Referrals Mod

[karlbenson]

There is currently no delete/reset.

[jdvarner]

ok. cool. no biggie.

thank you.

just to ask you, basically in tp portal when you make a block to draw data for the block, there is a feature called ssi. im pretty sure you know about that stuff.

anyway for like top karma the code is simple like this

ssi_topkarma(5);

so i figured for the referal mod you made to pull the top 5 refer's should be something simple like that as well.

just a question. i know you want to keep the mod simple. just thought you might have a sec and a quick answer on it. if not no worries my friend.

thanks again.

jd

[karlbenson]

Indeed I know about SSI.

It would probably be best asking at Tinyportal for someone to write a block.

[Richard Wing]

Do you think adding the referral points also into the shop mod points system would be too difficult so that members not only get the recognition as your provides but they could also earn points that are redeemable for the activity?

Thanks,
Richard Wing

[karlbenson]

see http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=184291.msg1201861#msg1201861

[Richard Wing]

Karl thank you very much for bringing that to my attention.

One last thing...

Im sure you have seen the invite mod... If not it works in a way that you may turn off registration and use the invite mod feature where registrations can only be done if you were invited by an existing member.

With theirs you have to send each person a unigue invite key. Im not interested in the unigue feature.

I was hoping to use your mod in the same manner but the affiliate only has to send out their referral link to invite people to register not a unique key for each person.

Myself and others I know have double optin mailing lists and would be quite cumbersome to have to send out individual keys. Sending out the same link to the list is much easier.

Would you have any suggestions on how I could accomplish a registration by referral invitation feature using your referral mod?

I know you wanted to keep this module simple and I don't think my request is really a complicated feature.

Any direction would be great.

Thanks,
Richard Wing

[Neorics]

lol umm why dont you just manually send your list of emails your referral link? it's much faster than using the invite mod cause if you use the invite mod then you need to send an email to each one even if you're using the same link that you are sending them...

but just to let you know i already have that feature on mine + the invited counts are added to the referral counts etc... if you're willing to pay maybe i can customize yours as well...

[Richard Wing]

My point is that I dont want to have to send each of my 8500 subscribers on my list a seperate invite key . Invite allows you to use one unique key per invite which is not practical for people with a mailing list.

Thats why I want to limit registrations to only people that come from a referral mod link. similar to the invite but one link may be used.

I would like to know more (specifics) as to how your system was moded. Can you contact me through IM.

Yahoo - wingcomandr
MSN - [email protected]
AIM - wingcomandr

We can go from there about price if what you describe is of interest to me.

Thanks for your time,
Richard Wing

[karlbenson]

RichardWing, you may be best posting a [free] or [paid] request for custom work in the Help Wanted forum.
As indicated at the beginning this is a simple referral mod and I would not consider adding such functionality to the mod.

Eg ask someone to code it so that they can't register unless they have come via a referral link.

HOWEVER, all a user would need to do to register on your forum is change/add a referredby=1 to their url to be able to register.

Instead it maybe better to request free/paid work to customize the invite mod to create a required key (which a user couldnt guess).  And have the same key in all your emails.

Someone like Dragoon maybe able to do this as I know he has mashed both invite/referral mod together so both can be installed at the same time.

[Richard Wing]

Thanks Karl.

I appreciate your time.

Richard Wing

[Neorics]

Someone like Dragoon maybe able to do this as I know he has mashed both invite/referral mod together so both can be installed at the same time.

yah he's my boss who thought me how to code it and i would recommend him to you as well and btw it's Dragooon hehe he actually wants 3 o's in his name when it's mentioned... yah so you can contact him as well it's just that he's a bit busy doing quite a few TP block customizations... he's awesome...

[Richard Wing]

Karl,

Can a member append any url on the forum with ?referredby=1 and the visitor be cookied/credited to the referral?

For example...

http://www.myforum.com/index.php/topic,2.0.html?referredby=1

Thanks,
Richard Wing

[karlbenson]

pretty much yes.  The cookie can be set on any smf page.

EXCEPT for the register page.
action=register

Unfortunately that is the page alot of people would like to set it on, however for some reason the cookie is not being detected when it was set on the same page.  So the user would have to refresh before the referral counted.

Its something i will look to fix, so far unsuccessfully.  It may require rewriting somewhat, and I've been hoping to leave that for smf 2.0

[Richard Wing]

Karl,

I tested both with the seo url feature on and off and added http://www.myforum.com/index.php?topic=2.0?referredby=1 and http://www.myforum.com/index.php/topic,2.0.html?referredby=1 

It didnt work. Do you have any ideas for me where to look into it?

Thanks,
Richard Wing

[karlbenson]

That won't work.

If there is already a ? in the url, you need to use a ; (semi-colon) instead.

eg http://www.myforum.com/index.php?topic=2.0;referredby=1

[Richard Wing]

Thanks Karl.

Can you tell me how to add it to seo link when that option is used on the forum?

http://www.myforum.com/index.php/topic,2.0.html

Since in that case the ? wasnt already there I tried to add ?referredby=1 to the end like this http://www.myforum.com/index.php/topic,2.0.html?referredby=1 and it didnt work.



Additionally, Could you come up with the bit of code that would display the logged in members referral code added to the page link they are viewing?

I was thinking an icon on each post and reply next to where the Quote icon is and when clicked it will open a new small window with the link to that post/reply with the members affiliate id added to it in the correct fashion.


A different and easier approach I would be pleased with is if the icon was there and the user could rightclick that icon and select copy shortcut would be simple enough. In this case we could have a Alt Tag/Tool Tip that when its hovered it will tell then to "Right Click and Copy Shortcut To Grab Your Referral URL To This Post"


In either instance the seo feature would create the link automatically so that the user wouldnt have to build them themselfs and they would be able to receive creit every single time they sent people or bookmarked posts on the forum.

which makes me think about another idea for your bookmark mod. Have the links that people are bookmarking add in their refferal id code to the link they are bookmarking. If I make my members aware of that feature they will bookmark like crazy.

I am very excited about your referral mod and its a main part of my marketing strategy.

Any help in this direction would be cool. I can pay you for the mod instructons if you like.

BTW. Tell them here to add your By Me A Drink feature so those of us that want to can show our appreciation to those that help us.

Richard Wing

[karlbenson]

I don't fully know how to make mods work with the seo feature enabled as I have never used it myself
My guess (a quick test on a sample forum) is that it would be something like
http://www.myforum.com/index.php/topic,2.0/referredby,1.html

As has been said many times before.  I am intending to keep this mod as simple as possible.
But I will look in future to add a a click/copy to the profile.

I had looked to add icons to click/copy the link in the past.
However there isnt a proper cross-browser way to do it. Recently the only way I managed to do it with my Select All & Copy Code mod is by embedding a flash object to do the copying. So I will look into future to add copy/click from from select all mod to this mod.

Adding it to each post adds alot of additional overhead.  However it has already been suggested to me to make
Referrals: 0 but a hyperlink or Referrals: 0 [liNK] to click and have it copied to clipboard.

Having the referrals link added to urls is a case of customizing any link and building onto the end the member id and the referred links.  If your using seo urls this would require customizing.

I do NOT provide support for customizing mods/manual edits as I have neither the time nor desire (and at the moment due to internet speed issues nor the ability).  I would recommend asking in the Help Wanted forum with a [free] or [paid] request for custom work.

I've got no time frame as to when an upgrade to this mod will be ready. Primarily I work on bug fixing mods before adding new functionality to mods. And I've already got a handwritten page full of stuff to do on other mods.

[Richard Wing]

Karl,

I appreciate your time.

If I understand the seo feature correctly it will require no coding on your part. it uses htaccess and has rules on how to rebuild all links on the forum. so it will do the changing itself.

All I am asking for is a simple bit of code that will build a link on a page like this.....

rootdomain + page I am on link + members who is viewing the page affiliate id code = link I can copy

if you can tell me that I will figure out the best place to have it show up on the page

You wont have to make any mods to your module as I know you wish to keep it simple.

I want a simple way to have users refer people into a page. and sdisplaying a link to that page with the referrals id already added to the link saves then a step of piecing it together to send people directly to a place on the site other than the main page.

Thanks,
Richard Wing

[karlbenson]

Well you would build the url in the code 'on the fly'.

Depending on where you were putting it, the code would be different.

The part of the link upto the index.php is built by $scripturl
the action/where you are part is created by you wherever you are using it.
the referred bit would be added an then the id would come from a variable, although which variable would again depend on where you are using it.

That is why its not really possible to post generic code.  You really need to hire someone for [free] or [paid] custom work and tell them exactly where you want it to be put.

[Richard Wing]

ok. I am not sure why but I have marked many paid requests and have not had one single bite.

I can only suspect that no one knows enough to code the mods I am seeking.

I have even offered to release my mods I pay for back to the community.

Its very frustrating. I need a few mods before I can open my forum and can't find anyone.

Richard Wing