Change Threads/Posts Owner/Date for vB3.7
 

Change Posts Owner

Created by Marius Czyz aka Phalynx.

Tested on vBulletin 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8

What does this modification do?
It can change the owner and date of multiple threads and post. For this, it adds another option to your mod actions on forumdisplay, showthread and search results. After selecting some threads or posts, you can choose the new owner by name or by UserID. "By name" works with the AJAX namesuggestion, we all know it from writing a PM. After changing the name, it rebuilds thread/forum counters and post counter of old and new user. Attachments will also be assigned to new user.

Installtime: <1 minutes
Difficulty: very easy (1 product)

Demo is not available, due to missing permissions on my board.

Please click Mark as INSTALLED, otherwise I will not support you.

Features
- Can change owner and date of selected posts and threads (including database attachments - it will not move file attachments)
- Can change owner to unregistered user and back
- Can accept user id and username
- Username input is driven by AJAX
- Post count of involved users will be increased/decreased
- Thread and forum counters of involved threads and forums will be rebuild
- Supports inline moderation
- Makes use of $template_hooks, hooks and simple group permissions
- Every change will leave a notice in moderation log

Features for future releases
- Incrementally change time, f.e. first posts is 12:01:01, second one will get 12:01:02h, third one 12:01:03h....
- Moving file based attachments to the new user


How to install?- Simply import product

How to upgrade?- Uninstall existing product, install new one

Changelog
v1.8, released 7. January 2009
- Apostroph in Username will be filtered out
- Fixed 12h/24h recognition

v1.7, released 4. June 2008
- Attachments will now be also assigned to the new user
- Added ability to change date of posting
- Added ability to assign post to guest user
- Added ability to set IP Address (-> AdmincP, Settings)
- Added moderation to search result (posts)

v1.6, released 19. June 2008
- Post counter of old and new user will be updated
- Added moderation to search result (threads)
- Clean up code
- Compatible with vBulletin 3.7 GOLD
- Minor fixes

Very nice, congrat :)

nvm: just installed! :D

Nice, but how could this be used?

Nice hack - saves messing in the database via phpMyAdmin.

Installed and tested. Works fine.

Select the thread/post, scroll down at the moderation level, select "Change posts owner" from the drop down menu.

What general purpose can this MOD serve? What reasons would there be for the original post owner be changed to someone else?

Maybe I'm missing something here...why would you need/use this? :confused:

Long period leave absences, job changes, etc... Among many others examples, boards where Threads with important contents must be updated from time to time by the thread(s) owner(s). :up:

Also like Jase2 said above:

Sort of understand. But if a user is away for an extended period of time, why would someone else take over ownership of his/her posts/threads? Wouldn't other owners just keep replying to keep the threads/posts alive?