User Reputation System, Simplest form of member ranking system Options

User Reputation System

Coded by ntd1712

Its basis comes from the opinions of all of your forum users that choose take part in it.
Users gain and lose reputation based on how their posts are scored by other forum participants. Users with the ability to affect reputation, will either give or take aways points by approving or disapproving with a post's content.

All of the factors that affect a user's reputation score are found in the User Reputation section of the MANAGER page and the TOOLS & SETTINGS page. Please view that section of the manual for more information on controlling how users are able to affect another user's reputation.

Basically, you can review anybody's post and give them a "positive" or negative" rating, as well as a short review, if you wish. You can't review the same persons post more than once unless you review 10 other people.

These are the settings I've got:

• For every X number of days, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power - set at 365 days. ie. every year you are a member you get one extra point of reputation power.
• For every X number of posts, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power - set at 1000.
• For every X points of reputation, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power - set at 100
• How many posts must a user have before his reputation hits count on others - set at 50
• How much reputation must a user have before his reputation hits count on others - set at 5 (the default reputation everybody starts with is 5 so your opinions count immediately)
• How many reputation clicks can a user give over each 24 hour period? Administrators are exempt from this limit - set at 10
• How many different users must you give reputation to before you can hit the same person again? Administrators are exempt from this limit - set at 10

As time goes on, the system may be tweaked, but please let us know how you like it...
Yes, it is starting now. Everything has a beginning and this is the beginning of the user reputation system. If you're just as helpful going forward, you have nothing to worry about.

As for whether it's a fair system? We think it is. It's a much better measure for our type of community. In the end, with or without the visual indicator, people have a reputation. It shouldn't be a contest like post count became.


We'll never please everyone, but this comes closest to the type of community we want to create.

We are still testing this modification but feel free to use it.

Look under your avatar where it says: posts, age, gender and from ____ (location, if applicable) then you see reputation. In your case all you should see is the word and next to it any points you have gotten or the word none. Next to that is a red minus sign and a green plus sign. To give someone a positive rep point click the green sign. Negative, hit red. That should take you to the page where you can leave a comment, post smilies or whatever. Below the comment box is where you mark if you want to raise or lower one's rep. Then select the go botton below that.

Now if you do not see the plus or minus sign then either you're looking under your own avatar (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) ... or you do not yet have that privilage because you are not yet a full member. Being a full member doesn't cost anything. But to encourage members to post we've set the limit to having at least 30 posts in order to be a full member. Full members can view all the forums, give reputation points, customize screen names, blog and use other features not given to new members (neophytes). In your case you only need 17 more points before you should reach the full member status (zealator).

Keep in mind posting in certain forums like the coffee shop and the neophyte halls will not count as additional posts. These forums are generally for socialization and simple discussions so the admin has decided to not let posts in these forums to count.