Mini Mods - [DBTech] User Spotlight v1 (vB3)

DragonByte Technologies are proud to present User Spotlight v1: A mini mod to show a random member on your forumhome page.


Why User Spotlight?

DBTech's User Spotlight mod lets you display a random member on your forum home page as a way to increase member commmunication.

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What does 'Marking As Installed' do ?

* It helps you to stay on top of updates - members who have installed modifications will be notified by us whenever new updates are available.

* For security issues - vbulletin.org will contact all members who have installed a modification whenever a security issue is brought to their attention.

* Marking a modification as installed also helps us know how many people are using our work, giving us extra incentive to provide more features and new modifications.

We appreciate the support!
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Priority support for this version is handled at the Developers Website.

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Translations available @ [url="http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/forums/91-Translations[/URL]
Support for translations handled by the translator in its respective threads only.

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Major Features

ForumHome Integration: Members' details will show in the infobar on the forumhome.

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To Install:

1. Upload all files in the "upload" folder to your forum.
2. Import the product file via the product manager in your AdminCP.
3. Done!

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Feature List

• Random user selected every night
• Admin override of selected user
• Admin variables to limit selected users by number of posts, reputation and days active

[EnigmaVariation]

Dragonbyte-Tech: Spotlight - General Options

Spotlight Active? - Yes

Spotlight Location - Below Active Users

When to run - Daily

Image Type - Avatar/Profile Image - Image Not Required

Avatar Maximum Height - 130

Avatar Maximum Width - 130

Minimum Posts - 100

Minimum Reputation - 0

Minimum Days - 7

Minimum Days since Last Post -14

Custom Username CSS (not used)

Custom Profile Fields - 39

Alternate Additions - none checkmarked

Select Groups/Allowed Groups - same selected in each

Spotlight Member ID - it always selects user 1 if I don't put one in there myself - it was working fine before I upgraded to the latest version - currently has user ID I put in there - 19130

Spotlight Next Cron Run - 1295240112

[EnigmaVariation]

Hm, it started working again on its own. I will keep you updated if there is a glitch again.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by EnigmaVariation

Hm, it started working again on its own. I will keep you updated if there is a glitch again.

I'm not sure what groups you have selected or the volume of posts your users have but also make sure you have users in those groups with over 100 posts. It might be selecting the same person over and over.

It creates a scheduled task log entry every hour telling you what it's doing. If you think something is up you can check the logs and see what it's doing.

[EnigmaVariation]

It seems to be a bit broken again.

It just ran its scheduled task and selected a user that did not meet the settings I had. I put that they had to have logged in within the last 7 days, this person hadn't logged in since October, and that they had to have posted within the last 14 days, and this person hadn't posted since May 2010.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by EnigmaVariation

It seems to be a bit broken again.

It just ran its scheduled task and selected a user that did not meet the settings I had. I put that they had to have logged in within the last 7 days, this person hadn't logged in since October, and that they had to have posted within the last 14 days, and this person hadn't posted since May 2010.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?

Sorry about that, I found a problem in the cron that selects the user. I fixed it in 1.6.3

[Geek Specialtie]

I was having the same issue, showing a member that hasn't posted in over a year. I'll install the update.

Thanks for staying on top of and fixing issues quickly.

[EnigmaVariation]

I installed the update and will report back if there is an issue. But I really appreciate how quickly you attend to everyone's questions/concerns. This has been one of my forum members' favorite things to look forward to each day - the changing of the spotlight. And what is nice is that as the admin, I don't even know who it is randomly going to select so that is fun for me too. Thanks for such a great mod and for keeping it up to date.

[mjjboard]

I see you have the option to select what usergroups can view the spotlight box but what about an option for the admin to select what usergroups can be randomly selected? I ask that coz I am getting banned users come up and obviously I do not want a banned member in the spotlight.

[haytham]

Hi,
I am running 3.8.6 and I have carried out installation instructions but I get nothing. I tried IE 8 and FF and same result. Look at the pic.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by mjjboard

I see you have the option to select what usergroups can view the spotlight box but what about an option for the admin to select what usergroups can be randomly selected? I ask that coz I am getting banned users come up and obviously I do not want a banned member in the spotlight.

You are using a really old version. The newest version has the ability to select what groups to choose from.