[HTL] & [TXT] Awards/Medals/Cards Hack [vB3]

Awards/ Medals/ Cards Hack [vB3]
By: AnimeWebby
Idea by: Lesane
Updated: 28nd May 2004 - Installer not table prefix friendly.

What this hack does:
This hack allows you to add awards, medals or cards to your vbulletin and assign these to members who you think deserve them.
These graphics will then show up in their member profile and/or their postbits depending on where you choose to add this hack.

New in v2
- Extra page showing all awards available as well as all the users who have earned an award.
- Support for full urls and relative ones for award icons.
- Support for awards on showpost and announcement

Other Stuff:
Although I give credit to Lesane for the idea this hack is totally recoded to be less server intensive and also uses a whole lot less queries. Therefor I do not consider this a 'port'.

Installation:
Download the appropriate .Zip file and follow the instructions in the readme file.

Upgrading:
So far there are no ways to upgrade this hack, if you have an old copy installed then you need to uninstall and reinstall from scratch.

Coming Soon:
- Awards added to the search and memberlists.
- Added functions to the addition of awards as well as cron functions to assign awards automatically to those members with 'X' posts, registered 'X' days etc...
- Option to show award name rather than graphic.
- Option to turn awards OFF & ON in postbit and memberinfo
- Request award on awards page (at Cyricx' request)
(not necessarily in that order)

Make sure you backup your files and database first! This hack has been tested on vB RC1 and RC4 only!

Please click the install button

If you experience any errors, problems or the hack doesn't seem to be functioning correctly then send me a pm with the following info:
- HTL or Standalone installer.
- Version of vB you are running.
- File where error is encountered.
- Exact error or description of error.

Views so far:
[NORMAL]AwardsMedalsCardsv2.1.zip (12.7 KB, 69 views)
[HTL]AwardsMedalsCardsv2.1.zip (12.8 KB, 57 views)
[TXT]AwardsMedalsCardsv2.zip (8.5 KB, 278 views)
[HTL]AwardsMedalsCardsv2.zip (10.2 KB, 203 views)

If you installed this hack before 23rd May and are getting foreach errors in your showthread then follow the step below:

In /includes/functions_showthread.php find:

PHP Code:

    // sorts through all the stuff to return the postbit template 


below that add:

PHP Code:

    // user awards
    global $userawards; 


If in your showthread.php member post counts show N/A, they have no profile link or their user title is guest you MUST run 'Fix broken user profiles' in the update counters part of the admincp. This is found under the nav bar 'Import & Maintenance' > 'Update Counters' > 'Fix broken user profiles'. This will add the awards for all the users currently in your database and prevent showing incorrent member info.

[PlenoJure]

Thanks for the great hack, installed & working perfectly on a highly customized 3.0.3 install.

[Amavisca]

Man what is going on? I did install the hack and it works ok however later on i decide i dont like this hack no more since my user dont need it .

I do the uninstall options and it mess up mydatabase:
There seems to have been a slight problem with the CafeBuon database.
Please try again by pressing the refresh button in your browser.

An E-Mail has been dispatched to our Technical Staff, who you can also contact if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Grr tell me what is wrong plz

[InfiniteWebby]

For the uninstall to work properly you have to remove any file changes made by the hack otherwise just keep it installed without actually using it I shoulda made that more clear.

[davievil]

hello i'm new to the hacks for vb, it took me awhile to figure out how to get the hack up but my issue is... um now what? where do i go to add the awards and all that... maybe i installed it wrong?

[Vman]

"INSTALLED" and works great...

Now, How would I be able to grant permission for my Mods/Sup Mods and Assit. Admin to be able to give medals out to the members...(Without having access to the AdminCP)

Thanks!!!

[Twiser]

Great hack , Thx

davievil. Go to adminsection and then users , U will be able to award a player there.

[Flow Fusion]

Originally Posted by BBCVman

"INSTALLED" and works great...

Now, How would I be able to grant permission for my Mods/Sup Mods and Assit. Admin to be able to give medals out to the members...(Without having access to the AdminCP)

Thanks!!!

Good question and I would also like to know.

Originally Posted by davievil

hello i'm new to the hacks for vb, it took me awhile to figure out how to get the hack up but my issue is... um now what? where do i go to add the awards and all that... maybe i installed it wrong?

From your index.php in the admincp. If you installed it right you should see "Add new award."

[Flow Fusion]

Is it any way to fix the broken user profile issue? Cause everytime someone registers on my forum and post they show us as a guest until I fix that. And my board averages 15-30 people a day. This is kinda tedious.

[Vman]

OK, I changed skins and now my medals are not showing...Can you please just give me the code for it to show on the forums, everything else is still there, just not showing up on in the posts....

Thanks..

I Figured It Out!!!....

[InfiniteWebby]

Flow, the edits for this are already in there, probably in the registration.php file?!? I think, but they are definately there.

Ok found them:

In register.php find:

PHP Code:

        // insert custom user fields
        $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userfield $userfieldsnames VALUES ($userid$userfields)"); 


Add below:

PHP Code:

// [START HACK='Awards/Medals/Cards by AnimeWebby' AUTHOR='AnimeWebby' VERSION='2.0' CHANGEID= 15 ]
        // insert user awards
        $DB_site->query("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "useraward (userid) VALUES ($userid)");

// [END HACK='Awards/Medals/Cards by AnimeWebby' AUTHOR='AnimeWebby' VERSION='2.0' CHANGEID= 15 ]