New Posting Features - Per Usergroup HTML Posting Permission

Just like the name says, this ultra-simple little Product will allow you to specify Usergroups that may make forum posts in HTML and have that HTML be parsed.

Default vBulletin - You can only choose whether an entire forum has the HTML permission, for all Usergroups. With this modification, you can give the permission to a specific Usergroup.

The code in this version is 100% identical to that in the 3.5 version (except for the lack of parseing in the Preview), which worked all the way through 3.6,7 and 8.

Blog HTML permissions are, for some reason, actually there in Usergroup Manager, they control HTML in Blog entries and posts, and override the settings in this Product.

***BE AWARE THAT INDISCRIMINATE USE OF THIS PRODUCT IS RISKY - RESTRICT IT TO ONLY THOSE USERGROUPS YOU TRUST ABSOLUTELY***

The scary message above is to make sure you are aware that enabling HTML for any group opens you up to security issues. This is why it is not a feature of Stock vB, probably.

Controlled by a Setting in Usergroup Manager, it's phrased and works in editpost.php in WYSIWYG and normal modes, AND the Forum Rules shows HTML is ON to allowed Usergroups.

In the current vB 4.0, this WILL apply retroactively.
That is, if a User posted something in HTML in the past, before they were given the ability, that post will be parsed. This could prove dangerous/troublesome for anything not wrapped in PHP tags.


Many thanks to Andreas for prodding me to figure it out by myself and not just telling me what to do.

A "demo" is here..html is OFF in that Forum, but those posts are made by an Admin with the setting to Yes, so the HTML is parsed.

Known Issues: It is not currently possible to choose whether the HTML in a post is parsed or not - it will be.. unless (weirdly) you wrap it in PHP /PHP tags.
I'll look into adding a toggle switch.

[velma33]

Thanks. Marked as installed.

I went to Usergroups==>Usergroup Manager.
Selected to edit the Administrator Usergroup.
Went through all the different permission sections. (Expected to see it in Post/Thread Permissions.)
Didn't see "HTML Permissions in anything except for blogs and signatures.

It feels like I missed a step.

I uploaded product-nzbgroupallowhtm using Plugins & Products System==>Manage Products==>Add Import Product.

Thanks for your help.

[kall]

Did you make sure to upload the bitfield xml file? That is what puts the permission in Usergroup Manager.

(You are looking for "Allow HTML Permissions" and "Should this usergroups HTML posts be parsed?")

[velma33]

Ha ha! Got it. That's exactly what I was missing. I didn't fully understand the installation instructions, but honestly, I wouldn't know how else to explain what needed to be done anyway. Glad I had this place to ask questions.

Velma

[kall]

Yay! Glad you got it.

I did notice your join date and post count, so guessed you might not be as familiar with the 'workings' of vB as a veteran.

This way, you learned what the difference is between a product .xml and a bitfield.xml.

[isman]

I just cannot get this thing to install. Every time I get "Invalid file specified".

Any suggestions? I have to have this.

[kall]

Are you trying to import the bitfield in Product Manager?

Try the Product file.

[isman]

I am. I'm trying to import bitfield_allowhtml.xml in the product manager. I've tried the system path, relative path, I even tried loading from my local hard drive.

[isman]

Doh, I got it. I was importing the wrong xml file. I was not importing the product-nzbgroupallowhtml.xml.

Thanks for the pointer.

[kall]

bitfield - permissions added to Usergroup Manager
product - thing imported in Product Manager

[ICannt.org]

Originally Posted by ICannt.org

Quick question, what would happen if a user (who didn't have permission to use HTML) quoted a post made by someone with permission that contained HTML?

Can the dev please clarify this for me, I don't want to install this mod until this is clarified.