make featured members random

Hello can someone please I want the members to show on featured randomly without me having to make them featured just give everyone a chance to be featured randomly

Hi,

Try this

/templates/base/scripts/BxBaseProfileView.php

Around line 819 find

$sPossibleOrder = '';

Replace with

$sPossibleOrder = ' ORDER BY RAND()';

Then around line 822 remove or comment

$aWhere[] = "`Profiles`.`Featured` = '1'";

Or if you want to show randomly profiles with images only replace

$aWhere[] = "`Profiles`.`Featured` = '1'";

with

$aWhere[] = "`Profiles`.`Avatar` > '0'";

Then Edit

/templates/base/scripts/BxBaseIndexPageView.php

Remove or comment around line 319

$sqlCondition .= " AND `Profiles`.`$sField` = '$sValue'";

Or if you want to show randomly profiles with images only replace

$sqlCondition .= " AND `Profiles`.`$sField` = '$sValue'";

With

$sqlCondition .= " AND `Profiles`.`Avatar` > '0'";

Thats it or if thats not what you wanted use in conjunction with this

http://www.boonex.com/unity/forums/#topic/Members-Blocks-Show-Random.htm

If you do this and want to set a limit

find in /templates/base/scripts/BxBaseProfileView.php

$iCountProfiles = (int)(db_value($sQueryCnt));

And just below it insert:

if ($_GET['show'] == 'featured') {
$iCountProfiles='25'; // Change the number to amount that you want to limit to
}

Then on /templates/base/scripts/BxBaseIndexPageView.php

Find

$iCount = (int)db_value("SELECT COUNT(`Profiles`.`ID`) FROM `Profiles` $sqlLJoin $sqlCondition");

And just below it insert:

if ($sBlockName == 'Featured') {

if ($iCount > '25') {

$iCount='25'; // Change the number to amount that you want to limit to

}

$blfile='search.php?show=featured&res_per_page=64&page=1';

}

else if ($sBlockName == 'Members') {

$blfile='browse.php';

}

Then around line 410 find

$sPaginate = $oPaginate->getSimplePaginate(BX_DOL_URL_ROOT . 'browse.php');

And replace with

$sPaginate = $oPaginate->getSimplePaginate(BX_DOL_URL_ROOT . ''.$blfile);


Obviously this example sets the limit at 25 but you can enter whatever amount you want to set your own limit

Regard

Dave....

thanks alot for your help!

Hi,

On my site, I noticed this fix does not make Featured "random". Its appearing on my site the SAME as "Members". Which is latest signups appear.

Could you tell me how to make =

Members = Last signups

Featured Members = Random

Thanks Much!

Also, i was told, that when you make changes to files in /base/scripts/ folder...

that after you make change and confirm it works, you should then REMOVE the change from /base/scripts/BxBaseProfileView.php (or any file in the base/scripts/ folder).

and then paste the change into the tmpl_uni/scripts/ folder.

Because, he said, if you dont do this, then when you upgrade to a newer version of Dolphin, that it will remove your changes.

Is this true?