Pardon me for my ignorance, but I cannot figure out how to do anything with this module. I am assuming that under edit content types I should be able to set a point value for a particular node and then it would add points to the user who posted that node. But I don't see any options after enabling this module.... Then I thought it would be rules based and I see how you can have points awarded within rules - however, I saw a question that appeared to imply that you can use rules to add userpoints to a user when they publish a node without this module --- so I'm not even sure this module is necessary...

Could someone please tell me what this module enables and just a general tip on how to use it?

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noderunner’s picture

noderunner CreditAttribution: noderunner commented

Chad,

The User Points Contributed module has the functionality to add points to the user who posted the node when another users views the node.

http://drupal.org/project/userpoints_contrib

After uploading, in modules, enable "User Points Page Views".

Then go to /admin/by-module or more directly to /admin/settings/userpoints and configure after configuring permissions.

At least it worked for me. Also, I added a patch for the userpoints module.

http://drupal.org/node/611604

http://drupal.org/patch/apply

hth.

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brunorios1 CreditAttribution: brunorios1 commented

i have the same question:

"you can use rules to add userpoints to a user when they publish a node without this module --- so I'm not even sure this module is necessary..."

Chad_Dupuis’s picture

Chad_Dupuis CreditAttribution: Chad_Dupuis commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

I ended up using rules and all is well, still not sure what this module does really... but for my purposes it was unnecessary.

brunorios1’s picture

brunorios1 CreditAttribution: brunorios1 commented

I'm using rules too, and it seems to do everything that this module does...

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Berdir
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CreditAttribution: Berdir commented

Pretty much everything that this module does *can* be done with Rules. And the 6.x version is rather buggy so if using Rules works for you, then that's fine. Note that the module does not only add points when creating new content, it also tries to correctly manage those points when content is deleted, the author is changed and when content is published/unpublished.

The version for Drupal 7 has been redesigned and comes with a pretty good adminstrative UI and allows you to set global default points for comments and nodes, with optional overrides per content type (both for content and comments) and the mentioned points managing is well tested and *works*. Additionally, it comes with sub-modules to deal with revisions and content visits (granting the author points when content is visited). And, thanks to API extensions in Userpoints for Drupal 7, it provides proper, translatable descriptions for point transactions and links to the related content/comment.

The main advantage is that this is much easier to configure (at least in D7) than a rules based solution that would do the same thing.

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1kenthomas CreditAttribution: 1kenthomas commented
Version: 6.x-1.1 » 6.x-1.x-dev
Priority: Normal » Major
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

The original title is "Documentation." I don't see any, so I'm not sure why this was closed.

A simple README.txt with config instructions (at least, a pointer to WHERE to config, admin/settings/userpoints) to config would do wonders.

(The menu at /admin/user/userpoints is not integrated and confusing as well-- a link back and forth between modules would be 1000+; -- but that's a problem in the other modules.)