Message Editing Hierarchy

Hi,

Have you ever noticed that Admins and Super Moderators can edit/delete/peak everyone's messages in your forum? This also applies to Moderators for the board they are assigned.

Normally this shouldn't be a problem, but on bigger sites with a lot of Mod's it could lead to problems sometimes, so that's the reason, why i ported over Logicians vb2 hack, changed it to use actual vb3 variables and permission systems.
So great Thanks to my Pal Logician, who's intro post has been rewritten by me as well

After applying the hack default editing permissions in your board will be changed like this:

• Moderators: Can edit everyone's posts in the forum they're assigned, UNLESS author is another Moderator, SuperMod or Admin.
• SuperModerators: Can edit everyone's post in all boards UNLESS author is another SuperMod or Admin.
• Admins: Can edit eveyone's post in all boards UNLESS user is another Admin
• SuperAdmins: Can edit eveyone's post in all boards (Superadmins are defined in config.php)

So the hack will apply a "message editing hierarchy" in your board and everyone will be able to edit messages for ones who are below him and cant touch messages of his superiors..If they try, they'll get no permission page. This will apply for editing the messages, deleting the message via edit message or just peaking inside it. But be warned: messages can still be deleted via "Delete Thread / Posts" menu..

The hack is VERY EASY to install with 1 single modification and will work in any vbulletin3 versions I know..

If you install the hack, please click install, thank you..

Enjoy!
Xenon

[Xenon]

hmm, yeah there could be a conflict between both hacks.

i have not tested them on the same board.

maybe i have to do so when i get more time

[the Sandman]

OK - thanks. I uninstalled the Message Editing Hierarchy Hack for now - lemme know when you have a chance to look at it.

[the Sandman]

I posted in the Advanced Editing Options For Mods & Admins Thread that I had resolved my problem with Message Edit Hierarchy but I never updated this Thread. The reason my Super Moderators can not edit my Moderator's Posts is that I gave my Moderator Usergroup the permission "Can Moderate All Forums (is Super Moderator)" - so my Moderators are Super Moderators. It was never a problem with either hack - they work fine together.

[Xenon]

*gg*

thx so

[House_of_Crazed]

Xenon -

Can you verify that this will work with 3.0.3 for me please?

Because one of my Admins cannot delete a post made by a SuperMod, so, this is the only hack I've added in regards to editing permissions.

HoC

[Xenon]

as it is just an additional piece of code, there shouldn't be problems with 3.0.3, just make sure you placed the code on the correct place.

[House_of_Crazed]

I think I know why.

I realized it like hours after I posted this, lol

Tell me this tho

If a supermod has access to the admincp, it would prevent the admin from altering any of the supermod's posts, right?? Just verifying what i think it is. lol

Cuz I'm in the middle of rewriting the modcp before I close down access to admincp to the supermods.

HoC

[Malacia]

Very nice hack, just the thing i need. I will be installing when i get my new forum set up

[Xenon]

@House: exactly, if you give your supermod acces to the admincp my hack will consider his posts as admin posts, and therefore just super admins can edit those posts

[House_of_Crazed]

*laughs*

Okay, just what I thought. *laughs*

I modified it a bit Cuz I hate it when people just go off editing my posts. So, I removed some code from that to only prevent them from editing my posts.

So, I'm happy now *laughs*

HoC