Zoints Anonymous Posting - Improved privacy for members
 

Have you ever wanted to discuss something on a forum but never posted because you didn't want people to know it was you? To solve this problem, we created an anonymous posting hack.

Via the admin control panel, you can easily choose which forum(s) allows for anonymous posting.

http://img3.zoints.com/anon/anony1.png


For anonymous enabled forums, your members then get this handly little checkbox (unchecked by default) when making a new thread or post.

http://img3.zoints.com/anon/anony3.png


If they check the box, then their post is created under the account you setup and assign as the anonymous poster. I personally created an "anonymous" username, but you can create whatever you want.

http://img3.zoints.com/anon/anony5.png


As forum owners, we all know that a few members will choose to screw around with this feature. Therefore we created an easy means to identify who created an anonymous thread/post should the need arise. Please be ethical and tell your members you can see who posted anonymously should the need arise. You can check the log by going here:

http://img3.zoints.com/anon/anony2.png


And the log looks something like this:

http://img3.zoints.com/anon/anony4.png

Official support for this modification will take place at http://network.zoints.com in this forum.


Enjoy, click install, check out Zoints' other hacks, have a great day, and all that happy jive.

Dang! you still code good :p

excellent, thank you!

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Excellent work! This is something I have wanted for a section that I was going to create, but held off until I had something like this.

Thanks for sharing, it is much appreciated.

There was alot of bugs in the vb 3.6 version

how they now been fixed mate?

like edit post, quick reply and attachments?

Sweet.

I have been logging out and into another to make some posts on my forum.

Thank you very much :)

Thanks a lot, I was really looking forward to a 3.7 release.

Thank you very much !!!!!!!!

Works perfectly thanks :)

Cheers :)

can this be set by usergroups too?

thanks guys!

Working perfectly...your mods usually do. Thanks. :)

What happens if multiple anonymous people post in the same thread?

It just lists them all as your Anonymous user.

There was alot of bugs in the vb 3.6 version

have they now been fixed mate?

like edit post, quick reply and attachments?

i have asked this twice now and you wont give me an answer why?

This is just a port of the 3.6.x modification to make it compatible with 3.7.x. Any previously mentioned bugs have not be addressed. They may be fixed in the near future, but there are other priorities at the moment. :)

If you compile a single post with detailed descriptions of the bugs you have experienced, it'll be easier to address.

nice but posting as anonymous wouldnt it jsut encourage ppl to flame

Is there any chance to get an option to only allow this option for the first post of a thread? That would be a major enhancement for my site.

This is perfect for a forum I wanted to set up. Great hack man.

Is there any way to make this automatic? I've set up an anonymous forum, as it fits in well with my site, and I'd like to be able to just make all posts anonymous. Can this be done?

I found out a way to automatically check the box.

Click "Search In Templates" and search for this piece of code:

<if condition="$show['anonymous']"><div><input type="checkbox" id="cb_anonymous" class="bginput" name="anonymous" value="1"

Now replace it with this:

<if condition="$show['anonymous']"><div><input type="checkbox" id="cb_anonymous" class="bginput" name="anonymous" value="1" checked="checked"

The box will automatically be checked now.

Thanks to Jase2, as I came up with this idea based off his hack:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=169444

Superb :)

I am still on 3.6.8 but upgrading shortly to 3.7.2 and just downloaded the current version. What I have noticed is that when I set Anonymous to the group Anonymous Posters and cause that group to require all posts to be moderated, the posts still are not queued for moderation. In other words I think the postings permission is still that of the original poster. Is there any way/hack to cause anonymous posts to be moderated while leaving regular posters, who post under their user name, unaffected?

Thanx. :confused:

+1
this will be perfect :up:

The only reason I have not installed this mod is because of the fact that you can not set permissions based on user groups. Permissions such as a minimum post count would also be appreciated. This mod would be perfect if it had such a feature.

Until then I see it being heavily abused by "trolls". This could be prevented by allowing such permissions.

Same here I wait for more improvement like user group thing

I would like to see the issue of anonymous polls (that I posted a long time ago to the 3.6 version thread) be fixed. Other than that, I'm happy with it and will upgrade to this version. :)

Sigh. Any one have any ideas about moderating only anonymous posts? Some idea where to start looking? Would group settings solve this? I assume the problem with group settings would be the same as with moderating the anonymous user. The poster has the permissions of his/her normal account. Right?

I know this is unsupported, but I am hoping someone here has the answer.

I have installed and marked as installed.

But in the Admin CP, the Anonymous Post Log, doesnt work and just redirects me to a framed home page of my forum.

Has anyone experienced this?
Is there a known conflict with another mod?

Thanks sincerely for any replies.

Fixed (I am such a noob sometimes :( )

Here is how you code the usergroup permissions in your newpost_usernamecode template:

Template Edit
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template name: newpost_usernamecode
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Find:
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<phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]" 2="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[logged_in_as_x]</phrase>
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Below, Add:
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<if condition="$show['anonymous'] AND is_member_of($bbuserinfo,4,5,6,7)"><div><input type="checkbox" id="cb_anonymous" class="bginput" name="anonymous" value="1" <if condition="$vbulletin->GPC['anonymous']">checked="checked"</if>/>$vbphrase[zointsanony_anonymous_post]</div></if>
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4,5,6,7 is the allowed usergroups. Replace by the usergroups of choice.

Any chance that the attachment issue will ever be addressed?

I hope the attachments issue will be looked at as well, for the 3.6 and 3.7 versions.

I've found a bug: if you hard-delete an anonymous post, it still shows up under the "Anonymous Log" in the AdminCP. Any way that this can be fixed?

Anyway to do this so it works with quick reply in the anonymous forum? Or how to take out the quick reply in one forum only?

I'd definitely like this if it could keep track of multiple anon users on the same thread. So the first person to post anonymously would be "Anonymous User 1" and the next "Anonymous User 2", etc.

If all the people posting anonymously get given the same name, that'd be confusing.

I really like this idea but I have a question.. do posters have to have an account on the forum before posting anonymously?

Is it possible to let people who are not members to post aswell?

Thanks for your help