AFF Awards System

**russellw** · 17-03-2011, 08:47 PM

Good evening

Following on from a member suggestion and my earlier comments when we disbanded the previous reputation system, I am pleased to announce a new recognition system for AFF members.

We have kept it simple.

There are 5 awards in total (detailed below) of which only 2 can be nominated by the user base, 2 can be nominated by moderators / super moderators and the final one is chosen by me.

The awards (along with their short descriptions), are:

Technical Contributor (user nominated)
For members that share their technical expertise with the forum community

Valued Contributor (user nominated)
For members whose non technical contribution is worthy of recognition

Technical Writer (Admin nominated)
For members that provide technical articles for the forum

Community Builder (Admin nominated)
For members whose contributions help build the AFF community

Chairman's Award (not nominated)
For members whose efforts in support of the forum are outstanding.

During the initial phase we have restricted the user groups that can nominate while we bed the system in. Those who can nominate (DM's currently) will have two additional menu items on the user profile drop down, one for each category they can nominate in.

This will generate a form where they can state the reason they believe the individual should receive the particular award and these forms are sent via PM to the admin team for approval. If approved, the user will receive a PM advising them of the award but not who nominated them.

It will take a little time to iron out any bugs in the system but you can already expect to see some users with BLUE tags in their user profile representing their award(s).

Cheers
Russ

chrisfpv · 17-03-2011, 08:58 PM

Nice. Looking forward to seeing the reaction to this and how it rates compared to the previous rep system.

XRGhia · 17-03-2011, 09:04 PM

hmm... good idea russ! atleast this should work out a bit easier than the rep points system..

i wonder what i would come under...

JC · 17-03-2011, 09:04 PM

Ah, makes sense! It's not so much a rep system, but what type of contribution a member makes. In that case, thanks to the admin team for mine (assuming it wan't a "glitch") - I am certainly here to beg, borrow and steal other's ideas and knowledge, so I try to give some back too!

Road Games · 17-03-2011, 09:12 PM

"Amen" brother ...

Sam_Boss260 · 17-03-2011, 09:40 PM

Good work guys

Sam_Boss260 · 17-03-2011, 09:43 PM

Hey Russ,
Just tried to nominate someone, and it said that I don't have enough privileges.??

gcg2503 · 17-03-2011, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam_Boss260

Hey Russ,
Just tried to nominate someone, and it said that I don't have enough privileges.??

Same issue as Sam!

Will this be capped at 3 award nominations per user per 24 hrs?

Geez Louise · 17-03-2011, 10:33 PM

How many people do you want to nominate George??

I think it is a fantastic way of recognising members. Thanks Admin

JAKHMR · 17-03-2011, 10:40 PM

Nice work guys. You all deserve an automatic one for all the contributions you have made to the Ford community as a whole.

**GazzF6** · 17-03-2011, 10:44 PM

Great work guy's much appreciated!

**russellw** · 17-03-2011, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gcg2503

Same issue as Sam!

Will this be capped at 3 award nominations per user per 24 hrs?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam_Boss260

Hey Russ,
Just tried to nominate someone, and it said that I don't have enough privileges.??

Had forgotten to tick a box - these should work now.
There is no cap in place - just bear in mind that someone (me at the moment) has to go through them all!

Cheers
Russ

Cheers
Russ

Geez Louise · 17-03-2011, 11:33 PM

Thanks Russ. Worked fine for me. Thank you for implementing the system.

Sam_Boss260 · 17-03-2011, 11:37 PM

Cheers Russ, worked a treat !!

I think you have earnt a well deserved beer mate. Well done

Road Games · 18-03-2011, 12:03 AM

Speechless.... Time to drag the camera out again , plenty to photograph and write about this month folks....

Glad to be able to share with like minded people of this fine establishment

**Mechan1k** · 18-03-2011, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JC

Ah, makes sense! It's not so much a rep system, but what type of contribution a member makes. In that case, thanks to the admin team for mine (assuming it wan't a "glitch") - I am certainly here to beg, borrow and steal other's ideas and knowledge, so I try to give some back too!

Wow ... just logged in after a day or 2 away ... and i concur with JC's sentiments as well ... It's good to give out some help when someone is stuck on something ... I know I have welcomed all the help i have received from other members on here.

Thank you again ... I humbly accept the award as well.

Sam_Boss260 · 18-03-2011, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DAZZLER351

Speechless.... Time to drag the camera out again , plenty to photograph and write about this month folks....

Glad to be able to share with like minded people of this fine establishment

Onya Dazz

05_ENFORCER · 18-03-2011, 12:18 AM

Great system Russ, I think someone should nominate yourself for your outstanding contributions to this forum.

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JC · 18-03-2011, 12:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 05_ENFORCER

Great system Russ, I think someone should nominate yourself for your outstanding contributions to this forum.

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Russ should get te chairman's award, but it can only be given by him - a fine pickle that one!

tankclare · 18-03-2011, 12:38 AM

The awards system is a good setup. Everyone I have seen so far with an award in there user profile bit has deserved it. I have been on here for a while now and love it, a great bunch of people and the fordforums are the first page I load whenever I am on the computer.

Keep up the good work everyone!

buggo · 18-03-2011, 12:39 AM

What a great idea, seems alot more effective than rep at gauging someones know how.
Can you have more than one 'title', say Valued Contributor and Technical Writer?

Geez Louise · 18-03-2011, 12:56 AM

I have seen one member tonight that has two awards.

gcg2503 · 18-03-2011, 07:01 AM

Sorry to be a pain Russ

It allows me to get to the next stage and after I hit submit for the award I get the following message

"A required field is missing. Please fill in all fields."

This was for an attempt at nominating some people for a technical award

Another thing, when I right clicked on someones name for the nomination it didnt prepopulate the award nomination with the persons user id. I had to do that myself.

**russellw** · 18-03-2011, 07:06 AM

That's my fault - I took a field out of the form that fairly redundant but the form obviously is set for all to be mandatory so I need to find where that is coded and remove it.

Cheers
Russ

**russellw** · 18-03-2011, 07:36 AM

Should be fixed now - I forgot to retest the form after removing the redundant question but I've amended the code and tested it now.

Cheers
Russ

gcg2503 · 18-03-2011, 07:51 AM

Works fine now Russell. Many thanks for your efforts.

I stopped at two awards today so you are not run off your feet!

Geez Louise · 18-03-2011, 10:09 AM

Me too George. There are a lot of members that are worthy of nomination.

**Raptor** · 18-03-2011, 10:15 AM

Russ,

I've nominated you for a Community Builder award

You know, just to check that functionality is working now

geckoGT · 18-03-2011, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by russellw

Good evening

Following on from a member suggestion and my earlier comments when we disbanded the previous reputation system, I am pleased to announce a new recognition system for AFF members.

We have kept it simple.

There are 5 awards in total (detailed below) of which only 2 can be nominated by the user base, 2 can be nominated by moderators / super moderators and the final one is chosen by me.

The awards (along with their short descriptions), are:

Technical Contributor (user nominated)
For members that share their technical expertise with the forum community

Valued Contributor (user nominated)
For members whose non technical contribution is worthy of recognition

Technical Writer (Admin nominated)
For members that provide technical articles for the forum

Community Builder (Admin nominated)
For members whose contributions help build the AFF community

Chairman's Award (not nominated)
For members whose efforts in support of the forum are outstanding.

During the initial phase we have restricted the user groups that can nominate while we bed the system in. Those who can nominate (DM's currently) will have two additional menu items on the user profile drop down, one for each category they can nominate in.

This will generate a form where they can state the reason they believe the individual should receive the particular award and these forms are sent via PM to the admin team for approval. If approved, the user will receive a PM advising them of the award but not who nominated them.

It will take a little time to iron out any bugs in the system but you can already expect to see some users with BLUE tags in their user profile representing their award(s).

Cheers
Russ

I can not seem to find this function for nominating a member on my log in, is there a glitch on mine Russ or am I just a blind?

gcg2503 · 18-03-2011, 10:57 AM

Geck

Click on the userid on the LHS of the screen (ie purple underlined bit)

Please note, you must click on it not right click

The usual options should pop up: see user profile, send a pM will pop up

On the bottom of these options two more will appear. Nominate a member for a technical contributor award, nominate a member for a valued member award

EDIT: pic attached below