Miscellaneous Hacks - List Reported Items

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This is something we have been using for the last few years on Cable Forum, it displays a list of reported posts and reported private messages - for both staff and members to see.

The list shows ;

Reported Date/Time
Reporter (Staff Only)
Thread Title
Post Number
Actioned Date/Time
Moderator Who Actioned.

Warning: For this system to work you must have vbulletin set-up to create a new thread for each report. Installing this will disable the e-mail reporting, so until you have a report forum set, reporting will be disabled.

On the reported posts page members can click on the Actioned Moderator name to see any comment left by the moderator.

A report is considered as actioned by the first staff member to reply in the report thread. The comments are read from that first post (by default it reads anything inside quote tags).

Staff can click on the reporter to be taken directly to the report thread.

Staff Usergroups are defined in the mods settings - also the number of days to show reports for is defined in the settings.

If enabled, this will also add a link to your Quick Links or Community Links. There is also an option to prefix the link path if you use something like CMPS.

This will only list reported posts and private message's.


History:

v4.0.1 : 15-Jan-2010 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 16-Jan-2010 : Updated to build links using vbulletin seo function.
v4.0.3 : 20-Feb-2010 : Internal changes, not released.
v4.0.4 : 27-Feb-2010 : Style code updates for vB 4.0.2.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[Paul.]

I can't really understand what this does exactly.

Do I create a forum for it to be able to create threads where users post their concerns and only they and staff can see the thread?

Anyone else looking can see threads they created or else it's just an empty forum, from what they can see?

[Wseries]

I'm starting to see a trend on my forum where the reporting of items is being abused. Is it possible for this mod to show me who actually reported an item or am I missing something?

[Paul M]

If you are a member of a usergroup defined as staff then this will always show you the reporter (see the screenshot).

[tbworld]

Have not come across this MOD before, nice little gem. Thanks @Paul_M

[Wseries]

Originally Posted by Paul M

If you are a member of a usergroup defined as staff then this will always show you the reporter (see the screenshot).

[EDIT] Solved my first problem. I wasn't looking at the right settings pane. My reported items now list who reported them.

However I'm not sure why, when an item has been actioned, the message "No Reply Yet" is always displayed in the comment area. Any idea Paul?

[Paul M]

As the main post says ;

A report is considered as actioned by the first staff member to reply in the report thread. The comments are read from that first post (by default it reads anything inside quote tags).

[fxdigi-cash]

does this mod work? I tried it on the vb4.2.3 latest version and when I display reported items I see nothing. I sent many reports, but still that page is empty!!

any idea what's going??

Edit: never mind. I had a mistake in my settings. got it fixed!!