Show Thread Enhancements - Spoiler Sigs (Hidden Signatures) - Hide Sigs by Usergroup, Userid or Post Count

Mod: Spoiler (Hidden) Sigs by BOP5
Version: 2.22

NEW IN VERSION 2.25
Minor bug fix affecting VB 3.x only. VB 4.x no need to upgrade.

NEW IN VERSION 2.2
Two new features: 1) Ability to hide sigs for specific users and 2) ability to remove signatures from posts completely, not just hide them. Plus 1 minor bug fix.

NEW IN VERSION 2.1
A new option to always show the signature un-hidden to the logged in user, this way you can hide signatures without the user knowing his specific signature was hidden.

Live Demo: http://www.juot.net/forums/showthread.php?t=41501
(Scroll down to 2nd post to see hidden sig. No registration required. Demo is 3.8 board but works same on 4.x)

This mod has been tested on VB 4.0.8 and 3.8.6 and should be compatible with all versions from 3.5 through 4.x. If you find it incompatible please post here.

This is an installable product version of my ?Hidden Sigs? template modification released earlier. If you previously installed this template edit you must uninstall it first by undoing the changes you originally made in your postbit or postbit_legacy template.

Install this product like any other vBulletin modification. Go to the Admin CP -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product and press ?Choose File.? Locate and import the product file.

Once imported you MUST go to the options to enable the mod and setup your usergroups. In vBulletin Options scroll down to Spoiler (Hidden) Sig Options (near the bottom).
Choose Yes to Enable the Mod

You can choose to hide sigs (make them spoilers) by Usergroup ID (primary or secondary) or by minimum post count.

You can customize the HTML used in the spoiler code so if you want to change it or have a different code you prefer to use you can change it easily in the options. This is for advanced users only. This mod will work just fine with the default code.

Please remember to Mark as Installed if you use this.

Read the .txt file included in the .zip for full instructions.

.zip file = English Version 2.25
.xml file = Arabic Translation by Dr. OsamA (Thank You!) Version 2.0

[sticky]

You do some great work, nice mod.

[BirdOPrey5]

Thanks. :up:

[BirdOPrey5]

Updated this today with a new option as suggest by kether1 in the Requests forum-

The new option lets you "hide" the fact you are hiding someone's signature- that is to say- to any logged in user it will look like their signature isn't hidden, but for everyone else, it will be hidden.

I personally wouldn't use it but I could see why some admins would want this option.

The new option is called: Hide for User? and the default is "Yes" which means YES, the user's signature MAY be hidden. To enable this new option you actually have to set this option to "No" which means, "NO" the user's signature will NEVER be hidden for them.

I hope you can follow my logic- test it first if you're not sure.

[kether1]

Thanks for the update! Instead of usergroups, could this be edited to use user ids? This would make adding a signature to this mod so much easier IMHO. Regardless, nice work, sir.

Kether

[BirdOPrey5]

Added your 2 requests- hide sigs completely and use with userids if you want.

[kether1]

Installed and nominated for Mod of the Month!

Kether

[BirdOPrey5]

LOL, Thanks. :up:

[Raffaele]

Downloaded and tagged for future use thank you and nominated as well

Raffaele

[BirdOPrey5]

Small update to 2.25. This fixed a bug only present if you used vBulletin 3.x. 4.x users need not upgrade.

[Merriweather]

Is it possible to use this to hide sigs WITHOUT having the button to show the sig available? I just want to hide sigs from certain groups, with no option for them to see it.

ETA - I see that I can just hide without a button. Excellent!