BoltZ Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Hello I have been combing these forums for so long now and there is not one thread started about how many posts does a person have to get before their username status is upgraded like new member member blahblah any help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 We abandoned post count member group promotions several months ago. Members are promoted to groups manually by nominations of other like or higher member groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Can you post every group? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peranha Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Administrator Database Guru Design Guru Global Moderator OOP Guru PHP Freaks Donator PHP Help Guru PHPFreaks Recommended These are all color coded, if you go to the main forum page, it displays them at the bottom of the page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 The groups and short descriptions are as follows: Administrator - Administrate the board, main site, server, etc...end all be all "Head of council" for policies and decisions made around here. Global Moderator - Moderate the board, main site. "Main council" of policy makers around here. PHPFreaks Recommended - Same as Guru, but has been around for a long time and has shown that they are regulars who aren't going anywhere and actively takes part in growing and shaping the community. Gets to take part in certain decisions about the community. Guru (PHP Help, Database, Design, OOP; no particular order) - Shown to be knowledgeable and helpful in certain areas, and has been active for a while. Author (no color) - Been here long enough to show (s)he isn't some random face, and wishes to submit tutorials etc.. to the main site. See sticky for details. PHP Freaks Donator - Title earned as our way of saying thanks if you donate to the community for help you have received here, or because you want to help keep it going, or whatever. You can become a Donator by going to Profile > Paid Subscriptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 So do i have to donate for me to be upgraded? or do i just have to be here for a long time (any amount )? and who votes this stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 You have to donate to become a PHP Freaks Donator and get that group/title. As far as the other groups go, like I said: Members are promoted to groups manually by nominations of other like or higher member groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 So i just have to become friends with a person with higher status then me...;] jk ok thanks i'll try to impress with my html/css/javascript/ajax/php knowledge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 lol.... Your first post made it sound like you were spamming trying to get promoted. My first reaction was, "and that's why they're not post based anymore." lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 There is one more group that CV forgot: "Staff Alumni". This is for former staff members. When people get demoted from Global Moderator (or above) they'll be placed in this group. They have no stars and no colors. It's just a designation. It'll say on their profile and under their name. I don't think anyone has ever been demoted from any group for reasons other than inactivity though. The way we handle memberships of the groups ensure that the people are trustworthy and know their stuff. Also, the hierarchy is as follows: Administrator Global Moderator PHPFreaks Recommended Guru Everybody else You'll most likely have to go through the entire hierarchy in order to get to the top. It it thus no requirement to join the authors group or donate in order to get into the guru group. However, joining the author group and publishing quality tutorials might make you more noticed thus improving your chances of a promotion. Everything is dependent on someone nominating you to whatever position though. Also, the only people who have special powers are global mod and above. Guru and above can post to the main site though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 No it wasn't about being promoted its just that every forum i go to was based off post count and there was no faq on here that posted the users post count with their title like other forums and so i was confused. I thougth i missed it. Oh well i'll go start posting more (20 per day so far lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 There is one more group that CV forgot: "Staff Alumni". When i click that, I get an error: "The membergroup doesn't exist or is invalid. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Oh... must be because you haven't got permission to view it. I just thought people could seeing as its visibility is set to "Visible - Except in group key". Nevertheless, the group does exist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Yea i got that error too. but i don't doubt that it exists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 It most certainly does. There used to be a Staff link at the top nav, where you could view all the Groups that rank above members, but that got taken down when they upgraded to SMF 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltZ Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 thats a shame. now i am starting to feel like im trolling in this thread lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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