[release v2] my stars hack (adm/smod/mod/user)

[marl]

ok, this is the hack i use.
it makes difference on per user/mod/super mod/admin basis.
You can customize it as you like.

If the user has below than X msgs, he get an empty star.
If the user reach X msgs, he will get a special star which means he reach the max :))

You'll need six images,so.
[star.*.gif]
star.no.gif // the empty one
star.user.gif
star.mod.gif
star.supermod.gif
star.admin.gif
star.max.gif //the special one




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to use it, include the code where you want, in the postbit template.

finally, here are my stars.

hope this is useful :D

ops.... i forgot to give credit to freddie for the original code.... silly me :)

i've just create a complete package to be sure the code will not mess up.

cya.

hey, any chance ya can merge this with tubedogg's star hack?

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12648

it's a totally different approach...
mine is a hack "as is", tubedogg's one has cp integration and other features...

I want the CP intergration!
As does alot of people!

i pasted the code in to the postbit template and i get nothing back...

here is my postbit template:

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i just get the php stuff back when i do a view source on the html it generates??? why? do i need to put the php tags @ the top/bottom??

sorry, i was my fault
i was in a hurry :)

save the code as a file, in the main forum dir,eg. stars.php,
then in the head of your showthread.php file, right under require global.php,add

include('stars.php');



and in the postbit simply insert $stars

:D
hope it helps.

:D

now it makes sense... thanks... except everybody has one blank star... hmm... time to debug and figure out why...

Stars (or ranks) will officially make their debut in version 2.1. I will try to create something as diverse and feature rich as possible.

Originally posted by freddie
Stars (or ranks) will officially make their debut in version 2.1. I will try to create something as diverse and feature rich as possible.

:)

sounds great... in the meantime.. any idea why the if statment in the above code doesn't work for me... i am using 2.0b3

it gives a blank star until they reach the minimum amount of posts to obtain a star.

Originally posted by marl
it gives a blank star until they reach the minimum amount of posts to obtain a star.

i have over 500 posts myself and i get a blank... i am also an admin... several of my other users are in the hundreds and still no stars either... how many posts are needed??? i thought it was only like 20...

you can customize these values:

$sh = 12; //height of the stars
$sw = 11; //width of the stars
$starposts = 20; // Number of posts to give a new star
$maxstars = 10; // Maximum stars per line
$maxtotalstars = 20; // Maximum stars to give
$maxmsgs = $starposts*$maxtotalstars;

i've messed w/them some and i still only get one blank star... as if the "if - ifelse - else" statment is not working right...

either that or the "for" loop maybe?

the right place to fit is:



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