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 game, > there are only that many. Since most people die around the Green > level... it is rarely an issue. :) > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Dominic Watson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> 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 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 the posts since the user joined the forum. >>> >>> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Dominic Watson >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> 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:306411 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
