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!

[Nuker_Viper]

Originally Posted by 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

why don't you uninstall this mod and install this one. It might be what you are looking for.

[Sym]

Let's say I want to change the bit on the navbar to say "Badges" instead of "ranks". Can that be done, and if so, how?

[Mobo]

Yes, it can be done. You will need to search in Phrases via the ACP for "Ranks" and replace it with whatever you would like. It might take you a few tries to find the phrase that controls the menu tab, but it is easy to figure out.

[Sym]

Hmm, I tried doing that, but the words "ranks" just vanished instead.

Also, just a suggestion: We should be a able to set an expiration time on ranks.

[Mobo]

sorry, missed that you replied to this thread. Do you still need help with this?

[Mobo]

@ TheLastSuperman

If your still updating this mod, would you consider adding a feature that would post a new thread in forum X when someone received a rank/award? One pretty much just like the thread that is start when someone requests/recommend a rank. I would you this to draw attention to all the members that one of them got a rank/award. I think it would help engage more people on the site to do activities that earned them ranks/awards by seeing their fellow members getting them publicly.

[Mobo]

Something else that would be very helpful would be to put the "Grant" portion of the request in the PM or post that is sent to the admin. Would keep us from having to log into the ACP just to approve a Rank.

[Sym]

Yeah, still having the same issue. I can't seem to figure it out.

[Mobo]

Sym, do a phrase search on "ranks" and it should be one of the Global settings that show up. When you click on edit, you need to add the new name you want in the box at the bottom (highlighted in red in my image below).

I am actually using the Awards version of this mod, so everywhere in my image that it says "awards", just know you should see "ranks".

Hope this helps some more and Happy Holidays!

[Bluefin221]

Out of interest, can you give the same award to a member say 30 times and it will say plus 30 awards?

For example I run a tournament which is the same tournament and instead of constant new awards I'd like to use the same one, but if someone wins the tournament twice can I issue them that same award again? again?