[OzzModz] Closed Thread Reason

[ozzy47]

Another mod brought to you by,
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/01/1.png

This is a modification that will allow admins to give their admins and mods, the ability to add a reason for closing a thread. It will display the reason for the thread being closed above the thread.

You can choose which usergroups can see the reason, which usergroups can add a reason, which usergroups can delete a reason and make it so multiple users can add reasons, or just a single entry.

Another feature of this mod, will allow admins the ability to disable the ability for staff to reply on closed threads. As we all know, by vBulletin default, admins and moderators can add replies to closed threads. Now you can prevent that from happening. You can also select which usergroups can add replies, if their usergroup is a admin or moderator group.

It is a simple installation, upload the file in the UPLOAD folder, then import the product XML, product-ozzmodz_t_closed_reason

You can edit the options under the settings, [OzzModz] Closed Thread Reasons Settings

Major Features

Usergroups Can See: Allows usergroups to see the thread closed reason.

Usergroups Can Add: Allows usergroups to be able to add thread closed reason.

Usergroups Can Delete: Allows usergroups to be able to delete thread closed reason.

No More Staff Replies: Ability to disable the ability for staff to reply to the closed threads.

Works In Forums: Ability to select which forums the mod will work in.

vBulletin Versions: Compatible with vB versions 4.x.x

Complete Feature List
Option to disable the mod completely.
Option to select which usergroups can see the reason for the thread being closed.
Option to select which usergroups can add a reason for the thread being closed.
Option to allow multiple reasons being added to the reason closed block.
Option to select which usergroups can delete reasons for the thread being closed.
Option to disable the ability for staff to reply to the closed threads.
Option to select which staff groups can still reply to the closed thread, if you choose to disable the ability for staff to reply to the closed threads.
Option to show a closed thread image inside the block.
Option to set the name of the image you wish to use for the closed thread image, so you can easily change it.
Option to select which forums the mod will work in.
Option to show guests a message to see the thread closed reason message, if you allow that group to see the reason.Frequently Asked Questions.

Q. Why do I need such a thing, you ask?

A. Some admins might like to show users why a thread was closed.


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First screenshot is of the acp settings.
Second screenshot what the block looks like with a comment added, being viewed by a user that can add a reason.
Third screenshot is what the block looks like with a comment added, being viewed by a user that can not add a reason.
Fourth screenshot is what the block looks like with multiple comments added.

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* History (Changelog) *
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v1.0.0 (August 9, 2014)
- Initial public release.
v2.0.0 (August 16, 2014)
- Completely rewrote the mod.
- Fixed a issue with the mod not working on some sites.
- Added the missing phrases, now the mod is fully phrased.
- Increased security.
- Added a option to show a closed thread image in the block.
- Added a option to set the image name, so you can easy change it to one of your choosing.
- Added a option to select which forums the mod will work in, if the thread is closed.
- Added a option that if you allow guests to see the thread closed reason block, to show them a message asking them to register to see the reason for the thread being closed.

[ozzy47]

Reserved.

[ozzy47]

Reserved also.

[Alan_SP]

This looks like very good and useful idea. Sometime people ask why thread has been closed. And some threads are closed only temporarily, to be opened later. We can make these things clear with your mod right away on closing, without farther discussions with users. :up:

[ozzy47]

Glad you find it useful, and thanks for marking as installed. :)

[Alan_SP]

I tested it a bit, first impressions:

a) Please include install instructions. I know how to install, but some people might have problems.

b) Please make this lines of code into a phrase:

<h2 class="blockhead" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">This Thread Has Been Closed</h2>
<div class="blockbody settings_form_border" id="staff_reply" style="{vb:raw vbcollapse.collapseobj_staff_reply};">
<vb:comment><div class="blockhead" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;">Thread Closed Reason </div>

I need to edit this text manually in template, but it's much easier to work with phrases.

c) A feature request:

If we enable for guests to see reason why thread is closed, there could be option for us to ask them to register before they can see thread closing reason. Otherwise, if we don't ask them that, they see reason normally.

EDIT: Added more lines of code without phrases, colored them into red, as I later saw they also needs to be translated.

[Alan_SP]

I have a problem with showing thread closing reason. I enter reason, but I only see:

https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/382x163q90/910/8dtZUd.png

[ozzy47]

If you highlight the area, does anything show?

[Alan_SP]

If you mean to select text as for coping it, everything is the same, only selected. No given reason is shown, - (minus sign) stays the same as when it's not selected.

EDIT: I enabled guests to see thread closing reason, so you could check for yourself: http://slobodni.net/t116947/

Guests obviously don't see minus sign and x to delete reason, but also don't see reason at all, just user name of person who gave reason.

[ozzy47]

Ok PM me a admin account, and a link to a thread where the display is, and I can look into it.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Oh this is nice ... lol...im stoked!

[CAG CheechDogg]

Good stuff Ozzy! Just one question ..well a little request..

How can I add an image of a lock or something to display along with this?

[CAG CheechDogg]

Ok I figured it out ..in case someone wants to add an image you can do this:

Open up the following template:

ozzmodz_t_closed_reason_display

look for:

<h2>
{ozzmodz_t_closed_reason_output}
</h2>

Add above it:

<img src="http://www.yourdomain.com/your-image-path" width="image's width" height="image's height" alt="If you want one" border="0" />

I always add the image's width and height, so should you....

[ozzy47]

Oh this is nice ... lol...im stoked!

Thanks, glad you like it, and thanks for marking as installed. :)

Good stuff Ozzy! Just one question ..well a little request..

How can I add an image of a lock or something to display along with this?

I am going to be pushing out a update soon to sort some issues, I can see about adding this.

Ok I figured it out ..in case someone wants to add an image you can do this:

Open up the following template:

ozzmodz_t_closed_reason_display

look for:

<h2>
{ozzmodz_t_closed_reason_output}
</h2>

Add above it:

<img src="http://www.yourdomain.com/your-image-path" width="image's width" height="image's height" alt="If you want one" border="0" />


I always add the image's width and height, so should you....

Do you or anyone have a good image to use, so I can add it to the mod?

[CAG CheechDogg]

For the image how about this in the attachment ...
Or making it where each individual adds their own image maybe from the settings?

[CAG CheechDogg]

I am using this one that I found online and just added a drop shadow:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2014/08/30.png

You can see what it looks like here:
https://www.cagclan.com/community/threads/32770-Closed-Thread-Feature-Example

[Alan_SP]

For some reason I don't see image and receive text forbidden when I follow your link. Do you block old Opera browsers?

Something similar I experienced on Ozzy's site: http://ozzmodz.com/showthread.php/533-Site-doesn-t-work-with-old-Opera-(maybe-other-older-browsers-too) After modifying blocked string I could access his site with old Opera.

[ozzy47]

Yeah if is probably the block user agent mod stoping you from his site.

[Alan_SP]

Just tried to use FireFox browser with same result. :( It's something different, not my UA. Maybe something for blocking proxy, but I'm not using proxy...

[CAG CheechDogg]

No..i dont block proxies ..i do have the the block spiders mod but thats about it ... no one else has problems ...weird ..

[CAG CheechDogg]

Removed content.... Ozzy agreed im a "Goofball" :)

[Alan_SP]

Don't know, maybe you're blocking my IP, i.e. my countries IP? Who knows...

[ozzy47]

For the image how about this in the attachment ...
Or making it where each individual adds their own image maybe from the settings?

Yeah I will probably use that, and there will be a setting where you can change the image name, to use different images.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Don't know, maybe you're blocking my IP, i.e. my countries IP? Who knows...

Ok wait, so it wont allow you on my site at all?

Yeah I will probably use that, and there will be a setting where you can change the image name, to use different images.

Sweet Ozzy! yes that setting to allow different images by each user would be great! WOOHOO!

[ozzy47]

Hmm, it won't be by each user, it will be global for now.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Yeah , that's what I mean, global, I said user because of each user that download and installs your mod lol ...

[ozzy47]

Ahhh ok gotcha. :)

[CAG CheechDogg]

Ozzy..im sorry about that long list of bots I block my Man, if you can just delete that post or replace it with a "CheechDogg is a goofball" lol ..

[ozzy47]

Nah I cant, I don't have that kind of perms here, I am just a glorified member. :)

[CAG CheechDogg]

Lol! I just edited all out lol ...thanks Ozzy

[ozzy47]

Hopefully sometime today I will have a update, it is almost a complete re-write so it is taking a bit of time. :)

I have it just about ready on my test site, then I need to see if it is working on Alan's site, as he had the original issue.

[CAG CheechDogg]

SaaaaWeeeet! .... thanks man you always come through! Can't wait!

[Nirjonadda]

Please can you add option enable only for selected forum ? If so i can use on my site.

[Alan_SP]

Ok wait, so it wont allow you on my site at all?

Now I can see you site. But before I saw "Forbidden!". Probably blocked IP address, or something. As my operator uses dynamic IPs, now I probably have different IP, so I can see your site, and the way you used image.

Talking about the way you used your image, in my opinion I would use table, made two (or maybe three) columns, in left (or both left and farthest right) I'd put image, and in right (or in the middle) I'd put reason for closing text. It seems better solution (and shorter vertically wise).

so, it would look something like:

Image | Closing reason
or
Image | Closing reason | Image

Mod doesn't work on mobile skins (at least not on dartho's), so users probably would look at this on notebook, desktop, which has more screen space.

And I think that everyone who wants something like this can make its own template change, as it is pretty easy.

[Alan_SP]

Please can you add option enable only for selected forum ? If so i can use on my site.

Why? Just tell your moderators not to use it in places you don't want it to be used. Users don't see thread closing reason unless it's specifically given. Moderators see option to give a reason, but you can tell them to ignore it in certain forums.

On the other hand, if Ozzy is willing, why not...

[ozzy47]

Please can you add option enable only for selected forum ? If so i can use on my site.

I will see about that once I get everything that is there already working.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Now I can see you site. But before I saw "Forbidden!". Probably blocked IP address, or something. As my operator uses dynamic IPs, now I probably have different IP, so I can see your site, and the way you used image.

Talking about the way you used your image, in my opinion I would use table, made two (or maybe three) columns, in left (or both left and farthest right) I'd put image, and in right (or in the middle) I'd put reason for closing text. It seems better solution (and shorter vertically wise).

so, it would look something like:

Image | Closing reason
or
Image | Closing reason | Image

Mod doesn't work on mobile skins (at least not on dartho's), so users probably would look at this on notebook, desktop, which has more screen space.

And I think that everyone who wants something like this can make its own template change, as it is pretty easy.

Nice idea Alan ! I will check that out once Ozzy spits out the update .....

[ozzy47]

This is how it's going to look in the screenshot.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Ooooh ....Sexeh!

[Alan_SP]

This is how it's going to look in the screenshot.

It looks like you put image in background?

[ozzy47]

No, the image is not in the background. :)

[ozzy47]

Looks like I might just have it licked, v2.0.0 is working on Alan's site just fine. Will wait to see if he comes back on.

[ozzy47]

But I do see a couple of issues I need to fix. :(

[CAG CheechDogg]

ok good stuff ...

[ozzy47]

v2.0.0 Released August 16th 2014
- Completely rewrote the mod.
- Fixed a issue with the mod not working on some sites.
- Added the missing phrases, now the mod is fully phrased.
- Increased security.
- Added a option to show a closed thread image in the block.
- Added a option to set the image name, so you can easy change it to one of your choosing.
- Added a option to select which forums the mod will work in, if the thread is closed.
- Added a option that if you allow guests to see the thread closed reason block, to show them a message asking them to register to see the reason for the thread being closed.

[ozzy47]

@Alan_SP, your site is running the latest version, but you may want to grab the new files anyway. :)

[Alan_SP]

I just tested how it works on my site. It works great now. :up:

Only thing I noticed is that there's no easy way to select all forums, I needed to select them all manually. If there could be option to easily select all forums? For example, in the beginning to have option for none, all and then list of all individual forums? Or maybe option if we want to select individual forums or not? For example, I want to use it everywhere.

Especially as some of guests could be curios why thread is closed and they might register just to see this reason, as now we can choose not to show them reason, but "please register" text instead. :D

And yes, I'll download installation files just in case, thank you. :up:

[ozzy47]

Click the first forum in the list, scroll down to the last forum, then hold shift, and right click on the last forum.

You can change the message the guest see's by editing the phrase, ozzmodz_t_closed_reason_guest

[Alan_SP]

Yes, I did that for selecting all forums, just thought that it might be easier for some people... And you don't need to right click, left click works just fine. Acutally, I don't know what would be if the right click is used?

And yes, I translated everything important, including guest message. Hopefully over the time there would be some curios users who would register just to see why thread has been closed. :D

[ozzy47]

Yeah there is no easy way to gt all forums in the vBoptions that I know of.

Would be nice to get some people to register to see the reason. :)

[Alan_SP]

Well, your mod can at least help somewhat to get those curios enough to register. :D

And just to mention, there's some minor spelling errors, nothing that impacts the way the mod works (or I didn't noticed that for the moment).

For example:
_______

So by setting this to "Yes" you will stop dmins and moderators from being able to reply to closed threads.

Note: Of course this will only work if the selected usergroups are a admin or moderator group.

Set this to "Yes" to chow a thread closed image in the closed reason block.
________

As you can see, nothing big, but just to mention...

[ozzy47]

Crap, I will get those fixed up in a future update, that's what I get for coding when I am tired. :)

[Alan_SP]

And I just tested with really long thread closing reason, and there's a bit of overlapping text with image. Take a look: http://slobodni.net/t116947/ (log in as ozzy47 to see how it looks)

I noticed that you reduced image to 125x125 in CSS, as I'm using a bit larger image (I removed this image restriction in CSS), then I first noticed this. But, it still appears even with 125x125. Maybe to use tables to separate image from text, just in case if someone needs to use really long reason? Or some other way that restricts text right of the image?

[ozzy47]

To fix the text overlapping the image, in the ozzmodz_t_closed_reason.css find the following:
#ct_image {
position:absolute;
padding-left:2px;
width:125px;
height:125px;
float:left;
}And remove the line:
position:absolute;
I think I had that in there when I first added the image.

[ozzy47]

I have updated the zip to include the above fix, and the spelling corrections. :)

So if anyone downloaded v2.0.0 before this post, please re-download, only the XML has changed.

[CAG CheechDogg]

Nice..good stuff Ozzy and Alan ! I come back from a nice long nap and I see this...im SO EXCITED ! LOL ............

[CAG CheechDogg]

So far so good ! everything is good to go !

I did make a few changes like changed the name of the folder where the image is in, I aligned the text and image to the left instead of center and the size of the image as well in the css.

But everything is looking smOOOOth! Thank you Ozzy! Once again great work my Man!!!

[woodmj]

Strange. Uploading the new files to my site crashed it with a DB error. I needed to remove the files to get to my ACP and then uinstall the mod to get the whole site working again. I'm on 4.2.2 Patch 1, mySQL 5.5.38.

[ozzy47]

What was the error?

[woodmj]

Unfortunately I didn't write it down and when I tried a fresh install there was no error but the mod just remained inactive even though it was set to active in Options in the ACP.

[ozzy47]

Did you set up all the options for it to show on closed threads?

[Alan_SP]

I installed latest version, image and text are now fine.

Spelling wise, isn't this:

Of course this will only work if the selected usergroups are in a admin or moderator group.

should be:

Of course this will only work if the selected usergroups are in an admin or moderator group.

Because admin is pronounced with an a sound?

And maybe feature request (although I know I can manually edit CSS) so we could easily impact how closing reason looks like. Bigger text, or bolder, or maybe even different color?

[ozzy47]

You can use bbcode in the reason.

[Alan_SP]

Great, I was wandering, is it HTML or BBcode we can use there. :up:

[ozzy47]

Yeah I thought bbcode would be the easiest. :)

[thetechgenius]

Is there any way to make the Box smaller? I think it looks to big when there is only a single line of text for the reason.

[ozzy47]

Is there any way to make the Box smaller? I think it looks to big when there is only a single line of text for the reason.

Sure, first mark the mod as installed, then open the file, ozzmodz_t_closed_reason.css, under the group, CSS Templates and find this bit of code:
.ct_block{
padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
}

And change it to this:
.ct_block{
padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
width:700px;
}

Adjust the 700 as needed. :)

[mitch84]

installed & nominated, great idea! thx

[ozzy47]

installed & nominated, great idea! thx

Glad you like it, and thanks for marking as installed, and nominating it. :)

[thetechgenius]

Sure, first mark the mod as installed, then open the file, ozzmodz_t_closed_reason.css, under the group, CSS Templates and find this bit of code:
.ct_block{
padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
}

And change it to this:
.ct_block{
padding: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
width:700px;
}

Adjust the 700 as needed. :)

Installed, and thank you! ;)

[ozzy47]

Not a problem, glad to help. Also thanks for marking as installed. :)

[Alan_SP]

Just noticed one thing: If there's no closing reason given, user's who are able to see closing reason see it (and if they're guests, they see special guest message).

But, description of this option is this:
Select which usergroups can see the closed message, if the thread is closed, and there was a reason added.

Because of it I was thinking they would see reason for closing thread only if it is given, not message that no reason is given at the moment.

And that made me thinking about a new feature request, that we have option to see thread reason only if it exist. Other option is that we see it in any case, even if thread is closed without given reason.

Or just change description, to set which usergroups would see closing reason, whether it exist or not.

[ozzy47]

Well you are supposed to be able to see if if no reason was given, so you could always add one at a future date.

Now if you mean users that can see it, but can not give a reason, I will have to see about adding that.

[Alan_SP]

Yes, I'm talking about users, not about staff members that are able to give reason. I was testing mod for welcoming new users just to check if registration goes well and I noticed that reason is visible even if it wasn't given.

[ozzy47]

I can see about adding such a option at some point. I did not add it originally as that is not the way I invisioned the mod. :)

[Alan_SP]

I thought that reason isn't visible because how option was described, so it was a bit of surprise to see every closed thread shows reason to users. Which made me thinking, maybe someone would want only to show it if reason is actually given.

[ozzy47]

True, but I would think users would like to see that their was no reason given. Either way, I'll look into adding it. :)