Major Additions - Yet Another Awards System

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

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

FEATURES:
In AdminCP
- Can Create/Edit/Delete/Reorder categories/sub-categories in ACP (with category name and description)
- Can Create/Edit/Delete awards in ACP (with Award Name, Description, Icon URL, Image URL)
- Can Move one (or all) award(s) from one category to another
- Can set some awards un-classified (not displayed for public)
- Can re-order awards in awards showcase
- Issue awards to members, based on username or userid, with Issue Reason
- Remove awards from members
+ Writes granting/removing awards to the log

In ModCP
- Issue awards to members, based on username or userid, with Issue Reason
- Remove awards from members
+ Writes granting/removing award to the log

Front page
- Display awards list in with: Award Name, Description, Icon, Image, and Members who get each award.
- Display awards showcase in profile, with Award information, Issue time and reason
- Display award icons in postbit (showthread, showpost, announcement, private)

New Features/Additions since 3.8
- Points System
- Separate Award Request/Recommendation Forms
- CSS Customizable

Current Release Version 4.0.9

• Added - Handling of user merges
• Added - Handling of user deletes
• Added - Manage awards on per user basis
• Added - Extra info to the logs for mass removal and editing of issued awards
• Added - Ability to collapse categories on awards.php
• Added - Checksum file for checking for suspect file versions
• Added - Various missing phrases
• Fixed - Memberlist not showing awards when option is active
• Fixed - Navtab not being selected (vb version < 4.2)
• Fixed - Category title not being displayed on awards.php
• Fixed - Logging not working in modcp
• Fixed - A few other minor bugs

[CAG CheechDogg]

I too have been waiting for a way to delete or ignore user's awards on their profiles as well when they are banned or removed from usergroups ....

[MarshallR]

I can't for the life of me find where to edit the automation options!? I've searched through the thread and it doesn't seem to have been discussed. Can someone point me in the right direction. Thanks!

[alcazarx]

Hello squidsk,
very nice mod. Reminds me on a similar one for the old phpBB/php-Fusion, but this has more options (recommend, request, small icon etc.).
We made a small change, so only supermods and admins can give awards, not normal moderators.
What you could add (like the old ones above had) is an option for each award, that speicifies if mods/supermods can give this award or admins only.
Some folks (like us) dont want to have all awards available by mods, by now we use the "award_active" option for this
(All awards are shown in the public list, in modcp only those are "active").
Thanks.

[AsukaValentine]

I'm using automate option for user with one year, two years... and for post number (250, 500, 1000...). But I have a problem, when a user reach 250 post he receive the medal, but when he reach 500 post the new medal overwrite the first one. They can't have the two medals, when you reach a superior one the old one it's deleted.

It's possible to fix it?
Thanks!

[alcazarx]

So, our small changes to the plugin are working now.
If its allowed by the author we can send them in.

Changes include:
* Award_list not accessible for guests
* Awards set to "not active" are not shown in award_list and "striked-trough" in ModCP and ACP by default. Its ok, but they shouldnt be given to any user (doesnt make sense, so we disabled it)
* Awards can be given in ModCP by Global Moderators only
* Added an option to define whether that award can be given in ModCP or not
(The plugins we used in other forums had this option and sometimes there are Awards that should be given only by the administration)

Thanks.

[Gamelobby]

I was upgrading to 4.0.8, and now there is no listing in nav for Awards.? (no listing in admin nav either)
It is still installed, just all links & references disappeared.
Not sure if it was from a php version, or a skin version, or even another mod that i upgraded/installed. (possibly tournament, or Twitch mods)
4.2.2

Thanks

[squidsk]

vb 4.2.2 is the culprit. The current version does not support the new nav manager, so once you upgraded to vb 4.2.2 the method used by yaas for the nav no longer works. You'll have to manually create a nav tab. Compatibility with the new manager is planned for the next release, whenever RL gives me some breathing space.

[Kamaro]

Hi, is it possible to award members automatically with an award?
For example, if they hit 500 posts they get an award for making 500 posts?

[squidsk]

Originally Posted by Kamaro

Hi, is it possible to award members automatically with an award?
For example, if they hit 500 posts they get an award for making 500 posts?

Yes, install the automation addition.

[Kamaro]

Wow I'm really blind. Thank you!