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)

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by barcena

Sorry I'm not gonna read 27 pages, thank you anyways.

You'd rather have somebody else search for it for you? There is a Search this Mod button in the upper right corner. It's worked really well for me when I've had modification problems and haven't wanted to read several pages to find the fix.

[TimberFloorAu]

I notice this system, displays the link in memberinfo for all usergroups ( but only works ) for admins mods etc.

Needs conditionals for it to display ( or not as the case maybe )

[ekool]

Originally Posted by TimberFloorAu

I notice this system, displays the link in memberinfo for all usergroups ( but only works ) for admins mods etc.

Needs conditionals for it to display ( or not as the case maybe )

I noticed this as well. I wish someone would pick up this mod and update it for 3.8 and fix that bug. It's a handy tool!

[Lynne]

The One-Touch Ban & clean link on the member.php page? On my 3.8 site, it only shows for Admin/Mods. It doesn't show for other usergroups at all.

[Deib]

I don't have any problem with it showing on 3.8 either.

[ams3521]

Hi and thanks for a great mod, My deepest sympathies also to the authors family and friends as I had no idea he had passed away.

After reading this thread page for page I can find no answer to my problem which is when i install this hack everything works fine but there is no 'submit' button to carry out the banning command, any help greatly appreciated.
I'm using VB 3.8.

[gr8dude]

[UPDATE] resolved
The problem was that in config.php "disable hooks" was set to enabled. Aah..



I am experiencing the "smilie" issue with this plugin. Nothing was changed in the forum, its templates, or configuration. One day it would simply stop working correctly, and show the smilies page instead of the usual "confirm you want to do this" question.

The URL which is getting called is: http://forum.dekart.com/misc.php?do=...confirm&u=2608 (the last number is replaced with a given user ID).

I was using 1.1, but saw that 1.2b is available - updated to it, but there is no effect.

I also uninstalled and installed the plugin - still no effect.

I must also point out that unlike other people who reported the same problem, I don't see any PHP error messages or warnings, I just see the smilies page. I checked, PHP warnings are supposed to be enabled, phpinfo() confirms that. Currently it is set to "ALL".

I used VBulletin's feature that verifies the integrity of the files and I am certain that they are intact.

Can someone recommend a troubleshooting strategy?

I've looked inside misc.php, trying to understand why the smileys are showing up . The following code explains it:

// allows proper template caching for the default action (showsmilies) if no valid action is specified
if (!empty($_REQUEST['do']) AND !isset($actiontemplates["$_REQUEST[do]"]))
{
	$actiontemplates["$_REQUEST[do]"] =& $actiontemplates['showsmilies'];
}

If I look further, I see the logic for various actions, ex:

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'attachments') ................

..

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'buddylist')

But there is nothing of this kind

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'spamcleanconfirm')

So, I am not surprised that the smilies page is shown :-) but I have no clue how come it used to work in the past.

[pitzerwm]

Tried it with 3.8.4 and it says that it won't work because missing some security key??

I installed 1.2 and now it works in 3.8.4 Thank God!!!

[bp323]

works on my forum using 3.8.4....

[Mecho]

Originally Posted by Lynne

The One-Touch Ban & clean link on the member.php page? On my 3.8 site, it only shows for Admin/Mods. It doesn't show for other usergroups at all.

i don't have that option in member.php as well. i had it in old version. is it possible to tell how we can add that link manually ?

Thanks in advance.