Buy/Sell/Trade User Rating System (aka eBay Style User Feedback Hack)

Buy / Sell / Trade User Rating System (aka eBay Style User Feedback Hack)

Standard Disclaimer:
BACKUP YOUR DATABASE & FILES BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THIS HACK!!!

Description:
This is a rating system for when members buy / sell /trade items from each other. It is based on the honor system since there is no way to truly tell if they did engage in a transaction. However I created this system because it was a pain to try and maintain a single thread listing good / bad traders and so far has worked out quite well.

Key Features:
- Rate Member Positive/Negative/Neutral
- Specify Buyer, Seller, or Trade
- Leave comments about the deal
- Records date when rating created
- Specify a URL to the deal
- Admins & Super Mods can delete ratings (just incase)
- Pagination (Just for Mist )

Current Version: v1.11
There are instructions in the zip for upgrading from 1.0 -> 1.1
*Note*, I forgot the change of templates "faq" & "faq2" (added as steps 19 & 20), thats why I uploaded v1.11, otherwise everything is the same as v1.1 (If you don't want the little FAQ part, just remove the FAQ link in the getinfo template below the rating stuff)

Tested On vBulletin Version: 2.2.9, 2.3.0
(should be compatible with all versions, very simple stuff)

To Do List: (Last Edited: 05/01/03)
- Send user an email when feedback is left for them
- Allow the user who received the feedback to comment on the feedback left for them. (For Neutral/Negative Feeback Only)
- Allow optional time limits for how often you can rate someone
- Allow all columns to be sortable ASC/DSC
- create a sort of wall of fame / shame (check this thread) for more info
- have a link so you can find out all the people you rated (and how you rated them)

Additions & Changes:
1 File Uploaded
1 Table Added
1 Table Changed
3 Files Changed
10 Templates Added
5 Templates Changed

Credits:
I can't take the entire credit for this hack, while I did have the idea in my head for a while, I took bits and pieces of code off of the User Ratings hack written by EXCHANGE.

Also I would like to give a big thanks to all the members at the Extreme Overclocking Forums that helped me test out this hack as well as give me suggestions for additions and improvements.

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Sites Currenly Using This Hack:
(If you would like your site listed, please let me know so I can add it to the list!)
forums.extremeoverclocking.com
www.sportscardforum.com
www.honda-acura.net
www.graphcal-illusions.com
www.7thgencivic.com/forums/
www.vb-host.com
www.planetwrx.com

[Dean C]

May i ask when you "plan" to release vBay ?

- miSt

[xtremeathlonxp]

Very good idea I would be interested in beta testing if need be.

[eoc_Jason]

I can give you a better time estimate once we actually get the ball rolling. I was planning on contacting the people who offered to help this weekend and start to create a project plan since I know this is a huge undertaking.

I'll make you this promise, it will be before the 4th of July, even if I have to do it all by myself... But more realistically I would like to get it out by the end of this month if possible.

Jason

Today at 01:47 PM Mist said this in Post #61
May i ask when you "plan" to release vBay ?

- miSt

[Dean C]

That's great to hear Jason

I look forward to the release

- miSt

[Fi_InCogNiTo]

U still adding a rebuttle feature?

[eoc_Jason]

Fi_InCogNiTo -

Yes, I will continue to develop out this hack for people that want something "lite" and simple to implement, but some sites I have seen that do heavy trading would benefit more from a full fledged auction/classifieds hack.

[PurpleCow]

Does this work on ver2.3.0 stable release ?? Anyone installed on vB230 ??

Thanks for the feedback !

Cheers

[atomic fireball]

Yup! I installed this on my virgin vB 2.3.0, and it works like a charm.

[Fi_InCogNiTo]

Would it be possible to put up some sort of a flag if there's any negative feedbacks? Maybe show a percentage of positive/negative (Kinda like eBay does now) Just a thought.

[eoc_Jason]

Well, it tells you totals on their profile page, you could do a little hacking to display it on the postbit. I tried to avoid doing that becuase it would create a more of a load than it is worth imo.

Also, I just upgraded my forum to 2.3.0 and it ran without any problems, I'll add it to the first post.