Major Additions - ICash, Simple, stand alone point system.

Unsupported and Unmaintained. There are better point systems to use!
ICash V2.0.2

Features
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+Points in postbit.
+Points in profile page.
+Donation logs.
+Admin donation logs.
+Easy admin donate.
+Points on registration.
+Points for referrers.
+Customizable point name.
+Customizable file name.
+Donation comments.
+Dynamic decimal system.
+Points per topic creation.
+Points per post.
+Points per character.
+Ability to change money row for easy integration with your favorite hacks. for example, integrating with vbookie is as easy as going into your admin cp and changing money to 'vbookie_cash'.
+Mass point giving via ACP.
+Set customizable point values per forum.
+Points may be taken away on post deletion.
+Automatic navbar, memberinfo, and postbit template edits.

To install:
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Simply upload all files to your forum root directory and import the product file.

To update:
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Simply reupload all files, overwrite product and revert any templates you may have edited.

[armstrong]

The arcades' tournament feature would be nice. Members pay an amount to join, and the tournament champion gets the pot, less a predefined house "tax".

[Emmy2]

Blaine, I really like this simple cash system. I've been researching the various ones out there and found that ucash is no longer supported, and vbux is way too feature-rich for what I want. So this is a nice simple system to start.

I think you asked for suggestions, did you not? Well, here goes......I want to use the cash system to encourage my members to participate on the forum and you have started off with some good things, like rewarding for posts, or starting threads. But how about giving points for things like....

- creating a quiz (Inferno Quiz, which I have not yet installed)
- taking a quiz
- using the chatroom (basically, just simply clicking on the chat link would do it)
- reading a thread (yes even lurkers need some reward! LOL!)
- thanking a post (I have the Thank You hack installed, so if someone clicked the thank you link it would be nice if they got points for it)

Some other things to mention...

I notice that I have to make a choice in the points system. One, I can give points for the number of characters a member enters in a post OR I can give points for new threads and replies. Is there some way to use BOTH? That is, I want to give members points for making a reply, but I'd like to give additional points for the LENGTH of that reply (as it stands now, a poster that posts 2 words gets the same amount of points as someone who posts several paragraphs). Also, the points are out of skew for the number of characters...1 point for each character in a post? That's too much. Could that be altered to something like 1 point for every 20 words?

Finally, in the admin CP when I manually give out points...would be nice if there was a text field "why" I was giving points and then if a PM could automatically be sent to the member that I had given points to (ie. "Hello LongtimeMember, I have given you 25 points for your helpful reply to Newbie on how to add an avatar").

Another thing...will you be creating an iShop to use with your iCash? Not essential as I think I will just create a thread that lists all the items people can buy with their points and then sell them manually, but it would be cool if it was automated and customizable (ie. only the things I want for sale in there).

Thanks again for your hack, and I hope my suggestions are of some use.

[Emmy2]

ps. me again! one more thing....would it be possible to dispense points from the postbit, instead of having to go to the Admin CP?

[Emmy2]

more...

- points for creating a poll
- points for voting in a poll

[kurzo]

Are there plans for an upgrade soon? If so when and what would be involved?

I do not want to install this if there is nothing else coming down the road...

[Blaine0002]

Of course there are upgrades coming, i could probably upload a base ibproarcade integration. And yes I am planning on integrating a shop with this. My current shop isnt compatable with it because i havent updated it in awhile. Emmy, thanks for the lengthy post, i'll look into those

[armstrong]

Its great that upgrades are forthcoming. However, the thing with icash is its simplicity. If you keep adding new features, it might soon become as large as vbbux, and increasingly harder to update (for you the developer) with each new vb upgrade. My first vb cash/shop mod was ucash, and like many others I kept postponing my vb upgrades because of incompatibilities with ucash. That experience is what made me shy away from vbbux and opt for icash this time around. Anyway, this is just something to consider.

I haven't gotten around to creating my own donation feature based on icash, as I'm still boning up on how to program for vb. In keeping with the idea of simplicity, I envision a single-page "icash transactions" area, where members can donate funds, purchase virtual items, and order items for physical delivery.

[Jay...]

just wondeting, i asked a few weeks ago but got no answer, can the points be prevented from going into minus?

[GrCh_Jeff]

It isn't showing up for me at all.I have vB3.5.4 and I installed all files and edited template correctly.Am I missing something?

[armstrong]

Originally Posted by Jay...

just wondeting, i asked a few weeks ago but got no answer, can the points be prevented from going into minus?

only admin can deduct points, so you have the power to stop this from happening.

for my board, i allowed several people to borrow points and thus go into minus, which serves as an ongoing reminder that they "owe" the board, and have to make up for it by posting.