Ranks without Posts
Is there some way to assign a user a specified rank without them having to post the required number of times? I want to make the moderators and administrators higher ranks.
Alternatively is there a way to make the group a user is assigned to function similarly to rank?
Re: Ranks without Posts
YEs. Its simple. Just look on the Ranks from your Joo!BB control panel, and if you toy with ranks you will see that it is possible to assign special ranks, create ranks etc.
Re: Ranks without Posts
Could you point me in the right direction? I've created a whole new set of ranks, but they are all based on the number of posts a member has. I cannot find a way to link a specific rank to a specific member or group, unrelated to how many times they have posted.
Thanks
Re: Ranks without Posts
Hi Natai,
you are right. The Rank System is based on posts. What you mean is, to make the user role visible to others. This is not implemented yet. I wanna solve this like other boards does: Show the user role in different colors... Hmmm... just a second... I will try to realize it on this board.
Some hours later... 
Please have a look to the right.
Kind regards,
Robbie
Re: Ranks without Posts
Robbie
Thanks. This is approaching what I am trying to do. Here is a brief explanation:
My site supports a pen & paper RPG I am currently writing. The game world includes actual military ranks and security clearance levels, which I am relating to my forums. I want normal users to advance in rank and clearance based on the number of posts.
Their information to the right of the post should include the image of the rank insignia, the name of the rank, the number of posts, and an additional line of text based on their rank (security clearance). This line could simply be the description listed for the rank.
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Username
Corporal
Corporal Insignia (pic)
Security Access Level Indigo
Joined Board
Sep, 16.2008
Posts8
I want the moderators and administrators to have the same basic data displayed, but their rank and security clearance is based on their role instead of their forum rank (number of posts).
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Username
General
General Insignia (pic)
Administrator
Security Access Level White
Joined Board
Sep, 16.2008
Posts8
I suppose you could accomplish this by doing the following, but my coding knowledge is far to small to implement it:
Allow the forum rank description to be set as visible
Add an image to the user roles similar to rank images
Allow administrators and moderators to set their forum rank to not visible, so both their role and rank information are not shown
How could I go about this?
http://www.base113.com/front/index.php?option=com_joobb&view=topic&topic=4&Itemid=142
Re: Ranks without Posts
Okay, now that I've got my other problems solved I am back to this.
Trying to have ranks for Admins & Moderators based on their role instead of the number of posts, or at least appear that way.
I could easily accomplish this if I can figure out how to implement two things:
1) Assign an image to each group that can be displayed in place of the group name. Instead of displaying the work Administrator in the user info, all Administrators have the same picture displayed.
2) Hide the number of posts and rank of users. Ideally this could be done on a group basis to avoid having to edit each user.
Any ideas on how to implement this, or an alternative method?
http://www.base113.com/front/index.php?option=com_joobb&view=topic&topic=2&Itemid=142#p2
EDIT: Moving this to the Feature Request forum as that seems more appropriate, but I still welcome any suggestions.
