Miscellaneous Hacks - Referral Link (and Total) Block in UserCP

This modification is effectively a Port to vB 4 of this mod.

It will provide members with a block in the top of their UserCP (see screenshot) that tells them what their Referral link is, how to use it, and how many people they have referred to your Forum.

The count only increases when a Registration is finalised.

I have tested this on 2 sites of mine, it appears to work exactly as it should, but please do report any issues/requests in this thread.

[mmacrypt]

just installed and tracking to see how much use it gets. Thank you for this mod.

[RSNF]

Is there a way to track all the referrals through the admin control panel or have an option so that members can see who the leaders are over all for most referrals?

[MuhammadC]

Excellent, installed.

[Xeyn]

What a brillaint mod...Thx very much

However jus a little issue...where i have highlighted....text is disapearing into the referal link abit..anyway to raise the text slightly?

thx

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[Qrius]

Thanks for this excelent mod
Installed on v4.0.6

[typecast]

This is set to take you to index.php I had to edit usercp_vbereferrals and change the index.php to register.php.

I don't know why this isn't setup this way when it is installed, there is no way the referrer id is going to be carried forward when someone clicks from the forum (index.php) to the register page.

I also took the text control out of the link so that it shows as a link and not a button.

[donwon]

I installed but don't see anything. Am i missing something?

[Brandon Sheley]

thx, works great

[high]* Brandon Sheley clicked install :up:[/high]

[Kingdombuilder]

Originally Posted by typecast

This is set to take you to index.php I had to edit usercp_vbereferrals and change the index.php to register.php.

I don't know why this isn't setup this way when it is installed, there is no way the referrer id is going to be carried forward when someone clicks from the forum (index.php) to the register page.

I also took the text control out of the link so that it shows as a link and not a button.

This is the problem I have now. Where did you change that so it will show up for all users?

[Kingdombuilder]

Originally Posted by iyama

Yes i found it.

In the template > usercp_vbereferrals

Thank you for your post now i have it fixed as well...


Go to Admin Control Panel >> Styles and Templates >> Style Manager >> (for each style) Edit Templates (in the down arrow by each Style name) >> User Control Panel Templates >> usercp_vbereferrals

Replace this:

<div class="block" id="referral_information">
	<h2 class="blockhead">Your Referral Information - Total Referrals ({vb:raw referrals})</h2>
	<div class="blockbody settings_form_border">
	<div class="blockrow">
<p>Do you know somebody that might be interested in <b>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</b>?  You can use the link below to refer others to our site.  The link includes your  unique referral ID so you will be credited for any referrals brought by using the link. 
</p><br /> 
<p>If somebody follows <b><a class="textcontrol" href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/index.php?referrerid={vb:raw bbuserinfo.userid}">your referral link</a></b> to <b>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</b>, it will auto-fill your Username on their Register form.  When they register as a new member your referral count will increase and keep track of how many people you have referred to the site!</p><br />
<p class="summaryinfo"><b>Important:</b> Please do not spam other sites or e-mails with your link to <b>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</b>, this will likely not bring many referrals and create acrimony rather than goodwill towards the site.  One hint is to add the link to your Email signature.<br /></p>
<br /><div class="padding: 5px; font-size: 9px; border: 1px solid #c4c4c4; margin: 0 2px; width:50%;" id="referrallink"><legend>Your Referral Link for <b>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}:</b>&nbsp;</legend><a class="textcontrol" href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/index.php?referrerid={vb:raw bbuserinfo.userid}">{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/index.php?referrerid={vb:raw bbuserinfo.userid}</a></div>
</div>
</div>

With This:

<div class="block" id="referral_information">
	<h2 class="blockhead">Your Referral Information - Total Referrals ({vb:raw referrals})</h2>
	<div class="blockbody settings_form_border">
	<div class="blockrow">
<p>Do you know somebody that might be interested in <b>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</b>?  You can use the link below to refer others to our site.  The link includes your  unique referral ID so you will be credited for any referrals brought by using the link. 
</p><br /> 
<p>If somebody follows <b><a class="textcontrol" href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/register.php?referrerid={vb:raw bbuserinfo.userid}">your referral link</a></b> to <b>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</b>, it will auto-fill your Username on their Register form.  When they register as a new member your referral count will increase and keep track of how many people you have referred to the site!</p><br />
<p class="summaryinfo"><b>Important:</b> Please do not spam other sites or e-mails with your link to <b>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}</b>, this will likely not bring many referrals and create acrimony rather than goodwill towards the site.  One hint is to add the link to your Email signature.<br /></p>
<br /><div class="padding: 5px; font-size: 9px; border: 1px solid #c4c4c4; margin: 0 2px; width:50%;" id="referrallink"><legend>Your Referral Link for <b>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}:</b>&nbsp;</legend><a class="textcontrol" href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/register.php?referrerid={vb:raw bbuserinfo.userid}">{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/register.php?referrerid={vb:raw bbuserinfo.userid}</a></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>