Post by Proxy - Let your staff post using another username(s)

Hack: Post by Proxy
Version: v1.00.1
Author: MarcoH64
vB version: Tested 3.5.3

Description
With this modification installed, members of usergroups that have permission, will be able to make posts using a different username (post by proxy).
This can be usefull if you want to let Staff members (for example: moderators, administrators) make posts that can not be resolved to a single
staff member. Members that are in a usergroup that has permission to see the real poster, can view both the Proxy username and the real
username.

Features
- Members of a usergroup can be given permission to create posts by members of another usergroup.
- Usergroup permissions control who can view the real poster
- Username can be choosen when creating or editing a post/thread
- Original poster is stored in history
- Postcounts updated on a change of the posters username
- History is updated when a username is changed (from ACP)
- Fully phrased
- Automatic templates edits at runtime. Instructions for manual edits for modified styles are provided.
- As a litle bonus: Usergroups can also be given permission to sent Private Messages on behalf of another username.

Installation
See install.txt

Configuration
See Manual.txt

Change Log
Version 1.00.1 21-02-2006
- Fixed bug giving an error message when PHP setting 'allow_call_time_pass_reference' was set off
Version 1.00 09-02-2006
- Initial Release


Please don't forget to click Install at vbulletin.org.
If you like this work and would like to support the author, donations are always welcome at Paypal: marcoh64@gmail.com

[lionheart53]

Yes, that's the way I'd normally go. I just have to figure out all the tables it has to hit and particularly for the subscriptions how it needs to parse the data and load the tables to send out the subscription messages. The form isn't very hard (done a lot of it) so I think I'll try to make sense of the database entries created and then if I still can't get it then I may go with the proxy form.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

You can find threads on how to create a post in our Tutorial forum

[lionheart53]

Thanks. I found the one about threads and going to see if I can find one about building replies (since all the posts right now will actually be replies rather than new threads).

[Daniel]

Awesome! Installed

[OneShot]

Great Hack, thanks.

In response to your post #20
- A. A forum setting (ie. every usergroup can post in that forum using 1 of the defined users).

I just need one forum where people can post as Anonymous if they want to, so no fancy stuff. I wouldn't mind option B tho, but needed at the moment is only A.

Thanks and kudos again for your work.

[rnmcd]

Vote folk, vote:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....2&postcount=20

[naqalone]

I have a problem with my forum.
This hack works properly with <<new thread>>, but it doesn't work with <<reply>>.

Any body has this problem ?
I installed ver.1.0.0.1

[Marco van Herwaarden]

The only reason i can think of is that you have a modified 'newreply' template, and that the automatic template edits can not be made. Try making the edit to this template manually, as instructed in the install.txt

PS It will only work in Advanced mode, not in quick reply.

[gavinzac]

if you can make this apply to specific forums, it'd be mod of the month for sure. in reply to your question:
A. A forum setting (ie. every usergroup can post in that forum using 1 of the defined users).
this all that is needed to make this also work as an anonymous forum hack.
looking forward to install this some day.

[moonclamp]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

Nobody any errors or other complaints?

Yeah ... not major though, but if you edit a proxy post the "edited by" message will show the real user's name.