Add-On Releases - Topic (incl. Blog) of the Week/Fortnight/Month Nomination v1.636

On my board (USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-D), we get many comments daily or weekly on many different topics and there are so many topics in the community that to be honest, we had a tough time remembering the topic being reviewed to offer a timely comment or response. Obviously, we needed a weekly/monthly topic nomination system with which we could get our community to commit to one topic as a group and then comment on it during the course of the week/month.

Cruising vB.org at warp speed, I failed to find a nomination system readily available. Hence, I quickly wrote this mod (on my way to the bridge).

Acknowledgement:
This release would not have been quickly possible without the existence of most hacks released at vB.org, especially the "Thank You" hack by Abe1, which provided this mod basis structure. Our thanks and all the merit goes to Abe1.

A nice set of button and awards images have also been kindly provided by PrinceEdward to whom we also extend our thanks.

Many constructive feedbacks have been given by those members at the vB.org community who downloaded the first releases of this Mod, the implementation of which has led to an improved version of the Mod. We extend our thanks to those members.

What this mod does

It adds a "Topic Of The Week/Month" nomination system to your community.

What is Topic Of The Week/Month?

Topic of the Week/Month is a contest that select posts on which your community can commit to as a group and then comment/discuss on them during the course of the selected week/month. Any listed topic (post, thread) is eligible for the Topic of the Week/Month selection.

What determines a Topic Of The Week/Month?

Topic Of The Week/Month is based on a simple nomination system. Throughout the selected forums, members with adequate permissions can nominate their favorite topic by clicking on the award nomination button below the post.

The five topics with the most votes during the course of the week/month are automatically displayed on a nomination thread including a poll feature. At the end of the week/month, the first three topics with the most votes are the award winners of the contest.

Features:

1. Uses AJAX technology.
2. Uses one query per show thread page
3. Fully phrased to allow (language translation) (addition v 1.3)
4. Places an easy to use "Nominate Post" button next to the edit button
5. Automatically create a nomination thread for discussions on nominees
6. Displays a varying nomination stamps on posts that have been nominated for the contest. The color of the nomination stamps varies depending on how many users have nominated the post. (addition v 1.2)
7. Displays an award winner stamp op award winner posts at the end of the Topic Of The Week/Month contest. (addition v 1.2)
8. Via postbit pop-up, displays link to find all nominations or nominees made by a user (addition v 1.35)
9. Via postbit pop-up, allows selected usergroups (e.g. Moderators or SuperModerators) can withdraw all user?s nominees from all posts (addition v 1.2) or to remove all current nominations on a given user (addition v 1.35)
10. Option to select the maximum number of topics that must be displayed in the poll (addition v 1.2)
11. Option to take or not into account for nomination only posts made during the month preceding the nomination cycle time (addition v 1.2)
12. Option to consider the maximum number of posts a user can nominate per cycle time (addition v 1.2)
13. Nominated posts titles hot linked in the poll to actual thread/post of the forum. Links displaying on the same page (No. popups) (addition v 1.3)
14. Automatically closes the nomination thread at end of the contest cycle time (weekly/monthly)
15. Quick link to nomination thread via the "Quick Navigation" menu
16. Quick link to award winners page via the "Quick Navigation" menu (addition v.1.1)
17. Automatically update the nomination poll whenever a post is nominated or withdraw from the contest.
18. Separate looks for postbit and postbit_legacy
19. Places all post nominees in one small box
20. Displays award winners in one small box
21. Quick link to nomination thread via the "small box" on the thread page
22. Option to allow award winners to re-enter the contest after X days
23. Users cannot nominate the same post twice
24. Option to not allow users to nominate their own post
25. Counts nominees submitted by a user
26. Counts how many times a nominee is submitted
27. Shows how many nominees a user submitted in every post of his
28. Shows info in member's profile
29. Option to search for posts nominated by a user
30. Option to search for all nominated posts
31. Administrator can withdraw all nominees of a single post
32. Selected usergroups (e.g. Moderators or SuperModerators) can withdraw all nominees of a single post (addition v 1.10)
33. Users can withdraw their own nominee
34. Option to disable the mod on selected forums
35. Option to disable the mod on all but the first post of a thread
36. Option to disable the mod on all but the first post of a thread in specific forums
37. Option to enable/disable view of nomination date on specific or all forums
38. Option to add to post count when someone nominate a post.
39. Option to give reputation points to the user whose post is nominated.
40. Option to ban selected usergroups from using the mod
41. Option to ban selected users from using the mod
42. Option to display user?s nomination statistics on postbit (addition v 1.10)
43. Option not to display nomination statistics on postbit for selected users (addition v 1.10)
44. Option not to display nomination statistics on postbit for selected usergroups (addition v 1.50)
45. Option to display or not the hall of fame link in Quick-Links (addition v 1.3)
46. Option to select forums on which nominations must be considered (addition v 1.35)
47. Hall of fame re-designed to handle a Top 10 award winners, all time cumulated (addition v 1.3)
48. Option to refresh the poll thread if for some reason a post referenced in the poll came to be deleted (addition v 1.3)
49. Option to use the current week number or month, or the next week number or month, in the contest title (addition v 1.3)
50. Option for archiving nominations in the "Nomination Thread" automatically whenever a user nominate a post. (addition v 1.35)
51. Option to automatically send a PM to award winners at the end of the contest (addition v 1.4)
52. Option to automatically add points to award winners? reputation at the end of the contest (addition v 1.4)
53. If the current ?Nomination Thread? is deleted for whatever reason, a single manual run of the cron file will suffice to create a new thread, avoiding a clean install of the product.
54. Option to nominate blog entries (addition v 1.6)
55. Option to have award winners or nominated posts icons displayed on posts, so that nominated posts can be easily identified when listing posts.
56. Option to close current nomination thread and create a new one directly from the ACP

Installation instructions

Version 1.63

1. Uncompress the archive
2. Upload the content of the "upload" folder into your forum root directory
3. Import the "product_nominate_topic.xml" product via your ACP:
   ACP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Product -> Add/Import Product (Allow Overwrite if you are upgrading)
4. Adjust the mod settings as you see fit.
   Specify the Forum ID that will receive nomination threads. Also specify the User ID of the nomination thread owner.
   ACP -> vBulletin Options -> vBulletin Options -> Nominate Topic Mod
5. Save the specified settings
6. ACP -> Scheduled Tasks -> Scheduled Task Manager
   Nominate Weekly Or Monthly Topic Mod -> Run Now

Enjoy

Update in version 1.01
Nominated posts titles hot linked in the poll to actual thread/post of the forum

Update in version 1.1

1. Postbit_legacy fixed
2. Quick link to award winners page via the "Quick Navigation" menu
3. Selected usergroups (e.g. Moderators or SuperModerators) can withdraw all nominees of a single post
4. Option to display user?s nomination statistics on postbit
5. Option not to display nomination statistics on postbit for selected users
6. Small bugs fixed
7. Tested on vB 3.7.0 and vB 3.7.2
8. Working on vB 3.6.8 and above

Update in version 1.2

1. Displays a varying nomination stamps on posts that have been nominated for the contest. The color of the nomination stamps varies depending on how many users have nominated the post. (addition v 1.2)
2. Displays an award winner stamp op award winner posts at the end of the Topic Of The Week/Month contest. (addition v 1.2)
3. Via postbit pop-up, displays link to find all nominations made by a user (addition v 1.2)
4. Via postbit pop-up, allows selected usergroups (e.g. Moderators or SuperModerators) can withdraw all user?s nominees from all posts (addition v 1.2)
5. Option to select the maximum number of topics that must be displayed in the poll (addition v 1.2)
6. Option to take or not into account for nomination only posts made during the month preceding the nomination cycle time (addition v 1.2)
7. Option to consider the maximum number of posts a user can nominate per cycle time (addition v 1.2)

Update in version 1.21

1. Fix for transition to Week 28 on cron file
2. Fix Unknown column error when adding a nomination.
3. Few bugs on withdraw nomination

Feedback are welcome and implementation of constructive suggestions will likely be carried out during weekends only, as I am kept busy with other matters during working days.

Update in version 1.22

1. Fix Duplicate entry issue.
2. Clean cron file
3. Full phrasing for those who wish to translate it.

Update in version 1.3

1. Nominated posts titles hot linked in the poll to actual thread/post of the forum. Links displaying on the same page (No. popups) (addition v 1.3)
2. Option to display or not the hall of fame link in Quick-Links (addition v 1.3)
3. Option to select only one forum on which nominations must be considered (addition v 1.3)
4. Hall of fame re-designed to handle a Top 10 award winners, all time cumulated (addition v 1.3)
5. Option to refresh the poll thread if for some reason a post referenced in the poll came to be deleted (addition v 1.3)
6. Option to use the current week number or month, or the next week number or month, in the contest title (addition v 1.3)
7. Fully phrased to allow language translation (addition v 1.3)
8. Cron file up-to-date

Update in version 1.35

1. Option to select forums on which nominations must be considered
2. Option for archiving nominations in the ?Nomination Thread? automatically.
3. Fortnightly cycle time added
4. Fully phrased to allow language translation (addition v 1.35)
5. Few reported bugs fixed

Update 14/07/2008 in cron file
I noticed that some code instructions fail to work properly depending on the PhP version been used.

If you are running the v 1.35 and TOTW on a weekly basis and if for some reason, your cron file failed to work and create a new nomination thread on Sunday 13, July 2008, please use the attachment "updated-cron-14-07-2008.zip". The instructions are given in there.

Update in version 1.40

1. Option to automatically send a PM to award winners at the end of the contest (addition v 1.4)
2. Option to automatically add points to award winners? reputation at the end of the contest (addition v 1.4)
3. If the current ?Nomination Thread? is deleted for whatever reason, a single manual run of the cron file will suffice to create a new thread, avoiding a clean install of the product.

Update in version 1.50

1. Option not to display nomination statistics on postbit for selected usergroups (addition v 1.50)
2. Few display titles fixed
3. Additions made for users who had problems displaying the nomination button and stamp on their styles. Checkout the "Readme and installation" file.
4. Cron file completely rewritten. Why?
   The previous cron file worked fine only when they were activated manually from the Run button in the Admin CP, but they were failing to run on their own as a scheduled task. I noticed that vbulletin global variables were no longer been passed to the cron file. Why??? I have actually getting the values of vbulletin global variables needed for the cron directly from the database.
   If you noticed that the "Nomination Thread" of the past week did not closed properly, proceed as follow:
   1. Open the cron file (upload/included/cron/
   2. Search for "// $createNewThread = 1;"
   3. Replace it by: "$createNewThread = 1;"
   4. Upload the cron file and run it manually (only once), just to close the previous thread and open a new one.
   5. Upload the original cron file back (the one with "// $createNewThread = 1;")

Update in version 1.51

1. For weekly nominations, Cron file set to create a new "Nomination Thread" every MONDAY's (00:10AM) as the week numbering starts on Monday's and not on Sunday's (as set in v 1.50)

If you are running v 1.50 with weekly cycle time and noticed that a new nomination thread has been created but the display title is still that of the previous thread (week 30), then this is for you. Do not delete the newly created nomination thread (with title week 30). On Monday 21st July, 2008, after 00:10AM, proceed as follow:

1. Refresh your poll from the ACP -> Nominate Topic -> Refresh Poll (This will update the display title of both the poll and the nomination thread)
2. Upload the content of the attachment v 1.51 to your root directory. (DO NOT MANUALLY RUN THE CRON FILE)

Topic of the Week-Month Nomination v1.51 Updated Prod and Cron

1. Automatic PM subject phrase moved from "<phrasetype name="Email Subject Text" fieldname="emailsubject">" to "<phrasetype name="GLOBAL" fieldname="global">"
2. For monthly nominations, Cron file set to create a new "Nomination Thread" every 1st day of the month (00:10AM) and not on the last day of the month.

Topic of the Week-Month Nomination v1.51 Updated function

1. Function updated (see attachment) as a result of exchanges with Kevil via TeamViewer.

Update in version 1.60

1. Option to nominate blog entries (addition v 1.6)
2. Option to have award winners or nominated posts icons displayed on posts, so that nominated posts can be easily identified when listing posts.
3. Option to close current nomination thread and create a new one directly from the ACP (NOT VIA THE CRON)

Update in version 1.61

1. Typing mistake fixed in the "nominate_topic_admin.php". nominate_topic_amount instead of nominated_topic_amount.
2. Fix for "Could not find phrase 'This is an automatic message to inform you that your post ..." message.

Update in version 1.62

1. Typing mistake fixed in the "nominate_topic_admin.php". nominate_topic_amount instead of nominated_topic_amount.
2. Fix for http:"//... occurring in the poll while listing blog entries.
3. Display of nomination stamps while listing blog entries from the blog.
4. Fix for displaying of blog entries in poll when a post is nominated from the non blog board.

Update in version 1.621

1. Fixed "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in /includes/cron/nominate_topic_cron.php on line 584"
2. Fixed ": syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/nascartr/public_html/community/admincp/nominate_topic_admin.php on line 435"

Update in version 1.63

1. Fixed link call, requested by TsirhCitna
2. Fixed "Hall of fame" display.

Update in version 1.635

1. Bug Fix by vbboarder implemented ? ?can?t find phrase? error in PM subject

Update in version 1.636

1. Default value for "cycle time header" set to use the current cycle time (current week/fortnight/month instead of next week/fortnight)
2. Option to nominate own post activated by default.

Feedback are welcome and implementation of constructive suggestions will likely be carried out during weekends only, as I am kept busy with other matters during working days. Also, feel free to add improvements in those files and post them.

To other coders: feel free to add improvements to the Mod (files) and post them. I will directly use your updated files for the next version of the mod.

[TsirhCitna]

Originally Posted by J98680B2423E

To fix the link to the week 29 poll, edit the table "nominate_topic_thread". It contains one entry with values (postid, threadid, pollid) for the current nomination thread. But, it's better to do a clean install.

I did do a clean install. I fixed the link issue, now where do I enter the timestamp? I tried nominate_topic, but it still says 1969

[smirkley]

Have tested it and saw that vBulletin automatically handles forum permissions. The user following a link through the poll will receive a message telling him/her that "...he/she do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:..."

Don't know how it's done on the CMPS side. Keep us posted

The problem I have with the member group permission masks is basically with the totm poll topic created by the modification, not with cmps.

A scenario if you will,...

1 - totm topic created by cron for the month, as expected by proper operation.

2 - someone nominates a topic that lets say is just spam. (dont ask me why, just assume it happens)

3 - staffer sends nominated topic to trash bin or staff forums for some reason, but basically nominated topic gets taken out of public or normal member view.

4 - guest/member views totm topic with poll results, and "hidden" topic that is now normally unavailable (yes vb will block access of course by permission masks), but the topic title still shows for all to see.

Basically I was wondering if the modification that generates the poll and displays, can be made to utilize the vb member group permission masks to filter topic titles (as well as links) to the nominatedpolls links. I know I am asking for coverage of a fairly rare condition, but there are occasions where the title ought not be publically displayed for the community benefit. I just am looking for an automated functionality to member group permission mask topic title filtering, to prevent from having to adjust the poll choices manually in the event it is necessary.

Was thinking that the permission masks for vb ought to be utilized whilst generating the view of the totm topic poll, or at least the topic list in the poll may be refreshed using permission masks on the next cron job.

Hope that helps.


(but this is unrelated to my cmps integration efforts fyi)

Thanks again

[tekguru]

Originally Posted by J98680B2423E

The following edit was made in "functions_nominate_topic.php" on v 1.22 to prevent that error:

if ($vote_option > 0){
	$get_pollvote = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM ". TABLE_PREFIX ."pollvote WHERE userid = '$user_id' AND pollid = '$poll_id' AND voteoption = '$vote_option' AND votetype ='$vote_option'");
	$nb_pollvote = $vbulletin->db->num_rows($get_pollvote);
	if ($nb_pollvote == 0){
		$vbulletin->db->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "pollvote (pollid,userid,votedate,voteoption,votetype) VALUES ('$poll_id','$user_id','$now','$vote_option','$vote_option')");
	}
}

From your report:




$vote_option = 6, the same value is assigned to 'votetype' in the "functions_nominate_topic.php" up-to-date file, see code above, and not '0' as shown on your feedback above, hence this error will not occur if you have the file "functions_nominate_topic.php" not up-to-date.

Redownload the attachment and upload the "functions_nominate_topic.php".

I have redownloaded v1.22 and I have instide the file:

PHP Code:

                //$vote_option = array_search($post_id, $arrayPostID);
                if ($vote_option > 0){
                    $get_pollvote = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM ". TABLE_PREFIX ."pollvote WHERE userid = '$user_id' AND pollid = '$poll_id' AND voteoption = '$vote_option' AND votetype ='$vote_option'");
                    $nb_pollvote = $vbulletin->db->num_rows($get_pollvote);
                    if ($nb_pollvote == 0){
                        $vbulletin->db->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "pollvote (pollid,userid,votedate,voteoption,votetype) VALUES ('$poll_id','$user_id','$now','$vote_option','$vote_option')");
                    }
                } 


Is this correct or not? If not then the archive needs updating?

[tekguru]

Oh the file is 40.9 KB (41,897 bytes) in size...

[tekguru]

The other problem I'm seeing is that originally I limited poll answers to 5 in the vote, I later increased this to 9, but I still get:

'Remanining nominations cummulated... ' and if any more nomionations are made the number of lines in the poll does not increase, as per the attached.

[MissKalunji]

There are so many posts that i bet you didn't see mine

Thanks for all of your help

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

Perfect everything's working

2 things


See screen shots

Thanks for all your hard work!

[Roxie]

*uninstalling*

Noms still go to last weeks poll.

[Cybertims]

Still no nominate button ever shows up for me.....

[drsli]

Originally Posted by J98680B2423E

Members should vote for the best topic (post/thread, etc...) not for their friends or for people they are familiar with. If they start voting for their friends, your should invalidate the poll. May be we can add an option to disqualify a post from the nomination?

There is already an option not to display user names on nominations.

Thanks for the reply! I was puzzled by my own name, which appeared by testing your addon independent from the option-switch (showing usernames on or off).
I agree, that social relationships shouldn?t influence the nominating-behaviour, but on a little board with almost no "anonymous" users this can?t be prevented totally. So the option to hide the usernames of the nominators is very useful and already implemented, as I now catched.

Thank you much for this awesome idea and hack!

[J98680Bxxxxx]

Originally Posted by princeedward

Bro...need help too...on this...
after update got also this error when i click nominate button at my postbit_legacy setting

note: Tried also Clean Install (delete thread and upload all new files same as product...) but still no luck!

new functions_nominate_topic.php 3X test to upload


Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT * FROM pollvote WHERE userid = '1' AND pollid = '30' AND voteoption = '1' AND votetype ='1';

MySQL Error  : Unknown column 'votetype' in 'where clause'
Error Number : 1054
Date         : Tuesday, July 8th 2008 @ 12:44:13 PM
Script       : http://mysite.com/nominate_topic.php...securitytoken=
Referrer     : http://mysite.com/showthread.php?p=6782
IP Address   : XX.XXX.XXX
Username     : princeedward
Classname    : vB_Database

but you can see the nominated topic to poll thread

+++++++++++++++++++++

got (3) of this also:


Withdraw All Nominations < not working to poll
Withdraw All Nominations < not working to poll
Withdraw Your Nomination < working good

thanks and best regards...

Check using phpMyAdmin if the "pollvote" table is defined in vB 3.6.8 as such:

vBulletin Table: pollvote
pollvoteid int(10) UNSIGNED No auto_increment
pollid int(10) UNSIGNED No 0
userid int(10) UNSIGNED Yes NULL
votedate int(10) UNSIGNED No 0
voteoption int(10) UNSIGNED No 0
votetype int(10) UNSIGNED No 0

Let me know if the pollvote table is defined with these fields in vB 3.6.8.

Originally Posted by esperone

i keep getting this database error when trying to withdraw nominations as wee as trying to view all nominations:

Database error in vBulletin 3.7.2:

Invalid SQL:
SELECT userid, username, usertitle, nominate_topic_user_amount, nominate_topic_nominated_posts, nominate_topic_nominated_times, nominate_topic_nominated_awards FROM user WHERE nominate_topic_nominated_awards > 0 ORDER BY nominate_topic_nominated_awards DESC LIMIT 0,2;

MySQL Error   : Unknown column 'nominate_topic_nominated_awards' in 'field list'
Error Number  : 1054
Request Date  : Tuesday, July 8th 2008 @ 09:15:18 AM
Error Date    : Tuesday, July 8th 2008 @ 09:15:18 AM
Script        : http://mydomain.net/forums/nominate_topic.php?do=shownominationawardswinners
Referrer      : http://mydomain.net/forums/passwords/491-biggest-list-more-than-10000-passes.html
IP Address    : removed
Username      : admin
Classname     : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 4.1.22-standard

anyone else having this problem and know how to fix this?

Have you done the installation properly?

After a proper installation, the following columns must be present in the user table:

nominate_topic_user_amount, nominate_topic_nominated_posts, nominate_topic_nominated_times, nominate_topic_nominated_awards

An Unknown column 'nominate_topic_nominated_awards' in 'field list' indicates that the installation was not done properly.

Originally Posted by TsirhCitna

I did do a clean install. I fixed the link issue, now where do I enter the timestamp? I tried nominate_topic, but it still says 1969

You can use the submission time as timestamp when a nomination is submitted:

$timestamp = TIMENOW;

Or

$timestamp = time();

Originally Posted by smirkley

The problem I have with the member group permission masks is basically with the totm poll topic created by the modification, not with cmps.

A scenario if you will,...

1 - totm topic created by cron for the month, as expected by proper operation.

2 - someone nominates a topic that lets say is just spam. (dont ask me why, just assume it happens)

3 - staffer sends nominated topic to trash bin or staff forums for some reason, but basically nominated topic gets taken out of public or normal member view.

4 - guest/member views totm topic with poll results, and "hidden" topic that is now normally unavailable (yes vb will block access of course by permission masks), but the topic title still shows for all to see.

Basically I was wondering if the modification that generates the poll and displays, can be made to utilize the vb member group permission masks to filter topic titles (as well as links) to the nominatedpolls links. I know I am asking for coverage of a fairly rare condition, but there are occasions where the title ought not be publically displayed for the community benefit. I just am looking for an automated functionality to member group permission mask topic title filtering, to prevent from having to adjust the poll choices manually in the event it is necessary.

Was thinking that the permission masks for vb ought to be utilized whilst generating the view of the totm topic poll, or at least the topic list in the poll may be refreshed using permission masks on the next cron job.

Hope that helps.


(but this is unrelated to my cmps integration efforts fyi)

Thanks again

Understood. Will update the modules that generate the poll results accordingly. Thanks for the feedback. :up:

Originally Posted by tekguru

I have redownloaded v1.22 and I have instide the file:

PHP Code:

                //$vote_option = array_search($post_id, $arrayPostID);
                if ($vote_option > 0){
                    $get_pollvote = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT * FROM ". TABLE_PREFIX ."pollvote WHERE userid = '$user_id' AND pollid = '$poll_id' AND voteoption = '$vote_option' AND votetype ='$vote_option'");
                    $nb_pollvote = $vbulletin->db->num_rows($get_pollvote);
                    if ($nb_pollvote == 0){
                        $vbulletin->db->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "pollvote (pollid,userid,votedate,voteoption,votetype) VALUES ('$poll_id','$user_id','$now','$vote_option','$vote_option')");
                    }
                } 


Is this correct or not? If not then the archive needs updating?

Yes it is the correct file.

Originally Posted by tekguru

The other problem I'm seeing is that originally I limited poll answers to 5 in the vote, I later increased this to 9, but I still get:

'Remanining nominations cummulated... ' and if any more nomionations are made the number of lines in the poll does not increase, as per the attached.

Will check this, as it is supposed to handle it automatically. Thanks for the feedback. :up:

Originally Posted by MissKalunji

There are so many posts that i bet you didn't see mine

Thanks for all of your help

Hi MissKalunji, it was answered here.

Originally Posted by Cybertims

Still no nominate button ever shows up for me.....

Send me a link to your site by PM, if possible.