e-steki Karma BETA

New version for 3.6, with a lot more features, bugfixes and better coding!!

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Beware that this is still a BETA. This means, it may have bugs. If you want to help with the beta-testing phase, please mention what happened with this hack (if it works or not, if you encountered any bugs, if everything is ok etc) as detailed as possible.

I used quite a lot code from User Rating 1.0 by tnguy3n for this modification. Then I changed it a lot to fit my needs, and I think it's so changed that it could be released as a separate modification. I also got his permission for this

What does e-steki Karma have that User Rating 1.0 doesn't?
1. When a user votes someone for a second (or third, fourth etc) time, the new vote replaces the old instead of being added. I felt it was more fair this way.
2. There is a complete statistics page, with 7 tables that display various statistics
3. Ratings are from -5 to 5 instead of 1-10 and they are represented by images
4. The Karma of each user displays in the postbit (unless he has it turned off)
5. Users that have the Karma turned off don't count at all for the system. their votes don't count in anything, and the votes others gave them before they turned it off also don't count at all. Those users also, can't see anything that has to do with the karma system anywhere. It's like the karma does not exist for them and they don't exist for the karma. However, if they switch it on again, nothing is lost.
6. Since there are no comments, there is no possibility that the user gets a "you didn't complete all fields" error. In fact, even the phrase for it is removed.
7. The table is not placed where the hack author wants (above the footer in UR1) but where YOU want it (by inserting a small comment in the place that you want it in MEMBERINFO). This, however, means one more template change is involved.
8. There is no field that you should add via the userfield manager. This caused bugs in UR1 as you had to run a query to set all the checkboxes to 1 and new registrants had their karma turned off by default.
9. IP in who rated
10. Although they can't see who voted, they can see if they have rated a user and with what (see screenshot).


Why somebody may prefer User Rating 1.0 over e-steki Karma?
I have removed some of the user rating 1.0 features that I didn't need. Some of you may need them though, so pay a visit to User Rating's thread as well.
1. There are no comments in this hack. Nowhere. I've removed anything that has to do with comments.
2. There is no "anonymous voting". In my site, only admins see who has voted, so it's useless to us.
3. No template changes in UR1.
4. A little bit less queries and plugins (since there are less abilites in certain things) in UR1.
5. The "can rate himself" is off by default.
6. Only admins can see who voted. This is planned to be a usergroup permission in the future though.

Misc features
1. WOL location for stats
2. Fully phrased
3. Usergroup permissions

Why is it a beta?
1. Because the end product is the biggest modification I've worked on and there is a high chance I missed something
2. The permission for "Can view Stats" is not working sometimes.
3. I'm not sure how if the install code is going to give an error on an existing installation of e-steki Karma or UR1.

Planned features
1. Of course, bugfixes
2. Usergroup permission for who can see who voted. (currently only admins can see that.)
3. The stats line in memberinfo wont appear if the user does not have permission to view the stats.
4. Ignore specific usergroups from the karma (such as banned)
5. Suggest your own, as long as they keep the system as fair as possible. My main concern is that the system is fair and democratic, and this is why I made most of the changes.

Don't forget to click INSTALL if you use this or you will be damned to hell

[Lea Verou]

Are you sure the plugins for e-steki Karma are all enabled?
Do you have your karma enabled?

PS: If you want it in the postbit, you can give me the postbit code and I can tell you were to put the code
PS2: offtopic tip: It's better to make the css file external. It reduces time needed for your pages to load

[thebeanie]

Thank you for the fast reply Michelle.

I think the plugins are enabled. If i click Plugin Manager, everything is Active, is this what you mean?

If i click vBulletin Options, select e-steki Karma Options and press Edit Settings, it says Enable this feature? YES

I dont know what the postbit code is, im new to vBulletin.

Thank you, i will lookinto making the css file external

Cheers for the help, can u see what ive done wrong?

[Lea Verou]

No, I mean YOUR karma. Go to edit options in you usercp and tell me if the checkbox is checked

[thebeanie]

Ah!

Participate in the Karma system, the box was unticked! I ticked the box and it works!! Thanks Alot!

I chaged the css settings and the site loads way fast now!! thanx again

[Lea Verou]

Don't get too exited, that's a problem. It should be enabled by default
Do you know how to run queries from phpmyadmin?

[thebeanie]

yeah i changed the default value of the field to 1

[Lea Verou]

Good
I'll take it that you changed it from the database, right?

Btw did anyone else have this problem? Cause if he did, I'll have to review my code :/

[hiiped]

edit: confirmed, works in Opera also

request/suggestion

can there be a way so a USER can NOT turn off/on his/her Karma at his/her leisure ?
Only ADMINS should be able to disable individual users Karma

why ?

when a user receives many/some NEGATIVE Karmas, s/he may TURN it OFF to reset their Karma to ZERO ( not fair player )

[Lea Verou]

What shows up instead?

PS: I forgot to tell you but I really like your sig

[hiiped]

Originally Posted by Michelle

What shows up instead?

PS: I forgot to tell you but I really like your sig

Parse error: parse error in c:\appserv\www\s98007638\karma_stats.php on line 80




funny thing is line 80 of karma_stats.phpis BLANK

line 79: }
line 80:
line 81: if(is_array($karma_table['rating'])){