I think I made a pretty detailed How to Make a Raffle,
How - To - Add - Use - Raffle
To Make A Raffle Rule and Publish it!
1. Click on Alta User Points, Component.
2. Click on Rules.
3. Click on Raffle This rule allows to enable a raffle system. System
4. Select Category or leave alone or set to; Other.
5. Select User Level, I would recommend not setting this to Public as you probably only want your users to enter the raffle.. normal is; registered, which is what the default for what your users get assigned when they register.
6. Expires, I don't set this because I don't want the Raffle Rule to expire, but I set my raffle dates to expire, not the Rules itself.
7. I would set yes to all; Display Activity, Published, Auto Approved.
8. Click Tab Message at the top, enter message and select if to display it, if you choose, I would and do.
9. Email Notification Tab, if you select yes the user will get an email when/if they win and you can customize the message accordingly.
10. Click Save and then press Control Panel.
11. Click on the image with the word "Raffle"
12. Click NEW to make a Rule.
13. Enter your Raffle Description, Special Name and/or how many points is the "prize" or "grand prize" etc.
14. Category - Select Raffle if you have it or made it otherwise "add to root"
- Registration - Do you want your users or the public able to enter the Raffle? Yes for ONLY your users. NO for anyone.
- Multiple Entries - Can people enter the Raffle as many times as they want? Then Select YES. If you only want 1 entry per user/person select NO.
- Points to Participate - This is the amount of points that will be deducted (taken away) from EACH Raffle Entry.
- Remove Points to Participate - Do you want the "Points to Participate to be deducted from Users Points?
If Yes, then the Points to Participate from above will be deducted from the users account.
If No, then the user will keep the points to participate and will ONLY need the required Points. Remember NO, means they keep their points
- Number or winner(s) - 1, 2, or 3. - How many people do you want to win the Raffle? In Next step make sure they match!
- Raffle System - Select the TYPE of Raffle you want. I.E. Points - the winner(s) will get points if they win.
- Points to winner(s) 1, 2, or 3 - This is where you enter how many points the winner(s) Win.. Leave Blank the fields you DO NOT want a winner.
15. Raffle Date - Select when you want the Raffle to End.
16. Publish - Do you want the Raffle Published now? Select Yes when you want people able to enter the raffle.
17. Click Save. - - You will see your Raffle!
18. NOTE your Raffle ID! and make sure everything is correct.
- "Make the raffle now!" is only for when you want to have the winner selected at random. ONLY do this when you want the raffle to end.
==To publish your raffle ==
19. Create a new Article, Name is whatever you want for your Raffle, like Simply.. Enter Raffle
- Name the Raffle Title whatever you want, Like.. How much they could win I.E. Enter Raffle to Win 2,000 Points.
- Add your layout and description to whatever you want!
--== To Add The "Enter Raffle Button" put in the general editor, not the HTML, but; just toggle editor to make sure it is under the WYSIWYG editor
DO NOT HAVE ANY SPACES! Take them OUT, There are ONLY spaces so it will show up on the post
{ AUP::RAFFLE=1 } 1 is where the ID of your raffle will go, from step above, step 18. (NOTE your Raffle ID!)
{ AUP::RAFFLE=YOUR-RAFFLE-ID-Here }
If your Raffle ID is 25, it would look like this: { AUP::RAFFLE=25 }
- Save
20. Add a menu item (To Any Menu)
- Menu Item Type - Article
- Select Article (Name of the article from step 19)
- Alias I would recommend setting it to raffle (easy, simple.)
- Save.
You're Done!