vBPrivate Threads

vBPrivate Threads

This hack has been ported to vBulletin 3.5.4 from the vBulletin 3.0.0 version with permission granted by:

"You may modify, improve, upgrade, redistribute this hack, include it
in another hack or yours or translate it provided you do it free of
charge and you distribute it in www.vbulletin.org at least, there is no
need to pm me asking for permission"

in Kentaurus's post for its original release, found here

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This is my first major ported and released hack for vB.
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With this Code Modification you can add private threads to your forums. A private thread is:

• A thread that some users or usergroups can view. Others cannot.
• A thread that some users or usergroups cannot view. All others can.

Using this Modification, any user in a forum that has Private Threads turned on may create a private thread. It is useful for holding private moderator conversations, or for making a thread private when some users would like to see the discussion closed and others want it to continue.

Future Plans:

• Add Super Moderators and Moderators to override the standard permissions
• Admin Options for allowed private thread types
• Admin Options to define users with override-permissions privilages
• Admin Options for those who can make private threads
• Private Threads will NOT show in the lastpost column when user does not have access to thread
• Creator can view thread by default

Hack History:

Version 1.0.6

• Changed several file edits to plugins (Thank you waza)
• Some plugins were reverted back to file edits, no version change as it is going a bit backward

Version 1.0.5

• Updated queries for install
• Added queries for uninstall
• 1 Added Plugin
• Fixed copy/paste errors in file edits find/change
• Added missing printthread edit
• Fixed Search problem

Version 1.0.0

• Initial release

Hack Overview:

• Products: 1
  • 2 Queries
  • 1 Phrase
  • 13 Plugins
• File Edits: 5 files (7 edits)
• Template Edits: 3
• Estimated Install time: Under 10 minutes

If you liked this hack then please Install it!

[G-Force 199]

Installed.
Thank you

[wholemama]

First and foremost...THANK YOU!!!

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I'm getting an error when we try to call the search function (as in when we click New Posts)...

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: private_thread_not_allowed() in /.../search.php on line 1823

Same happens in the other instantiation of the function on line 2224. Commented those out for now

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The product doesn't seem to create the 'allowprivate' field...added that manually to the DB and then manually adjusted it as needed for my interim solution

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When I try to edit a thread, I get...

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /.../postings.php on line 2327

In the second portion of code added to postings.php, it's missing the closing } for the if statement

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When I edit a thread that's been private...if I had more than one name saved originally in the allowed/denied list, when it pulls them back in, it only brings back the first name in the list.

[Eikinskjaldi]

That's unexpected behavior, and I have it running just fine on my main board and test board. I'll install it on my test board again tonight and get back to you on the results of further testing.

It's still in beta and I have some improvements ready for it, too.

[waza]

Does it has usergroup permissions?
And can't you do it with less file edits (by replacing them with plugins.)
However, It sure looks good!

[Eikinskjaldi]

Bleh, my first release and I mess up stuff as simple as copying and pasting. Sorry about that :nervous:

I've updated to v1.0.5 and fixed the problems (works flawlessly when installed on my test board), added to the product, and added a new plugin to it.

@waza: What do you mean by usergroup permissions? You can allow or restrict viewing by usergroup, if that's what you mean.

I've tried to limit file edits to the best of my ability. I've only been on vB3.5 for a week, and just learning the new data management was daunting enough. If I can find other ways, or if anyone else can find other ways, to avoid file edits and maximize plugin use, the hack will be updated for that.

[waza]

No what I mean is if you can restrict usergroups who can post private threads.
However, I looked @ the zip, and as there aren't any bitfield xml's their wont be usergroup permissions.
Like here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=82844

And I'm sure a lot of file edits can be done by plugins, If I find some time I try to make use of plugins and pm them.

[buro9]

Perfect!

You wouldn't believe the need I have for this. It's incredibly sensitive, and this is a life saver.

Thank you so much for making and publishing it.

[rnmcd]

Thanks.

Looks like you finished before this:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=80135

[XanTrax]

From the types of people I deal with in my forums this would be abused 10 thousand times over. If anything try to add an option for which usergroups or users are allowed/not allowed to use this option. Something like...

Can user select thread options: Yes / No