"You Cannot Give Reputation To This Post"

[Woolies]

A javascript popup error saying "sorry, you cannot give reputation to this post etc, etc" when using the rolldown give reputation box from the star button to the top right of posts.

Tried with a couple of posts / different users in this thread but with no luck for any
Checked my usercp options and the FAQ I look to be able to use the rep system...?
(member for few years so I should have some influence despite the low post count?)


also the error messge has <br />'s in it when the phrase should be using \n line breaks instead

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Woolies

A javascript popup error saying "sorry, you cannot give reputation to this post etc, etc" when using the rolldown give reputation box from the star button to the top right of posts.

Tried with a couple of posts / different users in this thread but with no luck for any
Checked my usercp options and the FAQ I look to be able to use the rep system...?
(member for few years so I should have some influence despite the low post count?)

You can't give reputation to users for posts in any of the General Discussion forums. The theory being reputation should only be given for posts in the on-topic forums (e.g. Music Discussion forum etc)

[Woolies]

ahh right cool.


What are you using to dissallow rep in those forums if I may ask?

A plugin at the showthread_start hook matching forumids and setting $show['reputationlink'] = false should disable showing the button but still show the rep dots

$no_rep_forums = array(1,2,3,4);
if (in_array($threadinfo['forumid'], $no_rep_forums))
{
    $show['reputationlink'] = false;
}

Not tested (might need to be placed in a postbit factory hook) & technically you could then still give rep via manually created url typed into the address bar but not showing the button may be a more user-friendly choice if the option isn't there

[Stripey]

Originally Posted by Woolies

ahh right cool.


What are you using to dissallow rep in those forums if I may ask?

The site just runs on vbulletin, it's all point and click administration isn't it.

[Marsh]

Originally Posted by Woolies

ahh right cool.

What are you using to dissallow rep in those forums if I may ask?

A plugin at the showthread_start hook matching forumids and setting $show['reputationlink'] = false should disable showing the button but still show the rep dots

$no_rep_forums = array(1,2,3,4);
if (in_array($threadinfo['forumid'], $no_rep_forums))
{
    $show['reputationlink'] = false;
}

Not tested (might need to be placed in a postbit factory hook) & technically you could then still give rep via manually created url typed into the address bar but not showing the button may be a more user-friendly choice if the option isn't there

A popular American three - piece fronted by Pharrell Williams has popped up in my mind.

[Woolies]

Originally Posted by Stripey

The site just runs on vbulletin, it's all point and click administration isn't it.

basically yeah but Neil has added a number of nice custom bits & bobs - the reputation/influence tweaks aren't out-of-the box vBulletin, I don't recognise the implementation and I just reckoned not showing the rep button when it has no purpose may be a cleaner solution for casual & irregular posting site members like myself.

Originally Posted by Marsh

A popular American three - piece fronted by Pharrell Williams has popped up in my mind.

I had to google that reference. Music geek beats code nerd, oh noes~!

[Marsh]

Originally Posted by Woolies

I had to google that reference. Music geek beats code nerd, oh noes~!

Twos up min!

Nice one

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Woolies

What are you using to dissallow rep in those forums if I may ask?

Umm...you can specify which forums that reputation for posts cannot be given for under the User Reputation Options in the admin control panel.

Originally Posted by Woolies

Not tested (might need to be placed in a postbit factory hook) & technically you could then still give rep via manually created url typed into the address bar but not showing the button may be a more user-friendly choice if the option isn't there

Cheers for that. I'll give that a try sometime as I agree it would be a lot more user-friendly to just remove the reputation button from posts within those forums. Unfortunately, I'm not finding much time to do anything on this web site as of late.

[Woolies]

Originally Posted by Neil

Umm...you can specify which forums that reputation for posts cannot be given for under the User Reputation Options in the admin control panel.

not in the default install you can't! (Although I admit I had to check across three sites to make sure...)

Cheers for that. I'll give that a try sometime as I agree it would be a lot more user-friendly to just remove the reputation button from posts within those forums. Unfortunately, I'm not finding much time to do anything on this web site as of late.

You've managed to upgrade to Photopost vBGallery 2.3 which is more than any of the sites I work on have done yet!
It's nice when a forum based site gets up to speed and just keeps itself ticking over though

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Woolies

not in the default install you can't! (Although I admit I had to check across three sites to make sure...)

Ah, my mistake. It appears this helpful little addon (Enhanced Reputation Checks - vBulletin.org Forum) adds this option among a few others. I forgot it added this particular option.