Global Administrator Notes
 

Global Administrator Notes

Description
This Hack allows you to have Global Administrator Notes - in addition to or replacing the standard personal Notes.

Details
1 Product XML (2 Plugins, 6 Phrases, 1 Setting)

This is a based on the Original Hack idea by Oblivion Knight.

History
1.0.0
Initial Product Version

1.0.1
Fixed Mode "Only Global" not working properly

Please only click Install if you actually have installed/are using this Hack, and click Uninstall whan you don't use it any longer!

Well, small and simple, thanks :D

There's no "_" in my name.. ;)

Thanks for the port Kirby, I simply can't get my head around the new code at the moment.

Spelling corrected ;)

sweet... extremely useful on one of my sites :D thanks!

Yeah yous did my request :D

Installed

/me installed

Yayus!

/me installs.

i dont see it =/

Don't see what? This makes the Admin Notes available to all Admins now instead of your own notes available to only you.

to make my wishes, i would like this to be not global, but independant... one Global Admin Notes, and one like the original, per admin...

Isn't it already like that before you install this? ;)

He means that he wants one Global, and one Personal.. :p

If I ever get to grips with OOP and the Plugin system, I might look at making some kind of switch to allow the admin to select between the "Global" notes and "Personal" notes. This will of course require a change in the SQL tables, however.

I too would like a personal and global admin notepad. Also... if I were to install the plugin, what would happen to the notes already in the admin's individual notepads?

Well effectively, they'll be lost.

In the 3.0.x version of this modification, I added a query to initially clear the individual Admin Notes just in case any errors occurred.. This doesn't do that, but the first admin to change their notes will effectively make other admins have the exact same notes, and from then on any changes made by any admin will effect the other admins too.

How hard would this be to include the mod notes too so mods can leave notes for admins?

I've updated this so Global Notes are now independant:
You can have only personal, global and personal or only global notes.

Does the AJAX Admin Notes product still work with this version now?

EDIT: I entered a Global Note and when I refreshed the page it was gone. I also tested by logging out of the Admin CP and logging back in and it was gone again. Maybe I'm not understanding how this works, but shouldn't it still be there? And I un-installed the AJAX Amin notes before testing this.

I don't think that this is compatible with AJAX Admin Notes.
And this Hack does not use AJAX, meaning you have to click Save.
But then it should work.

I clicked save and the note was there until I refreshed or logged out of the Admin CP and logged back in.

So you mean they are gone when you log out or refresh?
Normally that can't be ...
Please check the contents of Table administrator if it's there.

The note is in the table ok, but it doesn't show in the Global Notes box in the Admin CP.

What exactly is in the table and what does it show (or not)?
And which mode do you have activated?

I have Only Global Admin Notes enabled. The note I entered is in the Administrator Table but that note does not show up in the box.

I ask again:
What exactly is in the administrator table (fieldname, value)?

Does this help? I am userid 2, by the way.

Yes. It clearly shows that there are no global notes at all.
Edit: OK, there was a wrong condition. Should be fixed now.
Guess I should not only have tested display but also saving :D

Much better. The note is showing up now on refresh. ;)

Nice to see you taking this one step further Kirby.. :)

I think he stumbled on that step, though, but recovered nicely. ;)

Thanks, this is a great hack.

Any way to switch positions of the boxes? Global on top, personal on bottom?

Maybe it would be possible to change the position in some cases - but surely not in all without doing file edits.

Thanks... Installed this second... I ll test it later

- Clicked install

Thanks :)

thank you much and just for the record, the notes weren't showing up for other admins until i went to the adminp options and clicked save.

i went initally, and it said both, which is what i wanted, so i didn't do anything.
but found that other admins couldn't see it until i went back and clicked save.

Does this work with 3.7?

Anyone install on 3.6.8 pl2 ??

:up: Installed and worked great w/no changes in 3.6.8 pl2. Can anyone help to get it to show in the MOD CP too ?

bumps.

This works fine on vBulletin 3.8.4

Works fine on 4.1.11