Major Additions - [DBTech] DragonByte Raffles v1 (vB4)

DragonByte Raffles is a powerful solution for hosting prize draws on your forum. With features like multi-currency support for easy integration into points mods like vBCredits II Deluxe, you can offer new ways of earning different points for your forum.

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DragonByte Raffles is a powerful solution for hosting prize draws on your forum. With features like multi-currency support for easy integration into points mods like vBCredits II Deluxe, you can offer new ways of earning different points for your forum.

You are able to ask for entry fees and give payouts in different currencies, which can be used to award credits you otherwise don't allow people to attain, that you allow them to exchange for big prizes! You can also choose not to offer any payout, so you can host "just for fun" raffles!

Scheduled tasks automatically draw your chosen raffles at the chosen time, and winners are automatically notified. You can also post an announcement thread in a forum of your choice, to really highlight the winners.

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Major Features

Automatically Drawn Raffles: Scheduled tasks automatically draw your raffles when their Draw Date is up.

Multiple Currency Support: You are able to integrate with other points mods like vBCredits by adding their currencies to this mod. You can also charge users the entry cost to the raffle in one currency, and give them prizes in other currencies.

Performance Oriented: Using modern coding techniques, the modification uses less resources than previous DBTech mods by only loading its data when it's explicitly needed.


Major Features (Pro)

Recurring Raffles: Never again create manual raffles or be forced to copy your existing ones, as you can configure raffles to recur once they draw, completely automatically.

Per-Category Usergroup Permissions: Want to reserve a raffle category for only a select few members? Bigger prizes, lower entry cost, you name it. You can fine-tune the usergroup permissions on a per-category basis, even allow usergroups who are globally denied from the Raffle system access to only the categories you choose.


Complete Feature List (Lite)

vBulletin Options

• Display Version Number
• (Optional) Affiliate ID
• Enable/Disable Modification
• Reason For Turning Modification Off
• Enable Navbar Tab
• Forum Integration
• PM Sender
• Thread Starter
• (Pro) Enable "Currently Active Users" On Home Page
• Preview Length

Usergroup Permissions

• Is Banned Group

Manage Currencies

• Add/Edit/Delete Currencies
• Choose Points Table
• Choose Points Column
• Integrate with other points mods

Manage Categories

• Add/Edit/Delete Categories
• Differentiate multiple raffle types
• Usable for sorting

Manage Raffles

• Add/Edit/Delete Raffles
• Copy raffle to new raffle
• Choose Start/Draw Date
• Optional "closing period" before draw date where entries are not accepted
• Choose entry cost & currency from list of created currencies
• Maximum entries (total & per user)
• Minimum posts to enter
• Maximum wins (total & per user)
• PM / Forum Announcement
• Choose prizes

Cancel Raffle

• Raffles can be cancelled via the AdminCP
• Refunds all the users who entered their entry fees

Scheduled Task: Draw Raffles

• Automatically draws raffles at their draw date
• Runs every 15 minutes

Prize Types

• Payout (awards points)
• No Payout ("kudos" only)

Front-End Category Browser

• List categories
• Display the latest raffle in each category
• Display total raffles & total entries in each category
• Looks & feels like vB's forum browser

Front-End Raffle Browser

• List name / description / entries for each raffle
• Paginated list

Front-End Raffle Viewer

• Display basic raffle info; category, start date, draw date, total entries
• Display description
• Rules tab beneath description
• Link to enter raffle if the user can do so
• Display user's own raffle entry count

Global Usergroup Permissions

• "Can Enter Raffles" UG permission
• Controls who can enter raffles, even if they can view them
• Settable via the Usergroup Manager page

Complete Feature List (Pro)

Per-Category Usergroup Permissions

• "Can Access Raffles" usergroup permission
• "Can Enter Raffles" usergroup permission
• Yes/No/Default toggles
• Can completely override the global UG perms on a per-category basis

Recurring Raffles

• Recurring options
  • No Recurrence
  • Daily
  • Specified Days
  • Monthly
  • Yearly
• New raffles are automatically created when the current raffle is drawn

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This mod displays a copyright notification in the footer of all pages generated by this mod, which includes:

• 1 Link to DragonByte Technologies homepage
• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[vze2yqtm]

Hi, when I go to the raffle page I don't see the enter raffle option below the Your Entries: 0 message

[Vintum]

For the profit sharing, if I enter "0" for the base amount, does that mean all credits used to buy tickets are considered part of the 60% profit sharing?

I'm trying a setup that awards 60%, 30%, and 10% to the top 3 winners.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by Vintum

For the profit sharing, if I enter "0" for the base amount, does that mean all credits used to buy tickets are considered part of the 60% profit sharing?

Correct


Fillip

[RSprinkel]

Originally Posted by vze2yqtm

Hi, when I go to the raffle page I don't see the enter raffle option below the Your Entries: 0 message

Same here :-(

[ikymbo]

i have the same problem! i dont know how to use this mod, where is " ENTER RAFLE?

[DragonByte Tech]

You need to configure the usergroup permissions for this mod before they can enter raffles.

Fillip

[RSprinkel]

Ok I have the one issue fixed, now I am having another issue. When the raffle draws I get a message saying "Could not find phrase "dbtech_raffle_drawn".

I have uninstalled the xml file and reinstalled it many times and there is nothing there. I went into the Search Phrases and searched for that phrase it isn't showing at all. Plus it is not sending pm's or posting in specified forums as selected in the settings which I am taking the reasons for that is because of the missing phrase.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Raffles v1.2.3

New Features:

"No Payout" Prize Type: Prize Preview

• Ability to link to an external resource previewing the prize in question
• Templates can be edited to display an inline image if only images are used
• Link displayed on the prize list

Bug Fixes:

• Missing phrase in the front-end when the raffle is drawn
• Announcement PMs would not be sent as intended
• Announcement Threads would not be posted as intended

Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

DragonByte Raffles v1.2.4

New Features:

Forum Sidebar Block

• Display ongoing / upcoming raffles in the forum sidebar
• Limit raffle title
• Limit amount of raffles to display

Fillip

[BadgerDog]

This mod refers to handling currencies, but never defines what that means, other then referring to "points" ....

Does that mean that a user is able to utilize his PayPal account to buy tickets for a raffle?

Regards,
Doug