I've managed to set up ranks with points. However, we intend to hold competitions, and I intend to award extra points for the winner of the competition. Is there a way I can edit the amount of posts they made so as to award them a new rank if they win enough points?

Ranks can only be automatically added to a member by the number of posts.

If you want to give points to members, you have to do it manually:
Administration Panel > Modules > Points & Reputation > Points System > Points Donation

thank you, I've found that now. Is there a way of connecting the points to the ranks? Or can a special badge be awarded for a certain number of points, that might be displayed near the users avatar?

Sorry but it is not possible with points.

aww so what are points for then if you can't get a reward or badge?

Many users use them in point shops - https://help.forumotion.com/t41194-points-shop-ideas

a points shop, that sounds interesting. Thank you. I had a read, it doesn't exactly say how to get one of those, is it just a normal forum, that I set up? How do I deduct points for purchases please? Sorry to be such a nuisance.

queenieweenie78 wrote:a points shop, that sounds interesting. Thank you. I had a read, it doesn't exactly say how to get one of those, is it just a normal forum, that I set up? How do I deduct points for purchases please? Sorry to be such a nuisance.

In the tutorial, it is a forum. You have to manually deduct or add points here:
Administration Panel > Modules > Points & Reputation > Points System > Points Donation

ah thank you very much, I thought you could only add points there, cause of the word donation. Well that's answered my question. Thank you all. Solved.

You're welcome.

You can deduct points, too. If a member has 100 points, you can enter 50 and that member will then have only 50 points.

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