Oh sorry, yes I do.
Referral Contests 2 by Siropu [Paid] 2.2.14
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Thanks for the replies and the help Siropu. Sorry that I didn't reply sooner. The issue persists with the same error daily.
Siropu
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Have you re-download it again after I posted this message? It contains some changes.
Yes I did. I could give you access if that makes it easier for you?
BGObsession
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I love the add on, but I do find the 'referral reward' and 'what drives contest rankings' aspects confusing. I know when someone asked for a demo of some kind on how to set up a contest, you referred them to the 'options' menu, but I think those options are not entirely clear. In the 'options' section, it has a single field to identify the 'referral reward' and a numerical field. It sounds like the only 2 option available for 'referral reward' are either 'trophy points' or 'DB credits' - is that correct? So let's say I select 'Trophy Points' - is the numerical field there the number of 'trophy points' the referrer gets for each referral? As far as a contest goes, when I am looking at the parameters available when creating a contest, there is a 'Prizes' section. I originally thought I could list items I might award in a contest here (a sticker, a hat, t-shirt, etc...) but it looks like the prize types available in the right hand field are either 'Trophy Points' or 'DB credits' - is that right? If so - what are the numerical fields for on the left in the 'Prizes' section? Would the top row be for first prize (let's say I put a '10' there - does that mean that the 1st place winner (most referrals during contest period) would earn '10 Trophy Points'? and if I place another line below that with '5' and 'Trophy Points' would that designate that the referrer with the 2nd most referrals would earn '5 Trophy Points'?
Basically, I want to run a contest where I can give physical prizes to our top 3 referrers during the contest period (t-shirt, hat, sticker, etc..). But I'm not clear if I should list those items in the 'Add Reward Type' section or if I have to use 'Trophy Points' there in order for the add on to calculate referrals correctly? It sounds like if I want to identify physical prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers, that this isn't part of the software and I would have to have a thread explaining that referrers who have successful referrals will be awarded 'Trophy Points' and that the 3 members with the most contest 'Trophy Points' at the end of the contest period will be awarded 'x' physical prizes. Is that correct?
Sorry if I am being dense here. I feel like the options are not as intuitive as they could be though - maybe most using this mod used a Xenforo 1 version, or have worked with referral add ons previously. For me, with no experience, it is a little muddy. I would really appreciate more info on the above so I can get how this works conceptually and in the settings straight. Thanks in advance!
Basically, I want to run a contest where I can give physical prizes to our top 3 referrers during the contest period (t-shirt, hat, sticker, etc..). But I'm not clear if I should list those items in the 'Add Reward Type' section or if I have to use 'Trophy Points' there in order for the add on to calculate referrals correctly? It sounds like if I want to identify physical prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers, that this isn't part of the software and I would have to have a thread explaining that referrers who have successful referrals will be awarded 'Trophy Points' and that the 3 members with the most contest 'Trophy Points' at the end of the contest period will be awarded 'x' physical prizes. Is that correct?
Sorry if I am being dense here. I feel like the options are not as intuitive as they could be though - maybe most using this mod used a Xenforo 1 version, or have worked with referral add ons previously. For me, with no experience, it is a little muddy. I would really appreciate more info on the above so I can get how this works conceptually and in the settings straight. Thanks in advance!
Siropu
Well-known member
Yes.
The prizes section is optional so you can specify the physical prizes in the contests description directly.
BGObsession
Active member
So it it accurate to say I could set up the optional prize list as shown below and it wouldn’t impact calculation of points in the contest? I think it only makes sense to list the contest prizes in the ‘view prizes’ pop up...
BGObsession
Active member
I think I am following now. So if I set it up as currently designed, I might have the prizes set for 1st place = 100 Trophy points, 2nd place = 50 Trophy points, etc.... and those trophy point #'s would show up under 'Amount' on the 'View Prizes' list above. And at contest close, the system would award those trophy points based on finishing position - have I got it right now?
We're just launching our Xenforo board (coming from a decade on vBulletin) so we and our users are only vaguely familiar with 'Trophy points' (and why anyone would be excited about getting them …lol..). I guess as you said, my only option is to reference the physical prizes for finishing position in the contest description.
We're just launching our Xenforo board (coming from a decade on vBulletin) so we and our users are only vaguely familiar with 'Trophy points' (and why anyone would be excited about getting them …lol..). I guess as you said, my only option is to reference the physical prizes for finishing position in the contest description.
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Siropu
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Yes.
BGObsession
Active member
I can't seem to get the email friend invite to send an email even as an Admin. After creating the email, and clicking send, I get a 'no invitation was sent' message'? Any ideas what the issue might be?
BGObsession
Active member
That could be the issue... I may have used an email I have assigned to a test account. I'll try a unique one - thanks wouldn't have thought of that...
BGObsession
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That was the issue. Thanks - very nice mod.
BGObsession
Active member
For the share this page bit, i.e.:
it now adds the referral bit to whatever page the widget is on, for example the twitter share button used to do this
but now:
To do this, I added the following to share_page_macros
HTML:
<xf:if is="$xf.visitor.user_id">
<xf:set var="$refurl" value="?ref={$xf.visitor.user_id}"/>
</xf:if>and wherever
{url} was in the share buttons I have enabled, I added {$refurl} directly after
