Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Adv. Editing Options for Mods and Admins

I no longer support my hacks. Please feel free to update them and release new versions elsewhere as long as I get the credit for the original modification.

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|| Adv. Editing Options for Mods and Admins
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|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Co-Author(s) : Xenon
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x
|| Released : Jun 01, 2009
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|| Time required to install: ~30 seconds
|| Difficulty: easy
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DESCRIPTION

This hack gives your board staff a few advanced post editing options that are available in New Thread, New Post and Edit Post interfaces. Since this is a port of Xenon's Adv. Editing Options for Mods and Admins Hack, credits for the original idea (but not for the port cause it has a lot new features that were not present in the original ) belong to him.

Note that this hack may interfere with other hacks that make use of posting functions. If such problems appear, place the following code in the very beginning of the problematic script:

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define('BYPASS_AEO', true);
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This should eliminate whatever problem appears. If it does not, please feel free to mention it.

STATISTICS

File Uploads: 1
Products to Install: 1


FEATURES

Basics:

• Post Editing Hierarchy (available to mods, s-mods, admins and s-admins):
  Superadministrators: Can restrict editing to moderators (and above), supermoderators (and above), admins (and above), or superadmins only.
  Administrators: Can restrict editing to moderators (and above), supermoderators (and above) or admins (and above).
  Supermoderators: Can restrict editing to moderators (and above) or supermoderators (and above).
  Moderators: Can restrict editing to moderators (and above).
  
  
• Post Author (available to administrators only):
  Administrator can specify a custom author of any post. Guests (non-existing users) can also be specified.
  
  
• Post Date/Time (available to administrators only):
  Administrator can specify a custom date and time for any post.
  
  
• Post IP (available to administrators only):
  Administrator can specify a custom ip address for any post.

Advanced:

• A system-wide switch that defines the minimal editlevel required to use the hack.
  It can be found in vBulletin Options -> Advanced Editing Options for Mods and Admins.
  
• A per-user editlevel override, available via admincp user options.
  
• Color-coded listing of users to whom a custom editlevel has been applied.

Note:
To make the subject of the override clear for you, here is an example. If you turn you take a regular registered user and set the override to "Administrator" in that user's profile, then that user will be able to use hack options that would otherwise be available only to administrators.

VERSION HISTORY

2.1.0
[+] The hack is now compatible with vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x.
[+] Eliminated all template edits. The difference in template edits between different vBulletin versions is handled automatically.
[+] Added support for attachments for posts with custom user setting. These attachments are now saved, and their ownership is set to whatever custom user is specified.
[+] When a post is submitted with a custom user setting, that user's activity dates are updated if they are older than the post's date. The dates of the user's activities are never set to the future. If a new post is made with a date in the future, the user's activity dates are set to present time.
[+] When a post is submitted with a custom dateline, last post information in forum and thread is now rebuilt properly.
[+] If a post is submitted with a custom dateline, the thread's firstpostid and creation date are now set to match whatever posts is now the first one in the thread.
[+] In the event that you have installed "vS-Hide Hack Resurrection," and you are changing the ownership of a post that has been thanked, the ownership of thanks is updated automatically, and so are the users' thanked counts.
[+] Removed a lot of redundant code, so the hack should now work faster than it did before.

2.0.2
[+] The hack is now officially compatible with vBulletin 3.6.
[+] Added a workaround for hacks that use new post functions. See description for details.
[+] Unlike before, adv_editform form elements now use vbulletin styles.

2.0.1
[F] Removed extra queries from showthread and showpost.
[F] "adv_editform" is now cached.

2.0.0
[+] A "superadministrator" editlevel.
[+] A system-wide switch that defines the minimal usergroup required to use the hack.
[+] A user-level override of system permissions that defines the editlevel associated with any particular user.
[+] A listing of users for whom an override was defined (with color key). Located under "Users" in the control panel navigation menu.

1.0.2
[+] When you make a post, you have a new checkbox available. That checkbox is off by default, and it allows you to choose whether to use the custom dateline in your post.

1.0.1
[F] Lastposters were not updated on newthread and newreply when replied by admin.

1.0.0
First Release

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

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[Tulsa]

I noticed this wasn't being associated with a new reply so I added it to the newreply template as follows.

<form action="newreply.php?do=postreply&amp;t=$threadid" name="vbform" method="post"<if condition="!is_browser('webtv')"> onsubmit="return vB_Editor['$editorid'].prepare_submit(0, $vboptions[postminchars])"</if>>

$adv_editform

Do you see an issue with this code in this template? It's working nicely located here and gives the advanced edit options now every time you invoke the editor.

[yingzhou]

When I turn this hack on. The admin cant Reply for the post anymore. Why is it?

[da420]

You have to do the template edits.

[BOLT]

PV, I am having a problem with your hack:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=139578

read the first post in that thread

[PoetJA-1975]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

...When there are news, youi'll be notified as long as you are subscribed to this thread. Please do not ask that question again.

1st off... How friggin rude is that!?!?????? Dude asking a question about YOUR modification that has potentially HORRIBLE repercussions for the users' board... My opinion is that this needs to be addressed IMMEDIATELY. And having said that one question: are you always such an @ss?

2nd question... (and I really hate to be chastised so rudely for asking - but I'm gonna ask anyway )

(available to administrators only) is there anyway to allow the modification to function for SuperMods? It'd be nice to have such a setting

Jacquii.

[akanevsky]

My opinion is that this needs to be addressed IMMEDIATELY.

Now that I think about it, perhaps I'll go with not fixing it at all.

[rjmjr69]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

Now that I think about it, perhaps I'll go with not fixing it at all.

WOW thats not very professional of you. If you wrote the code and its causing security problems it would be your obligation to fix them or let us all know you dont plan on supporting the mod and anymore. But no reason to be so mean about it to a member. Granted it wasnt what you wanted to hear but...................

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by rjmjr69

but...................

"but..................." that's not a security problem. Sorry, but I am not obligated to do anything, and neither are you obligated to use this or any other of my hacks. You are forgetting that it's all done for free, and I can withdraw support any time I want, esspecially when important things get in the way (which is what happened). But, meh, that was already said many times, so I'm not going to go into it. I'm only going to say that unless it's a real security issue, or an issue with one of my commercial modifications, it's not of high priority to me at this time. Period.

[rjmjr69]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

"but..................." that's not a security problem. Sorry, but I not obligated to do anything, and neither are you obligated to use this or any other of my hacks. You are forgetting that it's all done for free, and I can withdraw support any time I want, esspecially when important things get in the way (which is what happened). But, meh, that was already said many times, so I'm not going to go into it. I'm only going to say that unless it's a real security issue, or an issue with one of my commercial modifications, it's not of high priority to me at this time. Period.

Sorry I miss read the issue. I was just awe struck with your reply. I completely understand and agree with you. Again Sorry

Keep up the good work we all love your mods.

[PoetJA-1975]

1. THE ISSUE (quote, unquote)

Originally Posted by dizzy100

Think i've found quite a serious bug here.

Any posts with attachments in them will get their attachments deleted.

I had mine all deleted over the last day, couldn't place why and then realised it was because of using this hack (which i found handy instead of logging in and out). But looking at the posts with no attachments (where there should have been) proves it was whilst using this hack the attachments went astray.

Anyone have the same findings ?

For you to have blown Dude off with a smartass little comment is NOT acceptible in my opinion. It's a SERIOUS concern that should have been addressed PERIOD! He's talking about posts that can potentially be ERASED from the Forum = SERIOUS, possibly not "security issue" (blablablablablablablablabla), but serious!

2. Your modification is checked as supported! I know you'll want to correct me anyway - but I will go ahead and say - Correct me if I'm wrong, but when a modification is checked as "supported" on vBulletin.org it is IMPERATIVE that the author of such a hack understands OBLIGATION of the term supported and blablablablablablabla....

3. I'm actually concerned about the deletion of attachments issue...

4. When "important things get in the way" do you feel any need to at least tell people that? It would have been nice just to have seen: "I'm busy right now - other shyt is in the way - ...Get back to you ASAP, thanx for using my modification..."

5. I will respectfully suggest that any modification that Psionic Vision puts on vBulletin.org IS of high priority... You actually have an audience Dude. I don't think you respect that. You should!

Anyway.... Such scathing comments = blablablablablablablablalba - If I were you - I'd appreciate my gift of vB Wiz and act like it, 'les I hang myself by my bootstrings

Jacquii.

ps.... I realize the above post is such a turmoil for you to read AND such time consuming, but if you can dare take a bit of time to even answer my 1st question - It'd be appreciated:

(available to administrators only) is there anyway to allow the modification to function for SuperMods? It'd be nice to have such a setting