Forum Filter for ADMIN

[sunnycher]

I thought I saw a hack for the admin to exclude certain forums from the NEW POST but can't seem to find it.
I have the one where the member can exclude certain forums but need the other.

Any ideas?
Thanks!

[jluerken]

Create an own Plugin to do this:

search_getnew_start

PHP Code:

 $vbulletin->GPC['exclude'] .= (($vbulletin->GPC['exclude']) ? ',X' : 'X'); 


X is the forumid you want to exclude.

This is working fine on my board but its filtering the new post search for ALL usergroups and not for the admins only

[sunnycher]

Thanks j,
I want it to filter the forum for everyone.
Sorry, what I mean was I needed something the ADMIN could do to filter it instead of the one that the users can filter.

I've never created a plugin.
Would I create a template?

Thank you!

[jluerken]

No there is no need to create a template.

Simply use the admincp to create that plugin and enter the forumIDs that should not show up when using the new post search function.

I am excluding the RSS forum for all my users but I never tried to do an exclusion for the admingroup only.
I think it is more or less adding an additional query to check in which usergroup a user is.

Should be easy to find out when you have time to play around with it

I've not tested this but this could work

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == YOURUSERID) 
{ 
$vbulletin->GPC['exclude'] .= (($vbulletin->GPC['exclude']) ? ',X' : 'X');  
}

Change YOURUSERID with your userid, for example 1
Change X with the forumID you want to exclude.
Create the plugin like described above

Ok I think I found out how this can work for you

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] == 6) 
{ 
$vbulletin->GPC['exclude'] .= (($vbulletin->GPC['exclude']) ? ',X' : 'X');  
}

Change X with the forums you want to exclude.
The 6 is the group ID for the Administrator group.

This should work for you

[sunnycher]

Thanks but I think that is to exclude forums for ME the admin.

What I want is something that excludes the OT chat from new posts when ANYONE clicks on new posts. KWIM?

[jluerken]

Well aaaaargh then take the line from my first post:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....72&postcount=2

Its doing what you want, its excluding special forums for ALL members clicking on NEW POSTS.

[sunnycher]

LOL j! THANK YOU!!
I'll go try it now
Sorry for the confusion!

Ok, do I create a template? You've got create a plugin.

TIA!

creating a plugin......
it needs a hook location?