Trying to figure out a workaround to something that really seems like it should be native to ES. Custom, admin assigned badges. You can do this function in Easy Discuss - simple, effective, works...

So, I have tried uploading a custom poweredby.badge to the admin/com/com_easysocial directory - discovered, but not imported - code below:

[

    {

        // The title of the badge.

        "title"         : "Powered By",



        // The description of the badge

        "description"   : "Users that power the site",



        // The steps needed to unlock this badge.

        "howto"         : "To unlock this badge, contribute $20/month.",



        // The alias of the badge.

        "alias"         : "poweredby",



        // The extension for this badge.

        "extension"     : "com_easysocial",



        // The badge command.

        "command"       : "admin.task.manual"



        // The default avatar for this rule. Relative to the site's document root a.k.a (JPATH_ROOT)

        "avatar"        : "media/com_easysocial/badges/poweredby.png",



        // When user creates a new discussion for 15 times.

        "frequency"     : 1

    }

]

Discover sees the file, and does nothing.

Next try to upload the .badge file directly - says error reading file (tried different encoding, nothing)

So, try to add the badge to another component - Easy Discuss.
Works! Nice and simple - no muss, no fuss, assigned to user, done.

View users profile in ES - it doesn't show badges from other components ??
It also does not show on the MENU>ES>BADGES page.

Earning custom admin only badges should be a no brainer, it works in ED like a charm, should be a standard ES feature -

Is there a way to display other component badges, especially custom ones, on the users ES profile?

(This would provide a nice workaround for your multi-component subscribers - just saying)