This is what I would call the next release, so to speak, of the original gifts modification released by Christian8a. I was the coder of that product, and I am releasing this next iteration of the product with several more useful features.
In addition to being able to send gifts in the same fashion as facebook, this modification has several new features, including:
* A new custom credits system that is integrated with Paypal. You can now charge for certain gifts using paypal seamlessly.
* Mass Gifting and Crediting -- Administrators can now send out gifts in mass quantities through the admincp. They can send them out according to usergroup. In addition, the administrator can mass credit people (credits are used to buy gifts) and edit user's credits through the administrator control panel.
* Usergroup Specific Gifts - Administrators can now define certain gifts as available for only "select" usergroups.
This release will be considered a beta until I can get accurate reports on bugs and problems with the system. I worked on this update over a year ago for a client and am now releasing it publically. I cannot remember how much I changed the codebase since I worked on this modification for Christian8a, so I am not sure which bugs currently still exist or which don't. In addition, this version is feature incomplete. I would like to get feature requests from users in order to figure out what would be a useful addition.
I do not have any web space currently for a demo. If anyone would be so kind as to provide links to their forum that has it installed--I'll put it up here.
Installation Instructions
1. Unzip the provided "Gifts Modification" zip file.
2. Upload the contents of the "upload" folder to your forumroot (with the gifts.php file going into the forum root, the gifts.php in the admincp folder to your admin folder, the two xml files to the includes/xml folder, and the images/gifts folder going into its respective area)
3. Import Product file (in the root of the zip file it is called product.xml) -- Currently I am not supporting upgrading from the old Gifts modification, so please do this at your own risk. I will not support upgrading until this comes out of beta.
4. Configure Gifts Settings (under Gifts category in admincp, click on Gifts Settings. Be sure to include your paypal email at the bottom if you plan on using credits, or else it will not work correctly).
