- XF version
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- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- XFA Core version
- 1.5.4
- XFMG version
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- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
Description
With MOTM, each month you can start a new Media Of The Month contest !
Two modes are provided :
An MOTM in Mode 1 is split in 2 phases :
In both modes, Contest activity can be highlighted through messages posted in a specific forum upon different configurable event: contest start, user submission, voting phase start (mode 1 only), user vote, voting phase reopened upon tie (mode 1 only) and winner award, either in separate threads or in a single thread.
To motivate your users, you can also offer an user upgrade to the winner !!!
Features
Mode 1 Specific Features
Mode 2 Specific Features
Install/Uninstall instructions
The readme is available HERE.
Don't forget to install our Core add-on first, download it here.
Frequently Asked Questions
See HERE.
With MOTM, each month you can start a new Media Of The Month contest !
Two modes are provided :
- Mode 1: Monthly album generation allowing user to submit medias for vote with submission/voting phases (initial mode)
- Mode 2: No dedicated album, each month users votes for any medias in the gallery, most voted one awarded, votes reinitialized each month (new since 3.0.0)
An MOTM in Mode 1 is split in 2 phases :
- Submission phase
- Voting phase
In both modes, Contest activity can be highlighted through messages posted in a specific forum upon different configurable event: contest start, user submission, voting phase start (mode 1 only), user vote, voting phase reopened upon tie (mode 1 only) and winner award, either in separate threads or in a single thread.
To motivate your users, you can also offer an user upgrade to the winner !!!
Features
- Lots of configurability through options
- Fully Automatic thanks to a cron task
- Work with pictures and video
- Usergroup permission to participate to MOTM (mode 1), ie. post medias, vote for MOTM and unvote for MOTM
- 2 working modes:
- Mode 1: Monthly album generation allowing user to submit medias for vote with submission/voting phases (initial mode)
- Mode 2: No dedicated album, each month users votes for any medias in the gallery, most voted one awarded, votes reinitialized each month (new since 3.0.0)
- Configurable maximum number of votes per user
- Month day to start contest configurable through options
- Optional forum advertising through either a single thread updated during the contest or multiple threads on different events (each can be activated or not) :
- Contest start
- Users submissions with medias included
- 24H prior submission phase end (mode 1 only)
- Voting phase start (mode 1 only)
- User votes and unvotes
- Voting phase reopened for 24H due to a tie (mode 1 only)
- 24H prior voting phase end (mode 1 only)
- Winner award
- User submission and user votes messages can either be posted using the specific user set for the different MTOM features or by the user that initiate the action.
- Identification of medias user voted for thanks to textual indication as well as icon
- Optional display of who voted, displays on the media page who voted for it. In mode 2, only valid during the contest duration.
- Ribbon on winner's media, both on media page and media gallery index page, either displaying a default text or the month/year [NEW 4.4.0]
- Ribbon on avatar of users who won MOTM in messages and profile
- Ribbon timeout, select the number of days during which the ribbon shall stay displayed.
- MOTM winner can be awarded user upgrade
- Pause MOTM if you want to disable the MOTM contest during a given period, you can pause MOTM creation through option
- Trophy criteria: number of MOTM awards
- Alert - Sent to media owner upon user vote to media, can be disabled through account alert preferences.
- Current contest slider media Widget: [NEW 4.4.0]
- Displaying submitted medias [mode 1] or voted medias [mode 2]
- Multiple order options: date, votes, random
- Number of medias
- Slider configurability
- Awarded slider media Widget:
- Multiple order options: date, votes, awarded date [NEW 4.4.0], random [NEW 4.4.0]
- Number of medias
- Slider configurability
Mode 1 Specific Features
- Optional category in which to create the MOTM albums [NEW 4.4.0]
- Usergroup permission to submit media(s) for MOTM
- Configurable duration of the two phases (submission and vote), both can last more than a month, thus overlapping contests phases. Possibility to have voting phase stating immediately as well
- Two possible configurations:
- Full manual configuration where you can set start day, number of days for submission and number of days for vote.
- Monthly contest where you configure only the number of days for submission. The contest then starts on the first day of the month and finished on the last one.
- Configurable maximum number of medias a user can submit per contest
- Configuration stored at contest start to allow modification for the next contest while one is running. Configuration can be modified through specific interface after contest start (usergroup permission based)
- Number of votes and vote link display on media page and on album page's medias
- Fine action configuration in case of tie: Award both / Award most viewed / Award most commented / Reopen votes for 24H
- For most viewed and most commented action, the action to take in case of tie is as well configurable.
- Possibility to configure notices to be displayed in MOTM albums (limitation to specific month as option)
Mode 2 Specific Features
- Users can vote for any albums or category medias, except if specific gallery categories are selected through options
- MTOM awarded the 1st of month and votes reinitialized
- All Medias awarded in case of tie
Install/Uninstall instructions
The readme is available HERE.
Don't forget to install our Core add-on first, download it here.
Frequently Asked Questions
See HERE.
