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Miserable Users
Version: 2.05, by Paul M Paul M is offline
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Released: 07-30-2005 Last Update: 05-14-2006 Installs: 1213
 
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Here is a 3.5 version of the ever popular "miserable users" hack. Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. Based on the original idea & hack for vb2 by Zzed, and the vb3 port by KuraFire.

When classed as miserable, a member suffers ;

1. Slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default).
2. A chance they will get the "server busy" message (50% by default).
3. A chance that no search facilities will be available (75% by default).
4. A chance they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).
5. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).
6. Post flood limit increased by a defined factor (10 times by default).
7. If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

Note: All the above options are set in the vBulletin Options.

To install this hack simply download the xml file to your pc and then import it into vbulletin as a product - then create your 'miserable users' usergroup and set the value of this group, and your preferred other settings, in the hacks settings area (vBulletin Oprions > Miserable Users). To make a member suffer just edit their profile to add them to the miserable users group (it will work as either the primary group or as a secondary group).



History:

v2.01 - Released as a product - all settings are in the vB options.
v2.02 - Added option for multiple usergroups to be defined as miserable.
v2.03 - Added option for IP addresses to be defined as miserable.
v2.04 - Updated multiple usergroups code.
v2.05 : Minor changes, no update necessary.

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Old 10-01-2005, 05:03 PM
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After this alter your preferred settings in the vBulletin Oprions [Miserable Users] settings.
I have searched through the vBulletin Oprions over and over and Miserable Users is not there. I also made my test user miserable and it had no effect.
The options for the Miserable Users in the Usergroup manager are the same as all the other usergroups, ie - no new options pretaining to this mod.

My srever is Win2003 could that be a problem?

Here is the product info I entered

Product ID miserable_users
Title Miserable Users
Version 2.01
Description annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum
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Old 10-01-2005, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by OttawaGolf
Here is the product info I entered

Product ID miserable_users
Title Miserable Users
Version 2.01
Description annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum
I think this highlights the problem. You do not create the product yourself. You simply import the product using the xml file.

Delete the product you have created, download the XML file to your PC, then in the add/import product screen (at the top) click on the "Browse" button and browse to the xml file on your pc, then click on the "import" button.
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Old 10-01-2005, 05:33 PM
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Silly me. I did upload the file, then completed the form and pushed the button at the bottom.

Guess you can tell this is my first plugin. LOL Thanks Paul. Looks good now.
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Old 10-01-2005, 07:36 PM
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not bad. I'm going to use this on a few people that have been trying to come back to my forum.
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Perfect for the most persistant of trolls. I can't wait to use it!
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haha you have no idea how happy I am to have this hack ;D
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Best. hack. ever.

Thanx:squareeyed: :squareeyed:
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Thank you for porting this to 3.5. This is my second favorite hack of all time, behind Ted S's, but if I could only have one on my board it would be this one. I increased the pain to 3.0 level.

Will the following work for IP addresses and user agents?

PHP Code:
if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo$vbulletin->options['muparm9'])||$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']=='192.168.0.1'||$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']=='Some anonymizer'
Thanks.
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Old 10-02-2005, 01:27 PM
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Will the following work for IP addresses and user agents?

Thanks.
Should do, looking at it.
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Originally Posted by ThorstenA
A disable-the-logout-feauture for miserable users would be nice
Someone has a locked-in mod which does this. You'll need to search for it though, as I'm not sure what the title is for it.
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