Delete a post with only one button (in postbit)

This is a really easy hack to install and use, and it allows you to delete any post with only one click, instead of going through the editing process and then selecting delete, and then confirming, etc.

NOTE: Do you want to use an image instead of a button? Click here!

NOTE: You cannot use a link to replace the button because the code requires you to submit a form, and using a link will make a huge security risk where people can delete posts as they wish!

Instructions

Open up the postbit template and find

PHP Code:

            <if condition="$post['editlink']"> 


Below, add:

PHP Code:

                <form action="editpost.php" method="post">
                    <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="p" value="$post[postid]" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="do" value="deletepost" />
                    
                    <input type="submit" name="deletepost" value="<if condition="$deletebutton">delete<else />remove</if>" id="rb_del_soft" tabindex="1" class="button" />
                    
                </form> 


Open includes/functions_showthread.php and find:

PHP Code:

    // hide users in Coventry from non-staff members 


Above, add:

PHP Code:

    $deletebutton = 1; // set to 1 to only hide the post, or 0 to permanently delete the post 


Done!

Images you can use for the delete button

[calvinnguyen]

this is great! thanks Gary

[grief]

Originally Posted by Gary King

To change to an image, change

PHP Code:

<input type="submit" name="deletepost" value="<if condition="$deletebutton">delete<else />remove</if>" id="rb_del_soft" tabindex="1" class="button" /> 


to

PHP Code:

<input type="hidden" name="deletepost" value="<if condition="$deletebutton">delete<else />remove</if>" /> 


Then, add this below that:

PHP Code:

<input type="image" name="submit" src="image.jpg" /> 


Replace image.jpg with the path to your image.

might wanna add align="middle" border="0" to that line aswell so the button lines up with the edit and quote buttons

[high]* grief clicks install[/high]

[stan111]

i got it working perfectly but somehow when i want it to show the picture i got the X because i dont know wat folder on the Root i should put the image in
thanks in advance
btw: if you use v3.0.7, u should edit your postbit legacy also in order to get it work

thanks a lot

[Alphawolf83]

*clicks install*

Thanks for this hack. A useful addition would be to give access to this button to only those moderators who can moderate in the forum. Otherwise the button would have been shown in all forums so that moderators can delete in every forum => they would have permissions like super-moderators.

To do this I added:

PHP Code:

<if condition="can_moderate($forum['forumid'])">
...
</if> 


Sorry for the terrible english :-)