Prize Recognition Hack

If your like me and hand out monthly recognition to members for winning car of the month (this can be used for anything... doesnt have to be monthly either... whatever you want)... then you will want this hack as it recognizes when a member has won through their postbit.

**It will NOT show if the member has never won anything.**

Its actually pretty simple to install and to figure out. See screen shots below.

Also I should recognize MarkB for his contribution hack. Since I am not a very good programmer of php i followed his hack and added some additions as well as modified it for this hack. No need to worry however it all works perfect.

Ok ill shut up. Instructions are in the attached text file. Screen shots to follow.

DOWNLOAD ATTACHMENT HERE!

[ranger2kxlt]

Yesterday at 02:39 PM DPoole said this in Post #8
any chance of makin it add a small gif to it ect ? or are we stuck with text only ??

Edit the postbit_winner template to include an img tag (html) and you can add one that way.

[ranger2kxlt]

Yesterday at 08:36 PM ethics said this in Post #10
Doesn't work for me either.

Looks like the code

PHP Code:

makeinputcode("Has $user[username] won POM?","winner1",$user[winner]); 


(I use POM) has something wrong with it. I can't even get it to display while the question of when shows up.

Does 2.2.8 have a limit in how many options you can have in the options parameters?

What is the error your getting? No 2.2.8 should not have a limit to how many options you can have.

[Talisman]

Hey, that sounds interesting. I just have 2 questions:

Who is Tom?

And how do I win him?

Hmm?

[ethics]

Yesterday at 01:17 AM ranger2kxlt said this in Post #12
What is the error your getting? No 2.2.8 should not have a limit to how many options you can have.

The error is that while I have the "specify the date of the ToM winner" I do not get the switch to turn the user on.

In other words, the screenshot shows that you have two fields in the options (user.php). I only get one.

[ranger2kxlt]

Today at 01:51 AM Talisman said this in Post #13
Hey, that sounds interesting. I just have 2 questions:

Who is Tom?

And how do I win him?

Hmm?

TOM on my site stands for Thunderbird of the Month. I guess it should be TOTM huh? lol. I guess i will make that change. Oh yeah and you win him by entering a picture of your car in the monthly vote and if you win... i display a picture on the homepage... you have a permanent marking in your postbit (this hack), and recognition for your vehicle.

[ranger2kxlt]

Today at 07:11 PM ethics said this in Post #14
The error is that while I have the "specify the date of the ToM winner" I do not get the switch to turn the user on.

In other words, the screenshot shows that you have two fields in the options (user.php). I only get one.

Im extremely sorry about this... I forgot a small piece of the code in two places which is why this is not showing up for you... and for the people who said it is working they will need to update it. Sorry once again. Ive updated the download file and the changes are also posted below... Sorry.


NOTE THAT THE BELOW CHANGES ARE NOT ONLY WHAT I FORGOT TO ADD, BUT THE ENTIRE SECTION OF THE HACK THAT I MISSED. IN EACH OF THE TWO CHANGES BELOW... ONE LINE WAS MISSING FROM MY ORIGINAL ATTACHMENT.

In admin/user.php find:

PHP Code:

makeinputcode("IP Address","aipaddress",$ipaddress); 


After, Add this:

PHP Code:

makeinputcode("Has $user[username] won [ENTER YOUR OWN DESCRIPTION HERE]?","winner1",$user[winner]);
makeinputcode("Month, Year of Winning [ENTER YOUR OWN DESCRIPTION HERE]?","winnerdate1",$user[winnerdate]); 


Find:

PHP Code:

makeinputcode("IP Address","aipaddress",$user[ipaddress]); 


After, Add this:

PHP Code:

makeyesnocode("Has $user[username] won [ENTER YOUR OWN DESCRIPTION HERE]?","winner1",$user[winner]);
makeinputcode("Month, Year of winning [ENTER YOUR OWN DESCRIPTION HERE]?","winnerdate1",$user[winnerdate]); 


[ranger2kxlt]

NEW ATTACHMENT! v1.1

[ranger2kxlt]

Did the above fix work for you ethics?

[ranger2kxlt]

bump... just seeing if anyone else wants this...

[kevinnguyen]

still doesnt work