How to count points

  • A newbie here. I haven’t set it up yet, but I’m trying to have people sign up for a team, and each person can earn points for his/her team based on the Earth Day activities they complete. I envision people to be able to click on the activity (block) they have completed that day and earn the points designated for that activity (variable). The max each person can complete is 16 activities. Also, do I then use ‘total’ to add up the points and use a filter for the individual, then for the team?

    Other than the points, I would also like to add up number of people on a team and the total participants.

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  • Plugin Author xnau webdesign

    (@xnau)

    Yes, you can use the “total” shortcode for these totals, take a look at the documentation:

    The Total Shortcode

    You can enhance its capabilities by using a custom template, but you can use it to show sums and counts by using the “fields” and “filter” attributes.

    Thread Starter crowwoods1

    (@crowwoods1)

    Thank you, I’ll play with it. I’m trying to figure out where things occur.

    Is it possible that under each participant’s profile:

    1. I have them select the activities they’ve completed by scrolling down a list of 45 possible activities each day during the challenge? (instead of clicking on the 45 activities scattered over 6 pages)
    2. I show 3 read only fields:
    the total points for that participant,
    the total number of logins (max once a day),
    the total number of his/her posts on that site?

    It seems like if everything is together, it’s easier to manage. It may be that I need to simplify the challenge a bit.

    Plugin Author xnau webdesign

    (@xnau)

    In order to keep a record for each day’s activities, you’ll either need to use a separate field for each day, or use the Participant Log add-on, which gives you a way to keep lists of data in a record.

    For your second question, the first item you may be able to show using a total shortcode. The other items, you’ll need custom code for that, the plugin does’t keep track of that stuff.

    Thread Starter crowwoods1

    (@crowwoods1)

    Thank you so much! You save me a lot of unnecessary work.

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