3 Admin Tools: Remove Redirect, Edit Posts, & Moderate User

Three additional tools for administrators/moderators - one written by wluke (I hope he does not mind me bundling it with the other two I wrote).

Download the zip file attached. Each hack has its own txt file with exact instructions on how to install it.

Hacks description:

1. Redirect Removal: Allows you to delete the "Moved" redirect to a thread.
   
2. Multi Posts Editing: Allows you to conveniently edit several posts in one thread at once, in one page and with one submit button (good for occassions where a thread gets out of hand and people are overboard).
   
3. Place User's Posting under Moderation: Allows you to place a user under moderation, whereby his posts and threads will be queued until an admin/moderator validates them. (written by Wluke).

Cheers,

Bira

UPDATE MAY 3rd:

* Added to the zip-file a fourth tool for mass-prune redirects ("moved:" links) older than x days (with ability to select which to delete and which to leave).

* fixed a bug in the user-under-moderation hack, which allowed threads with a poll to go unmoderated.


Download here

Bira, it might not be a bug in teh hack than, but to put users on moderated you need a seperate usergroup, right? Well you need to be careful there. Be sure you disable private forums for that usergroup.

[bira]

CJ - you can't possibly say that if an admin doesn't grant appropriate usergroup permissions per forum, that's a bug?!?

Private Forums permissions have NOTHING to do with placing a user under moderation of his posts.

I have a user who HAS access to a private forum but his posts are under moderation because he has a tendency to use foul launguage.

Forum permissions are about access and other rights you give or take from users and usergroups.

ALL this hack does is put a user's new post or new thread in the moderation queue, rather than automatically make it public.

[bira]

Fourth Admin Tool added at Eva2000's request

Prune Redirects in Moderators CP

Yeah sorry, I wasn't sure at first how this hack worked and if it would be part of the hack.

Sorry, and good hacks anyway

Originally posted by bira
CJ - you can't possibly say that if an admin doesn't grant appropriate usergroup permissions per forum, that's a bug?!?

Private Forums permissions have NOTHING to do with placing a user under moderation of his posts.

I have a user who HAS access to a private forum but his posts are under moderation because he has a tendency to use foul launguage.

Forum permissions are about access and other rights you give or take from users and usergroups.

ALL this hack does is put a user's new post or new thread in the moderation queue, rather than automatically make it public.

[RobAC]

Bira,

Awesome job! I'm looking forward to insalling this one. I'm holding off with installing anymore hacks until the final production version of 2.0 is out. This hack along with a couple of tubedogg's hacks are on the top of my list!

[bira]

thanks

[julius]

Place User's Posting under Moderation (I like it! )

A little bug:
If there is a poll in the post, the hack doesn't work.

[bira]

Hi Julius,

Thanks for picking up on that.

For those interested, here's the fix:

Open poll.php

find:

    if (ismoderator($foruminfo[forumid])) {
        $visible=1;
    }

AFTER it put:

    if ($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==XX) {
  	    $visible=0;
    }

(Where XX equals the usergroup id of your new group.)

I also updated the download file in the first post. Cheers!

[eva2000]

hey bira are these vB 2.0.0 final compliant?

[RobAC]

Good question eva2000. I'd like to install this hack but only if it's 2.0 Gold compliant. "Is bira in the house???"