Post Edit History Viewer

When someone edits a post, the old message is stored in another table before the new one overwrites the old message.

Posts that have been edited will have "view edit history" displayed below the post count in the postbit.

Clicking "view edit history" allows previous versions of a post to be seen.

The postbit and postbit_legacy templates are altered using a similar method to the one used in the vbshout extension by Zero Tolerance, i.e. a search and replace. This means that no manual alterations to these templates are required.

Normally, everyone can see the post history for all the posts, however, the XML file post_hist_mods_only.xml restricts it to mods only (and the poster themselves). (Both versions should not be installed at the same time).

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Updated:

use post-hist_1_1b.zip

Changes

- Enable/Disable by forum
-- On/Off by forum

- Enable/Disable by usergroup
-- Can see own history: Yes/No
-- Can see everyone's history: Yes/No

- Indicates who made the edit (if it wasn't the original author)

- Workaround for unknown templates
-- Insert <<Insert Post History>> into postbit and postbit_legacy templates
-- (This is only for templates where the auto-match doesn't work)

The options are controlled by admincp.

By default, nobody can see any of the histories. At minimum, you should set the admin usergroup to see all histories.

Request

I don't know how 3.6.x products work, but if someone tries it on 3.6.x and it works, that would be good to know. I don't actually have 3.6 on our own forums, so can't test it.

Also, if you find out any bugs for < 3.6, that would be good to know too.

Install Info

The zip file contains:

bit_field_post_hist.xml -> XML for permissions
post_hist_1_1.xml -> product file

To install:

copy bit_field_post_hist.xml to /includes/xml

and install the product.

In theory, this should work as an upgrade to the previous version. However, I haven't tested that.

If you uninstall the old version and install the new version, you will lose any saved post histories.

Troubleshooting

bitfield cache
You might have to open:

yourserver.com/admincp/index.php?do=buildbitfields

This re-calculates the bitfields that have been altered. On some versions, the product installer will automatically do it.

Moderators
The postbits determine if a post is a person's own post by seeing if they have permission to edit the post. This means that if you give mods the rights to see their own post histories, then they will be able to click to see everyone elses post histories as they have the rights to edit all posts. However, the link won't have any effect as the actual viewer is restricted based on actual poster.

Usage

The XML file should add 2 options that can be set when setting up a usergroup and 1 new option for each forum.

New options for each usergroup:

Can See Post History (Yes/No)
---- Allows members of this usergroup to see all post histories

Can See Own Post History (Yes/No)
---- Allows members of this usergroup to see their own post history

New option for each forum:

Post History Displayed (Yes/No)
---- Shows post history for every post in this forum

[Stoebi]

Nice Plugin, thx a lot.

Log out, clear your cookies. The page numbers are visible if you enter http://www.yourdomain.xx/showthread....ditnum=3#post1 for example. Not realy usable but the page numbers are visible.

Can you fix it, please?

EDIT:
I've the mod only version installed (vbtest).


Regards, Stoebi

[Djamil]

Does anybody have an idea how to make old versions available to moderators only and not to the poster ?

Djamil

[-=Sniper=-]

download the mods only version! from the download section in this thread.

[Djamil]

Thanks for your reply, but the suggested download does still allow the post owner to see the post history. I want mods only and nobody else to view the history.

Normally, everyone can see the post history for all the posts, however, the XML file post_hist_mods_only.xml restricts it to mods only (and the poster themselves). (Both versions should not be installed at the same time).

Djamil

[kafi]

GREAT Lieva!

I want encourage you to continue in development of this hack because this is what I was looking for SO LONG :-)
and finally YOU made it happen :-)))

As my preposters already said, would be great to elaborate on features such as:

- who made changes (as wiki does)
- per forum permission settings
- per usegroup permission settings
- delete history per post/forum/time

This might become a hack of the month if not YEAR .-)

[kafi]

Is there anybody who will hepl Lieva with this perfect hack??? If I was coder I would definitally pick up this .-)

[Djamil]

Originally Posted by Djamil

Does anybody have an idea how to make old versions available to moderators only and not to the poster ?

Isn't anybody in here able to point me the right direction ?

I think it's a simple conditional as "if (is_member_of($usergroupid, 5, 6, 7))" but I can't figure out where exactly to put it into the XML.

Djamil

[tamborinegal]

This is a great hack. Thanks Lieva.

I also agree that it would be good for it to be just for admins... or even admins and moderators.

This should be standard in vBulletin IMO.

Thanks again!

Clancy

[kafi]

Is there anybody interested to contribute to the development of this hack?

If there is more of us willing to pay, maybe Lieva or other coders will be interested to develop this hack...

[Djamil]

Originally Posted by kafi

If there is more of us willing to pay, maybe Lieva or other coders will be interested to develop this hack...

I doubt it since this is already under consideration for a standard feature and Lieva was not online for over a month. Feel free to support all people at vb.com that expressed their needs in the thread. :-)

For the meantime I maybe will post in one of the help forums here since it should be no big deal to make this available to mods only. Should be a simple template conditional which I don't know how to place into the XML-file - somebody should be able to help if I find the time to post a proper request.

Djamil