Boot User from specific Forum immediately

BOOT USER v.1.01

Goal: Remove any user from any specific forum, immediately. For admins and/or moderators, all posts will have a red X underneath them. Click the X once to ban that user from the specific forum and automatically send them a PM notifying of their banning. Click the X again to restore access and send a PM.

Usefuleness: Good for quick and immediate action. Changes access masks and sends an automatic PM each time so you don't have to mess with an explanation.


Requirements:

-Access masks turned on
-Annoying users that need a boot in the arse


Installation:

-Create and upload one file to mod
-Make one addition in functions.php
-Upload one gif
-Make one addition to the postbit template


Difficulty: Easy

Speed: Very Quick

Release: 1.01-- Feb 05, 2003

Dancing banana: :banana:

Updated: Feb 05, added moderator-use instructions
Updated: 7:19 pm, removed pmunread bug


p.s. CLICK INSTALL if you use it!

[kmfdm_kid2000]

Originally posted by zajako
sounds cool and useful however i don't have a problem with members misbehaveing as of now, but not a bad idea for the future, if i do run into these problems.

You know I sure do...

[NuclioN]

It does not work, however that does not mean that it doesn't work for others as well. I've banned a moderator, registered user and...myself as admin. Pm alright but...full access with all banned users when i log in as user.

I had difficulties with the recent hack 'private messages' from Slynderdale to, so i realy wonder if there's something wrong with our forum permissions. I've got no idea how to find a solution for it if this is the case, the forum has a lot of modifications.

[Overgrow]

You do have access masks turned on, right? I guess I should've included that as one of the requirements.

This really is a dead simple hack. That little bug above was just an annoyance, so hacked or not, it should work easily on most any board.

Under each post, next to my "X" for banning, I also keep an admin profile link that puts me directly to a user's profile in the Cpanel for quick modification... Gotta love admin time savers.

[NuclioN]

That was the problem, the access mask. Working now, tnx.

[ModshackUK]

Removed it as asked but I still get

Database error in vBulletin Control Panel 2.2.9:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE LOW_PRIORITY user SET pmunread=1 WHERE userid=5725
mysql error: Unknown column 'pmunread' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

[ModshackUK]

Ooops sorry was my fault all fixed now and working spot on and perfectly

Install button clicked and I am very very happy

Ta dude and BTW yours is the best forum on the net, even before this great hack

HM

[ModshackUK]

OK found a small bug with this

I altered the hack so my mods could ban but when the click on the red x it takes them to the admin panel which they dont have access too.

Any work around for this ?

HM

[NuclioN]

Yep, i've uploaded bootuser.php to the mod dir and changed the line admin/bootuser.php in functions.php to mod/bootuser.php and that worked.

[ModshackUK]

yeah I just did the same to see if it worked and it did

Thanks for the help everyone this saves a LOT of effort banning the idiots from the forums, and when they desearve access back its just a matter of one click and voila

Ta

HM

[Velocd]

Looks awesome, I'll defiantly be considering this installation.