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 Vector <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 maximum) and if I separated it out to include > a high maximum, I would still have issues as the spread between the > ranks would grow and grow (there are 9 ranks total) making progress to > the next rank harder and harder. > > I then came up with an idea that I would get what percentage of posts > the user was responsible for and based on that precentage, it would > set the rank. > > Someone just pointed out however that the same issue remains.. New > people would face harder and harder times getting rank as the posts > increased.. > > I was wondering if anyone had any ideas how to combat this.. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306398 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
