Threadmins

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Threadmins v1.1

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Why did you code something with such a silly name?
I got bored of doing purely RPG work, so I thought I would whip up something else for a change. And thus, I bring you, Threadmins v1.1!

And what exactly am I looking at?
For those that wonder what a "Threadmin" is, it's a "Thread Admin". Basically, a Forum Administrator with Can Administer Threads will be able to delegate thread management permissions to select users. By default, this kind of administrator will be able to quickly access the Threadmin Management through an item in the dropdown menu you get when clicking an username, however the page variable string can be altered to allow management of users not having posted in the thread as of yet (example is threadmin.php?t=6&u=6 even if userid 6 didn't post in the thread).

What's the skinny on this hack? What will it be doing to my forums?

• File Changes: 0
• Template Changes: 1
• Tables Added: 0
• Tables Altered: 1
• SQL Queries Added: 0

As you can see, it won't add any load to your forums, so you are perfectly safe using this mod

Why should I use this mod?
Maybe you want someone to be able to manage his own RolePlaying thread without giving him full moderator permissions over the entire RP section. Maybe you want to give someone a trial run as a full-fledged Moderator by seeing how he handles himself in a live thread.
Or maybe you are feeling nice and want to increase my ego by giving me more install clicks

So how do I get this up and running?
Simple
Extract the zip, upload the .php file to your forums directory, import the product through the AdminCP, edit the template as per the readme.
You are done

Will you add feature x?
Maybe
Post it and I will try to get back to you when I have the time.

Whoops, I need some help! Can you help?
I will try to, but I can't promise rapid replies because of time restrains. I don't see how this mod could require any support, but if your forums should self-destruct for no apparent reason, I will get back to you when I have the time

Thanks a lot for this mod Revan, do you want some PayPal money?
I don't require donations, but they are most appreciated

Please note that my Paypal account is Unverified, so I will not be able to accept Credit Card direct charges. Please "upload" some money to your Paypal account and send it to me from there if you wish to donate.
Thanks in advance

I don't have PayPal but I would like to show my support, what can I do?
Leave a nice message saying thanks and a click of the install button. Yep, that should do the trick

What's happened in the course of this mod?

• 3rd June 2006 - v1.0
  Initital release
• 4th June 2006 - v1.1
  • Fixed a security issue, thanks to Alan-CIT.
  • Fixed a bug where adding a Threadmin to multiple threads would cause permissions to be overwritten.

[Revan]

Thanks for the nice comments guys and gals

[Antivirus]

great idea Revan - this could be really useful on vborg. Perhaps with an option that the Superadmin could set which would automatically give Threadmin priveleges to thestarter of a thread in one or more specified forums. Nice work!

[Lizard King]

Great idea thanks for this Revan

[Pathor]

Great! Very useful.

Suggestion: An overview of all threadmins would be nice.

[UltraVR]

This is a truly genius idea.

[Bad Bunny]

Wow this sounds great, and it would be really useful to a story or rp forum.

[antialiasis]

Ooh, my old request has finally been fulfilled. (I don't know if you ever saw it... but I made a request for this sort of mod a while ago before I started messing with modding myself. ) Thanks a lot for this.

[EasyTarget]

so this is sort of like the ban user from a thread, but a lot more powerful/customizeable, correct?

Is there any possibility you could release something similar to this but for forums? I've been looking for a hack which would allow a moderator of one forum to ban/manage users for that forum without giving them the ability to ban/manage users from the entire board.

[TTG]

Clicked install ..

When adding someone to the threadadmins list, if they abuse it or leave the forum, there is no way to remove them !?

[Revan]

Originally Posted by Pathor

Great! Very useful.

Suggestion: An overview of all threadmins would be nice.

Im going to do that soon, just need to get the concept of it sorted out first

Originally Posted by antialiasis

Ooh, my old request has finally been fulfilled. (I don't know if you ever saw it... but I made a request for this sort of mod a while ago before I started messing with modding myself. ) Thanks a lot for this.

Nope didn't see it, I thought of it a few weeks ago and finally got around to doing it XD
Glad I could be of help tho

Originally Posted by EasyTarget

so this is sort of like the ban user from a thread, but a lot more powerful/customizeable, correct?

Is there any possibility you could release something similar to this but for forums? I've been looking for a hack which would allow a moderator of one forum to ban/manage users for that forum without giving them the ability to ban/manage users from the entire board.

Uh no this is to ADD permissions, not REMOVE them.
Though I can always make another hack to remove permissions.
Since I will be using much of the same methods, I will put those hacks on hold until I finish this one, sound ok?

Originally Posted by TTG

Clicked install ..

When adding someone to the threadadmins list, if they abuse it or leave the forum, there is no way to remove them !?

For now, you will have to Manage them and set all their permissions to No.
When I do the AdminCP interface for this, I will make an option to remove Threadmins as well.

Ill probably finish the update sometime tonight, if not then by tomorrow