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!

[friendlymela]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

I see no reason why not, if you find an issue report promptly for a fix .

Thanks dear i'll install it then inform you

[LgsOfChampions]

Installed!! thanks,

Quick question - is there a way to change the font color for style 1? I have the same back ground color as the font and would like to darkening the font a little?

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by LgsOfChampions

Installed!! thanks,

Quick question - is there a way to change the font color for style 1? I have the same back ground color as the font and would like to darkening the font a little?

Hmm apparenty there is an issue with the css from ranks_css.css running properly I just confirmed that so look for a fix on the next version.

To sort the issue your having simply paste this in additional.css template:

/* Rank System CSS Start */
/* Style 1 */
.ranks_fieldset {
  padding-left: 4px;
  border: 1px solid rgb(15, 16, 19);
  color:#FF0000 !important;
  }
.ranks_fieldset a {
color:#FF0000 !important;
}
.ranks_fieldset a:hover {
color:#FF4400 !important;
}

*However you don't need to add all of those i.e.
- ranks_fieldset simply changes normal fonts within to red (#FF0000) for example the colons and the counts : 1
- ranks_fieldset a changes the links to whatever colors you want. ranks_fieldset a:hover compliments the previous making the hover effect show a new color now as well.

[hellcap]

<a href="http://thor-force.de/forum/ranks.php" target="_blank">http://thor-force.de/forum/ranks.php</a> doesnt work why ?

[LgsOfChampions]

Originally Posted by TheLastSuperman

Hmm apparenty there is an issue with the css from ranks_css.css running properly I just confirmed that so look for a fix on the next version.

To sort the issue your having simply paste this in additional.css template:

/* Rank System CSS Start */
/* Style 1 */
.ranks_fieldset {
  padding-left: 4px;
  border: 1px solid rgb(15, 16, 19);
  color:#FF0000 !important;
  }
.ranks_fieldset a {
color:#FF0000 !important;
}
.ranks_fieldset a:hover {
color:#FF4400 !important;
}

*However you don't need to add all of those i.e.
- ranks_fieldset simply changes normal fonts within to red (#FF0000) for example the colons and the counts : 1
- ranks_fieldset a changes the links to whatever colors you want. ranks_fieldset a:hover compliments the previous making the hover effect show a new color now as well.

going to try this out let you know, thanks for the time to respond:up:

**edit**
worked great, greatly appreciated

[friendlymela]

Hey Superman thanks alot i have installed it and using it may i know how can i change the word Ranks into Awards? i want to show word Awards ? is this possible?

[ozzy47]

Which ranks words do you wish to change, it is used in quite a few places? Best bet is to do a search in ACP --> Languages & Phrases --> Search in Phrases for the word ranks.

[friendlymela]

Please have look these follow two place where i want to change the name ranks to awards

[ozzy47]

The tab My Ranks would be the phrase my_ranks

The text Ranks Showcase would be the phrase rank_showcase

The text 1 Ranks would be the phrase ranks

The text Total Ranks would be the phrase total_ranks

[friendlymela]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

The tab My Ranks would be the phrase my_ranks

The text Ranks Showcase would be the phrase rank_showcase

The text 1 Ranks would be the phrase ranks

The text Total Ranks would be the phrase total_ranks

i said i want to change it into word awards