nicoo Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 I am hoping (waiting) for this feature for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sire Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Any further thoughts on this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Bloat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 It wouldn't be bloat to have a simplistic refer-member feature that can be easily replaced with an enhanced one designed by a modder. Even more so if it were to be in the tools & scripts section like ssi.php is. The idea I'm more in favor of is the pre-inclusion of it *if* it's there, like the blog and gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sire Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Bloat!<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, VB is looking better everyday. Features that are very minimal, and have a dramatic impact on referring new members yet being called bloat isn't a very smart move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Haze Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 i had ordered a mod like this where members can refer other members and when they rtegister they select a forum username as a referer if anyone, worked well and they had showed it in their profile and topic view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_C Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Well, VB is looking better everyday. Features that are very minimal, and have a dramatic impact on referring new members yet being called bloat isn't a very smart move.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you ask me vB is much more bloated than IPB. :-" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sire Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 i had ordered a mod like this where members can refer other members and when they rtegister they select a forum username as a referer if anyone, worked well and they had showed it in their profile and topic view<{POST_SNAPBACK}> is this available for 2.x IPB ?If you ask me vB is much more bloated than IPB. :-"<{POST_SNAPBACK}> agreed. I wasn't calling IPB bloated. It's damaging in my opinion when this accusation (bloat! BLOAT!) creeps into most feature suggestions by the same few people. It isn't encouraging at all. Let the developer take this into consideration. This forum is discouraging. Reading a GET variable to pass an integer and record it does not add bloat. Non-developers should avoid commenting on something they don't know much about. I said VB is looking better everday based on it's own merits. It is. That isn't to say it's better than IPB. I have a large forum. I'd like to see it grow, and reward my members for helping it grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 :rolleyes: Just because you don't like someones view doesn't mean you can tell them they shouldn't be posting in this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_C Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 It's damaging in my opinion when this accusation (bloat! BLOAT!) creeps into most feature suggestions by the same few people. It isn't encouraging at all. Let the developer take this into consideration. This forum is discouraging. Reading a GET variable to pass an integer and record it does not add bloat. Non-developers should avoid commenting on something they don't know much about.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thats just like saying people shouldn't post their support for mods, hopefully you get my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sire Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Thats just like saying people shouldn't post their support for mods, hopefully you get my point.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't think I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_C Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I don't think I do.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> What I'm trying to say is if people can post positive feedback about a suggestion then people should be equally entitled to post negative feedback on the feature, hope that clears it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Non-developers should avoid commenting on something they don't know much about.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just a heads up, but Outlaw is one of many mod writers. I think he knows something about it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sire Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Just a heads up, but Outlaw is one of many mod writers. I think he knows something about it. :)<{POST_SNAPBACK}> LOL yeah, I know. That's kind of hard to miss with the big signature image declaring it. ;) It's still true that passing a GET variable and recording it is hardly bloat. So for a developer, it should make you wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael_C Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 LOL yeah, I know. That's kind of hard to miss with the big signature image declaring it. ;) It's still true that passing a GET variable and recording it is hardly bloat. So for a developer, it should make you wonder.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think the initial request was for something a bit more complicated than that. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 LOL yeah, I know. That's kind of hard to miss with the big signature image declaring it. ;) It's still true that passing a GET variable and recording it is hardly bloat. So for a developer, it should make you wonder.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> + The ability to give rewards as requested. + The ability to view who's referred who through the Admin CP. + The ability to remove the person that referred them. It's not as simple as just getting and saving it. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sire Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 I think the initial request was for something a bit more complicated than that. :thumbsup:<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I noticed Dacity added quite an extensive feature list to his idea of it. Mine was much simpler. I was thinking of just recording the extra user id, maybe even in an additional profile field. This is practically already in the code. I could do my own mysql query to see who has referred the most, or referred so many members and reward them myself.+ The ability to give rewards as requested. + The ability to view who's referred who through the Admin CP. + The ability to remove the person that referred them. It's not as simple as just getting and saving it. ;)<{POST_SNAPBACK}> See above. I was thinking about more like what early vbulletin 2.x had. A very simple referral tracking system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Which users will want expanded to something more then just something that logs and saves referrals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 I noticed Dacity added quite an extensive feature list to his idea of it. Mine was much simpler.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Which users will want expanded to something more then just something that logs and saves referrals.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> This is why I started taking the position of having the feature be pre-included as optional and have a simple version of it in the Tools & Scripts like the SSI is. Then someone could install and use it if they want it, but the files used for the feature could also be completely separate so that replacing them with enhanced versions (ie, made by a modder) would be as easy as just uploading the new files and *poof*, installed. Yes, I know it's not quite as easy as I have said it, but it can be done. For the most part, skin changes should be minimal (and possibly it's own separate .php file, as with the language files). But a simple referral feature, where the new member could select "user name, user id, other" and in a box fill in the information (that would be confirmed) would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_wallasey Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Great idea would love to see it added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyhugh Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Progress report on this feature please.... it is like soooooo badly needed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featuredhost Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 i would love to have this as a Feature of IPB , and not a Mod or Plugin ( at price)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirilluminator Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sire Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I want to bump this because I see some competing sites taking advantage of vBulletin's refer feature to grow faster than my own forum is. Members like to help, but really like to get credit for helping bring new members to a forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan2863 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I would like to see this feature added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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