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[rpgsearcherz]

I got a MyCent update today but it's a little off. It says I was credited $0 but earned 70 MyCents.

Wondering if anyone else got their update yet (in the email) and what yours said.

[OpaQue]

MYCENT script is UP but in Beta.

Please check your xistosupport billing area for the updated mycents. If you got queries about mycents, PM me or Email me.

I repeat, myCENT system is still in BETA. I m still working.

[Ash-Bash]

That was very weird I got an email saying myCent update "Your account has been credited with 0 USD" I logon to my Xisto Billing area and find the money has be placed there.
Opaque the email system needs to be fixed.

[rpgsearcherz]

Thanks Opa -- it did work. And the previous post was correct -- the email amount is off but everything is good to go, .

So for anyone else who is worried -- it is working properly, just displaying the wrong number in the email. Check your xisto account for the real amount.

[Ash-Bash]

myCENTS is back!

So Knowledge Sutra members you may have been wondering where has the myCents system gone. Well since the forum update the whole system had to be recoded to be intergrated with Invision Power Board 3.0

Today you may of received a myCents update email. This may of said 'Your account has been credited with 0 USD' However this still needs to be fixed and will be soon. Please go and check your Xisto accounts for the myCents your deserved.

Also please note the system is still in Beta so it may go offline very soon for some more fixes though it feels good for it to be back!

If you got queries about mycents, PM Opaque.

Edited by Ash-Bash, 09 July 2010 - 07:33 PM.

[Little Asterisk]

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Today you may of received a myCents update email. This may of said 'Your account has been credited with 0 USD' However this still needs to be fixed and will be soon. Please go and check your Xisto accounts for the myCents your deserved.

Wait, I got a message that says my account has been credited with no money, but the amount in the mail still says the right value. I suppose it's been updated then, but the only mistake was that the mail sent a wrong info?

[web_designer]

thank you for telling us that ash bash, and thank you opaque for your hard working . i hope things will be better from now on. all of you enjoy your new amount of mycent .

[Ash-Bash]

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Wait, I got a message that says my account has been credited with no money, but the amount in the mail still says the right value. I suppose it's been updated then, but the only mistake was that the mail sent a wrong info?

That is correct. The information given in the email is incorrect apart from 'myCent Update' Part. Login to your Xisto billing account and find the correct amount credited.

[anwiii]

cha ching! thanks opaque! i am curious if the correct amounts are being displayed in the profiles as well....anyone verify this yet? i have to wait for mine if i kiss peoples feet

[OpaQue]

I ran the script first to calculate the posts and 2 members were missed. I will manually update their credit.

• 7593 ... Rob Valkass
  
• 93501 ... alex gmark

Then the script was executed again to do adjustments and also distribute some bonus mycents for post date relevancy. The new script will give more credits to members depending on how soon a reply is made to a topic (after its created.. and ofcourse, the topic starter gets maximum credits for taking effort to start a topic)

This email just contains the extra amount each member got. Sorry, the first mail which included the actual credits was not delivered. However, I got the mails in my mailbox and I can mail it to you on request.

The Forum Profile should reflect the correct myCENTS and EARNINGS.

XistoSupport Billing has been updated with the new Amount. If you remember your old balance, subtract to know about your myCENTS..(sorry again.. )

[rvalkass]

OpaQue, on 09 July 2010 - 09:14 PM, said:

I ran the script first to calculate the posts and 2 members were missed. I will manually update their credit.

• 7593 ... Rob Valkass

And there was me thinking you'd specifically left me out Good to see the system up and running again - hopefully we'll see a boost to people posting and new members arriving. Good work OpaQue

[Little Asterisk]

Okay, so now that the question of myCents is out of the way, I have a question for everyone who might know the answer (since this is an active topic, I suppose the quickest way to get my answer is by posting here, hope you don't mind):

Why, oh why, can't I pick up the money I got from referrals on my Xisto account? It says there that eleven people clicked on the link, but still I can't see the button that would say "Take your money, you've earned it". Anyone have a clue why?

Thanks for the answer in advance.

[anwiii]

OpaQue, on 09 July 2010 - 09:14 PM, said:

Then the script was executed again to do adjustments and also distribute some bonus mycents for post date relevancy. The new script will give more credits to members depending on how soon a reply is made to a topic (after its created.. and ofcourse, the topic starter gets maximum credits for taking effort to start a topic)

ohhhhh i really like that feature! it is well needed and a good addition. it will help promote more new topics. it might give the moderators a harder job if people start new topics about topics that have already been started if they know they will get more mycents. that will be a concern.

litte A- i would assume a referral would actually have to buy hosting to get any credit for a referral. i may be wrong but that seems like common sense but a good question none the less! i am curious about the answer

[rpgsearcherz]

I'm a little confused about something -- is our forum "Earnings" supposed to show the total we've earned (like before) or the amount we have now? Because mine shows the actual amount in my account now, rather than the total.

Or is that done because of the recalculation and it'll keep stacking as we go along?

[OpaQue]

Little Asterisk, on 09 July 2010 - 10:22 PM, said:

Okay, so now that the question of myCents is out of the way, I have a question for everyone who might know the answer (since this is an active topic, I suppose the quickest way to get my answer is by posting here, hope you don't mind):

Why, oh why, can't I pick up the money I got from referrals on my Xisto account? It says there that eleven people clicked on the link, but still I can't see the button that would say "Take your money, you've earned it". Anyone have a clue why?

Thanks for the answer in advance.

You are talking about the Affiliate System at XistoSupport.com/billing.
It gives you a link to refer people to earn 15% commission on any signup.
The option to pick up your cash is available once you earn $50.

anwiii, on 09 July 2010 - 10:33 PM, said:

ohhhhh i really like that feature! it is well needed and a good addition. it will help promote more new topics. it might give the moderators a harder job if people start new topics about topics that have already been started if they know they will get more mycents. that will be a concern.

litte A- i would assume a referral would actually have to buy hosting to get any credit for a referral. i may be wrong but that seems like common sense but a good question none the less! i am curious about the answer

I can code a bridge between referral system & mycents. But we need a reliable referral script for forums first . This is already in my Task list, but I m not discussing it or mentioning any date/time.

[deadmad7]

yeah! finally, the myCENTS are updated! I never noticed it at first, now I do... i got 2x the amount I had before, now I plan to spam the forum until i get 500 posts Nice job, OpaQue. I didn't notice any slow down when the myCents were being calculated. I even feel that this myCENTS is more lightweight compared to myCent v3. Hopefully you can start a thread in Announcement called 'myCent v4 Launched' or something similar. I have a whole bunch of questions though, and I would appreciate it if you could answer 'em

• How often will the new mycents update?
  
• What is the name of the new mycents? Is it still mycents v4?
  
• How does the moderator editing the mycents work?
  
• Can you code a sidebar widget that tells the recent myCent rewarders?
  
• Can you have contests like SOTW or Army System where the winners get myCents as rewards? It could be loads of fun
  
• Can you add a link to Xisto Billing at the top menu? Something called 'Hosting', or 'Hosting CP' or 'Xisto CP' or just 'Billing' or 'Support'?
  
• Can you make it so that Blog Posts get myCents too? This could really promote blog posts in the forum.

Thats all the Questions I have for now... If i get any more I will be sure to post them here.

[truefusion]

rpgsearcherz, on 09 July 2010 - 11:07 PM, said:

I'm a little confused about something -- is our forum "Earnings" supposed to show the total we've earned (like before) or the amount we have now? Because mine shows the actual amount in my account now, rather than the total.

Or is that done because of the recalculation and it'll keep stacking as we go along?

I noticed that too, and i would prefer it this way if it shows the total amount that we currently have, since it is more intuitive. It is possible that it'll restack after posting more, but the only way to tell (outside of OpaQue) that the script isn't showing a stack after posting more is by purchasing or paying for something.

If it shows our current amount, i would like to make a suggestion to change the word "Earned" to "Total" or something along those lines.

[mahesh2k]

Cool. I got 4 mycents for my posting during this off period. Anyway, glad to see that it's back. Ditto with deadmads question, i hope opaque answers them. Also about xisto referrals questions, opaque can you give us commission percentage for VPS/Reseller and dedicated packages ? i mean is it 15% to all packages or just for logic plans ? Just curious about these cause i'm doing little bit of affiliate marketing these days and i got referral commission for namecheap.com so i thought it's worth to refer xisto as well.

[rpgsearcherz]

truefusion, on 10 July 2010 - 07:56 AM, said:

If it shows our current amount, i would like to make a suggestion to change the word "Earned" to "Total" or something along those lines.

Yes, that would help out a lot with understanding (especially for us who are used to it being the total earned).

I also feel it is better to show your current funds instead of the total earned (as it doesn't matter if you've earned $50k if you still have $0 left!).

[OpaQue]

* How often will the new mycents update?
--- Not Decided yet. But Every member is checked only once per 24 hours.

* What is the name of the new mycents? Is it still mycents v4?
--- I feel, myCENT v4.0 is good name

* How does the moderator editing the mycents work?
--- This Feature does not exist.

* Can you code a sidebar widget that tells the recent myCent rewarders?
--- rewarders as in?

* Can you have contests like SOTW or Army System where the winners get myCents as rewards? It could be loads of fun
--- Possible


* Can you add a link to Xisto Billing at the top menu? Something called 'Hosting', or 'Hosting CP' or 'Xisto CP' or just 'Billing' or 'Support'?
--- No Space currently. But yes, this will be done.


* Can you make it so that Blog Posts get myCents too? This could really promote blog posts in the forum.
--- I have no plans for incorporating blog posts into mycents. However, there is a new Question/Answers script which I m planning to bridge with member-database which will help earn myCENTs for taking part in Q/A. (This is still a Plan)

[Little Asterisk]

Hi OpaQue,

I have only one (or two ) questions for you now;

1. Do the "reputation points" count when counting myCents? I suppose so, since they won't have a real value otherwise.

2. Sorry, but I can't remember right now. I'll be sure to edit if I remember it.

Thanks!

[rpgsearcherz]

Little Asterisk, on 10 July 2010 - 11:17 AM, said:

Hi OpaQue,

I have only one (or two ) questions for you now;

1. Do the "reputation points" count when counting myCents? I suppose so, since they won't have a real value otherwise.

2. Sorry, but I can't remember right now. I'll be sure to edit if I remember it.

Thanks!

I hope they don't factor in (the reputation points) because then the forums will turn into a popularity contest. You know, the "if you +rep me I'll +rep you so we both benefit" type of thing.

I just see it as being more destructive than helpful. Not to mention people could have someone they dislike for whatever reason and get others to -rep them solely because they can.

[Little Asterisk]

rpgsearcherz, on 10 July 2010 - 11:25 AM, said:

I hope they don't factor in (the reputation points) because then the forums will turn into a popularity contest. You know, the "if you +rep me I'll +rep you so we both benefit" type of thing.

I just see it as being more destructive than helpful. Not to mention people could have someone they dislike for whatever reason and get others to -rep them solely because they can.

Yeah, I suppose so... Didn't think about that from this perspective.

However, I stand by my opinion that then we should find a use for these rep points. For instance, on the top of a topic there could be a notification that says something like "this and this posts got the most rep points", so we can know where to look for our answer in the entire topic.

Otherwise, no one will use rep points.

[deadmad7]

Little Asterisk, on 10 July 2010 - 11:17 AM, said:

Do the "reputation points" count when counting myCents? I suppose so, since they won't have a real value otherwise.
Thanks!

No, there was already a discussion about this and OpaQue said that wisdom flags (not reputation points) were not going to be counted with the new credit system. At least that was what he said about a month ago.

The REAL value of wisdom flags is to give people a look into how helpful and how wise a Kontributor is in the forum. It tells people how helpful the person is.

rpgsearcherz, on 10 July 2010 - 11:25 AM, said:

I hope they don't factor in (the reputation points) because then the forums will turn into a popularity contest. You know, the "if you +rep me I'll +rep you so we both benefit" type of thing.

I just see it as being more destructive than helpful. Not to mention people could have someone they dislike for whatever reason and get others to -rep them solely because they can.

That was the same thing that happened last time they installed reputation points around here. That's why they disabled it after that.

Also, you can't give a person NEGATIVE wisdom flags, as OpaQue said early, there is no button for the - because it has been disabled.

Hope that solved your questions

[mahesh2k]

However, there is a new Question/Answers script which I m planning to bridge with member-database which will help earn myCENTs for taking part in Q/A. (This is still a Plan) 

This is off-topic question for this thread. But opaque which Q & A script you suggest or you plan here ? Do let me know cause i've QNA script on one of my site and i'm looking for better script. Are you going to use your own script or is there any good QNA script in php or ruby on rails ? I'm curious about the script