How can you let people vote only once, and not daily.

[larsheldens]

Hello,
I want to know if it is possible if you can people only vote one time in a lifetime. So that they can't vote every day for the same site.

 

[Basti]

Only way would be to "hack" the core in sources/misc/new_day.php

  $DB->query("TRUNCATE TABLE {$CONF['sql_prefix']}_ip_log", __FILE__, __LINE__);

comment that by placing // right before.

Not really a way to handle this via a plugin, so note that you would need to do this on each and every update which gonna release. So its not really suggested and quite a pain. Result is also that "out" also only count once.

 

[larsheldens]

Thanks. I tried it, but it is not working. Don't I need to change more?

 

[Mark]

no that is all that is the only change that is needed, well at least until the user gets a new IP address.

 

[top50servers]

no that is all that is the only change that is needed, well at least until the user gets a new IP address.

I hate to burst the bubble on this idea, but most people use dynamic IP address's so this method doesn't really work.

larsheldens. I would recommend some sort of account system, that why its marked when the user has voted, thus not being able to vote again.

 

[Mark]

Yup, many peoples ip changes daily.

A user system is a good idea and probably the only solution for controlling voting like that really.

 

[larsheldens]

Okay, thanks for the information!