xF1 Add-on [XFA] Media Of The Month 3.4.0

Description
With MOTM, each month you can start a new Media Of The Month contest !

Two modes are provided :

• Mode 1: Monthly album generation allowing user to submit medias for vote with submission/voting phases (initial mode)
• Mode 2: No dedicated album, each month users votes for any medias in the gallery, most voted one awarded, votes reinitialized each month (new since 3.0.0)

An MOTM in Mode 1 is split in 2 phases :

1. Submission phase
2. Voting phase

Each of the 2 phases has a specified duration configurable through options.

In both modes, Contest activity can be highlighted through messages posted in a specific forum upon different configurable event: contest start, user submission, voting phase start (mode 1 only), user vote, voting phase reopened upon tie (mode 1 only) and winner award, either in separate threads or in a single thread.

To motivate your users, you can also offer an user upgrade to the winner !!!

Features

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  • Lots of configurability through options
  • Fully Automatic thanks to a cron task
  • Work with pictures and video
  • Usergroup permission to vote for MOTM
  • 2 working modes:
    • Mode 1: Monthly album generation allowing user to submit medias for vote with submission/voting phases (initial mode)
    • Mode 2: No dedicated album, each month users votes for any medias in the gallery, most voted one awarded, votes reinitialized each month (new since 3.0.0)
  • Configurable maximum number of votes per user
  • Optional forum advertising through either a single thread updated during the contest or multiple threads on different events (each can be activated or not) :
    • Contest start
    • Users submissions with medias included [NEW 3.4.0]
    • 24H prior submission phase end (mode 1 only)
    • Voting phase start (mode 1 only)
    • User votes
    • Voting phase reopened for 24H due to a tie (mode 1 only)
    • 24H prior voting phase end (mode 1 only)
    • Winner award
    User submission and user votes messages can either be posted using the specific user set for the different MTOM features or by the user that initiate the action. [NEW 3.4.0]
  • Optional display of who voted, displays on the media page who voted for it. In mode 2, only valid during the contest duration. [NEW 3.4.0]
  • Ribbon on winner's media, both on media page and media gallery index page
  • Ribbon on avatar of users who won MOTM in messages and profile
  • Ribbon timeout, select the number of days during which the ribbon shall stay displayed. [NEW 3.4.0]
  • MOTM winner can be awarded user upgrade
  • Trophy criteria: number of MOTM awards
  • Alert - Sent to media owner upon user vote to media, can be disabled through account alert preferences.
  • Latest awarded media sidebar block
    • Automatic insertion for forums with no Widget Framework
    • XenPorta 2 widget included
    • [bd] Widget Framework widget include

Mode 1 Specific Features

• Usergroup permission to submit media(s) for MOTM
• Month day to start contest configurable through options
• Configurable duration of the two phases (submission and vote), both can last more than a month, thus overlapping contests phases
• Configurable maximum number of medias a user can submit per contest
• Configuration stored at contest start to allow modification for the next contest while one is running. Configuration can be modified through specific interface after contest start (usergroup permission based)
• Number of votes and vote link display on media page and on album page's medias
• Fine action configuration in case of tie: Award both / Award most viewed / Award most commented / Reopen votes for 24H
• For most viewed and most commented action, the action to take in case of tie is as well configurable.
• Optional link to MTOM albums in navbar
• Possibility to configure notices to be displayed in MOTM albums (limitation to specific month as option)

Mode 2 Specific Features

• Users can vote for any albums or category medias, except if specific gallery categories are selected through options
• MTOM awarded the 1st of month and votes reinitialized
• All Medias awarded in case of tie