Major Additions - Yet Another Ranks System

* CREATE A BACKUP OF YOUR FORUM AND DATABASE BEFORE INSTALLING !

I've had quite a few PM's in regards to this and seeing as how once upon a time I administered a gaming tournament forum it came in handy... we had virtual armies in battlefield games with Generals, LtCol's, Captains, squads of 6 and enjoyed a rank structure along with our awards so we converted the Awards mod into a Ranks mod, many also had a need for it and now we have it for 4.x. This is a complete re-write of the 4.x Yet Another Awards System by CypherSTL and Xanlamin ( https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=232684 ) with updates including one fix by another community member for the profile tabs (noted in Changelog.txt). I hope everyone enjoys it who finds a use for it .

DESCRIPTION:
This is a Medals/Ranks system. Admin can give members ranks, and rank icons will be displayed in member's profile, posts, as well as in a rank list.

FEATURES:
In AdminCP

• Can Create/Edit/Delete/Reorder categories/sub-categories in ACP (with category name and description)
• Can Create/Edit/Delete ranks in ACP (with Rank Name, Description, Icon URL, Image URL)
• Can Move one (or all) rank(s) from one category to another
• Can set some ranks un-classified (not displayed for public)
• Can re-order ranks in ranks showcase
• Issue ranks to members, based on username or userid, with Issue Reason
• Remove ranks from members

In ModCP

• Issue ranks to members, based on username or userid, with Issue Reason
• Remove ranks from members

Front page & other

• Display ranks list in with: Rank Name, Description, Icon, Image, and Members who get each rank.
• Display ranks showcase in profile, with Rank information, Issue time and reason
• Display rank icons in postbit (showthread, showpost, announcement, private)
• Separate Rank Request/Recommendation Forms
• CSS Customizable
• Points System *Requires MySQL 5.0+

Attention:

If you do not properly setup this modification you will see errors such as:

Originally Posted by faraz_hamza

Something unexpected has happened, your rank request cannot be sent at this time. Please contact a site administrator for assistance.

I am getting this error when i recommend or issue rank request?

how to fix it ?

Basically here's the short on this:

• Edit your usergroups, for each usergroup set whether they can request and recommend ranks.
• Setup the mod options in AdminCP > Ranks System > Rank System Settings.
• If your having the requests or recommendations posted as a New Thread OR New Post within a existing thread please ensure that the members usergroup has permission to do so, in other words they can't post a new rank request into a private admin-only forum or a new post in a admin only thread correct? Bingo . You can create a new forum and only allow viewing to normal members .
• If your having users requesting ranks every min or two, adjust your minimum time between posts to be one minute.
• Try disabling the Points System, do you still have a issue?

Other issues:

• What is the minimum version of MySQL Required?
  - The core of the ranks sytem will function on MySQL 4.1. However, in order to use the Points System you must be running at least MySQL 5.0+
• I'm seeing output like "-- BEGIN TEMPLATE: ranks_rankusers_bit -->" before it displays members. Why?
  In your AdminCP > Settings > Options > General Settings > Add Template Name in HTML Comments = OFF
• Styling issues? - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....58&postcount=2
• If you have any other issues, post them however I need to know if this was the 2nd, 3rd or 4th request, what was done before the error and if issuing to another user worked afterwords! Thanks!

[SN1PERCITY]

so if i update to 4.1.7 will it work or should i wait!

[Nuker_Viper]

quick question..

where in pharses can i look up the term
"Members who received this rank:"

I looked but cannot seem to find it in searches i will contiune searching while i await a reply thank you.

Edit found it never mind its under "users_with_thisrank" is that a typo?

[Nuker_Viper]

i am running 4.1.6 and it works fine..

Question:

Originally Posted by SN1PERCITY

so if i update to 4.1.7 will it work or should i wait!

Answer:

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

Yes unless you are on PHP 5.3 then see here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....1&postcount=75

[Empire Gaming]

Running v 4.1.7 patch level 2. Everything works fine with the exception of the following:

- When there is a rank request, when I choose to approve the rank, I get the following message




Also, shouldn't the request for a rank disappear after it has been accepted or denied? I have to keep deleting them manually.

Thx,

Stryker

[Ikkyy]

Have some hack, for ppl buy awards with points ?

sorry about my english.

[Nuker_Viper]

Originally Posted by Empire Gaming

Also, shouldn't the request for a rank disappear after it has been accepted or denied? I have to keep deleting them manually.

Thx,

Stryker

Nope not at the moment. i noticed that myself. but a small price to pay for an outstanding mod.

[Nuker_Viper]

Originally Posted by Ikkyy

Have some hack, for ppl buy awards with points ?

sorry about my english.

might have to work some thing out with a paypal mod and something similar to the awards mod.

EDIT: Idea.
Make subscriptions for points. and allow it to change thier usergroup to allow for awards. its limited on what it can do but could be a start.

[Nuker_Viper]

what code do i use to add it in the member profiles but not as a tab but under like there profile picture.

[Empire Gaming]

Originally Posted by Empire Gaming

Running v 4.1.7 patch level 2. Everything works fine with the exception of the following:

- When there is a rank request, when I choose to approve the rank, I get the following message




Also, shouldn't the request for a rank disappear after it has been accepted or denied? I have to keep deleting them manually.

Thx,

Stryker

Seems to be working fine in v4.1.8 too (with the above exceptions)

- Stryker

[Capt C Ray]

Since in our current forum we do not use ranks, I would like to be able to change the tab to say "MEDALS" instead of "RANKS". And the are a couple other places where "rank" is used that I would like to change to "medals".

How would I go about doing this. Am new at working with vBulletin, so I have a lot to learn when it comes to working in the code and where to look for things.

Thanks