[XFA] Media Of The Month 3.6.0

Description
With MOTM, each month you can start a new Media Of The Month contest !

Two modes are provided :

• Mode 1: Monthly album generation allowing user to submit medias for vote with submission/voting phases (initial mode)
• Mode 2: No dedicated album, each month users votes for any medias in the gallery, most voted one awarded, votes reinitialized each month (new since 3.0.0)

An MOTM in Mode 1 is split in 2 phases :

1. Submission phase
2. Voting phase

Each of the 2 phases has a specified duration configurable through options.

In both modes, Contest activity can be highlighted through messages posted in a specific forum upon different configurable event: contest start, user submission, voting phase start (mode 1 only), user vote, voting phase reopened upon tie (mode 1 only) and winner award, either in separate threads or in a single thread.

To motivate your users, you can also offer an user upgrade to the winner !!!

Features

• Lots of configurability through options
• Fully Automatic thanks to a cron task
• Work with pictures and video
• Usergroup permission to participate to MOTM (mode 1), ie. post medias, vote for MOTM and unvote for MOTM [NEW 3.6.0]
• 2 working modes:
  • Mode 1: Monthly album generation allowing user to submit medias for vote with submission/voting phases (initial mode)
  • Mode 2: No dedicated album, each month users votes for any medias in the gallery, most voted one awarded, votes reinitialized each month (new since 3.0.0)
• Configurable maximum number of votes per user
• Month day to start contest configurable through options
• Optional forum advertising through either a single thread updated during the contest or multiple threads on different events (each can be activated or not) :
  • Contest start
  • Users submissions with medias included
  • 24H prior submission phase end (mode 1 only)
  • Voting phase start (mode 1 only)
  • User votes and unvotes [NEW 3.6.0]
  • Voting phase reopened for 24H due to a tie (mode 1 only)
  • 24H prior voting phase end (mode 1 only)
  • Winner award
• User submission and user votes messages can either be posted using the specific user set for the different MTOM features or by the user that initiate the action.
• Identification of medias user voted for thanks to textual indication as well as icon [NEW 3.6.0]
• Optional display of who voted, displays on the media page who voted for it. In mode 2, only valid during the contest duration.
• Ribbon on winner's media, both on media page and media gallery index page
• Ribbon on avatar of users who won MOTM in messages and profile
• Ribbon timeout, select the number of days during which the ribbon shall stay displayed.
• MOTM winner can be awarded user upgrade
• Pause MOTM if you want to disable the MOTM contest during a given period, you can pause MOTM creation through option
• Trophy criteria: number of MOTM awards
• Alert - Sent to media owner upon user vote to media, can be disabled through account alert preferences.
• Latest awarded media sidebar block
  • Automatic insertion for forums with no Widget Framework
  • XenPorta 2 widget included
  • [bd] Widget Framework widget include

Mode 1 Specific Features

• Usergroup permission to submit media(s) for MOTM
• Configurable duration of the two phases (submission and vote), both can last more than a month, thus overlapping contests phases
• [NEW 3.6.0] Two possible configurations:
  • Full manual configuration where you can set start day, number of days for submission and number of days for vote.
  • Monthly contest where you configure only the number of days for submission. The contest then starts on the first day of the month and finished on the last one.
• Configurable maximum number of medias a user can submit per contest
• Configuration stored at contest start to allow modification for the next contest while one is running. Configuration can be modified through specific interface after contest start (usergroup permission based)
• Number of votes and vote link display on media page and on album page's medias
• Fine action configuration in case of tie: Award both / Award most viewed / Award most commented / Reopen votes for 24H
• For most viewed and most commented action, the action to take in case of tie is as well configurable.
• Optional link to MTOM albums in navbar
• Possibility to configure notices to be displayed in MOTM albums (limitation to specific month as option)

Mode 2 Specific Features

• Users can vote for any albums or category medias, except if specific gallery categories are selected through options
• MTOM awarded the 1st of month and votes reinitialized
• All Medias awarded in case of tie

Install/Uninstall instructions
The readme is available HERE.

Frequently Asked Questions
See HERE.