Contest System [support thread]

[ibparn]

I am glad to here that in these hard times it is good to hear positive feed back.

Skip

Skip, once my contest ends I can't seem to get to the rules or past winners page. It keeps taking me to the contest end page. It appears that the only way I can access either page is to have contest going. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ibparn

[princenbo]

I have installed the contest mod. Just having a small problem, i am not seeing anything related with the contest in the report module. Please help. Tried reinstalling but the same problem.

[skipwater]

Skip, once my contest ends I can't seem to get to the rules or past winners page. It keeps taking me to the contest end page. It appears that the only way I can access either page is to have contest going. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ibparn

To edit/add to contest winner page you use Define Pages Editor under tools and selecting define_contestwinner.php or to change the rules information you edit define_contest.php

As for showing rules and winners these pages are only active if a contest is running.

[skipwater]

I have installed the contest mod. Just having a small problem, i am not seeing anything related with the contest in the report module. Please help. Tried reinstalling but the same problem.

Did you do item 2 of the install?

2. In your admin directory run install-sql-contest-v1.5.php this will up date your
database. (After running you no longer need this file you may delete it.)
Note: This sets the product_id to 2 for the prize. If you do not have a product_id
2 an error will display. Just go to admin->configuration->contest and edit the
prize id to one of your product IDs.
Note: Log into your admin after you are logged in paste install-sql-contest-v1.5.php into
the url address replacing index.php and hit enter. Once it's done you just need to click
the back button to get back to the admin panel and you will see the 2 menus, 1 in
configuration and one in reports.

[princenbo]

Yes i did exactly the same. It created the database and i have a contests option under configuration but not under reports. I have the sidebox setup and it looks good. But without the contests in the reports its a problem.

[skipwater]

But without the contests in the reports its a problem.

Look for admin/includes/boxes/extra_boxes/stats_prize_draw_reports_dhtml.php file. This is the file that loads under the report dropdown.

You might want to double check that all the admin files where uploaded to the correct location.

[princenbo]

Thank you, i got it working. The file was uploaded in a different dir. It works perfect.

[ibparn]

To edit/add to contest winner page you use Define Pages Editor under tools and selecting define_contestwinner.php or to change the rules information you edit define_contest.php

As for showing rules and winners these pages are only active if a contest is running.

Thanks,
Ibparn

[raspberryjamcloth]

I am having the same issue as another member pages back - when the contest ends, my left boxes go to the center. I tried the fix that worked for her - but did not work for me.

I am running 1.3.8 & lavender template
I have several mods...
auction
zen lightbox
wishlist
return auth
stock by attribute
pdf order center

www.raspberryjamcloth.com/store

[raspberryjamcloth]

OK - I fixed it - in the uploads folder the contest end is in the YOUR_TEMPLATE folder and it should be uploaded to /includes/languages/english/html_includes I moved it to there and now we are up and running again!