Points System

Involved Joined: Oct 07, 2003 Posts: 302

It seems I have another problem. When posting a story as an admin, the points system does not count points. Anyone knows why and how to fix this?

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:03 am

morpheus_75 wrote:

It seems I have another problem. When posting a story as an admin, the points system does not count points. Anyone knows why and how to fix this?

Ok this is fixed. I have to submite a news as a user and then approve it as an admin Wink

Theos, any good news about your fix? Wink

registered · Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:33 am

I'm working on it. I'm just realy slow. Sorry for taking so long.

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:04 am

It seems the points system does not count the points related to the following action:

Forum New Post: Each time the user opens a new thread in the Forums

Just consider that I set up every single action in the control panel Wink

Any suggestions?

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:54 am

Morph, I am so sorry I don't have this done. I am having trouble with it and I my work is really a nightmare right now.

I'm having a hell of a time figuring out what the points system looks at to determine if points are to be given.

It doesn't use user id for everything, at least it looks that way. I don't think we can do a simple database sql either since we need to do calculations. I took the update_points.php file from the portedmods points system and was going to update that to have the right stuff in it but like I said I am having a hard time figuring out what nuke uses to track each point setting.

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:55 pm

Ok, Theos, don't worry. I appreciate your efforts and thank you very much for your kind help Wink

Btw, you have any idea on the issue above? That's quite strange, isn't that?

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:44 pm

All I know for sure is I don't care for the nuke points system very much. No one hardly posts stories on my site anyway. Most everything happens in the forums.

Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:52 pm

I agree with you Theleos, that is why I am using Forum news advanced and the cash mod. I am pleased with this setup VERY well. :0

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:14 am

CurtisHancock wrote:

I agree with you Theleos, that is why I am using Forum news advanced and the cash mod. I am pleased with this setup VERY well. :0

What's the cash mod?

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:28 am

The cash mod is similiar to the points mod but works on the Forum only. It is more configurable than the standard points system in my opinion and more reliable. You can get it at portedmods.com

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:43 am

CurtisHancock wrote:

The cash mod is similiar to the points mod but works on the Forum only. It is more configurable than the standard points system in my opinion and more reliable. You can get it at portedmods.com

Mmmm and what if I want to give points for a posted article in home page?

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 8:26 am

Well that was the point of my post above:

Quote:

I agree with you Theleos, that is why I am using Forum news advanced and the cash mod. I am pleased with this setup VERY well

With Forum News Advanced (also available at portedmods.com) the news is handled via the forums. So when someone submits news it is done in the forum (in a submit news thread) and points are given for the post. The thread can be configured so that you authorize the submission before it is viewable by non admins, and you can also select to auto approve members if so desired.

Forum News Advanced is an EXCELLENT replacement for the standard news module in my opinion. I have better control over submitted news and contributors are better able to format their stories and articles, plus with the FNA I can set auto prune to clean the news out as I desire. You can view my site if it helps to understand how it looks.

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:57 am

When you install this mod will it convert the current news stories into forum entries as well?

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:14 am

I found an importer. Very cool, I have been thinking about doing this anyway.

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:42 pm

Theleos I think you will absolutely love this mod. Smile

It sure made managing authors and submitted stories SOOOO much easier. Smile

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:41 pm

I'm not looking forward to all the code changes I have to make. I have attachment mod and arcade and those two alone took forever to install. Laughing

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:20 pm

Yeah it is a pretty big mod. However it was one of the easiest ones I have done. Kinda surprised me. *LOL*

An alternative if your site isn't HEAVILY modded is to wait for Platinum Nuke 7.5 which should be out of beta in a couple of weeks. It has that mod as well as many others. Including the Arcade. Smile

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:53 pm

Well, I am pretty moded but most of the mods are from there.

I don't want to go through all that though.

I just started the install and after the sql and editing index.php I already have an error in the forums.

Quote:

SQL Error : 1146 Table 'wetopthe_ph.APPROVE_FORUMS_TABLE' doesn't exist

SELECT enabled, approve_moderators, forum_hide_unapproved_posts, forum_hide_unapproved_topics FROM APPROVE_FORUMS_TABLE WHERE forum_id = 1 LIMIT 0,1

Line : 492
File : /home/wetopthe/public_html/phenylshouse/modules/Forums/index.php

I don't get it. The sql query doesn't even put that table in the database.

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:03 pm

Have you already included the definitions in the constants.php? Dumb question I know...but I had a VERY similar experience once...LOL

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:46 pm

Well, I thought I could change just the index.php file and check the forums to make sure everything was ok. I didn't realize the forums would be shut down while I install the mod, makes sense though.

Waiting for platinum sounds like a good idea but a coupld of things I don't like.

Protector, Admin Secure and Sentinel are all three installed. Also i don't know what will get lost trying to change to platinum.

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:52 pm

I did it on one of my sites. It was a real smooth transition for me, only needed to do minor tweaks to the dump file from my original site and then import it. I just installed it in a subdirectory until I had tested everything, then I backed up the original site and removed it from the server, finishing off by moving platinum to the root directory. I removed Protector cause I find it a cobbled together mess and Sentinel is a mature product with a way more intuiative interface.

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:00 pm

Well, you just about have me convinced.

Does it have a points mod? Is that pretty much what cash mod is?

I did notice they will convert themes for you, which is a nice service and I have 3 themes that will need to be converted.

Did you use the 6.9 platinum?

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:25 pm

Yes I used 6.9 Platinum. I like it tons but had to fix a whole bunch of incomplete stuff. I also installed 6.9.1 and was dismayed to see that every bug I had to fix in 6.9 was still in 6.9.1 *sigh* Luckily all of the bugs were mainly minor annoyances. I can give details if you wish.

6.9.1 Did not come with the cash mod, I had to install that (easy as pie). I assume that 7.5 will be using the stock Nuke points system, which if desired is easily disabled so that cash mod can be installed.

Another nicety that the folks at Platinum developement include is a theme conversion guide which gives step by step instruction on adding the code to your existing template files to enable all of the forum mods to work with your theme. Rather nice touch I thought.

Downside...Your mileage may vary when it comes to support regarding bugs or incomplete features that the developers brand as complete. The support forum at the site where I obtained my copies had way too many unanswered help request posts. After spending two weeks trying to repair a broken feature I went ahead and added my help request to existing thread, the response I got caught me by surprise, and to answer your question...No, it was not a reply that would be considered helpful in anyway. Long story short, I will not ask for help there again.

I requested beta tester status on 7.5 in the hopes that I could make sure that all of the existing probs hadn't somehow made their way into this release as well, but I don't think they are accepting any more testers at this time.

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:31 pm

Well, with a download so heavily moded like this I would want excellent support or it would not be worth it at all.

One major upside is when it came time to upgrade to a new version I would not have to mod all the files again. (unless i had your experience with problems)

Tough decision, really.

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:51 pm

Just a little hint. I Have about 8 themes I use, but they all use the same forum templates. The only thing I retain from the actual theme is the matching theme forum images, forum.cfg and the forum.css

All of my themes looks absolutely beautiful using this "cheater" method. *LOL* I actually laughed out loud when I saw how beautifully that they work together...In the past I always modded every tpl set...what a waste of time.

As for the support, I recommend THIS site for any core nuke issues. There just isn't a better support forum around. For the phpbb end, I recommend portedmods.com. Between the two you are in excellent hands.

Also...if you need any veteran Platinum user help, I am at your service as well.

If you already have a heavily modded site there really isn't much point in switching.

Now.... as far as upgrades go. I have yet to have a smooth upgrade from any nuke version, so I manually patch mine which in my opinion really is the best method. If space allows on your server I recommend the copy to subdirectory/patch/test/ etc method I mentioned above. When doing it this way I have never had a problem that caused my site to need to be "offline"

I hope I have been helpful. Smile