Add-On Releases - Advanced Report Post Management System

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Distances First Official vBulletin Release!!

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH vBulletin 3.7.x and higher


What does it do?

This is better for forums which get alot of post reports, it allows staff to see the amount of post reports open and lets them review and leave appropiate comments.

Users can see there post reports made and can see the status of the report and the moderator dealing with the report.

Admins / SuperMods / Moderators can see the post reports

*Note Moderators will only see the post reports in the forums they moderate*


Moderators can see who reported the post and the time at which it was reported, and the comment given by the user. There are also links to the post itself, the thread the post is on, the forum the thread is in, the user who posted the post and the user who reported the post.

The user page can be linked anywhere you choose; I have included instructions for linking it on the quicklinks menu.


Moderators can update the status of the report, and add a comment. The user who reported the post can then see these changes reflected in their page - it will show the name of the moderator dealing with the report, the comment (if any) left by the moderator, and the time at which the report was last updated.

When a moderator sets the status of a report to 'closed', it is moved to another page in modcp called 'closed post reports'. Post reports that are in the pending state are still kept in the 'outstanding post reports' page.

See screen shots for more information


Installation

• Unpack the .zip file
• Upload the files in the upload directory to your forum root
• Install the product by uploading the product xml file into the product manager in Admin CP
• Make the two template changes specified in 'template changes.txt'

Upgrading

From v1.0

If you are upgrading from v1.00 please uninstall then install the new one.
Be sure to uninstall the original otherwise you will get 2x everything!

From v1.01 OR HIGHER

Simply upload the plugin and choose to overwrite.




Changes

• 2 php files to upload
• One xml file to upload
• Two templates to change (navbar)
• Installs 3 plugins

Screenshots



User reporting post:





User going onto quick links to open up there post reports:





User viewing the post report they just made, it is still open and not assigned to a moderator:





A moderator can see in the navbar there is one post report:





They click on it and change the status to pending:






The user can now see in there reported posts page its under investigation and has been assigned to a moderator:





The moderator has reviewed the post and now closes the report:






The user can now see the closed report:





Other:


Modcp links:






Admincp links:


Distance (me)
Spleasure (Jorrit) for bug fixing help



Other Notes

• Please note that since i didnt release the original i cannot give support for this modification, however i will help as best as i can
• I have permission to release this port of the original
• FULLY backup your site before installing this modification!! Im not responsible for any loss of data etc if you install this incorrectly or dont backup your database
• Uninstall any previous releases of this hack BEFORE installing this one, failure to do so will result in database errors. *Meaning previous releases, not previous versions of my release*
• This has only been tested on 3.6.4 and 3.6.5, i dont see why this wouldn't work on other versions of vBulletin 3.6.X
• See next post for updates and important notes!!

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Important notice: By default if BOTH

• Post Reporting Discussion Forum
• Post Reporting Email

Are turned off.. the post report system will disable itself. I haven't
figured out a way to get round this yet but this will be updated in v2.10

So for now make sure in: vBulletin Options -> User Infractions & Post Reporting Options

One of these two options are turned on.

Click Install if you like this modifcation



Thanks

Distance

[kelekian]

Originally Posted by Distance

Note the next release wont be for a few months as in 3weeks im going on holiday

Thx for the comments

Well 3 weeks has gone and a month after that too. Is there a date for the 2.00 release?

Thnaks!

[Distance]

Originally Posted by Burley

Distance, when I turn the email function off, the mods disables itself as well.
Didn't you fix this? I thought you said you did.

I fixed the problem where if the email option was turned off it would not work but the report system still works as usual..

The problem you are facing isn't really a bug.. When all the options for report posts are turned off the vB post report system disables itself. Which is logical as it thinks there is no way for you to view it anyway.

Try making a forum that is hidden to all and put that as the post reports here forum.

[Burley]

I did that, but then I also have to enable the e-mail function, otherwise it doesn't work right?

[Distance]

No. Only a post in forum option needs to be turned on.

[Domenico]

Hi,

What about adding the following functionality to this hack -> https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=147229

Thanks!

Advanced Report Post Management System
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=137031

The hack above is offcourse a very good and much used one but when 20+ people report the same post it kind of loses its functionality.

What about a hack/add-on (to this hack?) that let the users know that the post is already reported (x times and why?) where the admin can set a maximum of reports that can be send about the same post/thread. Maybe it can be shown in the thread but it can also be a new page after clicking the report button. When the max report is reached the report button/option disappears.

I hope someone can make this much needed hack/plugin/add-on.

Thanks!

[Crystal Shards]

Installed!

It took a little to understand what you meant by template changes but I got it!

~Crystal

[Domenico]

The date doesn't change after adding a comment or changing the status.

Updated: d-m-Y h:i A

[Distance]

Originally Posted by Domenico

Hi,

What about adding the following functionality to this hack -> https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=147229

Thanks!

I will look into this soon

[Domenico]

Originally Posted by Distance

I will look into this soon

Thanks man!

Another thing the moderators on the forum ask is if it is possible when you click the link to see all open reports, that for every open report you also see a link to the forum where the report thread for the moderators is created. Is this clear?

:up:

[Domenico]

Another great thing would be that if you close a report the comment is placed as last post in the thread where mods are discussing the report and that the thread is closed. Can this be done?