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Lefty the Virgin asserted
Is there a way to get the rank displayed if you are using widgets?
Mates the Virgin up'n wrote this
After I replace code in comments page, I have error instead of my comments: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in …….
(WordPress 2.2)
ProphetJoe the Irreverent uttered
Hmm, apparently I don’t merit a custom icon — 
Christine the Lioness asserted
Actually… the point of this plug in is to entice people to comment more so that they’ll move up through the ranks and see what new cool title awaits them. However… given your history of enthusiastic commenting for the intrinsic rewards associated with such, this is probably not the right plug in for you.
However… pay your dues, PJ, and you too may get a custom icon. Trouble’s been with us since almost the inception of cvc… longevity may be the key for you too. 
BTW… can we get rid of the sad, teary-eyed face? It bums me out when the emoticons cry…
ProphetJoe the Irreverent chimed in with
NO! Crying is a part of the emotional makeup of the internet — Algore told me so! He also said it helps reduce global warming… but I think he was just pulling that “fact” out of his ass.
ProphetJoe the Irreverent got all philosophical
On a serious note, why don’t you incorporate the option of using the users’ gravatar as the icon? Presumably, they are happy with the gravatar they’ve selected for themselves, no? I realize it does hinder the whole “rank stratus” concept, but it adds personal identity to the mix. How about this: at a certain level or participation, then they begin using their Gravatar?? A little more difficult to implement, but it adds the customization aspect to the plugin… what about it ‘topher?
Christopher the Pyro asserted
Because Gravatars are so two years ago. Rank is cooler, faster, and better. Trust me. We use to run Gravatars on our site but with around 120 comments on some posts waiting on the Gravatar server, even with every speed hack I could find it was still slow.. infact at one point I allowed them to use their favatar, custom avatar and gravatar.. and now I’ve decided to just do away with it completely and have our own unique system.
Trouble the Pirate thought this
Are the emoticons still crying Clarice?
Christine the Lioness added
LOL!
Nothing that a helping of fava beans and a bottle of chianti can’t cure…
J. Pisano the Virgin said this
Chris,
Doesn’t seem to be working with my Wordpress 2.2. I get the following error when adding commenters to my widget using
WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘‘ASC’ LIMIT 10′ at line 1]
SELECT comment_author, COUNT(comment_id) AS total FROM wp_comments GROUP BY comment_author ORDER BY total ‘ASC’ LIMIT 10
Any ideas?
J. Pisano - http://www.mustech.net
Christopher the Pyro hunt n' pecked this
I just added a read me file that has everything in plain text. I’m pretty sure some of the stuff you need to add wasn’t displaying right in this post. Additionally I have not tested it at all with widgets.
Robin the Virgin pontificated
I haven’t been able to get it to show up in my sidebar yet, what is the code I need to put in?
Christopher the Pyro got all philosophical
It is in the read me file.
Robin the Virgin scribbled
I should have stated, I tried it and it caused an error. I put in
%COMMENTER% %COUNT%) %RANK%
but it didn’t work.
Christopher the Pyro remarked
< ?php get_commenters(15, 'DESC', '', FALSE); ?>
Christopher the Pyro quibbed this
get_commenters(15, ‘DESC’, ”, FALSE);
surround that with standard php flags
Robin the Virgin scribbled
As far as I know I did just that and my sidebar is still screwed up. Thanks anyway.
Christopher the Pyro spake, and sayeth
You remembered to activate the plugin right… sometimes deactivating and reactivating can help.
Robin the Virgin said this
I got it working, thanks for your help.
Is there a way to keep the link to the author’s blog in the comments?
Christopher the Pyro spake, and sayeth
Not at this time.
Robin the Virgin spake, and sayeth
That’s cool, thanks.
Robin the Virgin quibbed this
I’m back, how can I alter the code in my sidebar to take out the image?
(I put in spaces in the code)
Christopher the Pyro uttered
Remove %Image%
Iversen the Virgin said this
Strange. I have installed the plug-in, made sure the images are uploaded, excluded myself and pasted the code you gave Robin up there in proper php flags, but I get this error message:
WordPress database error: [You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘‘DESC’ LIMIT 15′ at line 1]
SELECT comment_author, COUNT(comment_id) AS total FROM wp_comments GROUP BY comment_author ORDER BY total ‘DESC’ LIMIT 15
Any idea about what I’m doing wrong?
Christopher the Pyro said this
Try deactivating and reactivating.. especially if your using 2.2
Iversen the Virgin added
Worked like a charm, now I feel like an amateur. 
Petter the Virgin pontificated
Thanks for the great plugin! It works fine in my wordpress 2.2.
To make links to the homepage of users commenting, you can follow this tip:
http://neppe.no/2007/05/rank-wordpress-innstikk/
…sorry for the Norwegian language. Hopefully some of you can spot the required stuff to insert into comments.php.
Zedd the Virgin remarked
I run a blog network (WP 2.2) and I incorporated this plugin easily with the instructions. One tip is that I noticed pingbacks were showing on the list (even though they were caught with Akismet as spam) so I modified the code.
This is the modified line in the plugin:
$resArr = $wpdb->get_results(”SELECT comment_author, COUNT(comment_id) AS total FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_type ‘pingback’ GROUP BY comment_author ORDER BY total “.$sort.” LIMIT “.$limit);
Works perfectly.
)
Zedd the Virgin scribbled
Sorry… the “not equal” didn’t show in the above code.
Between comment_type and ‘pingback’ there should be angle brackets (less then greater then) with no spaces in between.
Christopher the Pyro scribbled
Thank Zedd. Also if you would like you can email your fixes to Christopher@chrisvschris.com
Thanks
Zedd the Virgin chimed in with
Sent you email.
I’ve tweaked it to only show approved comments on the top poster list.
Unapproved, spam, or pingbacks (even approved pingbacks) will not show on the list. This way only true posters get shown. Tested in WP 2.2 and it works great.
Doc the Virgin got all philosophical
Hi Sex-Battlers,
ur rank runs good t my page but I have found out 2 problems:
1st:
registered users can completely manage the rank plugin like me, and i am the admin! that´s not good! how can I deaktivate the settings for normals users?
2nd.
sometimes the datas from the pugin are loaded to slow … so it happens that u login and no name, image and count appears. but if u click in a post, then the datas come out of the blue
So please help me - most important is the 1st issue!
greets from Germany
Zedd the Virgin pontificated
I didn’t notice users could change all this stuff. I didn’t like that either so I fixed it.
On the rank.php page look for two lines that look like this:
add_options_page(’User Rank Management’, ‘User Rank Management’, 0, ‘rank/user_management.php’);
add_options_page(’Rank Management’, ‘Rank Management’, 0, ‘rank/rank_management.php’);
Change both 0’s to 10 like this:
add_options_page(’User Rank Management’, ‘User Rank Management’, 10, ‘rank/user_management.php’);
add_options_page(’Rank Management’, ‘Rank Management’, 10, ‘rank/rank_management.php’);
Then users don’t get access. 
The slow issue I have never experienced, so I couldn’t say.
Ron the Virgin quibbed this
Works great in 2.0! Thanks for this plugin.
Joana the Virgin said this
Hi! I’ve been using this plugin for a while now and I love it. 
But I noticed something today and I can’t fathom how to fix it. If one person is already leaving comments, as say Jane Doe, then if another person comes in and uses that name their comment count is combined with the other persons. I noticed this happening because I had a long time commenter who stopped visiting and when I saw her post count increase I thought she had returned. Lo and behold, the email and url reveals it is another person entirely just with the same name but now they have the previous commenter’s rank and number displayed by their comment. Is there a way to get the plugin to distinguish between different commenters with the same name?
Heather B the Virgin quibbed this
WAY COOL!!! I remember asking about this about a year or so ago on wordpress.org and surprised no one seemed to be interested in the idea
Heather B the Virgin hunt n' pecked this
I too agree with Joana, maybe use the email address in there somehow but only dispay their username
Jameson Malpezzi the Virgin remarked
It works, but my images don’t show up, not even in the admin configuration under current image, Do i have to 777 and folders ?
Israel Rothman the Virgin up'n wrote this
Cannot decipher the hyroglifics with missing images you are calling detailed instrucitions in the readme file.
Couldn’t you just supply a snippet of code with commented out instructions?
I would like to add the sidebar widget, but cannot figure out what you mean by the readme with broken images.
Oh yea, to the guy above, you must 777 the image file, and they must be .gif, not .jpg
ProphetJoe the Irreverent stated
I don’t want to pretend to be Christopher here… (well, unless Christine’s naked, wet and moaning beneath my hard pounding flesh ), but I see the graphics just fine (no broken images links here) and the readme file seems to be in plain, easy-to-read text format (no graphics).
Furthermore, he actually gives you detailed instructions like “Find the line” and “replace with” in the readme file AND he provides several detailed examples in the comments above, so get a clue and re-read the post, sir.
Now, Christine, where were we…
Maria the Virgin remarked
I was wondering how this plugin goes about differentiating between the all the comment authors? Is it by first name only? Is it by both the name and email?
Also, I’ve seen the plugin in action on a friend’s site and I noticed that in the list, the people with websites don’t have a link to their website. I’ve gone through the readme file and see that there’s not a way for me to include that. I like using PFAdvice’s Show Top Commenters plugin since it allows me to show a list of the top commenters with a link included, if they have one. I’d love to start using this one too, but not being able to link the author kind of turns me off.
P.S. I’m not subscribed to the comments in this post, so if you could also send me an email, that would be great. Thanks.
P.P.S. Thanks for the awesome plugin. )
Ganzua the Virgin asserted
Thanks for this plugin! I’ve been looking for something like this one for ages. I have a suggestion to make the plugin even more additive; a different rank for the top poster. In this web it could be “the most virgin” or something like that
John the Groupie pontificated
You can easily make a custom level and just assign it to the top poster. )
Ganzua the Virgin quibbed this
How can I assign a rank to the top poster? I can’t find the option 
Christopher the Pyro got all philosophical
You assign specific ranks by creating a custom level!
Christine the Lioness added
Yep, totally.
“You assign specific ranks by creating a custom level!”
Wordpress -> control panel -> options -> rank management -> add new rank -> name, min, max, upload image.
You can define a minimum and a maximum number of posts for the new rank, but how do you define that this rank it’s for the top poster?
Ganzua the Virgin stated
I forgot to put my name in the above post. This is the one that mentioned 
John the Groupie hunt n' pecked this
You set the minimum amount at 99999 so nobody will ever get that rank. Then you manually assign it to the top person. You can have lots of custom ones for people. I use this system on 3 blogs flawlessly.
Just be sure that you get the latest code. It should have the couple fixes Zedd (aka: me) posted above.
Ganzua the Virgin chimed in with
I think I’ve found a bug; in Wordpress -> control panel -> options -> user rank management, along with my registered users, it appears a long list of all those unregistered users who spammed with trackbacks.
Besides, in Wordpress -> control panel -> options -> rank management -> add new rank, there is no option to chose an already uploaded image, you have to upload always.
Ganzua the Virgin spake, and sayeth
“You set the minimum amount at 99999 so nobody will ever get that rank. Then you manually assign it to the top person.”
-> Yep, I thought of this , but I meant an automatic rank assignation
“You set the minimum amount at 99999″
-> is it possible to leave it blank? I want to manually assign a couple special ranks to some users.
BTW, I’m having a lot of fun with this plugin, thank you very much! )
John the Groupie got all philosophical
Ok, two things…yes that trackbacks and pingbacks show on that admin page. It’s not a bug. You really should be deleting spammers comments eventually, so that doesn’t matter. If you have the newer version (I modified it for Chris some time back) then those will not show to the public anyway (they used to).
Second, to manually assign some special ranks…put the minimum as 99999. This number never shows in public either. It’s just the minimum number someone would need to get that rank. The custom rank will show no matter if your friend has 3 posts or 3000 posts. Nobody else really has a chance to get it.
Mates the Virgin mentioned
So, is rank plugin alive? )
Why my registred READERS can change rank of all users? Bug?
Ganzua the Virgin remarked
Hi again John!
I downloaded the version that was availlable yesterday.
“that trackbacks and pingbacks show on that admin page. It’s not a bug. You really should be deleting spammers comments eventually, so that doesn’t matter.”
They were deleted and marked as spam. That’s why I was surprised when I saw in your plugin.
Hope in the future you consider implementing an automatic top poster rank.
John the Groupie got all philosophical
First, for the record…it’s not my plugin. It was created by Christopher & Christine (of this site) and it worked perfectly fine out of the box. There really were no errors or issues with it at all. Only a couple things that didn’t work for me functionally. I simply added my own tweaks. I run this plugin on 4 blogs actually and have done 3 or 4 WP upgrades without a single issue.
I’ll email Chris the most recent updated copy again, but it doesn’t have anything that someone couldn’t change by reading posts above. Let me be clear…they are not “bug fixes” because this plugin works perfectly.
1) Unapproved comments, spam, or pingbacks (even approved pingbacks) will not show on the sidebar list to the public. Only true posters get shown.
2) Increased the security option so only admin can change/ranks.
HOW TO DO BOTH OF THESE TWEAKS YOURSELF ARE POSTED ABOVE.
I could host my files or email them myself, but I won’t so don’t ask. Christopher & Christine worked extremely hard on this plugin and I think they should have some thanks rather then complaints. 
Christopher the Pyro got all philosophical
I’ll try and post the update soon!
Sorry!
Christopher the Pyro mentioned
I just want to thank John for the updates to the Rank plugin. I’ve posted his latest file, he’s been great in keeping this plugin up to date working well.
Christine the Lioness up'n wrote this
And just for the record, my involvement in developing plug-ins is usually limited to me saying, “Hey Christopher, wouldn’t it be cool if we could do… [this] on the site?” And then he goes away for a little while and comes back with a plug-in. I’m not sure what he’s doing when he goes away, but I have a feeling it’s more involved than my part.
ProphetJoe the Irreverent quibbed this
At least when you say “wouldn’t it be cool…”, he doesn’t say “you’re CRAZY” — does he?
Christine the Lioness spake, and sayeth
No, he doesn’t. But then again, he knows I’m the brains behind the site and he’s the braun. I’m the the dreamer, he’s the do-er. I’ve got the creativity, he’s got the ingenuity. You get the point. I’ll stop there.
Daniel the Virgin pontificated
- this is just a text to unsubscribe me from this topic -
Trouble the Pirate mentioned
“I’m not sure what he’s doing when he goes away”
90% inspiration, 9% perspiration and 1% masturbation?
ProphetJoe the Irreverent chimed in with
100% masturbation… Christopher *never* does anything less than 100%!
Christine the Lioness scribbled
PJ… I’d say those percentages might be a bit off.
Daniel… hate to tell you this, buddy, but texting a message to our comments is not going to unsubscribe you from whatever it is you subscribed to. You need to figure out first, how you subscribed, and then go through the process of unsubscribing. Otherwise, whatever it is you’re getting– emails, RSS feeds, blah, blah, blah are gonna keep coming.
ProphetJoe the Irreverent penned this
…and did the Daniel need to submit text in order to mange his comments? I think not… silly, little virgin.
ProphetJoe the Irreverent mentioned
Damn — it’s all in the timing…
John the Groupie asserted
Just wanted to say “Hi Daniel.”
FDGWRT the Virgin spake, and sayeth
ProphetJoe the Irreverent said this
I can’t quite make out those hieroglyphics…
Christine the Lioness spake, and sayeth
Oh, here… I’ll translate. Fudgewart is trying to say that at first, he was happy when he discovered the rank plugin. But then he tried to do it on his own site and it didn’t work and he felt heartbroken. But after spending some time working on it and having sex with twins on his birthday, he had an epiphany when his sexy friend called him and gave him the solution. After working like a dog and living on coffee for a few days, he still couldn’t make it work. But by his last cup of coffee, he figured out what he was doing wrong and finally installed the plugin. The success what bittersweet though because after it was installed, he had to come up with all the rank titles which meant even more work.
Come on, PJ… it’s not that hard.
Trouble the Pirate uttered
That’s what his wife said… *rimshot!
ProphetJoe the Irreverent pontificated
You cut me deep, Trouble, you cut me real deep…
Christine the Lioness commented
But isn’t that her job?
ProphetJoe the Irreverent scribbled
To get me hard, or to cut me?????
I’m not into cutting…
Trouble the Pirate spake, and sayeth
I wuz gonna say…
Christine the Lioness spake, and sayeth
Very cute. To get you hard.
Rank wordpress innstikk - neppe.no the Virgin up'n wrote this
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ProphetJoe the Irreverent quibbed this
Damned spammers!
Gogeta the Virgin spake, and sayeth
I am getting this error when I try to upload the picture on the ‘Rank Management’ page:
[function.move-uploaded-file]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in…
Why does this happen?
sarah the Groupie scribbled
not working
sarah the Groupie got all philosophical
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