Hey there could somebody do a vBulletin Points ranking system, It'd be a lot of fun for members so that way it encourages them to post more :). I've tried the shop mod and it's alright, but the mod I'm looking for is one where you have to earn points to get up to the next rank ;). Please may somebody make this mod. Preferably for SMF 2.0.2.
Sonic X360.
Most people here don't have vBulletin. More details would be appreciated, like all the ones requested in the 'how to request a mod' topic...
I thought I put in a great amount of detailing, but oh well, here's a bit more of some detailing, I'd like members to post a lot more to gain rank, I'll show you this forum to just see what I mean. http://www.epforums.org/forum.php, If you notice on that forum, you have to post a lot to gain experience and also gain a new rank :). See what I mean?
How about you actually explain what it is you're after rather than just pointing at something else and saying 'like that'?
Let me put it this way: if you can't be bothered to explain it in any detail, why should someone take hours and hours and hours of their free time to write it?
smfhacks.com has a new mod out which I think is exactly what the OP is looking for ... however ... it's a commercial (paid) mod. Not free.
Indeed, and much as I have personal disagreements with the operator of smfhacks.com, I think he's only fair to get some recompense for the amount of time he's put in to such things. It always annoys me how people think things should just be made for free without realising how much effort goes in. Even a simple mod can take hours to write.
Oh... I'm not disparaging the fact it's a commercial mod... simply pointing it out as the OP was looking for something free (per the thread topic).
So may I ask if you want some more description, or will the mod be done?
I'm not going to do it, I'm just trying to point out the problem with your plan here: you're hoping that you spending two minutes on something will result in others taking tens and tens of hours out of their life just for you.
Well I'd really like a points rank system for smf so that way members have something to post for and to have fun looking forward to going to the next rank :).
Yes, and as already stated there is one that's paid.
I don't think you're understanding me: I'd love to see one too, but that doesn't solve who's going to sit down and spend a lot of hours making it. I've got the skill, don't have the time, so until someone who does have both the skill and time and desire to do so, it isn't going to happen.
And just saying 'I'd love this' doesn't help because what can happen (and has happened to me with paying clients!) is where I've built them something that exactly meets what they ask for, but it isn't what they wanted.
Let me say it again: you're hoping someone is going to spend hours of THEIR free time to make something for you so you don't have to pay or learn how to do it yourself and you apparently don't even want to spend any time following the help in this board? Don't be surprised if no-one can be bothered.
Sonic, you aren't doing a good job of even explaining what you are hoping to be achieved.
I'm familiar with vbulletin 3.8. There are two default systems in there allowing members to have visible rankings.
One is a simple post count ranking which shows pips (the image can be replaced with something else of your choosing). SMF has a similar system available if you create some postcount based groups. Indeed that's how the ranking system used on my SMF forum works.
The second main system is called reputation. That allows other forum users to give a green or red comment to a post, the author sees the comment, and depending on the comment giver's standing on the forum they also receive points. The authors total reputation is displayed to all as a series of pips. SMF does I believe do something similar with it's Karma feature.
Neither system is perfect. Postcount ranks don't indicate quality, just a level of activity. Reputation ends up being given and received by only a small number of users and in turn often good posts don't get acknowledged, and some members end up with a higher reputation than their real usefulness to a forum.
Now that movedgoalposts explained it I can ask: something like this (http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1129)?
Well you might as well mark topic as solved then :).