Delete a post with only one button (in postbit)

This is a really easy hack to install and use, and it allows you to delete any post with only one click, instead of going through the editing process and then selecting delete, and then confirming, etc.

NOTE: Do you want to use an image instead of a button? Click here!

NOTE: You cannot use a link to replace the button because the code requires you to submit a form, and using a link will make a huge security risk where people can delete posts as they wish!

Instructions

Open up the postbit template and find

PHP Code:

            <if condition="$post['editlink']"> 


Below, add:

PHP Code:

                <form action="editpost.php" method="post">
                    <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="p" value="$post[postid]" />
                    <input type="hidden" name="do" value="deletepost" />
                    
                    <input type="submit" name="deletepost" value="<if condition="$deletebutton">delete<else />remove</if>" id="rb_del_soft" tabindex="1" class="button" />
                    
                </form> 


Open includes/functions_showthread.php and find:

PHP Code:

    // hide users in Coventry from non-staff members 


Above, add:

PHP Code:

    $deletebutton = 1; // set to 1 to only hide the post, or 0 to permanently delete the post 


Done!

Images you can use for the delete button

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by zajako

well done

Thanks it means a lot from a programmer like you

[PET]

don't forghet...that if you use old POSTBIT style you need to make modifications to postbit_legacy !

[PET]

Originally Posted by Gary W

Add the following above the new code in postbit template:

PHP Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 5 or $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6"> 


and then </if> at the end of the newly added code in postbit template.

Done!

it isn't working !

[Boofo]

This hack doesn't even work right. Try deleting the first post in a thread and see what happens. Another half finished hack.

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by Boofo

This hack doesn't even work right. Try deleting the first post in a thread and see what happens. Another half finished hack.

That's strange because as I said before, it works fine for me. What exactly doesn't work right?

[Boofo]

Like I said earlier in the thread. When you try and delete the first post in a thread.

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Like I said earlier in the thread. When you try and delete the first post in a thread.

And as I said too, it works fine

[Boofo]

Not for the first post, it doesn't. It works fine for other posts but not the first post in a thread.

[Gary King]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Not for the first post, it doesn't. It works fine for other posts but not the first post in a thread.

Okay well then I'll need confirmation from someone else as well then, because it works fine for me on an unhacked RC 3

[MischiefThought]

This doesnt work for RC 4?