New Posting Features - Zoints Anonymous Posting - Improved privacy for members

Have you ever wanted to discuss something on a forum but never posted because you didn't want people to know it was you? To solve this problem, we created an anonymous posting hack.

Via the admin control panel, you can easily choose which forum(s) allows for anonymous posting.




For anonymous enabled forums, your members then get this handly little checkbox (unchecked by default) when making a new thread or post.




If they check the box, then their post is created under the account you setup and assign as the anonymous poster. I personally created an "anonymous" username, but you can create whatever you want.




As forum owners, we all know that a few members will choose to screw around with this feature. Therefore we created an easy means to identify who created an anonymous thread/post should the need arise. Please be ethical and tell your members you can see who posted anonymously should the need arise. You can check the log by going here:




And the log looks something like this:



Official support for this modification will take place at http://network.zoints.com in this forum.


Enjoy, click install, check out Zoints' other hacks, have a great day, and all that happy jive.

[Elixar]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

I have attached an add-on to this product that will:

• Display the "True Author" of anonymously made posts to selected usergroups in the postbit. You select these groups in the product settings.
• Update the "anonymous_log" table for posts made using the "Quick Reply." This may only be an issue for vB 4.x users.

This is super awesome! Now one thing:

1. Is it possible to make it to where all threads in there will be posted anonymously, with the exception of members that we can select?

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by Elixar

This is super awesome! Now one thing:

1. Is it possible to make it to where all threads in there will be posted anonymously, with the exception of members that we can select?

Do you mean you wish to be able to define one or more forums in which all posts (except for chosen users/usergroups) will be automatically posted anonymously? Do you wish for these exempted users to still have the choice to post anonymously if they so choose?

I can't promise anything soon, as I have a large queue of projects going, but I just want to be crystal clear on what you want.

[Elixar]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Do you mean you wish to be able to define one or more forums in which all posts (except for chosen users/usergroups) will be automatically posted anonymously? Do you wish for these exempted users to still have the choice to post anonymously if they so choose?

I can't promise anything soon, as I have a large queue of projects going, but I just want to be crystal clear on what you want.

Yes. Rather than having to check automatically, all posts and topics would be posted anonymously for everyone with the exceptions.

[Elixar]

Hey Mark,

I know you have this in the queue, but how easy would it be to have the part that states who is the actual topic poster to be displayed in another place in the postbit?