Show Thread Enhancements - Private Debates

Features List:

1. Allow members to add userIDs of debaters when creating a new thread so that only the thread owner and added members can reply, in addition of course to the Admin and mod of the forum
2. Admin and mod can add, remove debaters after the thread creation
3. When viewing the thread, it will show on top that this is a private debate between the thread owner and selected member names
4. If no userIDs added, the thread will act normal, allowing permitted members to reply.
5. It can be enabled per forum.
6. UserIDs added are separated by space.
7. Compatible with VB 3.5.4 and 3.6

Installation:

1. Import product-tdebates.xml into your products be going to Plugin System -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product.
2. Enable it for any forum

Thanks go to Ghanem for kindly providing the English phrases translation

Nominate this for Mod o.t. Month

click install it you did installed this mod

[distractme]

we love this! we have it enabled in two sub forums but would like to enable it by specific groups in other subforums so mods (enabled) could control it and keep registered users (disabled) from getting pissy with it.

any way to do that?

[JohnBee]

Oh boy! your the man! - Any chance to add a button for people to read(if they wanted too).

[periphrastic]

installed on 3.6.8 & thank you

[apokphp]

FYI, for those who cannot find the option for it in their admincp...it's there, just not where the screenshot says it should be.

Look at the very, very bottom of the options in the forum permissions page.

[tqvn2004]

I need this Addon for my forum, and it stop working when I upgrade to VBB 3.7.3 PL1. This is the modification to the original plugin to make it works again:

Find in product-tdebates.xml:

<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="t" value="$threadid" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="dotdebates" />

Replace with:

<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="t" value="$threadid" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="dotdebates" />

Hope this help!

[Hornstar]

I have updated this addon for anyone who is not very technical. But please backup your database before installing this update. I hope you don't mind beebi but since you have not been on for several months, I will release the update in your thread.

This update contains the fix for 3.7 (token error) and the username fix. I also re-worded some phrasing to make it more understandable for members (I hope)

Working for 3.7.x (not tested on anything else)

I'd like to add some new features in the future if I get time, but hopefully beebi will come back and choose to support his mod.

Hope this helps a few people.

[pureturk]

I have installed this hack. Great job!!

I ve set it up ina way where only admins and mods could start a debate. But my problem(which is not a huge problem) is that when I start a debate between two users. It also shows my username on top as a debater. How would I make some changes so it would only show the names of the userid's that I put when creating the debate exculding the thread creator?

For instance I ve created a debate thread between users 3567 and 5467. But when the thread opens, it shows my username on top along with the other 2 members as well.

Private debate between: admin(me) and user1 and user2

What do i have to do so admin doesnt show?