Moderators Functions - One-touch Spam Ban and Cleanup

*** Staff note: The author of this modification has passed away in a diving accident. We wish his family all strength in dealing with this tragic issue. ***

One-touch Spam Ban and Cleanup




The main purpose of this mod is to clean up after a spammer. With a minimum of fuss it will:

• Delete all threads started by the spammer
• Delete all posts made by the spammer
• Delete all PMs sent to other members by the spammer
• Delete all calendar events made by the spammer
• Ban or delete the spammer as you like
• Ignore permissions - posts can be deleted in areas that a moderator may not have access to.

The option to activate this tool appears in the drop-down menu in the postbit, as well as on the profile page. From here it is a "one-touch" operation, with the small exception that you must press a confirmation button before the cleanup is made.




See the screenshot for the various options, but some of the more interesting ones are:

• You can specify individual users (in addition to groups) who can use this tool. This means certain trusted, non-moderator users could have the ability to clean up spam and ban spammers.
• You can specify users or groups who are protected - they cannot be deleted by this tool.
• By default, users who have registered more than 30 days ago are also protected from this tool (spammers tend to be caught and removed fairly soon after registration)
• You can turn the various deletion targets (threads, posts, events, PMs) on or off
• Select between hard delete or soft delete

This mod is similar to some older mods, but improved in a number of ways:

• You also have the choice to alter the standard ban and delete reasons before you press confirm.
• Deletes more types of spam (PMs, events)
• Simple, quick, effective
• Single file import (.xml) no file edits, no template edits, no .php files to upload
• Should work on all versions of 3.6.x and future versions

Installation

Download and import the .xml file via AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product. Remember to click overwrite if upgrading

Configuration

Once installed, check in your AdminCP under "VBulletin settings" and look for the configuration group called "One-touch Spam Ban & Cleanup Options". The default options should be fine for most people.

How to use

If you have rights to use this tool (i.e. are an admin or moderator, or have configured it for the relevant user or group ID) you should see the option appear on the member profile page, or in a drop-down on the postbit (see attached screenshots for an example). The idea is that as soon as you see a spammer select the "One-touch Ban & Clean" option to remove all trace of the spammer.

Support




Support will be given to those who have:

• Read these instructions (and followed them) and
• Clicked install

Version history

1.0 - initial version (28.08.2007)
1.1 - security fix (21.09.2007)
1.2b - Beta Fix to work with vb3.7.0 (20.05.2008)

[luffer]

using this mode does not move users to the banned category - check your banned users and you will not find those that you banned using this mode - search for the users using search option and you'll find them being banned but the user category will not be updated.
Also I found that there is a mistake in this query of the plugin:
$vbulletin->db->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userban (userid, usergroupid, displaygroupid, usertitle, customtitle, .... this should be customtitle, usertitle,.. also the corresponding values should be moved too

if any one fixed this problem please let me know

[Fungsten]

Originally Posted by brvheart

thank you, I installed, but can not see the one touch in the members profile - anyone have a fix for that? I am sure that it is just a template edit....

Same here.

[CCV_Pinto]

Originally Posted by luffer

using this mode does not move users to the banned category - check your banned users and you will not find those that you banned using this mode - search for the users using search option and you'll find them being banned but the user category will not be updated.
Also I found that there is a mistake in this query of the plugin:
$vbulletin->db->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userban (userid, usergroupid, displaygroupid, usertitle, customtitle, .... this should be customtitle, usertitle,.. also the corresponding values should be moved too

if any one fixed this problem please let me know

I did a test and here the user is moved to the banned category (at the mod options you can specify the id of the banned users, check it there)

and If I understood correctly: you want to change from:

$vbulletin->db->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userban (userid, usergroupid, displaygroupid,  usertitle, customtitle,...) values (... value_usertitle, value_customtitle,...)

to

$vbulletin->db->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userban (userid, usergroupid, displaygroupid,  customtitle,usertitle, ...) values (... value_customtitle,value_usertitle...)

well.. this modification dont change anything

the link to use one touch and ban from the profile has dissapeared, so I did a modification:

like Quarterbore said , you should find:

     <if condition="can_moderate()">
                            <li class="thead"><a href="moderator.php?$session[sessionurl]do=useroptions&amp;u=$userinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[edit_user_profile]</a></li>
                        </if>

after that, I added this:

<!-- one touch modification -->
<!-- insert_onetouch -->
<!-- one touch modification -->

then I changed the plugin "global_start" of this product to:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'member' AND $vbulletin->options['spamer_ban_enable'] AND (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(",", $vbulletin->options['spamer_ban_can_use'])) OR ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] != 0 AND in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], explode(",", $vbulletin->options['spamer_ban_can_use_user'])))))
{
    $findend =  "<!-- insert_onetouch -->";
    $replace = '<li class=\"thead\"><a href=\"misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=spamcleanconfirm&amp;u=$userinfo[userid]\">$vbphrase[spammer_ban_member]</a></li>';
    $vbulletin->templatecache['MEMBERINFO'] = str_replace("$findend", "$replace$findend", $vbulletin->templatecache['MEMBERINFO']);
}

this will insert the option to the user profile if the user has permission to see the link

[BigDog56]

Originally Posted by CCV_Pinto

I did a test and here the user is moved to the banned category (at the mod options you can specify the id of the banned users, check it there)

and If I understood correctly: you want to change from:

$vbulletin->db->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userban (userid, usergroupid, displaygroupid,  usertitle, customtitle,...) values (... value_usertitle, value_customtitle,...)

to

$vbulletin->db->query_write("INSERT INTO " . TABLE_PREFIX . "userban (userid, usergroupid, displaygroupid,  customtitle,usertitle, ...) values (... value_customtitle,value_usertitle...)

well.. this modification dont change anything

the link to use one touch and ban from the profile has dissapeared, so I did a modification:

like Quarterbore said , you should find:

     <if condition="can_moderate()">
                            <li class="thead"><a href="moderator.php?$session[sessionurl]do=useroptions&amp;u=$userinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[edit_user_profile]</a></li>
                        </if>

after that, I added this:

<!-- one touch modification -->
<!-- insert_onetouch -->
<!-- one touch modification -->

then I changed the plugin "global_start" of this product to:

if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'member' AND $vbulletin->options['spamer_ban_enable'] AND (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, explode(",", $vbulletin->options['spamer_ban_can_use'])) OR ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] != 0 AND in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'], explode(",", $vbulletin->options['spamer_ban_can_use_user'])))))
{
    $findend =  "<!-- insert_onetouch -->";
    $replace = '<li class=\"thead\"><a href=\"misc.php?$session[sessionurl]do=spamcleanconfirm&amp;u=$userinfo[userid]\">$vbphrase[spammer_ban_member]</a></li>';
    $vbulletin->templatecache['MEMBERINFO'] = str_replace("$findend", "$replace$findend", $vbulletin->templatecache['MEMBERINFO']);
}

this will insert the option to the user profile if the user has permission to see the link

I did not have

                        <if condition="can_moderate()"> 
                            <li class="thead"><a href="moderator.php?$session[sessionurl]do=useroptions&amp;u=$userinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[edit_user_profile]</a></li> 
                        </if>

But I had this. So I used this instead and seems to works fine.

						<if condition="$show['edit_profile']">
							<li class="thead"><a href="moderator.php?$session[sessionurl]do=useroptions&amp;u=$userinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[edit_user_profile]</a></li>
						</if>

[gbox master]

*** Staff note: The author of this modification has passed away in a diving accident. We wish his family all strength in dealing with this traggic issue. ***

holy moses this is a bad thing to read
i hope he will rest in peace and my condolences to his fam
the modification is excelent and its a great loss that he had a accident specially with such a great hobby as diving

these kind of modifications should be nominated as mod of the year

[ZatroX]

will this work with 3.7.4?

[BigDog56]

Originally Posted by ZatroX

will this work with 3.7.4?

yes. just do the changes stated a few posts back.

[jbd]

*sigh*

Condolences go out to him and his family, thanks for the mod, even though I can't get it to show up on my postbit.

[tiekie]

Im runing vbulletin 3.7.4 and it doesnt work with it . I added the addon patch for v3.7.0 but still nothing.

Will you please make it work for my version

[Alfa1]

It would be nice if a 3.7 version would be released making use of vbulletin's functions to clean up spam quickly. vbulletin allows for multiple spammers to be banned and cleaned up in one go. But vb's interface is not as easy / one touch as this one.