Forum Comp Help

Hi

This might not be the place to ask, but I thought I would give it a go.

I have a site that has a forum, the forum unit now is unused, but to be honest I haven't promoted it. To get it started I want to give free gifts away for a certain number of posts, but need som good terms and conditions to make sure I don't get 100 one word posts and people saying where is my free gift.

Does anyone have any idea of a template I could use to set this up? I am really poop at setting the wording up etc.

Any advice appriciated.

Dave

I may be way out of my mind here, but it's a suggestion nonetheless. Perhaps if you have a seperate count field in the database, a post count for every thread they post and a post count for those with actual content.

Then, check each post, using the len function. If the post is greater than so many characters, add 1 to both fields, else, add 1 to the field that counts every thread.

I'm sure it's not the best way, but it's an idea. Hope this helps at least a little.

JMH

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8.1 To recieve the free-gift all posts must be beneficial to the thread that has been started.
8.2 Posts that are non-sensical or spammed shall not count.
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Somthing along these lines might help, just make sure that every loop hole is covered. Also make sure it is legal-speak, something I aint particular clever on.

Perfect thanks PWS, sorry MR head but I was after the T&C not the code, the forum is built I need to get ppl using it, hence the little insentive.

Cheers
Dave

Aberdeen, heh, just take your big coat it gets windy up there.