Referral Contest Mod Support (Modzzz)

This is the Support forum for the Referral Contest mod.
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24 Aug 2010

Patch 2.0.0 Released. (See patches/version_2.0.0 folder in zip file)

 

Apply patch if your mod version is less than 2.0.0.

This patch adds the possibility to give Points as Prize for Contest Winners. You MUST HAVE our Points mod installed already.

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24 Aug 2010

Referral contest is working great on my site, just started running it now.

 

Just a note, I remember you mentioning that I needed to chmod the directories for the icon uploads to work. Well, I forgot to do that two months ago and had to do it tonight. I noticed the installation instructions do not include information on this step. I set media\images\prizes and \contests to 777 and it works fine though... just figured I would let you know as this mod should be pretty popular!

Skype: shawn.nelson
19 Feb 2011

Thank you for pointing that out. I have now updated the installation instructions.

 

Referral contest is working great on my site, just started running it now.

 

Just a note, I remember you mentioning that I needed to chmod the directories for the icon uploads to work. Well, I forgot to do that two months ago and had to do it tonight. I noticed the installation instructions do not include information on this step. I set media\images\prizes and \contests to 777 and it works fine though... just figured I would let you know as this mod should be pretty popular!

 

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19 Feb 2011

Patch 2.0.1 Released. (See patches/version_2.0.1 folder in zip file)

Fixes error caused by contest entry views tracking

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26 Feb 2011

Hi modzzz :-)

did you update the referral contest mod?

cos it says version 201 but I have installed 202 ?

Diddy is not greedy and has time. Dolphin is cool and its not just mine :-)
5 Sep 2011

 2.0.1 is the latest version.

Hi modzzz :-)

did you update the referral contest mod?

cos it says version 201 but I have installed 202 ?

 

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6 Sep 2011

Hi Modzzz, can you point me to where to change a couple of text lines?

 

Need to change the following

Rules block titles - How Referral Contest Work

The text inside the block I need to change that starts off 

 

Enter the Contest

 

1. Sign up on our site to create a profile for yourself.
2. Referral link will show up on the Member Account page.

 

Also

Text inside the home page block that says - 

 

Want to win fancy prizes? Refer the most members and become a winner in our monthly referral contests!

 

 

Ive looked for where to change but cant find it!

Thanks 

21 Nov 2011

The language key for "How Referral Contest Work" is _modzzz_referralcontest_block_rules. In the future, you can find this yourself by logging in to your admin panel then go to Settings => Language Settings and search for the string.

For the Rules and Details text, go to the Admin section for the mod and you will see the tabs called "Rules" and "Details".

Hi Modzzz, can you point me to where to change a couple of text lines?

 

Need to change the following

Rules block titles - How Referral Contest Work

The text inside the block I need to change that starts off 

 

Enter the Contest

 

1. Sign up on our site to create a profile for yourself.
2. Referral link will show up on the Member Account page.

 

Also

Text inside the home page block that says - 

 

Want to win fancy prizes? Refer the most members and become a winner in our monthly referral contests!

 

 

Ive looked for where to change but cant find it!

Thanks 

 

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21 Nov 2011

I'm scratching my head. I've set up a contest, with the starting date January 1, 2012, ending at the end of March. Prizes are set too. Still, it says there are no contests running currently or something like that, when I click on 'view contest'. And I've currently run out of the ideas of what might be wrong...

17 Jan 2012

Alright, problem solved. I somehow managed to edit the date first without the calendar opening and even though it said error after I clicked save the contest, it must have somehow saved the wrong date format and thus it wasn't working. After I deleted the contest and created it anew, no problem. Smile

17 Jan 2012

Patch 2.0.2 Released. (See patches/version_2.0.2 folder in zip file)

Adds missing language strings.

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10 Jun 2012

Fyi, your patch 2.0.2 readme file contains no instructions of which files to change or update like :

referralcontest\classes\BxReferralContestDb.php

It only states to update the sql which only updates the version and does nothing to add the missing language strings?

 

Patch 2.0.2 Released. (See patches/version_2.0.2 folder in zip file)

Adds missing language strings.

 

10 Jun 2012

URGENT.

Upgraded to v2.0.2 and whole site has stopped loading.

Only shows a blank screen.

Please help.

10 Jun 2012

This sort of information does not equip me to help you. At least PM me with some site information and login. What exactly did you update ?

URGENT.

Upgraded to v2.0.2 and whole site has stopped loading.

Only shows a blank screen.

Please help.

 

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10 Jun 2012

 Fixed. Thanks Modzzz!

This sort of information does not equip me to help you. At least PM me with some site information and login. What exactly did you update ?

URGENT.

Upgraded to v2.0.2 and whole site has stopped loading.

Only shows a blank screen.

Please help.

 

 

10 Jun 2012

I had to add a trailing slash to the end of the url that the "View contest" text goes to on the homepage block to view contest home page. For some reason if I did not the css structure did not seem to carry over to the page and things looked all out of shape. Also the contest home page already had the trailing slash and looked fine in all of your other references except for the homepage_block.html that I have mentioned.

 

I do not need any help. This was just informational if it helps anything.

2 Nov 2012

Is there a way to get the "my referral link" box on the contest home page? Members are having an initial problem finding how to get started with the contest to located their referral link. I have to keep telling them its in their account page. It would be simpler if their referral link was displayed on the contest home page. Is their any advise on how I would go about this? If not then perhaps consider this a request.

 

thanks.

2 Nov 2012

I just made a whole custom page named "How it works"  explaining step by step where to go 

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20 Nov 2012

 I agree. It will be added.

Is there a way to get the "my referral link" box on the contest home page? Members are having an initial problem finding how to get started with the contest to located their referral link. I have to keep telling them its in their account page. It would be simpler if their referral link was displayed on the contest home page. Is their any advise on how I would go about this? If not then perhaps consider this a request.

 

thanks.

 

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22 Nov 2012

 Sounds good thanks for considering the suggestion.

 I agree. It will be added.

Is there a way to get the "my referral link" box on the contest home page? Members are having an initial problem finding how to get started with the contest to located their referral link. I have to keep telling them its in their account page. It would be simpler if their referral link was displayed on the contest home page. Is their any advise on how I would go about this? If not then perhaps consider this a request.

 

thanks.

 

 

25 Nov 2012

Patch 2.0.3 Released. (See patches/version_2.0.3 folder in zip file)

Adds Member's Affiliate Referral link to contest main page.

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27 Nov 2012

Is there a way we can reset the count of referrals  for the Contest? I could just be over looking something in the admin portion of my site , but what I noticed is........ I started a new Contest, A member had 1 referral already  prior to the new contest, Once I made the New contest He was allowed leadership and a count of  "1 referral"

whats the fix for this? because we are going to be doing a contest each month and I wouldn't think it fair if a member was to get last month's credits towards  the next month as well. 

10 Dec 2012

 A patch will be released shortly.

Is there a way we can reset the count of referrals  for the Contest? I could just be over looking something in the admin portion of my site , but what I noticed is........ I started a new Contest, A member had 1 referral already  prior to the new contest, Once I made the New contest He was allowed leadership and a count of  "1 referral"

whats the fix for this? because we are going to be doing a contest each month and I wouldn't think it fair if a member was to get last month's credits towards  the next month as well. 

 

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11 Dec 2012

Patch 2.0.4 Released. (See patches/version_2.0.4 folder in zip file)

 - Fixes a glitch where referrals made before the contest started were being counted.

 - Adds the ability to completely reset all referrals at the beginning of each contest. There is an option in the settings for the mod that can be turned on/off. Please note that you can leave this option turned off and allow members to keep their previous referrals. Those referrals will not be counted in contests that started after they came in effect.

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11 Dec 2012

Error in patch 2.0.4 readme instructions.

No changes in modulesmodzzzreferralcontestclassesBxReferralContestPageMain as stated in the upgrade instructions.

Instead BxReferralContestDb.php and BxReferralContestModule.php had changes.

11 Dec 2012

 Thank you. I have updated the instructions.

Error in patch 2.0.4 readme instructions.

No changes in modulesmodzzzreferralcontestclassesBxReferralContestPageMain as stated in the upgrade instructions.

Instead BxReferralContestDb.php and BxReferralContestModule.php had changes.

 

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11 Dec 2012

hey

How can i add the Text based icon to 7.1 it still have the image thank you

11 Jan 2013

 This mod is not yet updated for Dolphin 7.1. Update of all products is presently in progress.

hey

How can i add the Text based icon to 7.1 it still have the image thank you

 

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11 Jan 2013

 OK thank you

 This mod is not yet updated for Dolphin 7.1. Update of all products is presently in progress.

hey

How can i add the Text based icon to 7.1 it still have the image thank you

 

 

11 Jan 2013

This mod is now updated for Dolphin 7.1

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28 Jan 2013

Issue with closed contests appearing in homepage listing has been fixed. Re-upload modules\modzzz\referralcontest\classes folder.

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25 Oct 2013

parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',' in /home/something /public_html/modules/modzzz/referralcontest/classes/bxreferralcontestpageprizes.php on line 87

“there are no contests running presently”

one should be running now really need your help asap

26 Oct 2013

 PM me your FTP login. It seems as if you do not have the latest update for the module.

parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',' in /home/something /public_html/modules/modzzz/referralcontest/classes/bxreferralcontestpageprizes.php on line 87

“there are no contests running presently”

one should be running now really need your help asap

 

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26 Oct 2013

I set up a test contest but have an issue.  1st Place prize is written as:

The First Place winner will receive a Prepaid Gift Card for $100 US along with 6 Months Premium Membership and 10,000 Points

it displays as:

The First Place winner will receive a Prepaid Gift Card for 0 US along with 6 Months Premium Membership and 10,000 Points


what am I doing wrong so it will show as $100?

yes, I searched before asking....
2 Jun 2014

An issue with some non-alphanumeric characters not being translated when posting Contest/Prizes has been resolved. Please re-upload the modules\modzzz\referralcontest\classes folder.

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3 Jun 2014

Fatal error: Call to a member function addCss() on a non-object in /home/godesibi/public_html/modules/modzzz/referralcontest/classes/BxReferralContestPageMain.php on line 83

13 Feb 2015

  The Referrals module must first be installed before you install the Referral Contest module.

Fatal error: Call to a member function addCss() on a non-object in /home/godesibi/public_html/modules/modzzz/referralcontest/classes/BxReferralContestPageMain.php on line 83

 

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2 Oct 2015

Referral Contest module is now compatible with Dolphin 7.2 . For those upgrading from Dolphin 7.1, please check the upgrade folder for instructions.

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2 Oct 2015

The Points integration procedure has been updated (for those sites that chose to offer Points as Prize). Redo the instructions outlined in readme_points_integration.txt and also re-upload the module files.

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12 Jan 2016

Layout improvements have been made. The modules/modzzz/referralcontest/templates folder has been updated.

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10 Jul 2017

Is this module up to date for the latest release 7.3.5?

 

I bought ultimate and referral contests a couple years ago and want to use them on a new site.

18 Jul 2018

Is this module up to date for the latest release 7.3.5?

 

I bought ultimate and referral contests a couple years ago and want to use them on a new site.

18 Jul 2018

@teenzup - The product description page of all modules indicates which versions of Dolphin the module is compatible with. All my active modules are compatible with the latest version of Dolphin.

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19 Jul 2018

Hello Modzzz,

I'ave installed the Referral Contest Mod but i have some questions and one issue:

1) I have created a new Referral Contest but I don't see any button to allow members to join it. How do registered members participate to a contest? Do they have to join it by clicking somewhere? Or Do they just have to share their Referral link and they will automatically be prticipating to the context?

2) I have the Points System, the Referral Mod and the Referral Contest Mod installed. Points will be given as a Prize in the Referral Contest. Also, the Points system is set to give points "when a referred member register on site" and also "when referred member upgrade membership".

So, how will the system handle his scenario? Will the member participating in a Referral Contest with Points as  prizes, still be granted the points earned by normally referring people?

E.g. if the prize of the Referral Contest in a given Place is 1,000 Points, and the member referres 20 people who join the site. The Member will receive the Referal Contest Prize of 1,000 points + 1,000 Points (20 people x 50 Points given for each successful referral) = Total: 2,000 Points. Am I correct? Please confirm.  I just wonder if members will still earn their normal points for referring if the do participate to a Referral Contest with Points a Prize.

3) if multiple Places (e.g.: 3 Places) have the same prize. e.g.: 3nd Place: 1,000 points, 4th Place: 1,000 points, 5th Place: 1000 points and there are 4 members who won with actually the very same numbers of referrees and same number of points, how will the Referral Constest mod determine who will be in the 3nd Place, 4th Place, 5th Place? Will Members (winners) with the same number of referrees or points be placed by alphabetical order?

4) Issue: In admin > Predefined Values > Sex, There is: 'Male' and 'Female' and I've also added new values: 'Business', 'Organization' and 'Institution' then I renamed (re-labeled) this Sex field to 'Gender/Type'

Now the problem is in the Contest Edit/settings, these new values are not reflecting there. We only have these options:

Allow Males: Yes/No

Allow Females: Yes/No

Allow Couples: Yes/No

I would also like these new values to show there:

Allow Business: Yes/No

Allow Oganization: Yes/No

Allow Institution: Yes/No

It will allow members who selected Business, Organization or Institution as their 'Gender/Type' to participate to a Constest.

How to get this new Sex Field Values to show in the Contest Edit/Settings?

Many Thanks.

18 Apr 2019

Hello Jerome,

Would you mind answering these simple questions? I need them as I am launching my Referral Program and Contest. Thanks in advance.

19 Apr 2019

Hi Jerome, Any answer?

22 Apr 2019

Comon Jerome over a week now! No answer?

26 Apr 2019

 

Hello Modzzz,

 

I'ave installed the Referral Contest Mod but i have some questions and one issue:

 

1) I have created a new Referral Contest but I don't see any button to allow members to join it. How do registered members participate to a contest? Do they have to join it by clicking somewhere? Or Do they just have to share their Referral link and they will automatically be prticipating to the context?

 

2) I have the Points System, the Referral Mod and the Referral Contest Mod installed. Points will be given as a Prize in the Referral Contest. Also, the Points system is set to give points "when a referred member register on site" and also "when referred member upgrade membership".

So, how will the system handle his scenario? Will the member participating in a Referral Contest with Points as  prizes, still be granted the points earned by normally referring people?

 

E.g. if the prize of the Referral Contest in a given Place is 1,000 Points, and the member referres 20 people who join the site. The Member will receive the Referal Contest Prize of 1,000 points + 1,000 Points (20 people x 50 Points given for each successful referral) = Total: 2,000 Points. Am I correct? Please confirm.  I just wonder if members will still earn their normal points for referring if the do participate to a Referral Contest with Points a Prize.

 

3) if multiple Places (e.g.: 3 Places) have the same prize. e.g.: 3nd Place: 1,000 points, 4th Place: 1,000 points, 5th Place: 1000 points and there are 4 members who won with actually the very same numbers of referrees and same number of points, how will the Referral Constest mod determine who will be in the 3nd Place, 4th Place, 5th Place? Will Members (winners) with the same number of referrees or points be placed by alphabetical order?

 

4) Issue: In admin > Predefined Values > Sex, There is: 'Male' and 'Female' and I've also added new values: 'Business', 'Organization' and 'Institution' then I renamed (re-labeled) this Sex field to 'Gender/Type'


Now the problem is in the Contest Edit/settings, these new values are not reflecting there. We only have these options:

 

Allow Males: Yes/No

Allow Females: Yes/No

Allow Couples: Yes/No

 

I would also like these new values to show there:

 

Allow Business: Yes/No

Allow Oganization: Yes/No

Allow Institution: Yes/No

 

It will allow members who selected Business, Organization or Institution as their 'Gender/Type' to participate to a Constest.

 

How to get this new Sex Field Values to show in the Contest Edit/Settings?

 

Many Thanks.

 

Please Jerome. Would you mind helping?

21 May 2019

@DigitZup - See responses below. 

1. There is no join button. Members are automatically entered upon making a Referral.

2. members will still earn their normal points for referring if the do participate to a Referral Contest with Points a Prize.

3. There is no special allocation in the coding to determine how they will be placed.

4. Gender is hard-coded in the module. You will have to get it customized to behave otherwise.

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22 May 2019
22 May 2019
 
 
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