Yeah, just so the proxy options are only visible when posting in certain forums

I think it needs a crossover between forums and usergroups.

If a member starts abusing the option then we need an option to exclude them from that grouping

EG

"registered users group" can post as "userID xx" in "forumId x"

"registered users" cannot "post by proxy" at all in "other forums" (and do not even see the option)

"admin usergroup" can post as "usergroup AB" in "all defined forums"

"supermoderator group" can post as "userID zz" or "usergroup AB" in selected forums

Reuploaded version 1.00.1.

If you have downloaded this prior to this post as a bugfix, please download again. Also there is now 1 change in the functions file to get rid of this bug, re-uploading files is now also needed. If you already installed 1.00.1 to fix the bug, then there is no need to reinstall the Product file for the updated version 1.00.1.

If you where running 1.00, and you did not have the mentioned bug, there is no reason at all to install 1.00.1.

I will once more rethink what i can do for this with standard vB permission systems. I don't really feel to write a seperate permission system.

woot! workin' like a charm now :-)

thanks marco for the quick work in fixing the bug... great hack too btw

Thanks for the feedback and the compliment.

I had a lot of time to test this hack (was stuck without internet for some time), and was already wondering if there was really no bug to be found left. Lucky the 2 of you found this in combination with your php-settings. (was actually just wrong coded anyway).

Where can this setting(see green colored text above) be changed at?

Probably in your php.ini config file

There is no reason (at least from the point of view of this hack) to change that setting. The 1.00.1 version of this hack supports both modes.

But if you want to change it for whatever reason, then yes, you can find it in your php.ini file.

I'm looking to install this for a reason that's a bit different. I've got incoming mails that are to be replies to existing topics. So what I'm thinking is actually using this hack along with a server that has a permanent login under the account that has the proxy option. Then when it gets the message it would fill out the form and use it to post. I could go direct to the database, but we don't get tons of these, and this would allow me to not have to worry about all the database updates, forum subscriptions, etc. as they'd follow all the posting rules.

Does this make sense? Any major issue you see with this logic?

I think it wouold be easier to tell a server to write to the database, then to tell it how to fill a form and select from a dropdown box.

Yes, that's the way I'd normally go. I just have to figure out all the tables it has to hit and particularly for the subscriptions how it needs to parse the data and load the tables to send out the subscription messages. The form isn't very hard (done a lot of it) so I think I'll try to make sense of the database entries created and then if I still can't get it then I may go with the proxy form.

You can find threads on how to create a post in our Tutorial forum

Thanks. I found the one about threads and going to see if I can find one about building replies (since all the posts right now will actually be replies rather than new threads).

Awesome! Installed :)

Great Hack, thanks.

In response to your post #20
- A. A forum setting (ie. every usergroup can post in that forum using 1 of the defined users).

I just need one forum where people can post as Anonymous if they want to, so no fancy stuff. I wouldn't mind option B tho, but needed at the moment is only A.

Thanks and kudos again for your work.

Vote folk, vote:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....2&postcount=20

I have a problem with my forum.
This hack works properly with <<new thread>>, but it doesn't work with <<reply>>.

Any body has this problem ?
I installed ver.1.0.0.1

The only reason i can think of is that you have a modified 'newreply' template, and that the automatic template edits can not be made. Try making the edit to this template manually, as instructed in the install.txt

PS It will only work in Advanced mode, not in quick reply.

if you can make this apply to specific forums, it'd be mod of the month for sure. in reply to your question:
A. A forum setting (ie. every usergroup can post in that forum using 1 of the defined users).
this all that is needed to make this also work as an anonymous forum hack.
looking forward to install this some day.

Yeah ... not major though, but if you edit a proxy post the "edited by" message will show the real user's name.

That's kind of a major issue don't you think? If I need to edit my proxy post and it ends up displaying my real name, my proxy post is pointless. On top of that, other users will be able to figure out who my other proxy posts (in other threads) actually belong to.

Won't be able to use this as an anonymous post hack.

I wondered what happened to MarcoH64. I haven't seen him anywhere on this site for awhile...maybe on vacation or exams?

I have te same problem. The hack works fine apart from when I try to make a new thread with a proxy account. My site is a Zoints community and I have had consultants look at the "newthread" template and they couldn't find anything wrong.

MarcoH64, do you have any ideas on how I can solve this problem?

wooooooooooooo:banana:

Thank you Marco

This is just what I needed:D

Now I can use the fake info bot account without signing in and out to change anything:cool:

Thanks very much;)

Install

Working fully

Anyone?

Has anyone tried to contact MarcoH64 via PM or email?

Marco, this hack is causing a couple of minor problems on my site.

1) When making a new thread with a proxy account, your main account makes the thread, not the proxy account.

2) When someone edits a post, they lose 1 to their post count. I have found out (by disabling all hacks one at a time and testing editing threads) that this hack is the cause.

Is there any chance of getting a couple of fixes to solve these problems?

Take a look at MarcoH64's profile...he hasn't been around for almost a month.

Zowers, are you also noticing that when someone edits a proxy post that their main account displays?

Yeah I saw that, so I emailed him too.

No I have not encountered this bug. I wonder why we have these probs, and no other site does?

Marco, rnmcd, have either of you guys found out how to fix this problem?

I have also had several coders looking through the templates and they found no errors either :(

Can anyone help me with this problem?

Zowers, I have not found a fix regarding post #72.

hey guyz, I have just installed this, great hack... but i'm curious. the 'optional template edits' in the install file. what do they do exactly? the hack seems fine without the edits, and I don't wanna go editing templates if I don't have to

Great hack. Works like a dream Thankyou.

Oh ok :(

Great hack, thank you!

Will there be any way in the future to track who has sent a specific PM by proxy ?

At present there isn't any way to clarify which staff member has actually sent a PM - might be very useful if a staff member is causing trouble, but avoiding consequences by intent :-)

Djamil

Can this be used to make a post "as" another user? Or is it just preset usernames that can be chosen from a dropdown box?

Bad Bunny:
The usernames ARE official users with all of the things that it comes with.

Marco (or whomever can answer this):
Does it update the post counts of the original username, or of the shared username? The description is a little confusing to me.

Is there a way to have the proxied usergroup be based upon the secondary instead of the primary usergroup?

Has this been abandoned??

*subscribing