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Users Only Allowed to Send PMs to Staff (staff excluded)

Requested here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=59131

What does this hack do?

It restricts the user's usage of private messages, so that they can only send/receive private messages from administrators, supermoderators or moderators.

You are also able to turn this on or off at will, in the settings area of the admincp.

Instructions

Run the following query:[sql]INSERT INTO `setting` ( `settingid` , `settinggroupid` , `title` , `varname` , `value` , `description` , `optioncode` , `displayorder` ) VALUES ('', '19', 'Only allow staff to send PMs/users to send PMs to staff?', 'staffsendspms', '0', 'Do you want to only allow staff (moderators, supermoderators and administrators) to be allowed to send PMs, and only allow users to send PMs to staff?', 'yesno', '25');[/sql]

Open private.php and find

PHP Code:


		
			
  $signature=iif($signature=="yes",1,0);

Above, add

PHP Code:


		
			
    // [Gary W] only allow staff to send / only allow users to send to staff

    if ($staffsendspms and ($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 5 and $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 6 and $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 7) and ($touserinfo['usergroupid'] != 5 and $touserinfo['usergroupid'] != 6 and $touserinfo['usergroupid'] != 7))

    {

        eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_canonlypmstaff")."\");");

        exit;

    }

Create a new template named error_canonlypmstaff with the following content

HTML Code:

You can only send PMs to a member of the forum staff (administrator, supermoderator or moderator!)

Enjoy! :D

Nice hack Gary :D Won't use it though since it is for vB2

Nice idea mate! Thanks alot

wow that was an easy install :) great hack, this will be great to fight off all the lamers who register at boards just to blanket it with PM's

Could people please click on Install if you installed it, just for courtesy, thanks :D

can u use this with permissions to give some people normal rights and others the hacks limited to staff rights only

Is there away, to have it where only accepted groups numbers can PM admins. I get a lot of PM's from newbies and groups and just don't want them. But I would like to kep in touch with the usergroups i feel choice.. ?

Possible,

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by midnightz

Modify

PHP Code:


		
			
    if ($staffsendspms and ($bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 5 and $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 6 and $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != 7 and $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != X) and ($touserinfo['usergroupid'] != 5 and $touserinfo['usergroupid'] != 6 and $touserinfo['usergroupid'] != 7))

]

Replace the X with whatever usergroupid you want to allow to send PMs :)

Great thanks :)

If I'm not mistaken before installing this will still block users from sending pms to other users?
and also allow myself to PM'ed by shosen usergroups.

Will the above code (i'm not sure) allow Pm's to fully operate as normal, meaning all users can pm all users, except admins (unless the usergroup is listed)

Thanks again for such a quick response :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by midnightz

This will allow one extra usergroup to send PMs freely to anyone they want.

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