pm user on thread modoration
 

hi,

This is a port of this and i'm posting this with the original authors permission (yes i did ask him)

This extension will send a pm to the threadstarter when a modorator or admin takes "administrative action" currently supported are

• stuck / unstuck
• open / close
• edit *
• delete *
• move
• merge
• split

* = means you need to modify some vbulletin files to make it work correctly

plugins = 7
phrased = yes

The installation is pretty simple.Goto yourforum.tld/admincp.Choose plugin system => manage products => add product browse to product-modautopm.xml and import it

next you needto goto the vbulletin options group "message posting and editing postings and there you'll find some settings regarding this extension

everything good ? => hit save

you cannot skip this step or you'll receive SQL errors !!

detailed install instructions are in readme.txt

Nice hack, I think I may install this later. Question: Can this also be expanded in a future use to e-mail the user? Some users don't really get the concept of PMs :)

Very nice!!

Question, does the pm come from a specific person? or from the moderator who performed the action?

you can specify that on the settings page but offcource you can enter only one id (to prevent pm flooding) and the userid must be a moderator

im wondering bout something, I have a hidden recycle bin, and whenever I wanna delete a topic, I move it there, but in this case, if I moved a topic there, it will pm the user telling him about that hidden forum which no one knows about...

any suggestion?

yes it will show the url but if this user has no rights he can't view the hidden stuff.If you don't want this at all you can simple deactivate the move plugin and no pm's for will be send at all (for moved topics)

well i'm playing with an idea to add a "custom profile field" which would allow to choose between receiving a pm or an email.This could be possible throug a setting to some users hate private messages i did know that

will it be possible in future versions to not say "opened or closed" but instead say the action that was taken via conditionals ?

You've been porting some really great hacks. If you ever release so there's not a file modification, this will be a definite must for me to be installing. Thanks!

Thanks!