you access, would you come check it out to verify for yourself?

I only have time to support this mod in this thread - I can't do custom fixes for users.

[vbboarder]

@MaRu: who's able to see the poll depends on the forum you chose to hold the nomination poll and what permissions you set for that forum. If you're showing the poll in vbAdvanced, that module also has its own settings in addition to the forum permissions.

[Cedric_FP]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

If you want to move the button, you wouldn't edit the plugin - you need to edit the template (postbit). The hook you need to look for and move is: $template_hook[postbit_controls]

Thank you

[Kayden]

The product is either: taking forever to upload/import, or hanging. Either way, it's stuck on "Importing Product, Please Wait..."

What could the issue be?

EDIT: MySQL crashed. Awesome.

[imported_silkroad]

I recommend folks change template nominate_topic_stamps_box to something like:

			
</td>
<td>
<div id="nominate_topic_stamps_box_$post[postid]">
$nominate_topic_stamps_box
</div>
</td>

or maybe this:

</td>
<td>
<div id="nominate_topic_stamps_box_$post[postid]">
<span style="float: right; ">
$nominate_topic_stamps_box
</span>
</div>
</td>

To get a much cleaner look..... (see attached)

[g0dfather1984]

Uninstalled, sorry.