vB3 Stars Hack

My first vB3 hack is a conversion of my own stars hack for vB2
I got lot of requests to convert this hack because there's no real stars hack like this available for vb3... I didn't want to convert it at first because of vB3's beta stage, but it's in RC stage now and the phrase system and style and such is final, so i decided to start converting my hacks...



What Does This Hack Do?: It adds stars to your postbit based on the number of posts you have. You earn a star by Y number of posts (you can set Y in the admin control panel).
For every 10 stars (that's 10 x Y posts) you get a other color star, for 10 other color stars you get another color star, etc, you see the point (i hope, or see the screenshot for an example).
Just to be clear: [high]This hack is NOT thesame as the other stars hack that is available for vb3[/high]

Screenshots:
-Postbit
(thanks, VampireMan!)

Installation:
Should be very easy if you follow the instructions in the install.txt file in the zip that's attached to this post

Usage:
See the options in the admin cp for this, there's not much else to say about using this hack

Updates:
[high]19th jan 2004[/high]: Initial release, version 1.0

[Feran]

Originally Posted by VampireMan

If you look at the layout of the stars in the postbit image i posted it uses serveral different images at the same time. while that may be possible with the vb3 intergrated stars , this hack saves a lot of time.
(i havnt made enough posts yet to have all 4 images showing).

And more than anything this is far easier to configure with different images.
Ok it's limited to 4 images at the moment, but im sure it will be easy enough to add more if needed.

*edit*
I did actually pm him and asked him to port this hack as i loved it so much

It's okay Dutchman, I got the same stuff from when I released *my* star hack, which is a quick and easy way to add stars, like yours is, vs. adding fifty billion different ranks.

Power to the coders! >.>

[kylek]

Thanks FlyingDutchman for releasing this for VB3, had it on vb 2.3.2, and when I upgraded to vb3, the biggest thing my members missed was the star hack of yours.

[Floris]

Originally Posted by kylek

Thanks FlyingDutchman for releasing this for VB3, had it on vb 2.3.2, and when I upgraded to vb3, the biggest thing my members missed was the star hack of yours.

Nice to see someone take the rank system and crank it up a level.

[dontpanic]

Of those that have installed the vB 3.0 version, have any of you done it using the new postbit layout? I'm interested to see how well it works...works like a champ in the legacy layout.

Thanks!

[jilly]

For example I just requested this in the requests forum - would this hack use for it?

I would like to create some custom profile fields that woudl hold an image, and want to display more than one in a user's profile area that shows up when they post. For example:

There is an icon to represent post count, an icon to represent a member who donates money to support the site, and an icon to represent someone who is a moderator.

I would liek the ability to display 1, 2 or all 3 of these images in the user's profile area when they post. It would also be nice to let them have an option in their user cp to turn the display of that icon on or off at will.

[alzibub]

Hi,

Just wondering - could be me but looks like there could be an issue with VB3 RC3 and your Phrase SQL entries... ?

I get an error when I run them and they dont appear in the Phrases & Language setting in admin...

As such - when I view the Admin Panel/VBoptions - the drop down list show the catagory for the Stars hack as empty space - when you select it - you have the options but no text for each catagory

I have attached a screenie for you to see...

Please advise if this is my error or if there is a hack issue ??

Massive thanks in advance !!

[Logikos]

What would be nice if you can have a rank system soley based on activity. Example. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=60951 Now that i and alot others could use.

[Kumaro]

Hack works great. Thanks

Just a huge pain to insert all those queries one by one! For some reason I get errors when doing them all at once.

[Quintak]

thx a lot! could you please also make one that changes the usertitle base on # of posts?

[Kumaro]

Originally Posted by Quintak

thx a lot! could you please also make one that changes the usertitle base on # of posts?

yeah, the old stars hack for 2.x.x was amazing with many more options.