Moderator management system

tested with 3.0.3

You went into a lot of trouble selecting the moderators for your forum, you created a set of rules, told them what you expected from them. Now, how do you know if they are really moderating?

Of course, if you have 3 forums and 3 moderators, it's not big deal. But if you have 5+ moderators then this tool might be useful.

I wanted to receive an alert when my moderators were absent, or when they were in the forum but weren't doing any moderation at all... also I want my moderators to be active posters. But checking on every one of them is time consuming. That's why I made this tool.

With it you receive an alert pm if:

• a moderator has been absent for more than x days
• a moderator has not modded (edited/deleted/moved/closed) for more than z days
• a moderator has not posted in HIS forum for more than y days
• a moderator has nos posted for more than y days
• a moderator has not created a new thread in HIS forums for more than y days
• a moderator has not created a thread globally for more than y days
• a moderator has failed to OPEN and potentially read at least x percent threads in HIS forum in the last week

Installation instructions:

1)
Upload the files in the .zip file to your forum. Make sure that you follow the directory structure in the zip file.
modmanagement.php goes in the root of your forum
functions_modmanagement.php goes to the includes/ directory
modmanagement_cron.php goes into the includes/cron/ directory
modmanagement_install.php goes into the admincp directory

2)
Open the modmanagement_install.php in your browser

3)
That's it No file modifications, no template modifications

Customization:
- Go to vbulletin options and change how many posts a moderator should do in how many days, how long can someone be inactive, etc.
- Go to the scheduled tasks and you can change the cron job. By default, it sends the alerts sunday morning.

Other options:
Open modmanagement.php in your browser to see a summary of the moderators activity.

Even more customization:
Note: You should really test that the hack is working and that you like it before doing anything else

*optional* For integration in the admincp and a link in every page, you need some file modifications, here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....5&postcount=27

*optional* The summary page can only be accesed by administrators. If you want to give access to supermoderators or moderators, here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....9&postcount=64


Info for hackers:
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
Some portions of the code are (c) Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

[DrkFusion]

This is a very nice hack, I have actually noticed my Moderators are doing so much more work than I expected, and a couple of the other moderators are going to be getting my nice aldo boot

Nice hack!

[billywiz]

very nice hack

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by Makador

Hehe sorry for calling it a major bug and thanks for your help
But I also need to change the modmanagement_cron.php. Same here: All users, who can see the adminpanel should get the pm's.

I uploaded a new zip with some fixes

.fixed the cron job and the access to the main page in case you have several admin groups and not only group 6
.added a log to the cron job
.fixed a bug where the "unread pm's" in the navbar wasn't updated

If any of these bugs bother you then just re-download the zip and replace the files.

[Kentaurus]

By default only admins can view the modmanagement.php page, if you want your supermoderators to be able to access the page.

In modmanagement.php search for:

PHP Code:

if (!($permissions['adminpermissions'] & CANCONTROLPANEL)) 


replace it with:

PHP Code:

if (!($permissions['adminpermissions'] & CANCONTROLPANEL) && !($permissions['adminpermissions'] & ISMODERATOR)) 


By default only admins can view the modmanagement.php page, if you want all moderators to be able to access the page.

In modmanagement.php search for:

PHP Code:

if (!($permissions['adminpermissions'] & CANCONTROLPANEL)) 


replace it with:

PHP Code:

if (!($permissions['adminpermissions'] & CANCONTROLPANEL) && !can_moderate()) 


[Aurous]

Originally Posted by Lionel

I get the pm alerts, but I get a blank page for the modmanagement.php and templates are there

Same problem on 3.0.1

If there is no fix to this, an uninstaller will be very nice to see here or I'll have to waste time manually deleting everything

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by Aurous

Same problem on 3.0.1

If there is no fix to this, an uninstaller will be very nice to see here or I'll have to waste time manually deleting everything

I am trying to provide a fix, but I cannot identify where the problem is.

Some people have installed it in 3.0.1 succesfully, but Lionel has the weirdest behaviour I have seen or read, and I installed a copy of vb3.0.1 in my local machine to test it and it ran without problems. Unless there is another conflicting hack or server setting that I am not aware of there is no good reason for it not to work.... maybe I can check your website or test site to see if I can identify what the problem is?

[Aurous]

Well, I was bored and deleted all the phrases and settings manually. Its possible its conflicting with other hacks I have installed, not sure which one as I have many. Maybe Lionel can be of some help.

[Loki12]

I like this, and I'm going to install it soon.

[Makador]

Thanks again for your help. Now everything works fine for me!

[mtha]

Originally Posted by Kentaurus

I uploaded a new zip with some fixes

.fixed the cron job and the access to the main page in case you have several admin groups and not only group 6
.added a log to the cron job
.fixed a bug where the "unread pm's" in the navbar wasn't updated

If any of these bugs bother you then just re-download the zip and replace the files.

Please provide versions and update time/date (and upgrade instruction if posible). Thank you