Hey all,
We are announcing the immediate availability of DragonByte Raffles v1.0.0 Beta 4 (Pro-only).
This version adds new usergroup permissions, both globally and per-category. There's now a new UG permission for who can enter raffles, alongside a per-category UG permission for viewing and entering raffles. The per-category UG permissions override the global ones, unless left at "Default".
Initially, the modification will remain in a Pro-only Beta, while we collect feedback and improve the modification as a whole. The retail price will be $24.95 (3 Months) / $37.50 (1 Year) / $54.95 (Lifetime), but during the Beta period we are running a special promotion. You can get 33% off by entering the code RAFFLEBETA33 in the Coupon Code box during checkout.
We look forward to your feedback
DragonByte Raffles v1.0.0 Beta 4
New Features:
Global Usergroup Permissions
(Pro) Per-Category Usergroup Permissions
Bug Fixes:
Uses
DragonByte Raffles is a powerful solution for hosting prize draws on your forum. With features like multi-currency support for easy integration into points mods like vBCredits II Deluxe, you can offer new ways of earning different points for your forum.
You are able to ask for entry fees and give payouts in different currencies, which can be used to award credits you otherwise don't allow people to attain, that you allow them to exchange for big prizes! You can also choose not to offer any payout, so you can host "just for fun" raffles!
Scheduled tasks automatically draw your chosen raffles at the chosen time, and winners are automatically notified. You can also post an announcement thread in a forum of your choice, to really highlight the winners.
Major Features
Automatically Drawn Raffles: Scheduled tasks automatically draw your raffles when their Draw Date is up.
Multiple Currency Support: You are able to integrate with other points mods like vBCredits by adding their currencies to this mod. You can also charge users the entry cost to the raffle in one currency, and give them prizes in other currencies.
Performance Oriented: Using modern coding techniques, the modification uses less resources than previous DBTech mods by only loading its data when it's explicitly needed.
Complete Feature List
vBulletin Options
Usergroup Permissions
Manage Currencies
Manage Categories
Manage Raffles
Scheduled Task: Draw Raffles
Prize Types
Front-End Category Browser
Front-End Raffle Browser
Front-End Raffle Viewer
Screenshots
As always, thank you for your continued support!
Discuss this news here.
We are announcing the immediate availability of DragonByte Raffles v1.0.0 Beta 4 (Pro-only).
This version adds new usergroup permissions, both globally and per-category. There's now a new UG permission for who can enter raffles, alongside a per-category UG permission for viewing and entering raffles. The per-category UG permissions override the global ones, unless left at "Default".
Initially, the modification will remain in a Pro-only Beta, while we collect feedback and improve the modification as a whole. The retail price will be $24.95 (3 Months) / $37.50 (1 Year) / $54.95 (Lifetime), but during the Beta period we are running a special promotion. You can get 33% off by entering the code RAFFLEBETA33 in the Coupon Code box during checkout.
We look forward to your feedback
DragonByte Raffles v1.0.0 Beta 4
New Features:
Global Usergroup Permissions
- "Can Enter Raffles" UG permission
- Controls who can enter raffles, even if they can view them
- Settable via the Usergroup Manager page
(Pro) Per-Category Usergroup Permissions
- "Can Access Raffles" usergroup permission
- "Can Enter Raffles" usergroup permission
- Yes/No/Default toggles
- Can completely override the global UG perms on a per-category basis
Bug Fixes:
- Users would not be able to enter raffles correctly due to an issue with the start/draw date checks
- Deleting raffles would provide a nonsensical error message
- Inactive raffles will no longer show on the main page
Uses
DragonByte Raffles is a powerful solution for hosting prize draws on your forum. With features like multi-currency support for easy integration into points mods like vBCredits II Deluxe, you can offer new ways of earning different points for your forum.
You are able to ask for entry fees and give payouts in different currencies, which can be used to award credits you otherwise don't allow people to attain, that you allow them to exchange for big prizes! You can also choose not to offer any payout, so you can host "just for fun" raffles!
Scheduled tasks automatically draw your chosen raffles at the chosen time, and winners are automatically notified. You can also post an announcement thread in a forum of your choice, to really highlight the winners.
Major Features
Automatically Drawn Raffles: Scheduled tasks automatically draw your raffles when their Draw Date is up.
Multiple Currency Support: You are able to integrate with other points mods like vBCredits by adding their currencies to this mod. You can also charge users the entry cost to the raffle in one currency, and give them prizes in other currencies.
Performance Oriented: Using modern coding techniques, the modification uses less resources than previous DBTech mods by only loading its data when it's explicitly needed.
Complete Feature List
vBulletin Options
- Display Version Number
- Branding Free Key
- Disable Hivelocity Link (Lite only)
- (Optional) Affiliate ID
- Enable/Disable Modification
- Reason For Turning Modification Off
- Enable Navbar Tab
- Forum Integration
- PM Sender
- Thread Starter
- (Pro) Enable "Currently Active Users" On Home Page
- Preview Length
Usergroup Permissions
- Is Banned Group
Manage Currencies
- Add/Edit/Delete Currencies
- Choose Points Table
- Choose Points Column
- Integrate with other points mods
Manage Categories
- Add/Edit/Delete Categories
- Differentiate multiple raffle types
- Usable for sorting
Manage Raffles
- Add/Edit/Delete Raffles
- Copy raffle to new raffle
- Choose Start/Draw Date
- Optional "closing period" before draw date where entries are not accepted
- Choose entry cost & currency from list of created currencies
- Maximum entries (total & per user)
- Minimum posts to enter
- Maximum wins (total & per user)
- PM / Forum Announcement
- Choose prizes
Scheduled Task: Draw Raffles
- Automatically draws raffles at their draw date
- Runs every 15 minutes
Prize Types
- Payout (awards points)
- No Payout ("kudos" only)
Front-End Category Browser
- List categories
- Display the latest raffle in each category
- Display total raffles & total entries in each category
- Looks & feels like vB's forum browser
Front-End Raffle Browser
- List name / description / entries for each raffle
- Paginated list
Front-End Raffle Viewer
- Display basic raffle info; category, start date, draw date, total entries
- Display description
- Rules tab beneath description
- Link to enter raffle if the user can do so
- Display user's own raffle entry count
Screenshots
As always, thank you for your continued support!
Discuss this news here.
