How can I run a simple drive for reputation contest?

[SJ77]

Hi

I want to run a simple contest where winners over a 1 month time frame receive account credit. 

1st  = $50

2nd = $25

3rd = $10

Winners are ranked based on reputation over time frame (not overall reputation.)

What is the best way to do this? Better yet, HOW can I do this?

Thank you 🙂

[Joel R]

20 minutes ago, SJ77 said:

Hi

I want to run a simple contest where winners over a 1 month time frame receive account credit. 

1st  = $50

2nd = $25

3rd = $10

Winners are ranked based on reputation over time frame (not overall reputation.)

What is the best way to do this? Better yet, HOW can I do this?

Thank you 🙂

Easy!

Use the Leaderboard, which allows you to measure reputation over a certain time frame.  You can set certain days (September 1 to September 30) and the leaderboard will auto update.  The other nice thing is that it's public, so anybody can view the results as your contest is ongoing.  

[SJ77]

1 minute ago, Joel R said:

Easy!

Use the Leaderboard, which allows you to measure reputation over a certain time frame.  You can set certain days (September 1 to September 30) and the leaderboard will auto update.  The other nice thing is that it's public, so anybody can view the results as your contest is ongoing.  

I can set custom time frames for the leader board and make the custom time frame publicly available?

[Joel R]

You or any user can set custom time frames.  You can test right now on the IPS community or your own.  

I doubt it'll save though.  You may want to check the Leaderboard settings in the ACP.  By default, it runs on a daily basis.  

If you're running a contest, you're probably going to post announcements with weekly updates anyways.  

[SJ77]

Do you know if I can exclude certain user groups from being ranked?

[Adriano Faria]

You can disable reputation for specific groups (reputation settings) and/or you can exclude some groups from showing up on Laeaderboard (leaderboard setting). 

[Joel R]

Yeah that was something new they added afterwards.  You gotta disable your admins and staff groups, etc.  

[SJ77]

I have groups that need reputation but I don't want them to be part of the contest.

[Joel R]

2 minutes ago, SJ77 said:

I have groups that need reputation but I don't want them to be part of the contest.

I know.  Sorry should have clarified (and it's what Adriano said in his latter half). 

You can exclude certain groups from appearing on the Leaderboard.  But they still receive reputation.  

[SJ77]

This should actually be me clarifying. I have groups that need to be on the leader board.  (They use it all the time).  I just want them excluded from my contest results. IS that possible?

[Joel R]

Oh, can't you just ... Ignore them for purposes of your contest? 

[SJ77]

37 minutes ago, Joel R said:

Oh, can't you just ... Ignore them for purposes of your contest? 

Leaderboard shows trophies for top 3. 

I would like to setup a custom  contest report that excludes certain groups but not effect the regular leaderboard stuffs.

[opentype]

This widget does that as well:

[SJ77]

@opentype That widget  will allow me to run my contest by showing custom timeframe and also exclude specific groups?

[Joel R]

The only other thing that I can think of is to check the Statistics module in the ACP.  You can set custom time frames.  The only downside is that it won't show on front-end and you'll need to publish results manually.