3 Admin Tools: Remove Redirect, Edit Posts, & Moderate User

Three additional tools for administrators/moderators - one written by wluke (I hope he does not mind me bundling it with the other two I wrote).

Download the zip file attached. Each hack has its own txt file with exact instructions on how to install it.

Hacks description:

1. Redirect Removal: Allows you to delete the "Moved" redirect to a thread.
   
2. Multi Posts Editing: Allows you to conveniently edit several posts in one thread at once, in one page and with one submit button (good for occassions where a thread gets out of hand and people are overboard).
   
3. Place User's Posting under Moderation: Allows you to place a user under moderation, whereby his posts and threads will be queued until an admin/moderator validates them. (written by Wluke).

Cheers,

Bira

UPDATE MAY 3rd:

* Added to the zip-file a fourth tool for mass-prune redirects ("moved:" links) older than x days (with ability to select which to delete and which to leave).

* fixed a bug in the user-under-moderation hack, which allowed threads with a poll to go unmoderated.


Download here

[trainer]

Originally posted by julius
To prevent a user register himself only to spam throw emails and messages to other users, it would be useful to put one more option in the usergroup:

Email Permissions:

Can Use Send Email to Other Members? yes ---- no

When you're shure that the new member has written on the forum, you can switch him to the group with all permissions enabled.

yes that option to allow members to email using the bb system would be great

also does this work with 2.2.1 ??? anyone tried it

[Tommy Boy]

Yeah, I installed it on 2.2.1. The instructions do not always match, but if you know PHP, you should be fine. It is working smoothly for me.

[James Cridland]

Me too, I think "moderate users" is great.

And now, an extra bit of code.

To make posts from all new users to be "under moderation", you can do the following...

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Open register.php
Search for the following
// activate account
$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET usergroupid=2 WHERE userid='$u'");

Replace the usergroupid (2) with the new, Under Moderation, user group you've just made.

You might also wish to replace your redirect_postthanks template to let users know that "your post may not appear immediately".
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You're free to add this to the documentation of the main hack.

[James Cridland]

Note that the above hack places current users onto moderation if they change their e-mail address. I don't think there's a way round it, to be honest, and I'll not spend much time trying.

[FWC]

Originally posted by James Cridland
Note that the above hack places current users onto moderation if they change their e-mail address. I don't think there's a way round it, to be honest, and I'll not spend much time trying.

Intersting, that hasn't happened to me.

[James Cridland]

Ah, of course. Let me re-write that...

Note that the above hack places current users onto moderation if they change their e-mail address and you have e-mail verification on. I don't think there's a way round it, to be honest, and I'll not spend much time trying.

Well spotted!

[Martz]

Sorry to bump this, but does the "Moderated User" part of this hack work with 2.2.0 or 2.2.1 - does anyone know?

Thanks

[FWC]

Originally posted by Martz
Sorry to bump this, but does the "Moderated User" part of this hack work with 2.2.0 or 2.2.1 - does anyone know?

Thanks

Yes, it does. I'm using it on 2.2.1.

[Joshua Clinard]

This looks like a cool hack. I'm not installing it until 2.2.2 is out. Can someone tell me if mods can add a user to the moderation que? Also, do you have to create a moderation usergroup for this to work?

[Joshua Clinard]

*Bump*