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The best component to manage the points found.
Thank you very much for your work
When leaving for joomla 3.0

If you are not able to involve your registered members and wants to encourage them for various activities then this is right component.

There are great rules already built in for std. components.

If you have customised your components and don't know coding much. Don't worry, it is very easy to implement as developer manual is very easy to understand

If you need various modules again you think and they have it.

Even You are on Joomla 1.5. Don't worry, admin will help you.

I ordered Alpha Recommend Pro and had some installation hiccups, Bernard and his team sorted it out although the problem was not with the component but with my MySql version. Thank you for great support and an even greater extension.
Thank you

I used it for a student website. It has many options for creating rules. It helped me a lot and it is use friendly.

This is hands down the best point system in the entire JED. Yes Bernard is sometimes too busy to reply to every post of mine, but replies to many and has made a very well made component. I would certainly recommend this to folks wanting a point system.

I see great possibilities for using this component, but unfortunately installation on my web site was unsuccessful. My joomla version is 2.57 Slovenian language, AUP I was installing is ver 1.7.4 and all ended with fatal error and I had to re install everything from backup. So advice to anyone would be.. don't try this without backup.

It works but it doesn't show the alphauserpoint avatar.
What a pity.
Do you have some tips to fix it?
I have joomla 2.5.4 and A.U.P. 1.7.3

Simply doesn't work. Module install went ok, but there seems to be no way to edit your profile from the front-end. Linking to your profile from Kuena (using it's integration) just gives "You are not authorized to view this page" even though I am logged in as super user.

I used this extension a year ago on a school project, and found it extremely satisfying. I've got alot of ideas for new sites where AUP will be the center of user activity.

Never stop supporting this creative masterpiece!=)

Thank you!

Program uses old code and requires registered_globals on. Doesnt work otherwise, plus no support or updates to fix issues.

I installed AUP 1.7.1 on my new Joomla 1.7 website. It literally kicked me out of admin area, when I tried to sync users. After that I couldn't log in to admin, it said:

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in /data/web/virtuals/12507/virtual/www/libraries/joomla/plugin/plugin.php on line 102

I saw few more users had the same problem, but no response on AUP forum.
I had no problem with older version, but now, I don't recommend this plugin!!!

Though this component has potential, it could be better. My major issue with it is the integration with Kunena. It will not give points to user who post on any forums that are not open to the public. I have made numerous posts on their forums about this rather major issue, only to be ignored.

i named this the gold extension for a reason because this little bundle of files can give you the power to unleash a full point or monetary exchange system on your website! can you say cha-ching?! so i have tried alphaplug's alpha user points with a clean 1.63 and a clean install of 1.7 and 1.71 with the latest cb and kunena installed. i did have trouble installing the component part of this extension to my addon domain. my php was increased past limit, tried uploading using url and ftp to the addon domain, permissions checked, more than 6000 files allowed and many hack attempts... the SOLUTION? i was able to upload the component with an easy work around: for some reason you cannot upload this component to the website you are putting it on - you have to upload it to a website temp folder of another website and put in the complete url of that temp folder in the upload extension section of the joomla ext manager and download it to the website you want it. my steps - i wanted AUP on my addon domain so i just ftped the com_aup to my top tier domain (different website domain name), went into my addon domain joomla ext manager and uploaded with the urltomytoptierwebsite.com/tmp/com_aup.zip (install from url).

DO NOT PASS THIS UP! this beauty is seamless with kunena (of course), jsoc and even CB! what can this do for your community? it gives you the power to create your own community currency or exchange system on your site. you can reward people for adding content to your website or encouraging others to so. however the brilliance of this extension really is in the development - the alphaplug developer(s) have got to be on top of their game to keep this compatible with three or major extensions at the SAME TIME! especially with the myriad of settings that cause problems in kunena for example. for one, you cannot use AUTO DETECT in kunena - alphaplug cannot get a dynamic out of an already dynamic url. you have to set all the kunena detections to your community component - ie cb or jomsocial from the dropdown instead of auto detect. but really, if you are smart you will do whatever you can to download this and harness its great power to make your community rich with rewards!! thank you alphaplug developers for this FREE gold extension!! xx den

This is great and unique component.
Good job to developers!

regards
Mihai

I found this component very easy to install, configure and use. It allows us to reward our members for recommending new users, adding photos, applying for jobs and many other uses. with a plug in I found it extends further to allow users to cash in points for cash via paypal. Which is a great way to encourage user actions.

Initially I did not think it met my needs as I did not want points for joomla articles,but when taking the time to look on the Alphaplug site, I found all of the extensions to expand the points, almost all free. I used jomsocial, and there are many other extensions to work with this component.
(including virtuemart) On installing the JS part all the relevant JS actions were available to add points to. Add photo, add video, make contact (friend)etc.

I will be looking to extend this further to work with another excellent component joombah (recruitment) so points are rewarded for upgrading to paid memberships, applying for jobs or posting jobs.

I am not a developer and have never put together a CMS before, although it took me quite a few months researching and testing components for my unique yet robust site.

I have to thank the whole Joomla community for their support. I have found the developers of extensions (mainly commercial)far outweigh my expectations in regards of product and support. I have used mainly purchased extensions but they are a gift at the price they charge and I have been happy to pay as the support has been worth 1000 times more than the small cost for the extension, which would cost me a fortune to have customized.

Thank you to all the wonderful developers that use this CMS.

Theres absolutely no integration with Virtuemart, users are imported into this component, but thats it, just the username, not even the details.

Theres no plugin whatsoever for Virtuemart, and you can't earn points for buying products.

This may confuse users like me, please edit description.

This is a component for managin points given by other methods, articles send, reviews etc, but no integration with VM at all.

This is the best Extension for Joomla I ever seen .... it has so many needed, working and cool features I couldn't believe at first ...

I RECOMMEND this to ALL , you won't regret !

This is an interesting and useful extensions. So many features. Compatible with wide range of other extensions.
Thanks for the great extensions.

Good Extension and very usefull to increase traffic
but a minor problem...

in reader to author points --- give points when any bot visit the site....

I don't know any other component which could do at least part of what makes AUP.
Incredibly increases the users activity component. Life of the community begins to boil after it is installed.
The most impressive thing is the presence of API for developers with very simple usage. Just imagine - you write the rules! Amazing motive for creativity.