Syazwan Aug 8 Hello please help , i've bought your credits plugin and it doesn't work .. When people post picture or do thing that will gain point, it won't be added to their point
This happened because User Credits plugin were modified a lot to work with the 1.7 version of core platform. Let me explain two major features that were added.
1. User Credits & Account types.
Site admin now can set up credits for each account type separately by selecting needed account type from the drop down menu ( see screen shot attached). Therefore make sure that you are setting up user credits for the account type of the user you are testing with.
2. User Credits & User Roles.
User Credits plugin and User Roles feature are now connected to each other. Let's take "add photo" action , +5 for adding credits and -5 for loosing credits as an example
Situation A: user role allows adding photos, but you have set -5 within the settings of the "User Credits" plugin. Result: user credits will not be withdrawn from the user's balance, since this action is allowed by the user role.
If you will set +5, credits will NOT be added.
Situation B: user role doesn't allow adding photos, but you have set -5 within the settings of the "User Credits" plugin. User will lose 5 credits when adding a photo.
If you set +5, user will receive 5 credits.
In both situations if you would like to prioritize user role's influence, just click on "disable" button located next to each action of the "User Credits" plugin. In this case system will ignore settings of the "User Credits" plugin and will follow only the logic of user roles feature.
Please note that interval between actions should be at least 30 seconds. If you post 2 events within 30 seconds, user will receive credits only for the 1 event.
Why have we modified our plugin this way?
As already mentioned, new account type and user role systems were introduced in 1.7 version of Oxwall. The way those two feature work now open up huge possibilities to site admin's for managing users on their sites.
Account types:
Updated "User Credits" plugin, is now more flexible. You can set different credit prices for each account type. For example, if you have "male" and "female" account types, you can now set the system so that females can send PMs free of charge, while males will be encouraged to buy credits packs to start messaging females ( since sending PM will cost -5 credits).
User Roles:
Before this update, if user role didn't allow, for example, uploading photos, your users would not even see the "Add photo" button on your site, and therefore it didn't matter how you have set "User Credits". With the new version, even if user role doesn't allow adding photos, users still see "Add photo" button ( or add blog/link/event/group) and are encouraged to buy more credits if they don't have enough once they click on "Add photo".
We believe that the way our plugin currently works is better then it used to be. At the same time we understand that site admin's need to get used to this new feature and we will be glad to assist you with setting up your "User Credits" plugin to achieve desired result. Just post your questions in this topic. Include following information in your reply:
1. how many user roles will you have on your site
2. whether you use our "Paid Membership" plugin
3. what you would like users to receive/lose credits for.
