INSTALL.txt in Vote Up/Down 6

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Vote Up/Down Installation Documentation:
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Author - Ron Williams ron at ronsnexus dot com
Requires - Drupal 5/6
License - GPL (see LICENSE)


Requirements:
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You will need to download the following items:
  * Vote Up/Down http://drupal.org/project/vote_up_down
  * Voting API http://drupal.org/project/votingapi

To be able to automatically promote story links that have a specified
number of votes to the front page you also need to download these:
  * Actions http://drupal.org/project/actions
  * Voting Actions http://drupal.org/project/voting_actions

Recommended but not required modules:
  * Views http://drupal.org/project/views (for creating customized views
    of content)
  * User Points http://drupal.org/project/userpoints (if you wish to
    have users awarded points for submitting content or voting)
  * Content Recommedation Engine http://drupal.org/project/cre
    (to recommend nodes and users to other user bases on the voting.
    Use query type "VotingAPI Point System Query".)


Step By Step Installation for front page automatic promotion:
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01) Extract all files from the archives above.

02) Upload the Vote Up/Down, Voting API, Actions, voting_actions,
Views, and Userpoints directories to your modules directory.

03) In a web browser goto SITE_URL/admin/build/modules (SITE_URL being the url
for the drupal install) while logged in.

04) Enable the modules below:
* actions
* userpoints
* views
* vote_up_down
* voting_actions
* votingapi

When you later update these, and other, modules remember to run
SITE_URL/update.php. With Drupal 4.7 and later modules as well as core
Drupal can make use up the databas update function.

05) Goto SITE_URL/admin/user/access and enable the following items
* userpoints module (if enabled)
  * view userpoints (anonymous and authenticated)
* vote_storylink module
  * create storylinks (authenticated, only if you wish to allow your
    users to create there own storylinks for voting)
  * edit own storylinks (authenticated, only if you wish to allow your
    users to edit there own storylinks)
* vote_up_down module
  * use up-down vote (authenticated)
  * view up-down vote (anonymous and authenticated)

06) Goto SITE_URL/admin/build/actions and click list (this allows the actions
module to detect available actions).

07) Goto SITE_URL/admin/content/types/storylink
* Uncheck under workflow "promoted to front page"

08) Goto SITE_URL/admin/settings/vote_up_down
* Under types, check storylink.
* Under Vote widget settings for nodes, in the field below "Vote widget
  display", select disabled.
* Under Vote widget settings for comments, in the "Vote widget display"
  and "Link display of vote points", select do not display for both.

09) Goto SITE_URL/admin/settings/userpoints
* To enable credit for just voting and creating storylinks, enter the
  amounts you wish to give for them in the below fields.
  * "Points for posting a story link" and "Points for voting on a node
    (requires the Vote up/down module)".

10) Goto SITE_URL/admin/settings/voting_actions
* Under action set name, enter in a field "Promote node to front page"
  then press save.
  * Select edit and enter the following:
    - select points under value type
    - enter vote under tag
    - enter sum under function
    - select is greater than under comparison
    - enter the required number for front page promotion
    - under action select "Promote node to front page" and click save
    - under action select "Award userpoints from..." and click save

See also screenshot
"documentation/voting_actions_examples/Promote_to_front_page.png"

11) Goto SITE_URL/admin/settings/voting_actions
* Under action set name, enter in a field other than promote node to
  front page, "demote node from front page" then press save.
  * Select edit and enter the following:
    - select points under value type
    - enter vote under tag
    - enter sum under function
    - select is less than under comparison
    - enter the required number for front page demotion
    - under action select "Remove node from front page" and click save
    - under action select "Deduct userpoints from..." and click save

See also screenshot
"documentation/voting_actions_examples/Demote_from_front_page.png"

12) Upload node-storylink.tpl.php and template.php to the directory
of your theme (if you already have template.php, you will have to
combine them).

OBS! When using "node-storylink.tpl.php" you must turn off
"Vote widget display..." in "admin/settings/vote_up_down" to avoid
getting double voting widgets.

And You're done.


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