Thread Blocker by BOP5 - Block usergroup access to specific threads
 

Version 1.3: Added option to block threads by forumid & bug fix
1.2 - Added option to block threads by thread prefix
1.1 - Added option to block by userid
1.0: Initial Release

I know the best way to control access to threads is via built in permissions and promotions systems however some times for special circmstances there are just certain threads you want to block from certain people- maybe from guests for example. What this mod does is make it easy to block some specific threadids from usergroups you specify. Simple and effective. The users without permission will see an error message saying they don't have access to that particular thread.

1 Plugin and 1 Global Phrase: bop5tb_noaccess - This is the error message others will see when attempting to view a thread.

Working on vBulletin 3.8.7- 4.1.5 and should work on all VB 3.6.x and up including all 4.x versions.

Demo:
Blocked Thread: http://www.qapla.com/mods/showthread...ew-this-thread.
Unblocked Thread in same forum: http://www.qapla.com/mods/showthread...la-Demos-Forum

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Translations:
Portuguese (By Ary Braga) - See Post #26

Reserved.

Love the concept mate, do you think this can be add in the future as a tool to chose from the Administrative tool tab on postbit?

thanks mate :up:

I'm not seeing how it would be useful in the postbit when you'd have to enter usergroups to block. Possibly on the Admin Tools on showthread (at the top of the thread) - possible but not likely to happen soon- much more difficult coding to do that.

Yeah that was where I ment sorry.. I understand mate, thank you for this anyway.

Loving it as I have requested few times mods like this one, love hiding stuff to people and spiders sometimes.lol

Joe, Why the thread icon is angry ? :D

P.S : Nice work Joe :)

LMAO I was wondering the same thing. hahaha

Because it will make people angry when they get blocked from threads. :p

This modification was a live saver for me. I had gotten a warning by Google to not put ads on threads with pics of hot models (just regular bikini pics) etc so I moved all the threads that Google might flag into a subforum. I then used a conditional in the templates that I had ads in to keep ads from being displayed in that subforum.

Once that was done, I used threadblocker to block guests from threads that could be considered 'too hot'. I only have a couple threads like that. I know it would just be easier to put threads like that in a private subforum but I do not really allow people to post threads like that. When I encounter them, I merge them all into one thread so that it's easy to find.

By putting those threads in a private subforum, you could lose potential SEO benefits as the title of that thread could be a popular search term.

That's how this modification, REALLY comes in handy because not all the threads in that subforum is blocked.

A guest would still have access to some threads which might tempt them to join out of curiosity.

Hi, great Mod!
Is there a way to ban single users from single threads in a forum?
thanks.

Make a new usergroup... Add that user to the group... Block usergroup from thread.

You can add option for Block User ID from Thread ?

Just create a new usergroup called "Blocked From Threads" , make it based off of Registered Users so all the permissions are the same.

Then add the specific user(s) to that group as an additional group.

They will be blocked from the thread and it won't affect anything else.

I was "convinced" to add the option to block by userid to this mod. Version 1.1 now released.

Thanks for updated ! Excellent work !

:mad: I am mad now. I didn't see this till now LOL

Thanks Joe

Thanks for this great add-on, but I want some thing similar to this, but not blocking some usergroups from thread, I want just disallow them from posting in that thread, is this possible some how?

Great mod as always, but i'd like to have seen it where you can block an actual user instead of a usergroup
Could that be done?

Not with this mod.

You can block by User ID as of versio 1.1.

^ Thanks BOP5

This looks like a great idea.

Would it be possible to amend this to block usergroups from threads from a specific thread prefix?

ie, if I have a 'Politics' thread prefix and some users don't play well with others I can have them excluded from all threads with that prefix?

Yes I could probably add something like that in next update. Just very busy at the moment.

Thank's BOP & good luck with what's keeping you busy :)

Just a gentle little reminder bump incase you have any spare time, if this would be useful for anyone else or if someone has come up with something similar for themselves..

Not trying to rush you, BOP - If you have real life stuff to keep you busy I respect that.



It would also be great if there was a way users could self exclude from Not Safe For Work threads, though I don't have an issue excluding them manually on request if that's not possible.

Gentile reminders are often effective. :D

Updated to version 1.2- Allows you to specify thread prefix ids to block threads.

Well, if you want to put the file translated for Pt-BR and which also works for Pt-PT, here is my small contribution.

Thanks. Added link to first post. :up:

Yay :D

Thanks a million, BOP - Very much appreciated http://twistsnturns.net/images/smilies/toppa.gif

Can this block all threads in a specific forum?

I have one forum thread block but it appears all threads are blocked in all forums.
I may actually like that option :) Please add this option to the mod. (block all threads in all forums)

Note: The demo above Unblocked Thread in same forum is also blocked.
So, It may not be just me :p bug?

Reminder current version 1.2.0 is blocking all threads in all forums.

Appears to be a bug- thanks Mr_Running. Please disable for now, will look to fix as soon as possible.

OK updated to version 1.3.0 - should fix the bug and added option to block threads in entire forum as requested by sticky.

Yes, 1.3.0 fixed the bug :)

In Regards to Sticky's request...

This looks like it's UserGroups only and prevents posting?

Block all threads in Forum?

A list of Forums to select to block all threads would be a good feature. :)
Highlighting which forums to block all threads

There is a new setting in 1.3.0 where you can put in a comma separated list of forumids and all threads in that forum will be blocked.

The only thing I see is ...Block users or usergroups from posting?

This isn't blocking threads? or I am just wondering around confused. :p

Can't install :( It says "XML Error: not well-formed (invalid token) at Line 1" I'm running v4.2.0. Please help if you can, I could really really use this mod!

any confirmation that this mod works with vb 4.2.pl2 ?
thank

It works with all 4.x versions.

For the XML error please try re-downloading the mod and re-extracting the files form the zip, seems like a corrupt file.

Edit: Nevermind, I got it working! Thank you :)