User Points System

UPDATE: Code tested on both 2.0.3 and 2.2.0

Install instructions updated to reflect differences in versions.

Ability to specify Text values for points directly added.
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As requested in this thread ( http://vbulletin.org/forum/showthrea...threadid=23114 )

This hack includes a small script and instructions on how to install and set up the system.

Purpose: Just a simple engine that allows mods and admins to award arbitrary points to users, which will be displayed under their names/avatars.

The points can be named anything you wish, and represent anything you choose. You can use the script to add or subtract them.

As the script utilizes a Custom Profile Field, the point field can be directly edited in the CP when editing a user, allowing you to place text in the field rather than merely a number.

On our forum, the points are called Gil and represent our virtual currency

It is used to purchase perks like Custom Titles and avatars.

Our staff, having no use for Gil, instead like to have snappy quotes in the field, like "I send greetings of death!!!" (Reno) and "Who needs Gil when you have power?" (Sephiroth)

[GuruXL]

Originally posted by mas404
Hi

How can i but the points $post[field6] on the welcome text
so the user can see his point on the formhome page.

yep i need to do the same thing, but i can't get it to work

[Vivi Ornitier]

I went into phpMyAdmin and changed the userfield used for the points to an int instead of char.

Edit: Guru and mas - just changed it to $bbuserinfo[field6] and that should fix it.

[GuruXL]

Originally posted by Vivi Ornitier
I went into phpMyAdmin and changed the userfield used for the points to an int instead of char.

that didn't work for me

[Vivi Ornitier]

Well, I'm not sure. I played around for a while but couldn't get it working.

Anyway, here is an addition to the automatic points for posting:

PHP Code:

      $newpts=$bbuserinfo[posts]/10 ;
      $newpts= round($newpts) ; 
      $newpts=$newpts+X ;
      $DB_site->query("UPDATE userfield SET
          fieldX=fieldX+$newpts WHERE userid='$bbuserinfo[userid]'"); 


This will make it so the user will get 1 point if he/she has 10 posts, 10 for 100, etc. If you already have the auto-point added, just replace it with this and change the proper X's.
If not, find this in newreply.php and newthread.php:

PHP Code:

          $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET
          ".iif ($foruminfo[countposts],"posts=posts+1,","")."
          $dotitle"."lastpost='".time()."' WHERE userid='$bbuserinfo[userid]'");
      } 


And place my code underneath that.

[Palmer ofShinra]

Originally posted by heretic
I'm curious, can this hack be modified to show commas? the users on my site earn up in the hundred thousands, and was wondering how it can be more readable, so instead of 1234567 it'd be 1,234,567

echo number_format($points);

[heretic]

where? in points.php?

[Palmer ofShinra]

Use it in whatever file is appropriate...

If it's for displaying next to posts... just add $points=number_format($points) into the getpostbit part of functions.php

For display on the forum main page, edit index.php

And so forth.

[heretic]

since I want it to show in the postbit, I put it in functions.php in the buildpostbit function, the echo statement you have doesn't do anything, and hte example from the post above gives me a parse error...should I put it in global.php instead?

[heretic]

meh, I forgot the ;

[heretic]

nope, no matter where I put that, it doesn't work