Raffles System

[Adriano Faria]

What's New in Version 1.0.4:

New Features:

• New setting to admin decide if users can buy tickets using Account Credit
• Added number of prizes in Raffle view (prizes section)
• Added basic member data (reputation points, joined date and content count) in Participants popup

Fix:

• Use the member currency (instead of defaut currency) when creating the invoice

[JTHastings]

PERFECT!!!!

[Northeast Mountain Sports]

I don't see to be able to access the support / suggestions threads. But I'm having a problem with my raffle. I created a giveaway with several prizes. I was trying to create a giveaway with 8 different copies of the same prize, but I couldn't figure out how. Instead I just created 8 identical prizes.

The expiration time has come and gone, but the raffle is showing up as expired instead of completed. What am I do wrong here? How do I complete the raffle and see the winners? The admin CP lists the raffle as expired, and shows the raffled ending time in the past.

[Adriano Faria]

1 minute ago, Northeast Mountain Sports said:

I was trying to create a giveaway with 8 different copies of the same prize, but I couldn't figure out how. Instead I just created 8 identical prizes.

That's not a feature. I never see someone repeats prizes, that's not a regular thing and seems to be suitable only to your use, so I don't think I will implement this. You have to create them manually.

2 minutes ago, Northeast Mountain Sports said:

The expiration time has come and gone, but the raffle is showing up as expired instead of completed. What am I do wrong here? How do I complete the raffle and see the winners? The admin CP lists the raffle as expired, and shows the raffled ending time in the past.

If it's showing only expired that's why you choose to MANUALLY pick winners in the app settings:

If that's the case, do what the message suggests: add the block in the ACP Dashboad and you'll see something like that:

[Nebthtet]

On 12/1/2017 at 6:56 PM, Adriano Faria said:

That's not a feature. I never see someone repeats prizes, that's not a regular thing and seems to be suitable only to your use, so I don't think I will implement this. You have to create them manually.

Actually we could use it too. But I also created the same prize multiple times and worked around that problem .

[JTHastings]

Tidbit...

I have a Giveaway up and running and it has 38 participants so far. When I view the participants on the first page the text header "CONTENT COUNT" is there where it's supposed to be (see pic 1). Then I select "Next" to go to page 2 and the text header "CONTENT COUNT" disappears, the count is there but not the text (see pic 2). I refresh the page and the text reappears (see pic 3). I go next to page 3, repeat above and so on for all pages. It doesn't do that for "JOINED", just "CONTENT COUNT".

 

[Adriano Faria]

OK. Will be addressed in a further version. Sorry, I can’t release a version everyday and worst, because a thing like this.

[JTHastings]

Just now, Adriano Faria said:

Sorry, I can’t release a version everyday and worst, because a thing like this.

I don't expect you too Adriano...just pointing it out.

[JTHastings]

Suggestion for a future version: I for one would like to see the date that a particular member actually signed up for the Raffle/Giveaway on the Participants view. For me I would classify it as a "nice to have but not required".

Edited December 8, 2017 by JTHastings

[Adriano Faria]

On 03/12/2017 at 9:23 PM, JTHastings said:

I have a Giveaway up and running and it has 38 participants so far. When I view the participants on the first page the text header "CONTENT COUNT" is there where it's supposed to be (see pic 1). Then I select "Next" to go to page 2 and the text header "CONTENT COUNT" disappears, the count is there but not the text (see pic 2). I refresh the page and the text reappears (see pic 3). I go next to page 3, repeat above and so on for all pages. It doesn't do that for "JOINED", just "CONTENT COUNT".

Fixed.

On 08/12/2017 at 2:27 PM, JTHastings said:

Suggestion for a future version: I for one would like to see the date that a particular member actually signed up for the Raffle/Giveaway on the Participants view. For me I would classify it as a "nice to have but not required".

- Raffle:

- Giveaway:

- Also addes suoport to Member History:

[Adriano Faria]

What's New in Version 1.0.5:

New Features:

• Added support to Member History in the following actions:
  • Join to a raffle (displays number of tickets purchased)
  • Joing to a giveaway
  • Leave a giveaway
  • Convert a Giveaway to Raffle
  • Convert a Raffle to Giveaway
  • Change the ticket price from a raffle
• Added date when the member joined to a raffle/giveaway in the Participants popup

Fix:

• Missing language bit in in the Participants popup

Edited December 18, 2017 by Adriano Faria

[Lucas James]

An option to change the name "RAFFLE" on the widget would be amazing <3

[Adriano Faria]

Just now, Lucas James said:

An option to change the name "RAFFLE" on the widget would be amazing <3

Which widget?

[Lucas James]

The widget that displays the active raffles. My community uses it as 'giveaways' and I think an option to rename the whole thing would be ideal. Also instead in of in my menu it displaying raffle it would be giveaway which is more suited as I don't even use the raffle side of it. 

[Adriano Faria]

Lucas, it's all language bits. You can change to whatever you want.

[JTHastings]

4 hours ago, Adriano Faria said:

Lucas, it's all language bits. You can change to whatever you want.

Is there any type of written instruction anywhere that might walk us "non-programmer" types through the process of making a change to the language bits?

[Nebthtet]

9 minutes ago, JTHastings said:

Is there any type of written instruction anywhere that might walk us "non-programmer" types through the process of making a change to the language bits?

It's all in the section of admin panel where themes (styles) live. Language bits are in the section with languages. If you want to change something just choose English and click "translate" icon. You can search for anything you see on the page (so in this case "raffles" word) or just toy around with tools in the upper menu (quick translation for example).

Also check out help articles:

 

Edited December 19, 2017 by Nebthtet

[Adriano Faria]

@Lucas James and @JTHastings, what @Nebthtet said. 

[Nebthtet]

@Adriano Faria, can you tell me please where I can translate the post that gets autopublished when raffle winners get picked? I don't even need it to be multi-lingual, just need to get it to be in my site's language  (and would prefer the systen posting it translated than edit and translate manually every time).

[JTHastings]

Looks like the Winners view (for a Giveaway) is not configured like the newer Participants list. I would like to see them be the same format.

First pic is the new format, second pic is what is showing for the winners.

[JTHastings]

Ouch! and this is what's showing in the Activity Stream...15 people won the first prize and got notified....not good. Update: I "think" the actual notifications were correct. Everything worked good right up until the winners were auto selected.

 

Edited December 25, 2017 by JTHastings

[Unlucky]

1 hour ago, JTHastings said:

Ouch! and this is what's showing in the Activity Stream...15 people won the first prize and got notified....not good. Everything worked good right up until the winners were auto selected.

Dam I have a a raffle completing tomorrow - How can I avoid this happening?

Please help Adriano as I cannot afford to give away lots of the same prize

[JTHastings]

1 hour ago, Unlucky said:

Dam I have a a raffle completing tomorrow - How can I avoid this happening?

Please help Adriano as I cannot afford to give away lots of the same prize

After doing some research I "think" it was just the status update on the Activity Stream that shows all 1st place, I can't be 100% sure but I also "think" the actual notifications that went to the Members has the correct prize awarded. The display of all the winners also was correctly done with the correct prize (although the format needs improvement for consistency).

If you want to be totally safe you might consider taking it off automatic and moving it to manual although I really believe you'll be fine as is.

[Adriano Faria]

10 hours ago, JTHastings said:

Ouch! and this is what's showing in the Activity Stream...15 people won the first prize and got notified....not good. Update: I "think" the actual notifications were correct. Everything worked good right up until the winners were auto selected.

 

Notification and Activity Streams entries are two different things here and they don’t work together. 

Please, try to be more clear as possible when something like this haapens. All info I have now is: it’s a giveaway. I need to know how many prizes, etc.

9 hours ago, Unlucky said:

Please help Adriano as I cannot afford to give away lots of the same prize

I know and it’s Christmas today, I have a life too, etc.  I’ll try to do something when I have all the info needed to do something. In the meantime, disable this feature: ACP -> System -> Content Discovery -> Streams -> Activity Stream Settings. Disable When a raffle is completed and winners picked.

Edited December 25, 2017 by Adriano Faria

[Unlucky]

Thanks Adriano, was hoping you picked it up yesterday as knew it was Christmas, but thank you so much for looking at it today.

Happy Christmas