vB3 Stars Hack

My first vB3 hack is a conversion of my own stars hack for vB2
I got lot of requests to convert this hack because there's no real stars hack like this available for vb3... I didn't want to convert it at first because of vB3's beta stage, but it's in RC stage now and the phrase system and style and such is final, so i decided to start converting my hacks...



What Does This Hack Do?: It adds stars to your postbit based on the number of posts you have. You earn a star by Y number of posts (you can set Y in the admin control panel).
For every 10 stars (that's 10 x Y posts) you get a other color star, for 10 other color stars you get another color star, etc, you see the point (i hope, or see the screenshot for an example).
Just to be clear: [high]This hack is NOT thesame as the other stars hack that is available for vb3[/high]

Screenshots:
-Postbit
(thanks, VampireMan!)

Installation:
Should be very easy if you follow the instructions in the install.txt file in the zip that's attached to this post

Usage:
See the options in the admin cp for this, there's not much else to say about using this hack

Updates:
[high]19th jan 2004[/high]: Initial release, version 1.0

[Anub1s]

0k i just clicked on install

so, i have a question

if i want 10 levels, what i must do?

[RichieBoy67]

Great Hack!! Thanks!! Much easier to use.....

[contramontanum]

If anyone is still watching this thread I could use a little help.

I ran the queries and got this error msg back from phpMyAdmin:

Error

SQL-query :

INSERT INTO settinggroup( grouptitle, displayorder, volatile )
VALUES (

"vb3starshack", "691", "0"
)

MySQL said:


#1062 - Duplicate entry 'vb3starshack' for key 1

I've also attached a screenshot of what my ACP options look like, and there's obviously something missing.

Is this hack incompatible with vB 3.0? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[Oldfart]

Originally Posted by contramontanum

If anyone is still watching this thread I could use a little help.

I ran the queries and got this error msg back from phpMyAdmin:



I've also attached a screenshot of what my ACP options look like, and there's obviously something missing.

Is this hack incompatible with vB 3.0? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Well I haven't installed this hack but from what your error message says it looks like you have either tried installing this before or you are reinstalling it. It's saying there is a duplicate entry for the same name 'vb3starshack' You'll have to drop the old entry first then try reinstalling it again.

[Jacko]

i got the hack up and running, with a few difficulties but im there now.


only problem is i seem to get a <br> above the stars, how can i change this???

http://www.carstyledirect.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71

[deb0]

Nice hack. I was a lil worried bout all the queries that had to be run, but no problems at all.

My board will like this. Much more dynamic than current rank system.

[docvader]

Awesome. Works great in postbit. But for some reason, I can't get it to work in postbit_legacy. Can any of you tell me where I missed this???

[kylek]

Same problem, what did I overlook to get it to work in postbit_legacy?

[paulmjno]

To get it to work on legacy: replace the code in postbit_legacy template, like you did in postbit template. Save the stars hack settings as you would like them, to refresh the system with this information. And viola!

[docvader]

AARGH. How stupid of me. I was looking for that, and I missed that in the install instructions, LOL, when I went back to it. Thanks for waking me up paul!

rich