New Posting Features - QHSF Private Thread

Private Threads

This hack has been ported to vBulletin 3.7.2 from the vBulletin 3.5.4 version with permission granted by:

Originally Posted by Eikinskjaldi

Hi there,

Feel free to release it

This hack starts from this thread Completely Private Thread and this thread vBPrivate Thread

This private thread mod allow administrators allow a certain forum to have this feature on or off.

With this modification members can create threads that are useful for private conversations. Here are the basic options

• Allow Selected Users To View and Prevent Others from viewing.
• Allow Selected Usergroup To View and Prevent Others from viewing.
• Prevent Selected Users From viewing.

Hack Overview:

• Products: 1
  • 2 Queries
  • 15 Phrases
  • More than 15 Plugins
• File Edits: 1
• File Uploaded: 2
• Template Added: 4
• Estimated Install time: Under 5 minutes

vbadvanced cmps support: (3.0.x)

• Block Content From Private Thread From Displaying In News Module
• Block Content From Private Thread From Previewing In Recent Thread Module

Note : To make the message of a private thread less offensive, I use the invalid thread link

Install Instruction:

Upload :

• functions_privatethread.php to your includes folder
• hooks_privatethread.xml to your includes/xml folder

Edit :

• Open archive/index.php

Find

PHP Code:

else
{
    $globalignore = '';
} 


add under

PHP Code:


($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('privatethread_archiveindex')) ? eval($hook) : false; 


Install the product using your Plugin & Products System
Edit your forum information to turn private thread option on/off

Bug Fixed :

VBPhrase Tranlation:

Please post your comments, suggestions, ideas for this product. I will read all posts.

Make sure you click INSTALL!
You will be contacted when a new version is released.

[soletrader]

Also, would it be possible to disable the selection of usergroups? It will also make sense if members can uninvite themselves from threads as well.

[Lionel]

Does this take the archives into consideration?

[Moya]

soletrader,
I change the message to regular notification and add the archive option.

Lionel,

It is now

[soletrader]

Thanks Lionel. I would be interested in seeing an option for the thread starter to add/remove users even after the thread is created since the edit limit by default is only 30 min. Thanks

[Lionel]

2 problems.

1-installing it gave me a class_bitfield_builder.php error
2-it is not inserting anything in TABLE_PREFIX . "thread (so the checkbox always remain at first option) and for admin in showthread, it displays a line for an empty table

[Moya]

Hi Lionel,

This hack doesn't use any bitfield. I don't know why you get that error. For your second error, I think it is because the product didn't finish installing.

[RedeemedWarrior]

I had disabled it when you had made the thread

The glitch stopped with the new Xml file

not tested it yet though

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by Moya

Hi Lionel,

This hack doesn't use any bitfield. I don't know why you get that error. For your second error, I think it is because the product didn't finish installing.

hummm I installed it 4 times.
I know it does not use bitfields. That is getting me puzzled also.

[Moya]

Do you have the list of hacks that are currently installed on your board?

[Lionel]

I managed to get it to work. I fixed the line in showthread by closing all the <table within each if condition. instead of table on top and at the end ... so of course if you get nothing then you get a thin line for table, at least in FF

Only that bitfields error .... but hey it works. Thanks.