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Post Ranking System
by FullyTested

This product does not modify any VB MySQL tables and thus can be used by all forums regardless of whether they have three thousand posts or three million posts in their database.
Also, no manual template edits.

In A Nutshell:

1. This product provides the ability to track the quality of post contributions made by your registered members.
   Each member's rank totals may be displayed (and are searchable) via the postbit template and/or public profile page.
2. Each post may be ranked 'up' (+1 point) or 'down' (-1 point) by your registered members. Each member may only do this once per post.
   This is done via AJAX if the viewer's browser has JavaScript enabled, or via a link, if not.
   Once a post has reached a certain point threshold (value is set via AdminCP), it's rank changes accordingly.
   All posts start as 'Neutral'.
   Positively ranked posts may have their rank changed to 'Highly Ranked' or 'Highest Ranked'.
   Negatively ranked posts may have their rank changed to 'Lowly Ranked' or 'Lowest Ranked'.
3. Whenever a post has its rank changed, the post creator has his/her rank totals updated accordingly.

Available Options:

• Rank threshold values may be changed at any time., Rank totals are then updated accordingly.
• Each rank can have it's own text colour.
• Each user has the option to have 'Lowest' ranked posts hidden in a collapsed state (same as the ignore postbit). This option is turned on via the User CP thread display options.
• Each user has the option to have 'Highest' ranked posts highlighted to destinguish them from the rest of the posts in the thread. This option is turned on via the User CP thread display options.
• Ability to globally force the above highlighted/hidden posts on all users.
• Option to have extremely lowly ranked posts auto 'soft' deleted. If post is subsequently undeleted, it's rank will revert to 'Neutral'.
• Ability to email mods upon auto deletion of a post.
• Selection of usergroups that may not rank posts.
• Selection of usergroups who's posts cannot be ranked.
• Exclude specific forums from post ranking.
• Ability to include/exclude rank name ('Highest Ranked') in postbit
• Ability to include/exclude rank score (+10/-5) in postbit
• Display user's post rank totals within the postbit template.
• Display user's post rank totals within the public profile page.
• Search for posts of a certain rank, which belong to a specific member, via the postbit or public profile page.
• Display total count, and search for, posts of a certain rank via the 'Post Ranking System' menu in AdminCP.
• Manage votes by User or Post via Admin CP.
• Statistics page where top posts and top posters are displayed. This page may be limited certain usergroups.
• Ability to set a cut-off date (in days). Posts older than x number of days cannot be ranked.

Accountable Actions

• Post delete (soft and physical) // rank totals decrement
• Post undelete // rank totals increment
• Post mergers // rank totals decrement as post may no longer reflect original content on which it was ranked
• Thread delete (soft and physical) // rank totals decrement
• Thread undelete // rank totals increment
• User mergers // ranks transferred to new user
• User delete // voted upon post ranks updated., tables cleared of said user

To Install:
Please see the 'ReadMe' file for installation instructions.
Installing this mod should take no longer than 5 minutes.

Version 2.5
Fixed small bug with the stats page.
Added the ability to have the score and rank images display in a separate line when default setting is to not have the thread title in every post.
The following files have changed:
- postrankstats.php (please re-FTP to your server)
- product_postrank.xml (please re-import with 'Allow Overwrite' selected)

[kud0gfx]

Trana, I think you're moving it to an area that's into a if=deleted post.

[NoDRaC]

How user can learn which own post ranked? I dont mean highly or highest. I mean every post whic ranked?

[gigaenvy]

Could there be consideration to add automatic promotions to usergroups based on rank and post thanks? This would help me automate more of the site and not have to weed through crap posts, but rather let the user community decide. As a result, the user who receives a certain rank based on thanks will get upgraded/promoted to a new usergroup (such as a private usergroup).

[g0dfather1984]

Can someone tell me how to edit the color of the "View Stats" in the postbit?

I would read through this whole thread to see if it was already posted, but 19 pages is a lot to read through.

Thanks.

[gigaenvy]

Great looking alternative to the other mod out there! One thing that would make this useful and inspire forum members to do more, is to implement promotions with this mod. Otherwise, I don't see too much value to the member.

Thanks!

[dellow]

Hello,

where user can get the link to the stats page postrankstats.php ?

is the stats update intantly , or need cron to update it?

Thank you

[relaxiha]

Hi. .. Unfortunately, in this part of the admin put the picture. .. Already been disabled and I can not change some part of them do

[Hicksatpd]

*EDIT* My apologies. Due to issues unrelated to the quality of this mod, I had to uninstall it. I'll leave my requests open because I still think they would add to the mod for people who can still use it on their forums. Thanks.

Hi FullyTested,

A couple of requests I would GREATLY appreciate!

1) Would it be possible to add an option that would allow the names of users to appear underneath the post who voted positively or negatively? I'm mainly wanting this for those who vote positively.

For example, on my board we've been using the "Thanks" mod:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=122944

The thing about that my users really like is seeing the names of the people who thanked them.

If I could get this mod to do the same when someone rates it positively, I wouldn't have to have both installed and there would no longer be any redundancy.

At the same time, it would make sense to also allow the names of those who voted negatively to be displayed, too. I'm not sure if I would want this for my board necessarily, but I'm sure others might.

If it's a pain in the butt to do, I understand. If you're willing to do one or the other, please allow the positive votes to be displayed by name underneath the post like the "Thanks" mod.

2) Would it be possible to allow users to change their vote?

Say I vote a post positively by mistake. It'd be nice to be able to still click the negative button, thus switching my vote to what I meant to click on in the first place.

If that could be done with AJAX, awesome. But if not, it'd still be pretty helpful to be able to do it after a page refresh.

THANK YOU!

[ZiG]

is there a way to make only a specific forum's sort-order by the highest post-rating?

also, could anyone help to get the postbit postranking option to appear on the CMPS news so people can + or - a new post on the frontpage of a CMPS?

[Saatana]

Originally Posted by webuser00

Is there a way to show how many ups and down votes there are on forumdisplay? that way a user can see if the thread was highly/low rated

let me know

Bump. I'm looking for this too. (actually looking to have the 'overall' score of a certain post to be visible).
ie.. if the post has 5+ and 4- votes, it'd show +1 (or whatever). Something that'd give users some general idea how their post has been thought about, if it doesn't have enough votes to change the 'status' of the post from neutral.