Author: HacNho
Support thread:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=78934
I. Yet Another Awards System |
II. INSTALL Yet Another Awards System |
Follow instruction in README.txt and INSTALL.txt
Step 1:
Unzip the files to a directory on your computer.
Step 2: Upload the files to your
forums directory.
Directory structure:
{ROOT}/awards.php
{ROOT}/admincp/awards_install.php
{ROOT}/admincp/award.php
Step 3: Run YAAS Installation Script
from your admincp folder, in order to prepare your database.
The Installer runs as a PHP script using your web browser. To start the
installation process, open your browser and type the HTTP address of your forums
directory, followed by /admincp/awards_install.php
The installer will add new phrases, and templates to your database, and
tell you how to edit files and templates.
You can also read the instruction how to modify files and templates from
/docs/awards_install_file.html
/docs/awards_install_template.html
Note: AUTOMATIC file modification is also available. See /docs/BoardMod_Automatic_File_Editing.htm
for instruction
Step 4: Enjoy your new
hack, give me feedback, and click
.
III. UPGRADE Yet Another Awards System |
IV. How to Use YAAS in Admin Control Panel |
| Awards | |
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Within the Award section you will find all the tools you need
to control your YAAS The tools here allow you to setup and manage your award categories and awards, give awards to user or remove awards from users |
4.1. Award Category Manager |
Award Category Manager allows you to add/remove category, sub-category, set category display order.

You can add or edit a category, set category title, with some description. The description will be display underneath Category title, in the Award Display List. You can also set up parent category or "No one"

If you want to remove a category, you will have an option to delete all
awards belong to the category, or move them to some other category.
If the awards moved to "No one" category, those awards will be set and display
as Un-classified in Award Manager, and NOT display in public awards list.

4.2. Award Manager |
Award manager allows you to add/remove/move awards, give/remove award to/from
members. You can also set awards display order in each category.
In Award Manager, you will be able to see awards with their information, in each
category, and the users who receive awards.
All awards in Un-classify list will not be displayed in front awards list for
public. They are for admin to control only

4.2.1. Add/Edit Awards |
You can add award to some category, with award name, description, URL for
icon and image.
Award icon is a small icon for your award. The icon will be displayed in user
postbit (threads, posts, announcements, PM), and next to award image in profile
and award list.
Award image is a bigger image of your award. The image will be displayed in user
profile and in awards list.
The URLs should be FULL path to your images, for example: http://yourwebsite/forum/images/medals/xxx.gif
If award available, you can edit them with the same manner.

4.2.2. Mass Move |
Mass Move is an easy tool for you to move awards from one category to another, in case you have to re-organize all awards. You can also move one single award to a different category by editing that award (as show above)

4.2.2. Manage Awards |
Manage Award allow you to edit/delete one award, as in [Edit] and [Delete] links
"Give award to user" allow you to issue the award to your user, based on userid OR username. If you have both userid and usename field filled, only userid is used in the search, regardless usename is match with the given userid or not. You only can add award to one user at a time. Issue time and Issue Reason (as given here) will be displayed in user profile. Click Save to execute action.
"Users Who Have Already Received Awards" section show you those who got the award, with Issue reason and time. You can remove any given issue by chosing the Delete option and click Remove.

V. YAAS in Forum Home |
When you are done setup award in Admin Control Panel, you now can enjoy your result.
5.1. Awards List |
Lets go to your Awards List at the address: http://yourdomain/forum/awards.php
All your awards will be listed in categories. Award icons, Award Images, with
their name and description are listed. All users who get awards are also listed
with each award. If you click on username, it will bring you to that user
profile, at the location of the targeting award.

5.2. Awards in User Profile |
In User profile, if user has award, a list of awards will be displayed with
Award Name, Description, Issue time and reason.
Click on Award Image to go to Awards List, locating at the targeted award.


5.3. Award icons in postbit |
Awards icons will also be displayed in user postbit (thread, post, announcement, PM), underneath your contact YIM, AIM ... icons.
