Forum 'store'?

Exfoliate

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Here's an interesting idea I've scene on other forums. You build up a point base of some sort, in our case helpful points I suppose. And then use them to buy little things like mini avi's below you user info (so you could essentually have a dozen tiny icons below the my computer tab that you purchased with your points. Just stuff like popular logo's and game portraits etc.
Here're two idea's I've scene on the PS3forum:
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and an example of the icon shop:
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I'm not saying we should rip off their idea but perhaps our own variations would make it a nice idea to further entice users to rack up those points.
 
That's a pretty good idea Ex :cool:
I suppose the points base would have to be helpful points because if you were to use post points to buy items, it would encourage users to spam to get what they want.
 
We did have a shop feature like this a while back - I liked the idea a lot, and seeing that version I would even more so like to see it integrated, when there is sufficient time for our admins...but as you say change it a fair bit ;)
 
I like the idea, use helpful points to buy stuff. I remember Sniper talking about a paid subscription service and maybe that could give you some points to spend in the store too? (plus it'd give you a way of supporting the running of the forum)

Nice idea Ex, maybe for the paid users you could have a larger avatar size too.
 
Waffle said:
We did have a shop feature like this a while back - I liked the idea a lot, and seeing that version I would even more so like to see it integrated, when there is sufficient time for our admins...but as you say change it a fair bit ;)

I remember that, and that people did like it...at least what I remember of it, but we had stuff like a glowing name add on. It was based around posts
 
As pelvis rightly said, it should be based on helpful points - more insentive (sp) as posts can be spammed where as helpful points aren't. (assuming it was integrated)
 
Yeah it would have to be helpful points otherwise there may be a lot more spam here. Gotta also think about things like name colours, because Admins/Mods/News Crew would have to have their colours for them to be distinguished right?

Also maybe a good idea for this would be the use of custom icons under titles? (just a thought)
 
Yeah that's a good idea Matt. I guess we'd have exclusive options for Admins, Mods, and Newscrew members to distinguish from blue and black members.
 
Like this Idea; everybody will start doing more research to get the solutions so they can get helpful points.
 
Also to add to this, maybe if this did get implemented along with that Member of the Month thing maybe the member of the month could be given credits for the 'store' and a custom colour for their name and a little icon under their name sayng they're member of the month.
 
That's a good idea Matt. We'll just have to finalize what the requirments would be for choosing the member of the month.
 
Well, store option can be done, but no icon shop, I simply don't want loads of images next to user names etc but maybe in the profile...

Check these features, already implemented but not all would be used, if we decide to intsall the shop.

1) Change Username
2) Bold Username
3) Italic Username
4) Underline Username
5) Colored Username
6) Glow Username
7) Donate
8) Bold User Title
9) Italic User Title
10) Underline User Title
11) Colored User Title
12) Admin Donate
13) Bank
14) Change User Title
15) Change Others User Title
16) Thief
17) Thief Immunity
18) Change User Title Immunity
19) Sticky Thread
20) Unsticky Thread
21) Postcount Plus 50
22) Close Thread
23) Open Thread
24) Forum Access
25) Deny Forum Access
26) Give Forum Access
27) Give Gifts
28) Bump Thread
29) Debump Thread
30) Bypass Flood Control
31) Forum Password
32) Secondary Usergroup
33) See Deletion Notices
34) Primary Usergroup
35) Invisible Mode
36) Can See Invisible Users
37) Default Avatar
38) Change Others Default Avatar
39) Change Default Avatar Immunity
40) Remove Others Default Avatar
41) Remove Default Avatar Immunity
42) Custom Avatar
43) Change Others Custom Avatar
44) Change Custom Avatar Immunity
45) Remove Others Custom Avatar
46) Remove Custom Avatar Immunity
47) Change Profile Picture
48) Buy Lottery Ticket
49) Can Use Signature
50) Can View Members Info
51) Can Modify Profile
52) Can Set Self Invisible
53) Can View Others Usernotes
54) Can Manage Own Usernotes
55) Can Upload Profile Picture
56) Can See Who Left Reputation
57) Can Upload Custom Avatar
58) Can Use Custom User Title
59) Can See Others Profile Pictures
60) Can View Own Usernotes
61) Can Manage Others Usernotes
62) Can Post Own Usernotes
63) Can Post Others Usernotes
64) Can Edit Own Usernotes
65) Can See Hidden Custom Fields
66) Can Give Reputation
67) Can Hide Reputation
68) Can Give Negative Reputation
69) Can Upload Animated Avatar
70) Can Upload Animated Profile Picture
71) Can Edit All Posts
72) Can Delete All Posts
73) Can Open/Close All Posts
74) Can Edit All Threads
75) Can Manage All Threads
76) Can Post Annoucements
77) Can Moderate Posts
78) Can Moderate Attachments
79) Can Mass-Move Threads
80) Can Mass-Prune Threads
81) Can View IP Addresses
82) Can View Whole User Profile
83) Can Ban Users
84) Can Unban Users
85) Receive Email Upon New Thread
86) Receive Email Upon New Post
87) Can Set Forum Passwords
88) Can Physically Remove Posts
89) Can Edit Signatures
90) Can Edit Avatars
91) Can Edit Polls
92) Can Edit Profile Pictures
93) Can Edit Reputation
94) Can Access Control Panel
95) Can Administer Settings
96) Can Administer Styles
97) Can Administer Languages
98) Can Administer Forums
99) Can Administer Threads
100) Can Administer Calendars
101) Can Administer Users
102) Can Administer Permissions
103) Can Administer FAQ
104) Can Administer Images
105) Can Administer BB Codes
106) Can Administer Cron Jobs
107) Can Administer Maintenance
108) Can Administer Upgrades
109) Can Administer Plugins
110) Buy Reputation Points
111) Steal Others Reputation Points
112) Remove Others Reputation Points
113) Reputation Points Immunity
114) Unlimited Reputation Per Day
115) Always Horizontal Postbit
116) Always Legacy Postbit
117) Shadow Color for Username
118) Awareness Ribbons
119) Bypass PM Flood Control
120) Bypass Search Flood Control
121) Can Use Message Tracking
122) Can Deny PM Receipts
123) Arcade Pass
124) Arcade Access
125) Glow User Title Color
126) Shadow User Title Color
127) Username Font Type
128) User Title Font Type
 
I like that list, and yeah it's cool about the icons, they weren't that important, just another idea really (what about limiting it to 1 icon at a time?)
 
icons on the user profile page would been theres no need to limit it to 1, something to think about I guess.

thief, you take a chance at stealing someone elses points, if you fail you lose points.
 
sniper said:
thief, you take a chance at stealing someone elses points, if you fail you lose points
lose points to the other person or to the trust..?
I like this idea...but please dont make things very expensive coz people like me will end up with just a small glow under the username..lol

So, can we change the username as well?
 
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