Staff can Post hidden Posts

If you have installed that Hack by Chen, you will already know what this Hack does.
If not i'll shortly explain: If you install this hack, your staff will be able to post hidden posts, which are just visible by other staffmembers. This can be usefull, if you are not sure, what to do with a thread, and want feedback by the other mods.

I have to say, that this is not an easy hack, so do not install it, if you are not familar with vB hacking, as i won't give much support.
I have put the basic instructions into the Installfile, which does everything needed.
The instructions in the advanced install file, are for those who have already installed this hack, and want to get some more features (like number of new hidden posts in the navbar and such things).

Have fun, we always have

[Neutral Singh]

Oh Thank You !!! Thank You !!!

[Martyjp]

Tried installing this on 3.0.4 but cant make the template changes, get

The following template conditional expression contains function calls:

<if condition="can_see_hidden()">

Function Name Usage in Expression
can_see_hidden can_see_hidden()

With a few exceptions, function calls are not permitted in template conditional expressions. Please go back and re-write this expression.

The following functions are allowed in template conditional expressions:
in_array() is_array() is_numeric() isset() empty() defined() array() can_moderate() can_moderate_calendar() exec_switch_bg() is_browser() is_member_of()

When trying to save templates

[Jolten]

Make certain you install the Hidden Posts BEFORE the advanced Hidden Posts.

[Martyjp]

My mistake, ftp bombed out while uploading so adminfunctions_template.php hadnt been uploaded

Quick reply though

[theArchitect]

Originally Posted by Boofo

It's indespensable on any board, I think. If I can get the quick reply problem fixed and get it to work in the editpost like it does here, it will be perfect.

Just a quick Q.

I am having some core problems with my board and I need to strip it back to the basics so that the team at vBulletin can work out what is wrong.

However, some of my staff have written a few comments that a less than politically correct and would not be happy if their "hidden" posts sudden became publicly available. If I uninstall this hack will the post become visible? Or will they simply be unavailable to everyone including staff?

[Xenon]

if you uninstall the hack, posts will stay hidden for anyone.

but as this hack also has a few bugfixes to the normal moderated post feature, people who know what they do, could be able to see some posts

[yakusasc]

Do we see hidden posts in the last reply area on the forumdisplay.php page ? Thanks !

[Xenon]

nope, hidden posts don't update the thread/forum infos, so that really no user can know a hidden post was made

[yakusasc]

Ok thanks for your quick answer; I've asked that because we wanted to use it to tell other moderators that the thread was already read. By watching forumdisplay.php, a thread with no hidden post by a moderator would mean : thread not checked. By any luck, would you know a hack that would enable us to do such a thing ? We have a large board and we'd like to optimize the way moderators are working.

[Xenon]

ah,
nope sorry no idea of such a hack right now