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Week / Month Topic Nominations

Acknowledgments:
This release would not have been possible without the existence of the former ?Topic Nominations? by J98680B2423E (Data) and "Post Thank You" by Abe1, which provided the mod?s core structure. A nice set of button and awards images have also been provided by princeedward. You can view screenshots at the original mod's thread: VB 3.7 Topic Nominations

What is Topic Of The Week/Fortnight/Month?
It adds a "Topic Of The Week/Month" nomination system for your community.
Topic of the Week/Month is a contest that select posts on which your community can nominate as the best and then discuss them during the course of the selected week/fortnight /month. Any listed topic (post, thread) is eligible for the Topic of the Week/Fortnight /Month selection. This mod should also work in VB 3.7.x, but it has only been tested in VB 3.8.

Features of New 2.0 Version:

• 50+ bugs fixed & 30+ phrases changed for clarification.
• Fixed ajax functionality for adding & removing nominations.
• 16 settings to determine which users can nominate and which posts can be nominated.
• Documented this mod?s limitations & changelog in the 2nd post.
• Fixed Hall of Fame to to correctly display most awarded members and topic winners from the past 3 contests (3 awards per contest).
• Added new setting, max # of nominations user can receive, to prevent a poll being dominated by a single user.
• Added new function to recount # of current nominations received and past awards.
• Added new function to manually finalize the current contest, close the old poll thread, and create a new poll thread.
• An option to enable blog nominations is available and should work (coded by Data), but is not supported (I do not have VB Blog).
• You must have 3 VB default hooks in the postbit template: see troubleshooting below for details. If you ask for help with a problem, you must state in your post if you have reverted ALL nomination templates and read the troubleshooting tips in the 2nd post. If you haven?t, do so otherwise you will be ignored & can debug it yourself.

Installation instructions:

1. Upload the content of the "upload" folder into your forum root directory
2. Import the "product_nominate_topic.xml" product via your ACP:
   ACP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Product -> Add/Import Product (Allow overwrite for updating)
3. For upgrades only, REVERT ALL nominate_topic templates in ACP -> ?Find Updated Templates? or top FYI section of Control Panel. This mod will work only if ALL templates are reverted since major changes were done to them. Reapply custom phrasing to changed phrases as needed.
4. Adjust & save the mod settings to your preference in ACP -> VB Options. It is strongly recommended that you use the default, preset options.
   Specify the Forum ID that will receive nomination threads and the Forum ID's for which posts can be nominated. Also specify the User ID of the nomination thread owner.
5. For new installs only, start a new nomination poll at:
   ACP side menu -> Nominate Topic -> Special Actions -> Create New Poll Thread
6. Read the 2nd post for Troubleshooting Tips & Mod Limitations and the 3rd post for specific features of this mod.

Version History:
2.0.0: Initial Release.
2.0.2: Fixed table column bug.

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Thanks to everyone who nominated this mod for October, 2009 You can vote for this mod at: this thread.

[grey_goose]

ton of us don't get the nom button, but... oh well.

[messengermatt]

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to remove this mod due to it not being wanted on my forums anymore and i removed it via the Admincp but still get this error sent to my email every time someone views the site.....can anyone tell me how to fix this:

I have deleted all plugins etc related to it and this is still running.

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.4:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT nominate_topic.postid AS postid
FROM nominate_topic AS nominate_topic
LEFT JOIN post AS post USING (postid)
INNER JOIN thread AS thread ON(thread.threadid = post.threadid)
WHERE nominate_topic.userid = 189
AND thread.forumid IN(10,14,43,6,40,19,20,21,22,31,32,41,17,34,33,39, 51,44,45,24,25,26,27,28,29,42,8,50,12,49,23)
ORDER BY post.dateline DESC
LIMIT 1000;

MySQL Error : Table '****_vbdb.nominate_topic' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Monday, November 2nd 2009 @ 10:57:42 AM
Error Date : Monday, November 2nd 2009 @ 10:57:42 AM
Script : http://acereptiles.co.uk/forums/nomi...s_user_gave&u= 189
Referrer :
IP Address : 193.35.132.149
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

[ShawneyJ]

@messengermatt, have you removed all the files and folders from your server you uploaded? you will need to remove them.

also uninstalled as no support...

[messengermatt]

Originally Posted by jaycob

@messengermatt, have you removed all the files and folders from your server you uploaded? you will need to remove them.

also uninstalled as no support...

I have now so hopefully it will work yes?

I removed all files associated, do i need to remove anything from the DB as it was an SQL command causing the error ?

[crkgb]

Well, will have to wait for support. You never know what issues the creator currently has.

[bada_bing]

I would like to install this mod sounds great but worried about the lack of support?

[letsjoy]

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.2:

Invalid SQL:



				INSERT INTO reputation (postid, userid, reputation, whoadded, reason, dateline)

				VALUES (265245, 29, '1', 1, 'Nominated Posts', 1257446176);

MySQL Error   : Duplicate entry '1-265245' for key 2
Error Number  : 1062
Request Date  : Thursday, November 5th 2009 @ 01:36:16 PM

I got that error and no nominated threads appear when poll created

[vbboarder]

Now that a particular troll is gone (didn't know Avril's fans can be so nasty.... must be teen angst), I'll start supporting this mod again.

Remember, you're not paying for this mod since it's completely FREE - there's no branding (ie: powered by 'xxx'), no links insertion (ie: links to affiliate site), no advertising, and not even a Paypal donations option - SO don't feel like you have a right to demand service.... if you still do, you can uninstall this mod 'cause you ain't gettin' it with that attitude

[vbboarder]

Originally Posted by bada_bing

I would like to install this mod sounds great but worried about the lack of support?

Before you think that a mod is not supported, you should check who's posted in the thread and how many times. This is easily done: just click on the 'Replies' number in any forumdisplay or search page and a popup will appear that gives this info.

In just a month, this mod has accumulated more posts than the majority of mods in their lifetime. It's not the most installed mod, but it's definitely active and supported.

[vbboarder]

@letsjoy: The reputation bug will be fixed in an future version. For now, posts that have received reputation from a user can not be nominated BY THAT USER. If you want to enable a user to give BOTH reputation and nomination to the same post, then simply set the setting, 'Reputation', to 0 in VB Options.