A system for rewarding forum users. The plugin allows admin to define set of awards that could be granted to users for special accomplishments.

• How does it work?
• Screenshots
• Themes
  • Profile template
  • Topic template
• Filters
• Styling
  • Overview Page
  • Profile View
  • Topic View
• API
  • filter:ns.awards.getAwards
  • static:ns.awards.rewardUser

Plugin introduces a new entity for your board: Award. It could be anything: ribbon, medal, special rank, etc.

1. Visit Awards control panel in Admin Control Panel
2. Create several awards, don't forget images.
3. Reward users.
4. If you want to list users' awards, you can augment Account or Post page templates.

Awards Overview	Create New Award

Give an Award	User's Rewards Overview

Rewards Logs	Settings

Use flex template - awards_profile_flex.tpl for Persona v4. Place it wherever you like.

<!-- IMPORT partials/awards_profile_flex.tpl -->

Use topic partial to show awards for every post. Award's metadata is the same as for Profile template.

Example Persona Theme, edit node_modules/nodebb-theme-persona/templates/partials/topic/post.tpl:

<!-- IMPORT partials/awards_topic.tpl -->

The plugin injects rewards to the several places. It could be useful for theme enthusiasts. It's possible to configure a limit or disable a feature in the settings.

• Posts. Every post will have a new property nsRewards with a list of rewards.
• Account. Every account will have a new property nsRewards with a list of rewards.

The overview page is based on Flexbox with simple CSS class name set. Also, all layout is based on em values.

Key CSS Classes:

• ns-awards-overview__item, container for the list item
• ns-awards-overview__image, since award image is responsive, it's possible to adjust a width of image container
• ns-awards-overview__users, list of the awarded users

Account/Profile page can include awards.

Key CSS Classes:

• ns-awards-profile, container, uses Flexbox
• ns-awards-profile__image, image representation of the award

Every post in the topic view can include awards.

Key CSS Classes:

• ns-awards-topic, container, uses Flexbox
• ns-awards-topic__item, holder for the award
• ns-awards-topic__image, image representation of the award

The plugin provides external API via hooks. All API methods accept single object as a parameter. Every API request should be authenticated with a token. Tokens could be generated in the ACP.

Example of the request to get all available awards:

{
    auth: {
        token: '50bfa42d-31e2-434e-9634-505b973ee40e'
    }
}

Get all available awards.

Parameters:

• {Object} payload
• {Object} payload.auth - Authentication
• {String} payload.auth.token - Authentication String

Returns:

• {Object} result
• {Array} result.awards, returns the list of Award objects

Give an award to the user. It's important to specify who will grant the award.

Parameters:

• {Object} payload
• {Number} awardId - Award Id
• {Number} fromUserId - User Id who is giving the award
• {Number} toUserId - User Id who is receiving the award
• {String} reason - The message to explain why award was given
• {Object} payload.auth - Authentication
• {String} payload.auth.token - Authentication String