Original Author: Dark Templar
Description: Adds stars under your name depending on your post count, and allows users to add a custom status via their profile.
Version: Version 5.0 Beta
Demo: Need One!
What's New: XHTML and 6.1 upgrade.
Download URL: DOWNLOAD

Download includes a wide choice of stars, have fun with this hack. If you have questions, comments, or bug fixes please e-mail me at eric@gamerzparadize.com . Remember this is in beta, so you might experience some problems. If you see any problems please report them in this thread with a full description of the problem.
Enjoy.

good stuff... seems cool. havent tried it yet tho

Cool hack I'll try it out later.

alright, let me know how it turns out.

Cool!
Works fine for me!


cu

Hmmm for me, it does not work

/homepages/38/d19856222/htdocs/planetboards/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/cp_lib.cgi: Missing right bracket at /homepages/38/d19856222/htdocs/planetboards/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/cp_lib.cgi line 1362, at end of line syntax error at /homepages/38/d19856222/htdocs/planetboards/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/cp_lib.cgi line 1362, at EOF (called by /homepages/38/d19856222/htdocs/planetboards/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/cp.cgi, 69)

Any Ideas?

Add a } on whatever line it said there, or just re-hack cp_lib.cgi, cause you messed up somewhere.

I re-hacked cp_lib.cgi and now it works =)
And i've added 4 new additional ranks...5 is to few

I think there's an Typo in install.txt.


Remove the "~"!


cu

Thanks for spotting that, I will fix immediately.

I would suggest adding wordlets. Otherwise looks good.

Yeah worked great for me as well. I spotted the ~ and fixed that immediately. I also straightened some of the messy columns in typing the info But then I am a neat freak

Aren't we all?

There is no where to add wordlets.......

Worked great, Gamer.

I like what you're doing for v6.1 here.

Thanks You for the great hack conversion.

Oh wait, my bad. See I thought you had put the names of the rank in the files not the cp. I must have missed that.

I rehacked this many times on 6.1.2 and the member ranks aren't being recognized. I can update them and changed items, which means i hacked it okay. It isn't being seen.

If your ranks are not being seen, check public_topic_page.pl. Is anyone else having this problem with 6.1 beta 1.2? Please let me know.

I didn't mean that they weren't seen at all, i was referring that only the jrmember and member statuses were being shown, and the hacked ranks were being ignored.

What Raiyan mean, is that in *my profile* aren't custom ranks. There are only the four ranks, which are included in ubb.

oh, ok then.

Have you solved this problem?

I think I have, but I need someone to test this out for me, before I release it in the documents.

In public_edit_profile.pl

FIND:

$user_status

Replace With:

$star_status

Someone please test this out and report back.

[ August 10, 2001: Message edited by: Gamer ]

no, this don't work

does this work for 6.1.4?

Well, i think the fix is in cp_forums.cgi, i bet it has something to do with

if ($Status ne "Administrator") {
if ($TotalPosts < $vars_misc{MemberMinimum}) {
$Status = 'Newbie';
} else {
$Status = 'Jr Member';
}
$oldMegamod[8] = "$Status";


I didn't really messed with this. I could be wrong.

Erm... there is no star/status settings link on my Misc Settings in CP, not anywhere else either. What's wrong?

D'oh, I feel like a real fool now. When you said "Misc. Settings", I thought you meant the column saying "Misc" in CP, not the Misc Settings under the "Primary Settings". Well, all works fine now!

Help! My first post and its a help one...
I installed the mod done the setting installed it and it worked fine, except for the custom name above the stars doesnt appear. Any ideas?

Can you please fix this not-showing-up-right-status-in-profile problem asap, Gamer?

Thanks.

Ok guys...here's the deal:

First of all, major thanks go to Gamer for updating this for me, and making sure to ask in advance. Seondly, my free updates expired just a couple days ago; I will be purchasing another year today/tomorrow. If its alright with Gamer, I'll resume work on this hack this weekend, and fix the profile status problem (Though it was originally an intended feature; don't worry about it, I'll fix it for you guys)...I've got a quite simple way to accomplish this devised, and as soon as I purchase my new year of updates, I shall resume work on it.

Happy coding, everyone!

Cool DT, I really want yo try this hack out on my 6.1.0 Beta 1.4. Hope you can get the hack finished soon.

Erm...bad turn of events: I bought the second license Friday Night, BUT it takes up to one BUSINESS day to process. So, unfortunately, it appears that I won't be able to update this till next week or next weekend at the earliest

Sorry gang, it's outta my hands..

Ok, license is gotten, and I will be looking through the files and workign with the hack...expect an update to this around thursday, maybe a little earlier, more likely a little later.

Great, can't wait for this hack to work on PB 1.4.

What are you talking about LD? This hack DOES work on PB 1.4, I know, cause I use this one on my own PB 1.4.

Btw, Dark Templar, there are two main things which I would like to see fixed.

1. The well known member profile status thing.
2. There is no status for guests. So people who guest post at my forum is being called "newbie", which is for registered members.

Thanks for continueing the work on this DT!

I know it works but it has some big bugs in it since it was coded for Beta 1 or 1.1 Can't remember. I'll install it when he has fixed the big bugs and releases it.

I've made out a release schedule:

The bugs spoken of (I swear, they're minor, not major at all): This Weekend
Major revisions (Not using custom fields anymore!): TBA
Additional features: TBA

Alright...Things are going better than expected. Custom status now uses a non-custom field! It uses profile field 54, so other modification creators, please do not use this field. I'm working on the integration of this, along with more customization options, and those minor bug/feature changes. Expect Stars/Status version 6 to be out this weekend at the earliest, weekend after that at the latest

I installed..but the stars don't show up..

quote:

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Originally posted by Dark Templar:
Expect Stars/Status version 6 to be out this weekend at the earliest, weekend after that at the latest

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*3 months later*

Any news on version 6?