Custom Postbit for every User

After the one Day Beta-Version i've finished the Hack so i can release it now.

Hack Version: 1.20b

Additional Queries in showthread.php: 1

What it does: It gives users the Ability to choose between custom postbits instead of just the one global postbit (or more if you have different styles).
Also it allows users to create their own custom postbits using html-code (These must be validated by an admin before they can use them)
It also gives you the ability to create a postbit just a special usergroup or just a special user can use.

I think i've tested every little option, but if you find a bug please tell me.

Please click install if you use the hack.

Some additions:
in cpostbit.php you find this lines to allow users wether to choose a custom postbit or to create new ones:
// Usergroups which can use custom postbits
$canusecpb="2 5 7 6";
// Usergroups which can create own custom postbits
$cancreatecpb="2 5 7 6";

people who installed the beta version should run installcpb.php?action=unstall&killbeta=1 before installing the hack.

Enjoy
screenshots following

[Mystislav]

Wow, that would end up being pretty complicated but it's cool.

[Link14716]

I installed it, and all is fine but on the cpostbit.php page AND on the admin cpostbit page, the preview just shows the postbit template no matter what the postbit is. Any fix?

Hey, Like i was saying in the BETA forum. Its not a good idea unless you trust a user to know his HTML well. i mean very well.

You can trust a user not too mess it up on purpose but what happens when they completely botch a customizing job and really screw over your forums for awhile? It has nothing to do with trust people make mistakes. Maybe you should release a version of this where people can change the location and whats displayed but the HTML is SET. Its too much of a risk allowing people to do there own HTML work.

But the idea itself is a great mod to a VB... just i think its way to risky.

[Xenon]

colon i think you didn't understand my hack....
a user cannot use a selfmade custom postbit until it has been validatet by an admin, so the risky thing is that you as an admin would oversee anything...

@Link: Are you sure you have applied the changes to functions.php correctly?
because here at my testboard everything works fine

[Xenon]

Mystislav, please go to this page and enter your username, to show you are licensed. (you will need to use your customer number and password to access that page)
Thank you.


oh and no it's not so complicated as it looks now

[Xenon]

damn triplepost ^^

ok i've released version 1.20
no new features are added but i'd say all of you should update, because it'll reduce query ammount alot (if a user hast posted twice on a page just one query is needed now)

upgradeinfos: you have just to apply the changes in functions.php
then you should apply the changes to showthread.php

and then at the end of getpostbit function apply the changes you can see in cpostbit.txt


With this new Version the query-count increases just by 1 instead of 15 (or how much post per page you had)

[vdinh]

Hi Xenon,
Great hack ...

In your version 1.20 instruction:

Step 6: edit admin/index.php
----------------------------
after:
if ($moderatenewmembers==1 or $usecoppa==1) {
$waiting=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS users FROM user WHERE usergroupid=4");
if ($waiting[users]==0) {
echo "<font size='1'>There are currently $waiting[users] user(s) awaiting <a href=\"user.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=moderate\">moderation</a>.</font>";
} else {
echo "<b><a href=\"user.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=moderate\">There are currently $waiting[users] user(s) awaiting moderation</a>.</b>";
}
}

add:
$unvalid=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT COUNT(*) AS number FROM custompostbit WHERE validated=0");
echo "<br><a href=\"admincpb.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=validate\">There are currently ".$unvalid[number]." custom postbits to validate!</a><br><br>";

find:
// ***
makenavoption("New Posts","../mod/moderate.php?action=posts","<br>");
makenavoption("New Attachments","../mod/moderate.php?action=attachments");
makenavselect("Moderation","<hr>");

replace with:
// ***
makenavoption("New Posts","../mod/moderate.php?action=posts","<br>");
makenavoption("New Attachments","../mod/moderate.php?action=attachments");
makenavselect("Moderation");
// **
makenavoption("Add","admincpb?action=add","|");
makenavoption("View/Edit/Delete","admincpb?action=view","<br>");
makenavoption("Validate Postbits","admincpb?action=validate","<br>");
makenavselect("Custom Postbits","<hr>");

I think those lines need to add the .php extension before the question makrs

[Xenon]

huh?

yes you're right thank you....

but it also works without i think.. (i mean it worked here i just copied the lines out of my index.php)

i've updated the instructions

[vdinh]

Hi Xenon,
I wonder if there is a way to, also, create separate postbit format for a member for each sub-forum. Suppose that my vBulletin forum got 3 rooms, can each of the 3 rooms carry a different postbit format for myself? Thanks.

[Xenon]

well if you've installed this hack you cann edit your showthread.php:
find

PHP Code:

while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {

  if ($postdone[$post[postid]]) {
    $counter--;
    continue;
  } else {
    $postdone[$post[postid]]=1;
  }
  $postbits .= getpostbit($post);
} 


and replace with this:

PHP Code:

while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) {

  if ($postdone[$post[postid]]) {
    $counter--;
    continue;
  } else {
    $postdone[$post[postid]]=1;
  }
  $postbitid=0;  
if($thread['forumid']==x and $post[userid]==y) $postbitid=z;
$postbits .= getpostbit($post,$postbitid);
} 


that should do it