What if I wanted to hide all posts by a member (Change visible from 1 to 2?)

[Quarterbore]

I have a member that I may want to hide all of their posts in a temporary way in case the member comes back and askes for their posts to become visable again....

I am curious if I would be making a huge mistake if I go through and execute a mysql command in the posts table such that when post[userid]='1' make post[visible]='2' in the database?

I know enough to try this on a developmental board first!

I hope that I could undo this later by going through and performing the opposite if the member wants their posts back on the forums later (IE change visible back to '1')

Would this cause me problems?

[Ntfu2]

couldnt you use the conventry goes tachy or whatever its called in the admincp under vbulletin options some where?

[Quarterbore]

Originally Posted by Ntfu2

couldnt you use the conventry goes tachy or whatever its called in the admincp under vbulletin options some where?

Thanks... that will work!

It was under vBulletion Options >> User Banning Options

The only problem I have with that is under the post it says:

"The administrator has decided that MEMBER should be quiet for a while."

I can edit that phrase however...

[Ntfu2]

Cool glad to hear, wasnt sure where it was, i've never had to use it...yet

[Paul M]

FYI, visible = 2 means soft deleted, not hidden.

[Quarterbore]

Originally Posted by Paul M

FYI, visible = 2 means soft deleted, not hidden.

Good... that is actually better as then Mods and Admins would still be able to see the post but not the outside world....

So, changing that to a "2" would not have any negative impacts on the rest of my board...? I wanted to test it on my Dev board but I am trying to work on an integration and I was really not looking forward to making a mistake even on my Dev Board as I have a ton of code posts on there I need to save!