[ABD] Referral MOD With Contests

[Siropu]

Modification Name: phpBB Referral MOD with contests
Author: Siropu

Modification Description: Allows your members to refer others using a personal referral link. You can start referral contests to gain more members. In the contest statistics in ACP you can view all the referrers and the members they referred during that contest.

Modification Version: 1.1.4

Features:
ACP
General config:
> Display top 5 referrers on board index.
> Display user referrals count in viewtopic.
> Display user referrals count in profile.
> Display referral contests on board index.

Contests:
> Create/edit/delete contest (contest name, contest description, contest duration, contest condition - how many posts a referral needs in order to count as valid).
> View contest statistics (how many members have been referred during contest, top referrers - you can view their referrals and how many posts they have).

Referrers list:
> View referrers and their referrals.
> Search for a referrer.

UCP
> Members can view their referral link and statistics (count of referrals, count of contests won).
> Members can view their referrals.
> Members can send email invitations.

Planned features:
> Top referrers with monthly statistics. (implemented without monthly statistics)
> Display user's referrals in viewtopic and profile. (implemented)
> Referral contests. (implemented)
> Require minimum posts to mark a referral as "valid" (This can be useful when organizing referral contests). (implemented)
> Make registration by invitation only.
> Invitations statistics.
> Referral banners/badges.
> Referrer field in registration form with member search.

Screenshots:
ACP Config
ACP Contests 1
ACP Contests 2
ACP Contests 3
ACP Contests 4
ACP Contests 5
ACP Referrers 1
ACP Referrers 2
UCP Statistics
UCP Referrals
UCP Invite Friends
Board Index
Viewtopic
Profile

Modification Download Page

If you are updating from version 1.0.0, first you have to run referral_mod_clean.php and then referral_mod_install.php

Subsilver2 is supported.

[Raul [ThE KuKa]]

@Siropu, translation Spanish to Download.

[H3llion]

Thank you very much, I am looking for this sort of system for our forum to use for rewarding the top referees monthly (which we will do automatically).

Can't wait for the planned features, specifically the first one which will be a big plus!

Goodluck with the development of this mod, please don't abandon it!

[Jessica]

I'd rather have one where members can also type in the referral name at the registration, but I guess this mod is good enough. it's simple, and it's just what I need...

[keith10456]

Nice mod. Simple but does the job

[Siropu]

I'm pleased to announce the release of version 1.1.0!

What's new?
Everything is in first post.
Enjoy.

EDIT: If you are updating from version 1.0.0, first you have to run referral_mod_clean.php and then referral_mod_install.php

[Jessica]

can you add screenshots please?

[Siropu]

Sure, I've just add them in first post.

[Jessica]

thanks!

and I think the download file is still 1.0.0

EDIT: never mind, it's 1.1.0, although the zip name is 1.0.0

[Siropu]

It's 1.1.0 but I forgot to rename it.
I've fixed the problem.

[Jessica]

Language Problem:

going to the invite friends tab, the browser tab title is UCP_REFERRAL_INVITE

[Siropu]

Thanks for noticing. I will fix that in version 1.1.1.

[leschek]

When I tried to install the MOD on testing board with AutoMOD it edited all the files without problem, but the link for installing database changes doesn't lead to "referral_mod_install.php" , but to "......./forum/Array". So I installed it manually, created the contest and it seems that there are some problem with non English characters. It shows contest name

Code: Select all

testovac?? sout????

instead the

Code: Select all

testovací soutěž

(I wrote in ACP)

Also I played with the MOD on test forum and after 20 minutes I still have no an idea what this MOD does. To me it looks like invitations with contest (invite more people than others to win), but how should I use the "Your referral link"? Firstly I thought that I wrote it (referral link) to post to refer the member, but there is not any change in statistics in UCP. Can somebody explain me it, please?

[Siropu]

I've released version 1.1.1 in which I fixed the UCP friend invite page title issue and the issue with non English characters. Download link in first post.

Update instructions: Replace referral_mod_install.php, includes/ucp/ucp_referral.php and includes/acp/acp_referral.php and then run the installer.

Also I played with the MOD on test forum and after 20 minutes I still have no an idea what this MOD does. To me it looks like invitations with contest (invite more people than others to win), but how should I use the "Your referral link"? Firstly I thought that I wrote it (referral link) to post to refer the member, but there is not any change in statistics in UCP. Can somebody explain me it, please?

The referral link you see in the UCP can be used to refer others. For example, as a member of your board, I can post my referral link on twitter and if one of my followers access the link and joins the forum, that member will become my referral.

As for referral contests, you can start a referral contest to gain more members on your community. In the contest statistics in ACP you will see all the referrers and the members they referred during the contest.

[leschek]

Oh, I see. Thank you for explanation.