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

[burrelly]

I dont have that option :S

[Torqued]

Originally Posted by burrelly

I dont have that option :S

Ah. It may be in his soon-to-be-released version of this hack. B)

It's in the version I'm currently helping to test. Give us a chance to find any bugs that need to be taken care of. It looks pretty complete to me so I'm hoping that sv1cec will release it soon.

[sv1cec]

Originally Posted by Torqued

Ah. It may be in his soon-to-be-released version of this hack. B)

It's in the version I'm currently helping to test. Give us a chance to find any bugs that need to be taken care of. It looks pretty complete to me so I'm hoping that sv1cec will release it soon.

I would like to include am upgrade script, which would take users who have installed Zero Tolerance's version to my version (that's something Zero suggested), but it will take time. You see, Zero's hack has two versions, and I have to find out what the final version includes, then create the upgrade script. That's a lot of work.

Would you people think that I should release the hack as it is, and then work on the upgrade script, or shall I withhold it until I have the script too?

From the two testers and my testing, it looks as if the hack is OK, so I could release it later today. Please let me know.

RGds
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John

[sv1cec]

Not as difficult as I expected. OK, I've added an upgrade script within the new hack's zip file. Anyone who is using Zero Tolerance's version 1.5 and cares to act as a tester for the upgrade?

What the upgrade script does, is to erase the old templates, create the new ones and add the new columns in the database tables. From then on, you have to follow the normal instructions.

Download the file at:

http://forum.m1911.org/temp/WarningSystem.zip

Read the instructions and let me know if it works. It would be better if you do not do it on an active forum, if you have a test site, do it there.

Let me know.

Rgds
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John

[TCattitude]

Originally Posted by sv1cec

I would like to include am upgrade script, which would take users who have installed Zero Tolerance's version to my version (that's something Zero suggested), but it will take time. You see, Zero's hack has two versions, and I have to find out what the final version includes, then create the upgrade script. That's a lot of work.

Would you people think that I should release the hack as it is, and then work on the upgrade script, or shall I withhold it until I have the script too?

From the two testers and my testing, it looks as if the hack is OK, so I could release it later today. Please let me know.

RGds
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John

No problem at all here.

All ok.
All.

I think you could release the script right now.


And... upgrade script?
No... just simply rollback (uninstall) the ZeroTolerance version.
No more work for that, i think.

[sv1cec]

Gentlemen,

I just want to let you know that my Advanced Warning System Hack has been released. You can find it at:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=71992

It includes a rudimentary upgrade script as well, for those who are using Zero's v.1.5 hack.

Rgds
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John

[SamirDarji]

Congradulations on an excellent add-on to an already great hack. This is something I was anticipating, but not so soon. Thank you for the early Christmas gift.

[sv1cec]

Originally Posted by SamirDarji

Congradulations on an excellent add-on to an already great hack. This is something I was anticipating, but not so soon. Thank you for the early Christmas gift.

You are welcome!

Please note here, that I've added a couple of new columns in the warnings table there, showing when a warning was removed and by whom. I thought an admin would like to know that.

All new additions will be done in the other thread from now on.

Rgds

[hello]

when i try to warn someone i get a blank page and when i try to look at mine or someone elses warnings how can i fix this?

[sv1cec]

Originally Posted by hello

when i try to warn someone i get a blank page and when i try to look at mine or someone elses warnings how can i fix this?

Could I please ask those of you who have installed my version of the mods here, to upgrade to the new Advanced Warning System (and hit "Install" there, as well)? it will give me an idea of how many people are using my code.

Thanks and rgds