I modded my template so this icon is next to the username instead.
All you have to do is place the variable controlling it (cant remember what it is) to somewhere else.

I modified it like this which is much better now I think:

What you should be looking for is:

and replace it with :

Please read the instructions carefully.

As for the navbar, if you added those two lines, it should be there, there is no reason why it is not showing. Show me the code you have there.

Rgds

It's not very difficult to do what you want, AWS is not very far from what you are asking, the main differences are:

- everybody can vote against everybody. This can be considered the same as everybody being capable of issuing warnings.
- in which case, obviously the warning points required for a ban should be much higher.

So, in reality, with some changes at who can vote (warn), some adjustements of the existing parameters and some additional parameters (like for example how many times a member can warn another member), a system like the one you describe is possible.

Or, you can add another level above the whole hack, where users are really voting for a particular warning which the admins have decided to issue against a particular member, and the results of these votes decide if the warning is issued or not. This is getting too "democratic" for my taste, and too much democracy easily leads to anarchy.

I am not sure if the above make sense, too late in the evening and too many things in my mind, so sorry if they sound like a drunk man's words (I swear, no drinks).

Rgds

I do not know, you should ask the members who installed it.

Rgds

allright installed fine no more php errors but i can't figure out howto give a warning ? i added a user called "forumgod" gave him super moderator rights (like the instructions say) but howdo i give a warning ? i also added a normal user called test to play with but .... howdo i give him a warning when i am logged as an administrator Warn.php?do=Warn&userid=$bbuserinfo[userid] ?? :rolleyes:

my vbulletion version is the latest availible from vbulletin.com/members/

ooh the nevbar thingy is working now :speechless:

[edit]

never mind there is a link called "warn vbulletin_username" at the top right corner of the post they make i just wasn't logged in a username able to warn so i couldn't see that sorry .... :ermm:

If you are logged in as an admin or supermod or mod, and you look into a thread which contains user posts, in each user post, you should see two links. One saying "Warn XYZ" and one saying "View XYZ's warnings", where XYZ is the user name. Their purpose is obvious.

Depending on whether or not you allow off-post warnings or not, similar links appear, if you click on the poster's name inside a post and go to his public profile.

Rgds

Folks,

For those who upgraded to version 2.3, I haven't included instructions, on how to set the version of the hack, in the database.

Please run the following query:

UPDATE `".TABLE_PREFIX."warning_options` SET version='2.3' WHERE oid=1

Rgds

i got this thing working great thing spammers will think twice now i managed to get the script working using this steps

• back your database in case you screw up you can easly restore the backup
• for security reasons make a copy off all *.php files that need to be edited manually(this allows you to uninstall easysly when you need to)
• open installationinstructions.txt included in the zip and follow the instructions provided

like this there won't be a problem

last thing a screenshot from the working script

thanks for the great excellent

That's the kind of feedback I want from you guys, thanks a lot Delphi!

Rgds

where is ther updated file????

In the zip, you will find all updated files and instructions on how to update.

Rgds

there is usually something there like a zup file but you only have

Download
Features.txt
Versions.txt

and no zip file

OOOOOOOOOOOpppppppsssssssss, OK, here it is.

OK I have been thinking and had another idea lol

Would it not be able to be adapted to detect duplicate posts and possibly add a warning point to the offending member ?

Just a little idea to keep you busy over xmas lol

Thanks a lot for this hack, I can not start to express my gratitude enough.

H

sorry but got a warning:

SQL-query:

ALTER TABLE `warnings` ADD COLUMN `caused_ban` char( 1 ) AFTER warned_warning_id UPDATE `"warning_options` SET version = '2.3.1' WHERE oid =1
MySQL said:

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'UPDATE `"warning_options` SET version='2.3.1' WHERE oid=1' at l

ahh i left the " in oops sorry


The first quiery worked, the second didn't

the query in the lated version upgrade instruction doesn't work for me

reply from the MySQL server

sql querries aren't my strongest point ...

The idea is the following: anybody can vote the ban proposal and once the quorum has been reached, the ban proposal is sent to the moderator of such forum. This way, the users of a forum can bring up the need for a change towards that person but only one of the moderators can approve it (or an administrator)

Is this true Democracy or a way to prevent unwanted people? :devious:

I got the first quiery working:

by removing the botton query and removing the ".TABLE_PREFIX." which was infront og the warnings.

I'm getting a problem:

Also, when I go to Warn.php?do=ViewMyWarnings , it just comes out as a blank page.

If I am not mistaken, if you try to enter the same exact post twice, vB is telling you you are not allowed to do that. Maybe I can check that code and see how it is done, and adapt it. The think is, I am quite overbooked for Christmas, Revan just send me his version of this hack, which is using the vboptions for the warning options (I am not exactly sure what the benefits are), and I have a couple of ideas I want to incorporate before Christmas. Oh yes, I also do not know if the nursery schools have Christmas vacations like normal schools do, if they do have, forget me for the duration of the Holidays Season. I'll be too busy taking care of the twins.

LoL

hi,

allright i got a version number at the upper right corner but not tin the warning template probably i'm doing something wrong gonna leave it alone for a while now before i screw up out of "nervosity"

Just make the start of your template look like this:

Mind you the templates changes were in 2.3.1, but that shouldn't make any difference.

Rgds

it's working :rolleyes:


:D

I am glad you got it working.

Rgds

This hack is really great!

Most things seem to work now on my board but there is still one problem I can't fix.

I can't find any error in my warnings table

Any solution for this?

Yes, you have not run the query that adds the "caused_ban" column in your warnings table. Run it now:

ALTER TABLE `".TABLE_PREFIX."warnings` ADD COLUMN `caused_ban` char(1) AFTER warned_warning_id

Rgds

Hey John, wanna start fixing this hack? ;)

What you mean "fix this hack"? I am doing my best!!!

Rgds

Thanks for your help.
This fixed the problem.

It was a joke! :D I actually thought I was looking at the thread for the vb Articles (too many open windows) and thought this reply was there. My mistake! Please take no offense!

I downloaded the hack today to completely install on my test server before rollout on the live server. I've seen quite a few hacks, and read a lot of the documentation that comes with it. By far, this is most thorough and detailed bit of instructions that I've ever seen. I thought you were awesome from just the quick replys to have to issues with the hack, but your hack has gone above and beyond any hack I've seen. I mean, vb itself doesn't have this detailed documentation, lol. If this doesn't make hack of the year (if there is such a thing), I would think the judges to be crazy.

Any luck on the job? If not, pm me because I need some hacks made for my site. Two of them are very simple. I even have the logic for them laid out. But a third one is killer hard and will require some real thinking and development. I was looking into paying someone to do it, and if you work this way with all your clients, I think you're the man for the job.

While I was changing the templates for postbit, I ran into the following:
Mine had:
Did you want the additional code put in before the last div tag or did you want it after it? Thank you again John. It's been a smooth install so far.

Another issue. For some reason when setting the warning options, it won't show the "Banned Users" usergroup in the drop-down box for the Permanent Ban Group. It appears fine in the drop-down box above. This one's stumping me.

Ok, something's definitely wrong here. I saved the Warning Options and it just gave me a blank screen on the side of the frame. Sometimes my test server does stuff like that, so I didn't pay it any mind. But I went back to check if my options were saved, and none of them were. It also did the blank screen thing when I did the last step on the upgrade_warn.php (I believe I had some version of ZT's hack installed). Something tells me the db didn't get modded. :( Any assistance appreciated.

Man, I'm just racking these up. When trying to View Warning Logs, get the following error
I know the logs are empty because I haven't warned anyone. Could that be the problem?

When I went to view warned users, I got the same error:
Again, it could be because there are no warned users.

Let's take your question in the order they came.

- postbit template. Mine (3.0.3) doesn't have any div there, so I can't be sure. I suggest you experiment.

- banned user group not appearing, you are right, I haven't seen that, I'll look it up and post a correction here.

- your last error is a result of not saving the warning options properly. One of the parameters defined there, is the records per page, so if that is not set, the program tries to divide by nothing.

Let's see what we can do to help here:

First of all, try to see if you have the proper tables. Check the following tables by comparing the results of the "describe tablename" command with the columns described in the installation instructions. Second, check to see if the required templates have been added.

We'll take it from there.

Rgds

What was I thinking?????

OK, to fix the issue with the banned users group not appearing in the drop-down menus of the other options, please open your admin_warn.php file and find:

Replace that part of code with:

I'll post a new version in the zip file, in a minute.

Protected Usergroups isn't working on my installation. I have Use Hierarchical Schema set to no and added 13|18 as protected usergroups, but it's having no effect. Any suggestions? Everything else seems to be working as intended.