Require Users to Sign a Contract Before Posting in an Individual Forum

This is a port of this mod:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=76835

This little mod forces users to read and sign a "contract" before it allows them to post in certain forums of your choosing. It also allows you to "ticket" users who break your forum rules. After 3 tickets, the user can no longer post in the forum.

You may define a different contract for each of your forums if you so choose.
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YOU may easily extend this idea to make readers sign a contract before reading a certain forum. I do not need this feature and will not be adding it at this time.

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Template Conditionals You May Like to Use for the Ticket System:

<if condition="$post[reqcontract]">

- In the postbit, this lets you see if tickets are required in the forum.

<if condition="$post[ticket]">

- Check to see if the user has a ticket. This way, you don't have to show the number of tickets for people who don't have any.

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo,5,6)">

- use this to see if the person reading the post is an admin or supermod. If they are, you can show them the links that will ticket users.

Putting it all together, an example way to use the tickets in the postbit:

<if condition="$post[reqcontract]">
<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo,5,6)">
<if condition="$post[ticket]">
User's Tickets in this forum: $post[ticket]<br />
</if>
<a href="ticket.php?do=addticket&forumid=$post[forumid]&userid=$post[userid]">Ticket User</a><br />
<if condition="$post[ticket]">
<a href="ticket.php?do=rticket&forumid=$post[forumid]&userid=$post[userid]">Remove One Ticket</a><br />
<a href="ticket.php?do=cticket&forumid=$post[forumid]&userid=$post[userid]">Clear the user's tickets</a><br />
</if>
</if>
</if>

A huge thank you to LiveWire, Boofo and HellSatan for testing this out.

Installation on 3.5 RC1 is as simple as importing the product, changing two existing phrases and making one template change.
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This hack will always be free, however your donations are kindly accepted and will help towards further development. If you donate, please leave me some info (either your forum site or username at vB.org) so that I can thank you.


Amy

[chariotdriver]

I''ve had this Hack installed, and it is showing up in the "Posting Options" in the Forum Manager,.. but when I select "Require users to sign a contract before being allowed to post?" and then Save, and then go directly back in to check it out, it is set to off.
I cannot make it stick,..Anyone know what is happening?
thanks
Phil

[amykhar]

Make sure you made every file change and ran the queries.

[amykhar]

I will be updating this soon for RC1. Under RC1, as of right now, only one file edit is required. I'm trying to figure out a way to make that file edit not necessary either.

[Andreas]

Originally Posted by amykhar

I'm trying to figure out a way to make that file edit not necessary either.

Hookname: showthread_post_start

PHP Code:

$contractsigned = 1;
// Check to see if a contract is required.
if ($foruminfo['reqcontract'])
{
    // Check to see if the user has signed the contract.

    $contracts = 0;
    $contracts = explode(",",$vbulletin->userinfo['contracts']);
    if ($contracts)
    {
        $contractsigned = in_array($foruminfo['forumid'],$contracts);
    }
    else
    {
        $contractsigned = false;
    }
    if ($show['quickreply'] AND !$contractsigned)
    {
        $show['quickreply'] = false;
        $show['wysiwyg'] = 0;
        $quickreply = ''; 
    }
} 


Should work

[amykhar]

Yep. That's the last one I was playing with.

Amy

[Chris M]

How did you get it to update class_dm_forum.php?

I can't for the life of me figure out how...

Satan

[amykhar]

It's easy. forumdata_start

$this->validfields['mystrfield'] = array(TYPE_STR, REQ_NO);
$this->validfields['reqcontract'] = array(TYPE_UINT, REQ_NO);

[Chris M]

Originally Posted by amykhar

It's easy. forumdata_start

$this->validfields['mystrfield'] = array(TYPE_STR, REQ_NO);
$this->validfields['reqcontract'] = array(TYPE_UINT, REQ_NO);

You are goddessly

In my defence, it is 2:40am

Satan

[amykhar]

Don't thank me. Kirby taught me

[Chris M]

Originally Posted by amykhar

Don't thank me. Kirby taught me

Well Kirby isn't here, so when I'm thanking you, then I'm also thanking Kirby

Satan