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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.

[vbboarder]

Originally Posted by buurman

vbboarder:

Is it possible to clean up the Winners page/tables, just start with a clean slade??

Thx!

I will upload the file to the 2nd post to clear all nominations and award stats - be sure to read the instructions.

Also, I will note the 2 known bugs and fixes for them.

[grey_goose]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

Well, that statement is now more accurate - and some of those users were able to get the image to show later. This silly conversation would not have started if you did not insert your original unsolicited, snippy comment:

OR perhaps if you had made a constructive suggestion to get it working?

Huh, didn't think of that, did you?

[alehawk]

Hi vbboarder, how do I translate month names?
I translated everything except for that and I cand found it anywhere.
I also forced the translation of vbulletin month names and nothing happens.
Where shoud I change the month names?
Tnx!

[crkgb]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

@crkgb: your problem may be a bug. One other user had the same problem if he set the "topics to display on polls" to 10. 10 is actually a new setting so you should set it to 9. Also, if you lose your nominations from the poll, you can get them back by ACP > Topic Nominations > Refresh Poll action.

Thanks. I changed it to 9.

Poll refresh did not work. All my october nominations are nowhere to be found. At the same time I have winners on this page nominate_topic.php?do=shownominationawardswinners

[vbboarder]

Originally Posted by grey_goose

OR perhaps if you had made a constructive suggestion to get it working?

Huh, didn't think of that, did you?

Still trolling.... damn, talkin' about lame duck!

BTW, I don't help trolls.

[vbboarder]

Originally Posted by crkgb

Thanks. I changed it to 9.

Poll refresh did not work. All my october nominations are nowhere to be found. At the same time I have winners on this page nominate_topic.php?do=shownominationawardswinners

The refresh poll did not work because you created a new poll. Refreshing poll only works for the current, active poll.

[alehawk]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

The month names can be either hard coded or use VB phrases. I forget exactly where in the code that month names are used, but may be in the cron php file. If it uses VB phrases, the new translated names will not show up until the new poll is created because the old names for the current poll has already been saved.

I searched the code and I couldnt find it and I also translated everything in vbulletin (even replaced the english part) and I couldn find it :S
I'll look there.
Thank you!

[crkgb]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

The refresh poll did not work because you created a new poll. Refreshing poll only works for the current, active poll.

Well, I remember trying just about everything in the ACP during the October month.

Oh well, October is gone. Will see what happens this month.

By the way why does it say in the poll (when you click edit) that it will get closed in seven days, when in fact I use a monthly nomination feature.

[buurman]

Originally Posted by vbboarder

I will upload the file to the 2nd post to clear all nominations and award stats - be sure to read the instructions.

Also, I will note the 2 known bugs and fixes for them.

Did this slip your mind

I cant find it .. sorry!

My users love this nomination mod!

Never mind .. im plain stupid, and found it, thank you for the support!!!

[buurman]

I get this error when running the clean_nominations.php

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.3:

Invalid SQL:
UPDATE TABLE `user` SET `nominate_topic_nominated_awards` = 0;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'TABLE `user` SET `nominate_topic_nominated_awards` = 0' at line 1
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Tuesday, November 10th 2009 @ 09:58:10 PM
Error Date : Tuesday, November 10th 2009 @ 09:58:10 PM
Script : http://*******.**l/forum/admincp/clear_nominations.php
Referrer :
IP Address : ********
Username : ******
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version : 5.0.81-community