Staff can Post hidden Posts

If you have installed that Hack by Chen, you will already know what this Hack does.
If not i'll shortly explain: If you install this hack, your staff will be able to post hidden posts, which are just visible by other staffmembers. This can be usefull, if you are not sure, what to do with a thread, and want feedback by the other mods.

I have to say, that this is not an easy hack, so do not install it, if you are not familar with vB hacking, as i won't give much support.
I have put the basic instructions into the Installfile, which does everything needed.
The instructions in the advanced install file, are for those who have already installed this hack, and want to get some more features (like number of new hidden posts in the navbar and such things).

Have fun, we always have

[Xenon]

*gg*

that was the first version which we had on vb.org during a long time, and it fit the needs.

if i would add every single bit to that file, it would be 4 times as big
the ability to do it via qr was already mentioned by Steve.
as said, it's a hack for the more experienced admins, so everyone can add features he thinks he needs

[assassingod]

Yeah my QR trick worked fine.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by assassingod

Yeah my QR trick worked fine.

Yes, Steve, your quick reply code worked fine. Thank you, sir.

The only thing I think I am missing it the editpost part of it. Unless I missed something somewhere else.

[Boofo]

I need to ask a quesion about the instructions for this hack. When we look for:

PHP Code:

visible = 1 


and replace it with:

PHP Code:

" . fetch_visible_sql() . " 


that should only be done on the post table queries and NOT the thread table queries, right?

And also, I could only find 1 instance of:

PHP Code:

post.visible = 1 


in the showthread.php. That's all there is for that one, too, right?

[Xenon]

yes, it's there just once.

and the replacement should just be done in the queries, nowhere else.

i said it's not the easiest hack, that's why i didn't want to release it at first

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Xenon

yes, it's there just once.

and the replacement should just be done in the queries, nowhere else.

i said it's not the easiest hack, that's why i didn't want to release it at first

But not the thread queries, just the post ones, right?

[Xenon]

it's no hurt to do the thread queries as well.

but it's not really needed

[neocorteqz]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Bring it on! I'd like to see that version.

As would i.

[SnowBot]

just gonna install this in an hour or so, the full version would be great but i understand why you dont want to rls it. Maybe just to some ppl who can install this without trouble.

I used this on a vb2 board i was admin at along time ago and it was very much needed.

[Xenon]

well, as i see there are a lot people who want the full version.
ok, i'll release it, when i got the time to write the additional instructions, but it would be a installfile for pro's then