New Posting Features - Per Usergroup HTML Posting Permission

Just like the name says, this ultra-simple little Product will allow you to specify Usergroups that may make forum posts in HTML and have that HTML be parsed.

Default vBulletin - You can only choose whether an entire forum has the HTML permission, for all Usergroups. With this modification, you can give the permission to a specific Usergroup.

The code in this version is 100% identical to that in the 3.5 version (except for the lack of parseing in the Preview), which worked all the way through 3.6,7 and 8.

Blog HTML permissions are, for some reason, actually there in Usergroup Manager, they control HTML in Blog entries and posts, and override the settings in this Product.

***BE AWARE THAT INDISCRIMINATE USE OF THIS PRODUCT IS RISKY - RESTRICT IT TO ONLY THOSE USERGROUPS YOU TRUST ABSOLUTELY***

The scary message above is to make sure you are aware that enabling HTML for any group opens you up to security issues. This is why it is not a feature of Stock vB, probably.

Controlled by a Setting in Usergroup Manager, it's phrased and works in editpost.php in WYSIWYG and normal modes, AND the Forum Rules shows HTML is ON to allowed Usergroups.

In the current vB 4.0, this WILL apply retroactively.
That is, if a User posted something in HTML in the past, before they were given the ability, that post will be parsed. This could prove dangerous/troublesome for anything not wrapped in PHP tags.


Many thanks to Andreas for prodding me to figure it out by myself and not just telling me what to do.

A "demo" is here..html is OFF in that Forum, but those posts are made by an Admin with the setting to Yes, so the HTML is parsed.

Known Issues: It is not currently possible to choose whether the HTML in a post is parsed or not - it will be.. unless (weirdly) you wrap it in PHP /PHP tags.
I'll look into adding a toggle switch.

[JetLee]

Using this in 4.2.0-PL2 successfully.

Thanks!

[Naijasite]

I just installed on 4.2.0 and i have also enable it for Admin user group.
Do i need to enable it here too Admin CP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Manager -> Edit Forum -> Allow HTML -> No

Feedback please

[JetLee]

Naija: No, you don't enable it in the Forum Manager.

For each User Group that you want to have HTML abilities, scroll to the bottom of the UserGroup Manager and set that to Yes. Leave the Forum set to No.

My question is:
How do I enable HTML for Admin/Mod for Private Messaging without enabling it for regular users as well?

[Gn_Snake]

Only one thing I can not do.
I can not edit a thread of another member of staff and insert the html code, that is, it is but i can not process the code.

[AFemaleProdigy]

I installed this with 4.0.8 and am having trouble with it. I try to add this to the post:

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0759285837?ie=UTF8&tag=sexdrivedaily-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0759285837" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.sexdrivedaily.com/amazon/images/sexsphere.jpg" style="float:left; margin-right:10px"></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sexdrivedaily-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0759285837" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />
.

And it turns it into this (when I look at the page source code):

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0759285837?ie=UTF8&tag=sexdrivedaily-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0759285837" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.sexdrivedaily.com/amazon/images/sexsphere.jpg" style="float:left; margin-right:10px"></a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sexdrivedaily-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0759285837" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important;" />

[Videx]

Sexsphere? I probably don't want to know. But welcome to the club. It was Amazon links I mostly wanted to embed and I never got it working.

But later I discovered there is a working mod that at least automatically adds your Amazon associate ID to links. Dynamic Amazon Links

[AFemaleProdigy]

Originally Posted by Videx

Sexsphere? I probably don't want to know. But welcome to the club. It was Amazon links I mostly wanted to embed and I never got it working.

But later I discovered there is a working mod that at least automatically adds your Amazon associate ID to links. Dynamic Amazon Links

Lol! It's a science fiction book. I need to be able to post a lot of different kinds of html, not just Amazon. But thanks.

[tpearl5]

I'm having a strange issue where a lot of breaks are inserted into the post before the html starts. Anyone seeing similar behavior?

[vimarc]

installed but don't know how to use in threads. which bb code i need to use for html codes like banners etc

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