Warning Hack V1.5

Version 1.5 Note: You must have v1 installed to upgrade, the upgrade process is small so there was no need to write out a fresh install.

It has come to my attention that a "decent" warning system isn't available here on vbulletin.org, which is quite a shame, and because forums like mine, and probably yours need a simple yet advanced warning system to keep things under wraps

Anyway, i thought i might aswell release what i made, prior to me getting off my ass... lol

Administration Features:
View Warning Logs
- Displays all warnings, warned user, warned by, link to the warned post, date, warning type, and the comment specified when the warning was given, and a remove warning link
(Remove will remove the log and also put the members warning level back down in accordance to how much it was increased by the selected warning removed)
Unban Banned Members
- A simple page that you should visit every few days, it will automatically ban any auto banned users by the warning system where there ban time has expired
Warning Options
- Here you can set the following:
-- Number of warn points before member is auto banned
-- Number of days a member is auto banned for
-- View Warnign Types
-- Add Warning Type
-- Add warning type has the following fields:
---- Name/Description/Warn Points Given

Forum Features:
Every post has "Warn [Name]" and "View [Names] Warnings"
These are only accessiable by a member group which is allowed to "moderate" (Moderating groups are auto detected)
Clicking the Warn link will bring you to a page where you view the user your warning, a link to review the warned post, members current warning level, and below the warning types, has a drop down menu to select the warning type, and a text field to put your comment for why this warning is been issued
Upon completing the warning form, the warned user will be Pm'ed from the person who warned them, with the comment put down and a link to the post

View Warnings link will display logs of only that specified user's warnings, the same features as the admin cp warning logs, only just for this user

Members can access only 1 page of the warning system, which is "View My Warnings", this link is added to the quick links drop down menu
Here they simple view there warnings, just like a moderator would, only without the remove warning link

V1.5 Features:
Protectable Usergroups:
No user's in these defined groups can be warned, or banned.
Root Admin Force Protection:
Userid 1 cannot be warned, canned be banned, this is not optional, this is forced for security.
New Unban Members Set Up:
Now displays all currently banned user's, what time they were banned, what time they are supposed to be unbanned. You may unban the user even if there time has not expired (You will be notificed if they have not served the time issued upon ban, but not stopped). Upon unbanning, you choose the members 'new' warning level and the user's usergroup to move them into
Set banned usergroup:
You can now easily choose from a drop down menu which usergroup user's are sent to if after been warned they are banned.

V1.5 Bug Fixes:
- User locations in 'Users online' shown as unknown if they are warning/viewing warnings (Priority: Medium)
- Unban members system renovated and now fully works (Priotity: Maximum)
- No mysql errors upon sending a pm if the PM table had been altered (Priotity: Maximum)
- New protectable usergroups to stop any group of your choice been banned (Priotity: Maximum)
- Last time visited didn't appear when error page occured (Priotity: Low)
- Un-used global in PM function (Priority: Low)

I hope you enjoy the system, my staff teamare very pleased with it and find it of great use, enjoy the hack

- Zero Tolerance

[lucky64]

Great script, but is there any way to make it so mods can only strike in their OWN forums?

[playboy]

<div><font size=1>[<b>Current Warning Level:</b> $post[warning_level]/Whatever your ban limit is - <if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == '5'"><a href='Warn.php?do=WarnUser&id=$post[userid]&post=$post[postid]'><b>Warn $post[username]</b></a> - </if><if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == '6'"><a href='Warn.php?do=WarnUser&id=$post[userid]&post=$post[postid]'><b>Warn $post[username]</b></a> - </if><if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == '7'"><a href='Warn.php?do=WarnUser&id=$post[userid]&post=$post[postid]'><b>Warn $post[username]</b></a> - </if><a href='Warn.php?do=ViewWarnings&id=$post[userid]'><b>View $post[username]'s Warnings</b></a>]</font></div>

I didn't want to edit my navbar, so I did it so normal members can also view warnings of others. The Remove warning link isn't there. I also edited my "Warn Links". That code at top is what I have, and it comes out like this if you are in that particular group.

[Current Warning Level: 0/30 - Warn Cowie - View Cowie's Warnings]

If you aren't in that group, it shows up like this.

[Current Warning Level: 0/30 - View Cowie's Warnings]

[alzibub]

Great hack there !!

Installed on vb3.0.1 with no issues !

I had to change the banned usergroup from 8 - no biggie really but might want to higlight that in the install instructions to check the banned usergroup ID

Suggestion pretty much like everyone else really - would love to see time expiration on certain bans so that after say 30 days the warning automatically removes, cumulative banning procedures, like if banned for 15 days automatically when they return - if they reach say half the amount of points - they become permenantly banned..
Perhaps an option to specify permenant as well as time lapsed ?

All in all - a great addtion to my forum - so you have my thanks

[Mamochka]

I have modificated this hack for me. Please look it.

[WoodiE]

Is there a way to allow my mods to view everyone that's been warned? This way they know what trouble makers to keep an eye on.

-WoodiE

[msimplay]

Originally Posted by Mamochka

I have modificated this hack for me. Please look it.

what exactly are the new features u added to it ?

[Mamochka]

I have added new look in postbit_legacy and fixed one query.

[redlabour]

Love it - thanx !

[redlabour]

Sorry this Hack is a Security Hole it self !

Mods can bann Admin, Co-Admins can bann the Admin too - even the ID File is locked.

Please fix or add this as a security fix.

After i banned my with a test Adminaccount is still can´t access the AdminCP after i unbanned me !

So my wife (witch is a Admin too) trys to unlock me and set me back to the Adminstatus. But this is impossible beacuse my User is saved by $undeletetableusers in config.php.

What the hell can happen if someone banns us both ?

No thanx - this is a uninstall !!! :ermm:

[redlabour]

Originally Posted by lucky64

Great script, but is there any way to make it so mods can only strike in their OWN forums?

Yes this would be very nice - even if the can only warn User that have a lower degree and not Admins !