Hidden Posts

I have updated this hack. It now hides hidden posts during replying, when they are shown below the newreply screen for review.

See the upgrade instructions below.

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Just for the record this IS NOT Lockdown. This allows the user to select an option when posting/editing a post that will make his post display a message that it is hidden, and to view it, click here. It's great for spoilers, off-color language, or anything else that you would want the viewer to make a conscious decision to view it.

Idea by amykhar.

Screenshot is here.

For version: 2.0.3

Files needed: install_hiddenposts.php

Files to edit: newthread.php, newreply.php, editpost.php, showthread.php, admin/functions.php

Templates to edit/create: newthread, newreply, editpost, postbit_hidden

Instructions are in the zip in a file named INSTALL.

Upgrading Instructions: To upgrade from the previous version of this hack (which didn't hide posts when replying), do the following:
In newreply.php, find

PHP Code:

          if ($ignore[$post[userid]]) {
            $reviewmessage = $ignoreduser; 


Right below that, add

PHP Code:

          } elseif ($post[hidden]) {
            eval("\$hiddenpost = \"".gettemplate("threadreviewbit_hidden")."\";");
            $reviewmessage = $hiddenpost; 


Then find

PHP Code:

        post.pagetext,post.allowsmilie,post.userid FROM post 


and replace that with

PHP Code:

        post.pagetext,post.allowsmilie,post.userid,post.hidden FROM post 


And that's it.

Please DO NOT email, PM, IM, or otherwise contact me off this board about this hack. Post in this thread.

Feedback appreciated. Enjoy!

This hack is ?2001 Kevin Schumacher and may not be redistributed, edited or not, without this copyright notice attached.

[dxb]

I think Kevin it's time to update your signature with another well done hack

[maverick1236]

i tried tubedoggs way-and although i got no errors...
it just didnt work

i would like to try JJR512's way, but i simply am not sure how to do it-ive never messed around with replacement variables

could someone be kind enough to write a VERY detailed way to do this-so i could give it a try-it would be much appreciated!!

[tubedogg]

What didn't work about it? Did you make all the changes to the files? And create a new post marked as "hidden"?

[maverick1236]

and it just came out as a regular post

[tubedogg]

Most importantly, is this in admin/functions.php ?

PHP Code:

    if ($ignore[$post[userid]]) {
        eval("\$retval = \"".gettemplate("postbit_ignore")."\";");
    } elseif ($hidden==1) {
        eval("\$retval = \"".gettemplate("postbit_userhidden")."\";");
    } else {
        eval("\$retval = \"".gettemplate("postbit")."\";");
    } 


[tubedogg]

It seems I messed up the directions a bit...hmm...well not exactly, but the thing I have you searching for in showthread.php actually appears twice, and it needs to go in the second place, not the first.

So here goes:
In showthread.php, find

PHP Code:

    $postdone[$post[postid]]=1;
  } 


and add right below it

PHP Code:

  if ($post[hidden]==1) {
      $hidden=1;
  } else {
      $hidden=0;
  } 


It should now work. I've updated the installer with this change.

[theflow]

Originally posted by tubedogg
It's great for spoilers, off-color language, or anything else that you would want the viewer to make a conscious decision to view it.

I think this is a great feature -- expecially for movie discussions; good job. Kevin, correct me if I'm wrong, but this is an all-or-nothing option for any given post, correct? Did you consider an option that enables you to write a "public" portion of a post, then select another portion of the post to be treated as "hidden"? In which case in the post display, at the point where you encounter the hidden marker, your warning message appears, requiring you to click to see the rest?

I also tried JJR512's "blackout & highlight" scheme -- and it is a great idea and does accomplish the basic task of blockout, then requiring an active choice to display. Very cool. Nothing wrong with it at all.

For me, personally, I do think a click-through is a more certain form of protection than the active-choice highlight scheme. (I've been known to do cntrl-A at times, unintentionally, due to 2-finger hunt & peck clumsiness, but it's pretty far-fetched to worry about that

When someone quotes a hidden post, shouldn't the post default to hidden? A minor thing, but there are rude people out there that would do something like this not thinking they're giving it away for everyone else.

[maverick1236]

ill try this tomorrow and let ya know!!

[JJR512]

Originally posted by Maverick1236
i tried tubedoggs way-and although i got no errors...
it just didnt work

i would like to try JJR512's way, but i simply am not sure how to do it-ive never messed around with replacement variables

could someone be kind enough to write a VERY detailed way to do this-so i could give it a try-it would be much appreciated!!

I posted about it in a thread: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=16306

If anyone has any other questions or comments about my thing, I think it would be only fair to Tubedogg if you posted them in that thread. I didn't mean to steal Tubedogg's thread; sorry, dude.