Miscellaneous Hacks - User CP Referral ID and Referrer in Profile for vB3.7

User CP Referral ID and Referrer in Profile for vB3.7
Version 1.0.3
(By Boofo)

What does this product do?
This product will add a content box in the User CP displaying a customizable referral "Message" and the member's "Referral Link" along with their referral count. It will also show the referrer in the profile.

Version Information:
Version 1.0.1 --Initial release for vB3.7
Version 1.0.2 --Using template hook instead of str_replace. Added profile referrals location to phrase. Cleaned up code.
Version 1.0.3 --Added Referrer name to member's profile (in General Information under the Statistics tab).

Installation overview:
Products to install: (1)
Templates to edit: (1)
Additional CSS to install: (1) - Optional

Installation Instructions:
1. In the memberinfo_block_statistics template

Find:
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<if condition="$vboptions['usereferrer']"><li><span class="shade">$vbphrase[referrals]:</span> $prepared[referrals]</li></if>

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BELOW it add:
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<if condition="$show['referrer']"><li><span class="shade">$vbphrase[referrer]: </span><a href="member.php?u=$prepared[referralsuserid]">$prepared[referralsname]</a></li></if>

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2. Go to the Style Manager and click on "All Style Options."
Scroll down to the "Additional CSS Definitions" box at the bottom of the page.
Add the following CSS code to the box:

a.bob:link {
color:#0000FF;
text-decoration: none;
}

a.bob:visited {
color:#0000FF;
text-decoration: none;
}

a.bob:hover {
font-weight:bold;
text-transform: uppercase;
}

3. Go to your Admin CP
Scroll down to 'Plugin System'
Click 'Manage Products'
Click 'Add/Import Product'
Click the 'Browse' button, and locate the product-usercp_referral_id.xml file on your computer

Done!
Enjoy!

NOTE: If you do not click install, you do not need support.

[madotds]

Looks Good I am off to install now once I get my test board back up and running :erm:

Thanks

[rolandogomez]

So were does the referral link take them, is this part of the product? In your image, I see this,

http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/index.php?referrerid=1

So if they click on that it goes to what page? Thanks, rg sends!

[Boofo]

The referral link is their link for referring someone to the site. It is what they would give someone as a link to register on the site so they get the referral point.

[NeuroLancer]

this is very nice thanks so much

Side note: thats the second add on from you where ive had to go into the xml before install and remove <a class="bob"> Not that I dont like the class, but I have a dark style and the dark blue text makes it hard to see.

[Boofo]

Small price to pay, don't you think?

[rolandogomez]

Works great! *installed* Would be nice if we had the option to change the verbage, as I also have vBCredits which gives credits per referral to the users and I'd like to mention that here besides the one referral point. Regardless, excellent and should increase traffic! Thanks, rg sends!

[Boofo]

You can always edit the refid_usercp phrase in the product. Or if you can give me some idea as to what you are wanting it to say, I can maybe change it for you, vet to vet.

[rolandogomez]

I'll try and do what you said when I get a chance, as I always try, then I ask for help.

I have to say, I've been off the vb boards a bit, but with my new site, which started out as a testing ground for what I'm going to improve for my old larger site, I've been more active here again and the help I've received lately, both paid and unpaid, it's awesome for us non-coder types. There are a bunch of us wannabees that try, sometimes we screw it up, but we try. I wish I understood this stuff like you guys do.

I will keep you in mind for custom work if you do it as I've hired and paid quite a few here when I can. But seriously, I love the community here how they are so responsive and I don't regret switching to VB years ago from UBBthreads for my much larger site and I've since own four licenses of VB and soon more, all because of the help, the hacks, mods, the quality, etc., this place rocks!

On another note, we'll have to get together someday for a drink, vet to vet..thanks, rg sends!

[Boofo]

I don't do paid hacks, I do them for fun and learning. I think once I start doing it for pay, it won't be any fun anymore and I'll stop. Too many coders have gone the way of the paid hacks and are getting money for what a lot of them learned on here for free. I don't get it, myself.

I'm glad to hear you are liking vb. I came to 3.7.0 beta 3 straight from 3.5.4, so you can imagine the shock at all the changes, some welcome, some not, since 3.5.

I'll have to take you up on the getting together as soon as we can figure out where and when one of these days.