Reward to the invitor of Facebook Requests

It'd be very easy to add a few lines of code to reward the inviter right now, if you wanted assistance in doing so (with any information on the system you wanted to integrate with). We definitely thought of the reward functionality when implementing the Request feature as it was an obvious request. We didn't have time to implement it though.

The only thing to be aware of is that anyone can use the Request module, not just user's that are registered on your site. Obviously, you can set the module to "Registered" only so only your users can invite people, but you won't be able reward Facebook visitors that invite their friends unless they create an account. Just something to keep in mind.

Definitely let us know if there's anything specific we can help with! We'd love feedback as well as we'll be wanting to get rewards in the next release.. and it's always good to test ahead of time with those that really want it early.

Alex

Anson,
Just wanted to let you know that we're looking into this. It seems pretty easy, and something we wanted to actually get in 4.1, but didn't have the time before release. We knew it would be asked for as it's an obvious great feature.

It may be a few days before we can get you something, but shouldn't (hopefully) be too long. We'll definitely want your feedback!

Thanks,
Alex

Mac,
We're working on it. When available, it will be released to all active subscribers. If you don't already have one, you should subscribe to JFBConnect to take advantage of all the benefits of Joomla / Facebook integration on your site.

Thanks,
Alex

Anson,
We'd love to have it out by the end of the month. I can't make any guarantees on that though. There's a few minor issues we're investigating right now that affect current features, so those take priority. Additionally, (as you mention) 2.5 is out now, so if any issues crop up there, they will definitely have priority.

Regarding 2.5, we've tested JFBConnect v4.1.1 with the betas and the RC1 releases for that Joomla version. We are putting JFBConnect through the paces with the final release as well, and things look good. Like with any upgrade, we'd recommend creating a backup of your site first and testing on a development site before going live. With that said, we do believe JFBConnect is Joomla 2.5 ready, and we plan to fully support any issues that are reported due to conflicts.

Hope that helps,
Alex

To everyone who's watching...

We tried to get going on this late last week, but immediately ran into a roadblock with Joomla 1.7 and AUP. The basic installation of AUP simply didn't work. There was a SQL error during installation. Not a great start, and unfortunately, made us decide to focus on the 4.1.2 release (coming out in a day or so).

We're still planning to get back to this later this week (along with VM 2.0 integration and other requests). We normally do development on Joomla 1.7 (now 2.5) and back-port to Joomla 1.5. Looks like we'll have to go the other way this time.

For AUP integration, our current plan is:
1) Get a first test case/example out that will reward the inviter points.
2) Move on to points for things like comments & Likes
3) Work on other point rewards

We'll move on to 2/3 after we get some positive feedback on #1, as those should be easy steps from there.

If you have any suggestions on things to give rewards for, let us know.

We'll post back here once we get the files (XML that describes the points) and code changes for JFBConnect to enable. All in all, looks pretty easy, but just have never done it before, so it'll be slow to start.. then start rolling. We'd love to have a lot of integration points that have already been tested (somewhat at least) for the 4.2 release.

Thanks,
Alex