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mt-plugin-photocontest

This plugin allows you to run a photo contest on an MT blog with public photo submissions enabled.

Installation & setup:

Install the plugin by copying the PhotoContest folder into the /plugins folder of the MT installation
Log in to MT and let the installer run
Create two new custom fields (see the images in the documentation folder). Make sure the basename is exactly as shown.
In the 'Create Entry' template module, add following line just before the 'Kopf' include:

<mt:include module="Photo Contest Form Javascript">
Republish the 'Create Entry' template

Optional step to give each author a starting amount of photos to submit before the 1st of the month:

Copy the taskmaster script from the 'tools' folder into the 'tools' folder of the MT installation
Edit Plugin.pm and temporarily comment out the line

if (($dayOfMonth == "1") && ($hour < 2)){

and the } that closes the block.
Run following command from inside the MT home directory (it takes a while to complete):

tools/task-master forcerun reset_available_contestphotos

The photo upload form should now show an extra checkbox allowing the user to submit the uploaded photo for the contest
A message appears next to this checkbox indicating how many photos they can still submit
If this number is zero, the checkbox is disabled
When submitting a photo, the number of remaining photos is decremented
To show the contest photos for a month, create a Monthly archive, and instead of plain <mt:entries> use <mt:entries field:add_to_contest="1">. Note: a system template module named "Photo Contest Photos" is available with an example.

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