How does vbulletin rep power work

It looks like a scale or balance. This will result in a pop-up window as shown in Figure 1. In this window, you can either give a positive point approve or negative disapprove. You should also add a comment on why you approve or disapprove. If this is your post, instead of rating the post, you'll be able to see the reputation points you have received. Note that if you leave a negative rating, you should leave a comment as well stating why you disapprove. If you do not leave a comment and the member being rated questions the negative rating, it may be removed because it is not substantiated.

Even with postive ratings it is nice to leave a comment. Reputations come with rules. You can only give a certain number of reputation ratings in a single day. Power is the number of points you give each time you rate a post. This starts at 1 point, but increases based on a number of criteria such as posts, tenure, and your own reputation. Additionally, when you give negative points, they are at half of your power level.

In addition to the above rules, you must also meet certain criteria before you will be able to start giving points. Until these criteria are met or any time they are not met , then you will have an effective power of The most recent ratings will be displayed on your User Control Panel page. This was set to the lasttwenty-five 25 reputation, but may be more or less if the settings have changed.

You can see a member's reputation easily by the number of "gems" that are displayed below their avatar, on each of their posts. If you hover the mouse over the rep gems you will see a tooltip showing their number of points to the nearest group. It is also possible to see someone with a black gem. This indicates that their reputation score has been disabled. Generally this applies only to admins. Some forums do not allow for rating individual posts.

In general, the forums that don't count posts also don't allow for reputation ratings. There is what is known as a reputation "spread" in effect. This is a minimum number of members you must give reputation to before you may rate the same member again.

At the time of writing the spread number is This means that you must rate 10 people before you can come back and rate someone again. At the time of this writing, you are also limited to rating only six people in any 24 hour period. Visitor messages can be edited or deleted by site moderators or the member who owns the profile. If you see a visitor message that is not appropriate, you can alert the moderators by clicking on the 'Report' link.

The 'View Conversation' link allows you to view all visitor messages between the member and the owner of the profile. The Settings Control Panel is where you control your personal settings, options and preferences.

To visit the Settings Control Panel, you must have first registered on the forums. Once logged in, click on 'Settings' in the header bar in the top-right corner of the page. The Settings main page will list any new notifications, including new private messages and pending friend requests.

Additional pages and forms allow you to control:. You can change your account information using the User Control Panel. For basic profile details including your email address and password , click on the ' Edit Your Details ' option from within the User CP. This page allows you to set a number of required and optional details, some of which will be displayed on your public profile.

With the exception of your email address, do not enter information that you do not wish to be publicly viewable. This might include pictures, links to your site s , quotes, etc. Avatars are small images that people use to identify or distinguish themselves to other forum members. In some cases the administrator will not allow avatars or only allow them for specific members. The administrator can also provide some stock avatars people can use, or they can allow members to upload their own custom avatars from their own computers.

These avatars will be displayed as part of the user info in posts, as well as in the public profile. Profile Pictures are photos members can upload that will display in their public member profile. This option may or may not be enabled by the administrator. You can set and change your signature, avatar and profile picture in the User Control Panel providing the administrator has made these options available.

To select an existing or upload a new avatar, click on ' Edit Avatar '. You may be able to edit the design and styling of your public profile page if this is enabled by the board administrator via the ' Customize Profile ' section within the User CP. You can adjust the color scheme, fonts, borders and layout of elements on the page. You can also use images as background for various sections of you profile.

First you will need to upload the background images to an album you have created? Background images can be sourced only from albums defined as public, or 'profile' type. Images in private albums cannot be used. A Group is a group of people usually with a particular interest or something else in common. It provides a way of communicating between members as well as sharing photos or other images.

You can get to the list through 'Group Memberships' section on your public profile? The Groups list page displays all groups that have been created. You can list the groups by the number of members, messages or photos, the group name, when the group was created or by the date of the most recent message posted.

You can use the controls provided to search for a group. To join a group, click the group title then click 'Join Group'. When you have joined a group, its name will be shown in your public profile. You must be a logged-in, registered member to join groups. As a registered member, you can create your own Group providing the administrator allows this.

Go to the groups page and click 'Create A New Group'. Complete the title and description for your group then select the type. There are three types of groups:. A friendship is a mutual, two-way relationship between two users.

It is initiated by one user and accepted by the other. A contact is a one-way friendship. This could be where the other person does not accept the friendship, a friendship request is pending, or you do not wish to be friends at this time but want to show them as a contact only. Your friends are also displayed in your profile page. The easiest way is to view the profile page of the person you want to become friends with and click the 'Befriend' link.

The other way is to add the person to your contacts first. Then from your 'Contacts and Friends' page ask to be their friend by checking the box next to their name labelled 'Friend'. Next, save the page. If you know the username of the person you want to be friends with you can send a friend request using the box provided and clicking 'Add Friend'. To accept a friend, go to your 'Contacts and Friends' page. At the bottom of the page you will see a list of pending requests.

Check the box for the requests you wish to accept then check the 'Accept' button and save the changes. If you do not wish to be friends then select 'Reject' instead. As a member, you can create Albums of images that are linked to your public profile.

Each album can have a title 'Joe's Holiday to Nepal' , a description 'A bunch of photos from my recent adventure' and can be of three different types: Public, Private or Profile. Once you've created an album you can upload images to it.

Simply view the album and click on 'Upload Photos'. You'll have the option to give each photo a caption, and to set one image as the Album cover, which will be displayed on the public profile. To delete an album or edit the title, description or album type, click on 'Edit Album'. To delete an image, or to edit a caption or change the album cover, click on 'Edit Photos'.

All members who have access to your album images can comment on them, in a similar way to Visitor Messages more info. You can delete any image comments from your albums, and report inappropriate messages to moderators. When you have uploaded a photo, you can place it in your posts by using the BB code text that is displayed below the image when you view it at full size.

If the administrator has enabled the Private Messaging system, registered members may send each other private messages. Private messages work a little like email, but are limited to registered members of this forum. You may be able to include BB code, smilies and images in private messages that you send.

You may send a private message to a member of this forum by clicking the ' Send A Private Message ' link in the private messaging section of your user control panel more info , or by clicking the 'Send a Private Message' link in the drop down menu that appears in a member's posts when you click on their username.

By default, you will have two folders in your private message area. These are the 'Inbox' and the 'Sent' Items folders. Last edited by Shazz; 06 Feb at All times are GMT. The time now is Contact Us - vBulletin. All Rights Reserved. User Name.

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