First of all, the Competitions module must be enabled. Once enabled, adding a competition form to your site is very similar to adding a normal form, except for the following:
1. When adding a new article you need to ensure that you check the Competition checkbox in the Competitions section of the article attributes. This will enable some additional fields for you to be able to select the competition type as well as whether multiple entries are allowed:
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Competition Set article mode to competition |
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Competition Type |
Game of Chance Game of Skill |
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Allow multiple entries |
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The competition type is either a Game of Chance or a Game or Skill. The main difference between the 2 is that the system will randomly determine a winner for a game of chance, but will require you to select winner(s) for a Game of Skill.
Allow multiple entries determines whether users can submit more than one entry or not.
2. To insert a competition form into the article you need to select the article element "Insert Competition Form". This will allow you to configure the competition form with the competition questions/fields in the exact same way that you'd set up a normal form with form creator.
3. There is also the abilty to insert a Competition Email link into an article. To do this you need to select the article element "Insert Competition Email". What this will do is allow you to configure a link for users to send emails to their friends so that friends can enter the competition as well.
Admin Area:
From the admin dashboard select "Competition Entries". This function will allow an administrator to view all competition entries. The administrator is able to search for entries between a start and end date, view winners only or view all entries.
For games of chance the administrator is also able to request the system to select a random winner.