I have a forum set up that I have various rank names based on the
number of posts a user enters.. The more posts, the better the rank..
At first, I used a cfswitch and counted that way. Unfortunately, I
realized that I would have to keep it up as more and more posts came
in (if it went over the
Setup a database table for ranks and have this configurable in the
forum admin settings. Stick to no. of posts as the rank measure to
avoid the issue you described.
When posters 'breach the limits', new ranks can be added ad-hoc with
no code changes neccessary.
Dominic
2008/5/30 Phillip
That's where I ran into my problem. There are only 9 ranks total.
That's it and I can't add more (I'd go into why, but it would be long
and boring). :)
I think I figured it out though (it's amazing how an answer can come
to you while you are writing it down). Don't count ALL the posts, only
count
Don't count ALL the posts, only count the posts since the user joined the
forum.
Nice. I'm curious as to why more ranks can't be setup but I'll just
trust that the answer is long and boring ;)
Dominic
2008/5/30 Phillip Vector [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
That's where I ran into my problem. There are
It's based off a game called Paranoia.. There are 7 ranks representing
the colors of the rainbow (ROY G BIV) and one ultraviolet and one
infrared.
Adding more ranks would break the illusion since within the game,
there are only that many. Since most people die around the Green
level... it is
Lol nice - and perfect sense :)
Dominic
2008/5/30 Phillip Vector [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
It's based off a game called Paranoia.. There are 7 ranks representing
the colors of the rainbow (ROY G BIV) and one ultraviolet and one
infrared.
Adding more ranks would break the illusion since within the
Paranoia? The computer is your friend Paranoia? Seriously? Cool.
'80s RPG flashback moment there.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Phillip Vector [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
It's based off a game called Paranoia.. There are 7 ranks representing
the colors of the rainbow (ROY G BIV) and one
*nods*
Actually, our company (5th Wall Gaming - www.5thWallGaming.com) does
LARPs (Live Action Role Playing Games). However, one of the favorites
is Paranoia.. So we decided to take the ranks from that. :)
and by the way friend citizen... What pray tell is an RPG and how do
you know about the
Hey Phillip, I sent an email your way about a minor security issue on
your site. Just pinging you in case spam eats my mail.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Phillip Vector
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
*nods*
Actually, our company (5th Wall Gaming - www.5thWallGaming.com) does
LARPs (Live Action
Is it that robust errors are on? I know. I told the hosting company
about it and it's something I can't change. :)
But yes. If you found an error (I thought it was pretty air tight),
then let me know please.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Raymond Camden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey Phillip,
Oh Ray, do share with the rest of us!
~Brad
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:17 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Rank names on Forums
Hey Phillip, I sent an email your way about a minor security issue on
your site. Just pinging
-Original Message-
From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:17 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Rank names on Forums
Hey Phillip, I sent an email your way about a minor security issue on
your site. Just pinging you in case spam eats my mail
My 2pence is to keep with the ## of posts, not the % of posts.
I was thinking... That is alot of programming 'on the fly' to do. I was
wondering if storing the 'rank' in the database would be better? You could
have the number of posts calculated at the beginning of each forum insert and
I'll definitely have to check that out. Been a long while since I've delved
into that one. I wonder if those manuals are still hanging out at the
house...
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Phillip Vector [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
*nods*
Actually, our company (5th Wall Gaming -
Is it that robust errors are on? I know. I told the hosting
company about it and it's something I can't change. :)
You might not be able to change that, but that would only affect unhandled
errors. You should have an error handling framework for your site: try/catch
where appropriate to catch
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