Ban reason field?

[Luggruff]

Is there a hack for the ability to add a reason to why someone is banned?
We are three admins and it's hard having to explain why each person is banned -_-

[mholtum]

Just create a Admin Only accessable forum and place the info there. That is what I do.

[Luggruff]

used to do that.. hard when you're stressed or on the run. Gotta be some way to add a text field just as the field with the number of days.. I have no clue in this scripting language and I don't wanna try and risk something

[why-not]

Originally Posted by Luggruff

used to do that.. hard when you're stressed or on the run. Gotta be some way to add a text field just as the field with the number of days.. I have no clue in this scripting language and I don't wanna try and risk something

Is that all you want is info on the ban?

If so why not just add a table that contains the userid and the ban information <= why they were ban. Then do a join when listing the bans so you can see that information. I try not to add columns to the default db when it's something that is as trival as this. If this is ok I will show you how to do it!

Sonia

[Luggruff]

yes.. I'd love that!

[why-not]

Originally Posted by Luggruff

yes.. I'd love that!

Hi

Just check back in a few hours I just starting on it now!


Sonia

[Dennis Olson]

Look - want the easy way? Do what I did. Add a custom profile field (private), labelled "Ban Reason". I also have a template conditional in the header template that will display that reason to the banned user if they attempt to use the board. Took 5 minutes. Simple and easy. I also have an "administrator comments" text-field where staff can add whatever comments they like. Again, a private field.

[mholtum]

Originally Posted by Dennis Olson

Look - want the easy way? Do what I did. Add a custom profile field (private), labelled "Ban Reason". I also have a template conditional in the header template that will display that reason to the banned user if they attempt to use the board. Took 5 minutes. Simple and easy. I also have an "administrator comments" text-field where staff can add whatever comments they like. Again, a private field.

Mind sharing the conditional?

[Dennis Olson]

I'll share the code. Here you go... Header template, just above
$_phpinclude_output

Add:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 8">
   <div align="left" style="color: red; background-color: white; border: 1px solid black; padding:2px">
	<b>Your membership has been terminated.<br /><br />

        <if condition="$bbuserinfo[fieldX]">
           Reason: $bbuserinfo[fieldX]
        </if>
        </b>
   </div>
</if>

Where "fieldX" is the assigned name of your custom private user field.

Also assuming usergroup 8 = your BANNED usergroup.

[mholtum]

sweet thanks