Karma Plugin

Hey CB boarders. I'm brand new to this forum.

Lennox posted a great plugin that allows users to increase and decrease karma (from Joomlaboard) directly in a user profile.

I installed his plugin, followed the required changes made to a core file, and still receive the Joomlaboard error page. In addition to the error page, the karma rating doesn't change.

Is there a way to fix this problem?

Any info would be great. Thanks.

You have sended me a pm, i have answer it,

Check if you have installed TRail's joomlaboard ID plugin. This plugin add all you're new CB users to joomlaboard ID's. (this is needed to vote on profiles, even if the users 'don't visit the forum yet)
Without this plugin you can NOT vote on profiles that don't visit the forums yes!!!!!!


I think you have hacked the core file from joomlaboard wrong.

What's the latest on this? I'd like Karma linked to all users regardless of if they use joomlaboard.

i have it working, hacked the joomlaboard, and a plugin created. I must check out the files, it is a while ago

Hey Lennox. I've got this workin on my development site. I've changed a little in the profile plug for formatting reasons.

Some questions/ideas.

1. When increasing the karma, it goes up by 5 karma points so I fear I messed something up. Yet decreasing it only goes down 1. So I bet I need to fix that.

2. How hard would it be (I'm looking into this) to have the plug call a different copy of the page that says "user karma increased" so it doesn't go back into joomlaboard. Then put somekind of a (back -1) link on that new page which says "go back to user profile" or something?

I'll let you know if I progress on any of this.

Ok I found the problem with the increasing by 5 points instead of one. In your readme file where you hack the joomlaboard karma code you have:

$database->setQuery('UPDATE #__sb_users SET karma=karma+5 WHERE userid='.$userid.'');


It should be:

$database->setQuery('UPDATE #__sb_users SET karma=karma+1 WHERE userid='.$userid.'');

Post edited by: mediaguru, at: 2006/10/15 16:35