Miscellaneous Hacks - AWCoding- Mentor

VBulletin 3.5.x+/3.6.x+/3.7.x+/3.8.x+/4.0.x+

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AWCoding- Mentor
Version 1.0.0
Release Date: 16th September 2010
Software Provided and coded by AWCoding

What Software Is:
It auto assigns a mentor unless they entered a correct referrer at registration then that person becomes there mentor. The software has an on and off feature for PMing the mentor about his new mentee as well as auto adding the two (mentor and mentee) as friends. You can select what usergroups are able to mentor and from these groups it selects a random person per new user registered to mentor. The software is used more or less as a help and go to person for new users to go to for help and questions. Makes things more personable and a point of contact for users. This will reduce heavy traffic to the owner/admins and spread help through the other groups (moderators and supermods). You can even create your own Mentor group and select from that group. You can also edit the mentor of a user by editing the user in adminCP. There is an option to show the mentee in userCP who there mentor is and a link to their profile.

Version History

Release version: 1.0.0
Release Date: 16th September 2010
Initial Release No Updates

System Requirements
VBulletin 3.5.x+/3.6.x+/3.7.x+/3.8.x+/4.0.x+

Install Guide
Just run the XML then:
EDIT PHRASE "welcomepm" BODY and put %mentor% where the link and username of mentor should go

Example text to add (English):
If you have any questions or issues contact your mentor: %mentor%

Example of what complete phrase (English):
Thanks for registering at $vboptions[bbtitle]! We are glad you have chosen to be a part of our community and we hope you enjoy your stay.

If you have any questions or issues contact your mentor: %mentor%

All the best,
$vboptions[bbtitle]


Final words
Please check out my new vb4 upgraded website HERE, I know it was long overdue. You will see other products like Donation System, Subscription System, Credit Purchase System, Pirate Poker System.
Much more to come in the future stay tuned for: Product System, Advertisement System, and Raffle/Lottery System.
I sincerely hope that you enjoy this software.

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Thank you!
Adam Ellis (AWJunkies)


Copyright
AWCoding Mentor ?2010 by AWNetwork, Inc.


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[mokonzi]

Originally Posted by AWJunkies

So you want a quick setting for language match. Do they select language at registration? As that would be only way to do it.

No, they don't. That's the problem. I thought they did initially, but just running through the process, the language has to be changed via their control panel (despite vb at times suggesting that it's set otherwise, for example, welcome PM), and that is done after registration, but is English by default. In other words, if a user doesn't change their language by the time they are approved (as my forum is moderated), they would be listed as "English" speaking.

However... that wouldn't be the case, if they registered via a German version of the registration page...

So... the long and short of it is this. If they've chosen a language for the site before registration, it would work. If not, they may change language. If they did that then, could it be that the system adjusts their Mentor automatically, perhaps sending them a message to that effect? I suppose changing automatically would have problems especially if a user switches languages frequently.

This would mean seperate groups for the Mentor languages, as some of my German speaking users don't have the site set in German...

[AWJunkies]

Originally Posted by mokonzi

No, they don't. That's the problem. I thought they did initially, but just running through the process, the language has to be changed via their control panel (despite vb at times suggesting that it's set otherwise, for example, welcome PM), and that is done after registration, but is English by default. In other words, if a user doesn't change their language by the time they are approved (as my forum is moderated), they would be listed as "English" speaking.

However... that wouldn't be the case, if they registered via a German version of the registration page...

So... the long and short of it is this. If they've chosen a language for the site before registration, it would work. If not, they may change language. If they did that then, could it be that the system adjusts their Mentor automatically, perhaps sending them a message to that effect? I suppose changing automatically would have problems especially if a user switches languages frequently.

This would mean seperate groups for the Mentor languages, as some of my German speaking users don't have the site set in German...

Yeah gets kinda tricky I will think on it for best way to go about it. Really should be option at reg for language.

[mokonzi]

Originally Posted by AWJunkies

Really should be option at reg for language.

I completely agree. Sometimes vb seems to have not got internationalization and localization fully implemented, as if it's an off the fly addition.

[Alfa1]

I do have a mandatory profile field where new users need to select their country from a drop down. This would allow members from specified countries to be assigned to certain language groups. Though that gets complicated with multilingual countries like Switzerland and Belgium.

[mokonzi]

I've similar with an extra file for users to list the languages they speak. But incorporating such fields would be different for every install, and I can't imagine a viable way of creating a viable system using the profile fields. (Not unless there was a mod that forced the board language based on the profile field).

[mokonzi]

I'm getting this error when trying to approve moderated new user registrations:

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /my/site/public_html/admincp/user.php(1904) : eval()'d code on line 5

I've disabled the Mentor mod and the error goes...

It happens whether the Mentor mod is turned on or off on the Settings page.

[AWJunkies]

Originally Posted by mokonzi

I'm getting this error when trying to approve moderated new user registrations:



I've disabled the Mentor mod and the error goes...

It happens whether the Mentor mod is turned on or off on the Settings page.

I will take a look right now. Must be a vb4 thing I missed as was originally vb3 mod I quickly ported.

Yeah vb4 thing will update it probably tomorrow by monday.

[mokonzi]

Thanks matey. Look forward to the update.

[mokonzi]

Any news on this?

[AWJunkies]

Sorry no new update slammed at moment doing an update and porting. When I get some time I will update this.