ForumBan 3.8.4

[Zylantex]

Can anybody help with a Forumban Mod for vB 3.8.4 please ?

I would like to limit the scope of moderator powers so that they apply to just one forum?

Example:

I want Fred to moderate the Games forum and be able to ban a user from Games only.
I would like the banned user to have access to the other forums while still banned from Games.

Ideally with a built in ban notification PM and automatic lift of bans.


I seem to be only able to give moderators very broad sitewide powers and of course I can't allow the AdminCp privileges to use the Forum Access Mask

There is a mod by Zoints here (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=128161) but it doesn't work for 3.8.4

[ChopSuey]

I'll request permission from him to re post for 3.8.4 i got it working on my board. :)

If he approves i'll repost it.

[Zylantex]

That would be very much appreciated.

[Carnage]

I have somethign sorta similar setup with stock VB.

I create banned groups for the forums I want to ban people from (and banning pms) I set infractions up for each of these groups eg an infraction that auto bans into said group.

If a mod wants to ban someone, they simply give them the right infraction type. Naturally all infractions given (esp the ban ones) are reviewed by admins, but my mods are on the whole very trustworthy so there aren't any issues with this system.

[niadene]

<font color="Red">not working on 3.8.4...is the any new release for 3.8.4? </font>

[Zylantex]

Any luck with that ChopSuey?

[ChopSuey]

I haven't PM'ed him yet sorry. I will this week if i have time.

[Zylantex]

Great, thanks.

[Zylantex]

Polite bump.:o

[Zylantex]

Has anybody any information on this mod or any similar mod? Thanks.

[Speysider]

The vBulletin 3.6 version of the forumban hack by Zoints (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=128160) works just fine on my 3.8.5 board.
Don't see the issue. One exists.

[Zylantex]

The vBulletin 3.6 version of the forumban hack by Zoints (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=128160) works just fine on my 3.8.5 board.
Don't see the issue. One exists.

I've just tried to install it again and I manually deleted the original install first. Then I copied all the files again. At the install stage I said it was a update/re-install and that seems to have done the trick. I've asked the forum mods to test it out and I'll leave some feedback as soon as they get back to me.

--------------- Added 05 Apr 2010 at 11:36 ---------------

/edit/ Thanks for the input Speysider, you encouraged me to dig deeper and find the solution.

This mod works on 3.8.4.

I found that it is necessary to go into Forum Manager and set the Forum Ban Option to "On" for each mod on each forum one at a time. I expected the process to automatically set the option to "on" for all mods / forums once it was enabled. That assumption initially led me to believe that the mod wasn't working. Perhaps an automation of some kind could be looked at in a future update.

One small point is that mods can no longer issue sitebans. I got around this by setting up a special "Temp 3 Day Site Ban" infraction with enough points to activate an immediate ban. My mods use this to combat spammers/porn posts. The temp ban can then be reviewed by an SMod or Admin and made permanent if required.

On the whole I am extremely impressed with this mod and would recommend it to anyone.