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|| # vBCredits 1.4 - `Upgrade.txt` (v1.4b1 to v1.4rc1)		     # ||
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|| # Author: John Jakubowski "Darkwaltz4" {blackwaltz4@msn.com}	     # ||
|| # Copyright 2007-2008 PixelFX Studios Ltd. All Rights Reserved.    # ||
|| # This file may not be redistributed in whole or significant part.  # ||
|| # -----------------vBulletin IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE!------------------# ||
|| #                Support: http://www.vbcredits.com/		     # ||
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I highly recommend that you turn off your vbulletin while you make the following changes because of template edits and unedited settings!
Please follow directions carefully, most problems are caused due to improper ordering or skipping of steps. It is this way for a reason!
As the Ultimate Points Hack, the configuration process is not for the faint of heart, although it comes preconfigured for standard deploy.
vBCredits is very powerful and dynamic, as such most situations are obtainable, see http://www.vbcredits.com/ for ideas, hints, and tips.

1) Upload the files in the upload folder, according to their filetree locations. Overwrite any old versions of the files.
	- If you have not altered your default vbulletin filetree, you can just upload the contents of the upload folder into your forum root as-is
	- If you have custom styles, you need to upload the upload/images/buttons/credits.gif to each styles' buttons folder

2) If you are using vBulletin v3.6.5 or older, make the file edits specified in Fix for Old vBulletins.txt
	- These file edits are already present in newer vBulletin versions, so do not worry about when you upgrade vBulletin

3) If you do NOT have TMS installed, or if TMS fails on your custom templates, apply the 2 Template Edits to the 2 Templates listed below.
	- If you don't know what TMS is, you probably don't have it installed. Either way, making the edits manually will not hurt your forum
	- Most of the templates can be modified to fit your styles, especially in the cases where credits are displayed
	- Please note that when you upgrade vBulletin, you will need to perform these modifications again

4) Import the supplied product-credits.xml file into your vBulletin Product system, be sure to allow overwrite.

5) Refresh the ACP Menus to view the vBCredits Menu. Go through each new link and review the settings for the hack.
	- The initial settings are for the most common cases, but you may wish to customize them to fit your desires

6) Review the award amounts and settings for each Usergroup.
	- For your convenience you can update multiple groups at once using the Manage Usergroup Awards link
	- You may also create Forum Overrides for certain groups and awards in certain forums

7) (Optional) Use the Mass Credit Updater to recalculate the credit amounts for all users based on your settings and statistics.
	- This tool can also be used to award or reset credit counts of groups, or recalculate referral statistics

Turn your vbulletin back on if you had turned it off.


If you would like to change the word "Credits" displayed throughout the forums, edit the GLOBAL phrase labeled 'credits'.
Need ideas? Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_currencies and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional_currency
	- The ACP will still display it as 'Credits' for continuity.

Each action has an associated Admin Help, so please consult the ? marks next to each item.
For support, questions, comments, suggestions, etc, please see the vBulletin.org thread that this was downloaded from, or the support links.

Interested in a paypal support? Want to charge users to view hidden content? Want to remove the branding link?
Please check out http://www.vbcredits.com/ for more information, or contact me via email or IM for more information!

Thank you for using this hack, it would be most useful if you indicated that you installed it, and thanks for voting vBCredits MOTM August 2007 :)
-John "Darkwaltz4" Jakubowski {blackwaltz4@msn.com}

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Template: postbit
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FIND:
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<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->
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ADD BELOW:
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<div id="award$post[postid]" style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px 0px 0px;">
$awardbox
</div>


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Template: postbit_legacy
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FIND:
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<!-- / post $post[postid] popup menu -->
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ADD BELOW:
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<div id="award$post[postid]" style="padding:$stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px 0px 0px;">
$awardbox
</div>


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