Thanks, I appreciate the reply and useful details you provided, those 2 bugs don't sound too bad, but as always, would be nice to have those issues taken care of. I can understand that you are busy with other projects, I thank you for the work you've put in to provide this. Hopefully you'll get to the 2 bugs when you have time though, I'm sure we'll all appreciate it, and if not, I Will (lol).

I fixed one of the issues, but the way to do it some might not like. So i'll make shure to note that in the install file. However I want to solve both before I upload a new version.

good to hear that one of the issues has been knocked out, i'll be lookin forward to the next release that has the bugs fixed. I'll probly wait to install until that one is ready.

Wonderful mod. You have made for some very happy people at one of my forums. So far everything works great. It has taken a little time to figure it out but I'll give it two thumbs up. :tup:

does this work in 3.5.0

I installed it but can not see anything in the threads? is there something i need to do?

I do not have an active version of 3.5.0 to test it with, it works well with 3.5.4 as it was written for and some others with versions lower then 3.5.4 have reported no issues, It could be a number of things two, a misplaced code snippet or the likes. I can't be shure without a testing environment.

I would assume it works in v3.5.0 as I am using it in v3.5.3 on one of my forums and am quite happy with it.

I am running 3.5.4. I have installed it but nothing shows up in the advanced editing options. I have rechecked all of my codes and template edits to make sure I didn't miss anything.

Also there is nothing showing in ACP (under VB Options) for configeration..should there be? It shows as installed under products....

Any ideas why it is not working?

ETA****

Never mind.. It installed fine.. I didn't realize I had to go in to the forum permissions of each forum and turn it on. It is working great!

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This was ported before i understand making vBOptions pages, but to be fully honest there isnt many options to go with it, its more per forum like you pointed out. I might eventually add an options page if I get the time to look into that last error.

when i try to edit a thread now to add an extra user i get the following error.

"Please complete the title field for this thread."

however its already there. I believe everything has been installed correctly.

The hack shouldnt have anything to do with the title field what so ever, thats something either one of your other scripts messed with or you messed up on installation. Maybe you accidently renamed the title field when making a template edit, seems kind of odd, but I don't know what else to offer you.

I've been looking for this one! Thanks for the port Eikinskjaldi! (where u from? weird nickname)

lookin forward to the future plans. I could use this for the usergroups part of it. I.E --> the hack only being available to sepcific usergroups.

This is a great mod

However there are 2 question!

1. How could I enable extra usergroups to access this, or when will the functionality be available?

2. I want to only give my users the ability to make their thread private (only admin/moderators can view it) or public, thread is open to all.

Ideally a simple thread [ Private o or Public o ] button would be great without the other fields, this would hopefully reduce confusion for some members. Would this be a simple edit to the code or more complex?

The only way I can really do this now is make two forums, one for private threads where users can only view their own threads, and a open forum where all threads are open. This makes the forum a little more cluttered. Any suggestions wold be appreciated

I am a bit busy with upgrading and we are moving to a new version on the site I am primarily tech. for. I will give some suggestions really quickly though.

Allowing other usergroups to make private threads is as simple as editing the permissions function.

Making a special switch would be adding it to the form template and then pulling it and setting the two private thread variables with what you want if it is seclected as private. You might still need to edit permissions.

Sorry to be breif or make little sense but I am tired and I have been coding most of today and wont be stopping till I am done. what a dasy for 3.6 to release, what a day.

Any word on a port to 3.6? :D

Ditto. Has anyone tried this on 3.6? Does it work?

I definitely need this.

I am going to release a version for 3.6 but it wont really be a port, i am finally going to release a version with all the bug fixes and such that this one never had. So yes it will be coming soon. It resembles less of the old version and more of my own code but at its heart it is still the same program, so port or new, its coming.

Has anyone successfully had this working on 3.6?

Thats great to hear! Looking forward to it and thanks for doing it. :up:

Yes if you just upgraded from vB3.5x to vB3.6 you need to go back through and modify your templates and FOUR vBulletin PHP files as per the instructions.

Be very careful and use a little judgement as there are subtle adjustments that need to be made. For instance in postings.php the following mod needs to be used:
Instead of:
because of the two additional fields in v3.6. Just be careful and if you understand PHP you will be fine.

IS there a way to have it NOT display the post to users who do not have permission to view it? right now when a user posts it shows the post on vbcmps but comes up with the No Permission reply. It would save some controversy on the site if people who didn't have permission to view it didn't see it at all..

also is there a way so that users can edit the list of people allowed to view the thread after the fact?

Thanks for pointing out those little things above SimCit.

As for making it not show stuff on vbCMPS, I have not honestly looked into that because I dont show any private threads on it. However when the 3.6 version is released you can use a new permissions function for it most likely, but to make it look right you'd have to increase the amount of posts it takes in, to balance it out.

As far as making it editable by users, this seems to be a popular idea, I may e nd up making a page and such for it and just add it to inline tools but as I recall if you give the forums with private threads specific user permission they should be able to edit the thread or get to the place for editing options where they can also edit private users.

That's great to hear :)
I just migrated from Invision and I had a hack that password-protected threads. This cool hack would be the nearest to that sort of thing I can find.

Really really need this for 3.6.3
Pretty please with sugar on top?

Same here... I migrated from Invision where I had a similar mod and my members want their private threads back lol.
:)

I cant get it to work on 3.6. It does kinda work but when i select usergroup option everyone can see it. When I choose user option the selected user cant see it and get the your not allowed message. Im sure its a simple edit or two that would have it fully working.

I just got this to work on vBulletin 3.6!!!! Thanks very much for this great mod man! Awesome! :)

One Question though... How do I edit who can see the thread after it has been created?

Currently only mods and admins can, you have to edit the actual thread. Same as the location where you edit the thread title. I am planning on moving this to its own option later on.

As for the official version for 3.6, iv run into to many time traps to get it out, when iv got the chance i'll start packaging the official Private Threads for 3.6

Please do. I really would appretiate it.

Will be looking forward to the 3.6 release.

Does this hack allow a specific forum to display private threads only? I only want this in one of my forum. Thanks

is there anyway that this can be reversed and used to block a user from a thread?

we sometimes have a thread when it is someones birthday and so would be nice to be able to @ban@ them from a thread created

I tried to install this on Ver. 3.6.4 but found I couldn't edit threads; I just get a blank page. I realize this mod wasn't intended for 3.6.4, but any ideas on how to fix this until the next version comes out would be appreciated.

Thanks Eikinskjaldi for a very useful mod!

I am not sure why it would make your template go blank other then it is causing an error and you have php errors turned off, check your error log from cpanel to see what the error is.

As to the 3.6.4 edition, as things currently stand I am having issues optimizing a piece of it and until thats complete it won't release, as well it is not my top priority currently as other things have come up related to the site I co-own. It has the option to block users if I recall right, its one of the 3 or 4th options, if not i'll make shure to make that part of the next release.

Can't wait for the 3.6.4 version! My members will love this!!! Especially the ban one member bit :)

Subscribing so I can be here for the 3.6.4 version!

Hello :)
Any progress of this awsome mod ?

Any update on this?

Do you have any idea on when you expect to release Private Threads Redux?