New Thread on User Banning by BOP5

[BirdOPrey5]

The purpose of this mod is to create a new thread in a forum you specify whenever any user is banned.

NEW In Version 1.2 - Set a minimum post count for a user before a "new thread" is created on their banning- this way you don't bother making threads for spammers with just a handful of posts.

New in Version 1.3 - Very minor optimization of code- upgrade optional.

New in 1.4 - {USERID} is now a usable variable in the Ban Reason. Allows for links to the banned user's profile.

The title and message posted is easily customized, as is the username of the thread starter.

This has been tested on vBulletin 3.8.6 and 4.0.8 and should work on all versions of 3.8.x/4.0.x/4.1.x. It may work on earlier versions too.

Read the info txt file in the .zip for full instructions.

See the screenshots for more details.

Please "Mark as Installed" if you use this. :)

English - Download Zip File
Arabic - Download xml File (Translated by Dr. osamA):up:

[BirdOPrey5]

Reserved.

[sulasno]

tagged and thanks

I wonder how difficult it would be to edit the code for a monthly list of inactive users and lurkers to be publish as a new thread to a forum?

[BirdOPrey5]

It would be completely different code...

[fionix]

Thank you works perfectly - already first user got banned :)

[BirdOPrey5]

Updated to version 1.1- added a drop down selection menu to choose the forum in settings rather than manually entering the forum id.

Otherwise everything else is the same.

Code added thank's to Boofo's suggestion. :up:

[blake247]

Sweet mod!

[nacaruncr]

tagged and thanks

I will install later.... thanks :D

[OldSchoolDSL]

(Do you have any idea on how much drama this will cause? LOL )

INSTALLED & Working

4.1 PL2

[tafreeh]

cool.. but that would be nice if we can set usergroup setting.. otherwise, no badi wants to create a thread for a user with below 3 post..

[Boofo]

(Do you have any idea on how much drama this will cause? LOL )

I think this was originally intended for creating the threads in a staff only area, more than anything else. ;)

[Merjawy]

Great mod... Will install it soon I get a chance. Thanks

[BirdOPrey5]

cool.. but that would be nice if we can set usergroup setting.. otherwise, no badi wants to create a thread for a user with below 3 post..

Setting a minimum post count is a good idea. I'll try to add it in the next update.

[BirdOPrey5]

NEW In Version 1.2 - Set a minimum post count for a user before a "new thread" is created on their banning- this way you don't bother making threads for spammers with just a handful of posts.

[cyberchief]

Installed. Awesome! Thanks!

[OldSchoolDSL]

NEW In Version 1.2 - Set a minimum post count for a user before a "new thread" is created on their banning- this way you don't bother making threads for spammers with just a handful of posts.

:up:

Installed and working

4.1 PL2 & 4.1.1 (test site)

Thanks for the update :)

[dandanch]

Thanks,works great:)

[starman?]

Working fine and dandy. Most excellent work. Thank you very much indeed!

[COL NIL SATIS]

very very useful ...tagged

[Dr.osamA]

Excellent = 5 stars

installed + translated to Arabic
plzz add XML file to orignal post [edit = for v1.3]
thank you sir

[BirdOPrey5]

Excellent = 5 stars

installed + translated to Arabic
plzz add XML file to orignal post
thank you sir

Thanks but the file you included is my original (English) file- no translation was found...


I also made a very minor update to version 1.3 just now.

[Dr.osamA]

Apologize

soooory sir

now i fixed it

[Wajdan]

Reserved!

[g33k4u]

Can you make all posts be added to one single thread ? ( specified previously by admin ) instead of making a new thread each time

This way, the thread can be seen in public, and members will know why members are being banned, and they will make sure to avoid that

I love the idea of your mod, but I won't install it as it will be some kinda a spamming mod ( by staff ) in huge forums that got like 15-20 members banned each day

Please update me on this

Thanks

[BirdOPrey5]

Can you make all posts be added to one single thread ? ( specified previously by admin ) instead of making a new thread each time

This way, the thread can be seen in public, and members will know why members are being banned, and they will make sure to avoid that

I love the idea of your mod, but I won't install it as it will be some kinda a spamming mod ( by staff ) in huge forums that got like 15-20 members banned each day

Please update me on this

Thanks


This is an option I plan to add to a future version but I don't have an estimate when that will be right now.

[GentGaming]

Looked forever for something like this. Thank you for stopping me from having to make it myself.

[Alan_SP]

Is it possible to include link to post that lead to user banning? And if it is profile infraction, to state that it was profile infraction.

[BirdOPrey5]

Not with this modification.

[g0dfather1984]

Go BOP, it's your birthday!

[rajitbansal]

hello i am unable to use this.. i dont know how to edit and and save where thread should be made. kindly help me

[BirdOPrey5]

hello i am unable to use this.. i dont know how to edit and and save where thread should be made. kindly help me

In your Admin CP (Administrator Control Panel) go to Settings -> Options -> and scroll down the the mod "New Thread on Banning by BOP5" and double click on it. (It's usually near the bottom of the list when newly installed.)

That will bring up the Mod Settings which will look like this:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=125598&d=1294981349

You make all your settings here. The forum where to create the new thread you must select from the "New Thread Forum" drop down box. Just click on the little down triangle to see the available forums.

[rajitbansal]

done! thanks for your help, really appriciated

[Skyrider]

Any way to add a {PROFILE} or something so it also adds a link to the user profile.

[BirdOPrey5]

Any way to add a {PROFILE} or something so it also adds a link to the user profile.

I just updated to version 1.4. {USERID} is now something you can use in the Ban Reason option.

Therefore you can make a profile link by using code like this in the ban reason:


{USERNAME} (http://www.juot.net/forums/member.php?{USERID})


change the URL to your forum's URL and you should be all set. That will link the username of the banned user to their profile.

Note: Don't use quotes in the URL tag, I've seen it cause problems.

[Skyrider]

Great, thanks! :D

[8thos]

I have a ridiculous tranny troll alias problem right now this will definitely come in handy.

Do you know of any other quick ban options?

[BirdOPrey5]

I have a ridiculous tranny troll alias problem right now this will definitely come in handy.

Do you know of any other quick ban options?

No I don't know of any other "quick ban" options... and honestly I'm not sure how this would help you ban someone any quicker- just meant to keep the community or your mods aware of who has been banned.

[sweetpotato]

Please provide this mod for mutilanguage use
Thanks,

[BirdOPrey5]

Community created translations are encouraged. I am only fluent in English so I can't do any translations myself.

[sweetpotato]

thank you, but I mean you provive support so I can translate to use on my site with both English and my mother tongue Language. I have no problem with translating.
Thank you for the nice mod.

[BirdOPrey5]

If you have a question I'll do my best to answer it.

[Marios858]

Excellent Modification , thanks a lot.

[Nirjonadda]

You can add option thread Auto Close?

[NTT]

great idea, but I want to only create one thread and the next user banning will be comment in the topic, how to edit?

[Nirjonadda]

Yes also add option banned member Thread ID !

[NTT]

Yes also add option banned member Thread ID !

This mod has selected Thread ID?

[BirdOPrey5]

You can add option thread Auto Close?

I can on a future update but that may be a while.

For now you can edit the XML file.

Find the line:

$banthread->set('showsignature', $vbulletin->options['bop5onban_sig']);

And add below it:

$open = 0;
$banthread->set('open', $open);


And all threads will be closed. (Re-import the product of course, allow overwrite = yes)

great idea, but I want to only create one thread and the next user banning will be comment in the topic, how to edit?

Maybe in a future version, just not possible as it is now coded.

Yes also add option banned member Thread ID !

I don't understand... You want to make posts instead of threads in a specific thread? If so same answer as above.

[wilford brimley]

wrong mod my bad.

[Mark_Zuckerberg]

It gives me an error while i click ban user the error is this

Fatal error: Class 'VBSIGNATURES' not found in /home/admincp/public_html/dbtech/vbsignatures/hooks/threadfpdata_postsave.php on line 5

altough i have selected no to Show Signature? in New Thread on Banning by BOP5 options any help?

[BirdOPrey5]

it appears to be an incompatibility with dbTech's vbsignatures mod.

I would suggest disabling my mod- I do not have dbtech's mod installed anywhere to test and frankly do not see having time anytime soon to figure out what the conflict is.

Sorry.

[letipro]

great idea, but I want to only create one thread and the next user banning will be comment in the topic, how to edit?

i like it, please update :)

[furnival]

Installed on VB 4.2 seems to be working fine. Great mod -- thanks BOP5!

[elfenny]

Installed, thanks

[Amaury]

Think I found a bug.

If I select three threads created by one spammer, for example, it will make three threads about the same user.

Here's what I did if you want to try and reproduce it:
Select two or more threads by the same user and delete them as spam
Select Delete other posts and threads started by the affected users
Select Physically remove
Select Ban these users under Punitive Actions
Proceed

[BirdOPrey5]

I can't replicate this on my 4.2.1 forum. I only get 1 thread created no matter how many are selected. Do you have any other modifications running on the userdata_postsave hook? You can check in Plugin Manager in Admin CP.

[Amaury]

I can't replicate this on my 4.2.1 forum. I only get 1 thread created no matter how many are selected. Do you have any other modifications running on the userdata_postsave hook? You can check in Plugin Manager in Admin CP.

So I found this happening even when it's completely different users.

For example:
User 1
User 2
User 3
User 4
User 5If I deleted their spam all at once instead of individually (the only way I can prevent this from happening is by doing it individually), I would see five threads all pointing to the first user in the lineup instead of each individual user:
Banned User 1
Banned User 1
Banned User 1
Banned User 1
Banned User 1(That's what I set the thread title as.)

Plugins:
http://i.imgur.com/704dQyD.png
http://i.imgur.com/eMNkzA3.png

[BirdOPrey5]

Ahhh... Well that error I understand why i is happening. Unfortunately I can think of no fix for it. Just the way VB determines the most recently banned user.

[Amaury]

Ahhh... Well that error I understand why i is happening. Unfortunately I can think of no fix for it. Just the way VB determines the most recently banned user.

While it can't be fixed, out of curiosity, why is it happening?

[BirdOPrey5]

Well vBulletin doesn't have a hook that runs only when a user is banned. The hook this mod runs on is anytime a usergroup is changed. In order to determine if a user was actually banned the mod checks if anyone was banned in the last several seconds and if so assumes that it should make a thread about that ban. To prevent errors it only returns the oldest ban even if several happened at nearly the same time. Yours is the first report I ever had of a flaw with this system.

[DemOnstar]

Another great idea...BOP5, you are consistent....:up:

[eTiKeT?]

Nice idea, thank you
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I've added the patch Turkish

[Barcham]

Can you make all posts be added to one single thread ? ( specified previously by admin ) instead of making a new thread each time

This way, the thread can be seen in public, and members will know why members are being banned, and they will make sure to avoid that

I love the idea of your mod, but I won't install it as it will be some kinda a spamming mod ( by staff ) in huge forums that got like 15-20 members banned each day

Please update me on this

Thanks

Any news of an update for this? If it would create only one thread with each banning or suspension being added to the thread I can see it being very useful and I'd install it in an instant. One thread per ban is just too much to deal with.

[cihadehli]

Nice idea, thank you
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I've added the patch Turkish

thank you eTİKeT hocam.. :)

[furnival]

Yours is the first report I ever had of a flaw with this system.

Hi Birdofprey5, thank you for this fantastic mod. It has stopped working for me on VB 4.2.5. I get a message that a new thread cannot be created, after I ban a user in /admincp/. Any ideas how to fix this please?

[BirdOPrey5]

Hi Birdofprey5, thank you for this fantastic mod. It has stopped working for me on VB 4.2.5. I get a message that a new thread cannot be created, after I ban a user in /admincp/. Any ideas how to fix this please?

Did anything change between the time it last worked and the time you noticed it stopped working? VB Version? PHP version? Server change? Added or removed new forums or administrators?

Without much to go on or the exact error message I would suggest you verify the user who makes the post still have permission to post in the forum selected for the post to be made in, and that that forum is open to new posts.

[furnival]

Did anything change between the time it last worked and the time you noticed it stopped working? VB Version? PHP version? Server change? Added or removed new forums or administrators?

Thank you for your reply! I really appreciate it.

No changes to users. The admin user is the one doing the banning and no permissions have changed so I don't think it is related to permissions. Nothing shows up in the PHP error logs.

I did upgrade to PHP 7.1 and moved servers around the time this plugin stopped working, so those might be the factors. I am on VB 4.2.5. Not sure how to resolve this. I get a message when I try to ban a user, in white text at the top of the admincp screen, "Error creating new thread!". Any ideas where to look to find the source of the error, please?