NodeBB: Points

Additional metrics for User Profiles. It's like experience in video games. Plugin is good for gamification of your board.

• Ranking Calculation
• Themes
  • Profile View
  • Topic View
• TODO

The Ranking Calculation

The Ranking calculator is a function, that should accept 2 parameters - settings and raw points. Settings could vary from one calculator to another. Calculator must return object with properties listed below:

• rank [Number] - user's rank, level
• rankProgress [Number] - amount of points on current level
• rankTotal [Number] - amount of points needed to level-up
• total [Number] - raw amount of points

Example: Default Function

Themes

Plugin populates both: Profile and Topic views. Search for points property in corresponding entities. Don't forget to add link on overview page, link should look like - /points

Profile View

If you want points in Profile, do very basic changes to your theme:

Example: Persona Theme, v4, find templates/account/profile.tpl, edit template in package directory - node_modules

Find block that is responsible for stats, and insert template where you want:

<div class="account-stats">

    ...

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

</div>

Topic View

Every post will have additional field: points. If you want utilize points calculation feature in topic view, you should use theme that supports such type of integration.

TODO

• Add Gifts: ability to add points through ACP with a notification
• Add Transfers: user can transfer some of his points as a reward for some bounty or help or user generated competition
• Add Points Grid: multipliers or raw values for different categories
• Add Fresh Points: provide information for points that are earned today
• Add Complexity to Point calculation: encourage tags in topic creation
• Add Custom ranking calculators
• Add ACP Panel for raw point rewards
• Add API for raw point rewards
• Add Custom Notifications for levels
• Add Presets for ranking calculation
• Add Sections to Overview page: all time, today, personal.
• Add Utility for initial point calculation
• Add Tests (Mocha/Tape)