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.

[sv1cec]

If I remember correctly, this is the hack I have installed at least 5 times. As many, as the upgrades of vB, in other words. Just run the installation script again, if I remember correctly.

[b00k]

for some reason, everytime i run the modmanagement_install.php i get a vdeck cannot be found error page. Anythoughts as to why this is happening?


Thanks in advance :nervous:

*FIXED* end user error

[GetGamer.com]

I have one problem and one question:

First, the problem...
This works almost flawlessly on my site. I can view the stats on modmanagement.php and everything is reported correctly. I configured it to send me a PM when someone falls outside the guidelines, but each week I'm getting a PM for EVERYONE on my staff (myself included) even though they have not exceeded the guidelines established through the admin. Any ideas why?

Now for the question...
I'd like to be able to modify modmanagement.php so that I can run it against any usergroup, maybe through a querystring variable. This would allow me to view reports on non-moderators (I have staff members that do not have moderator rights, believe it or not), and I'd also like to view reports by "team" (a specific usergroup). Is this an easy modification? Seems like this would be a nice little change that others could use as well.

[bigmonay2k]

Originally Posted by Koutaru

Excellent hack Hopefully I'll be able to scare my mods into being more active with this thing

Could there also be an email to the moderator who has been unactive for x days or has not posted x amount of threads to remind them of their duties?

hahaha this hack is funny, you talking like you pay them money to moderate your board :nervous:

[brvheart]

I have 3.0.7, installed fine etc, but I can not see the modmanagement.php page or from the link inside the admin cp, anyone give me a hand please?

Also if I delete the cron job, that just simply stos the mad PM's correct?

I get a blank page in the admin CP and a Page can not be displayed in the browser.

get these fixed and will be a I installed for sure....very nice hack.

[angelicGrace]

I rather depend on this too kepe a watchful eye on my mods. Has anyone tried using it with 3.5 or are there plans for an out right port to 3.5?

[mtha]

K, are you going to port this to 3.5.0?

[proxx]

This MUST be ported to VB3.5.... there so much demand for mods like this, yet noone is porting them.

I mean, if there a serious programmer who'll just port 5 of the good mods, I would be willing to pay to have it. (instead of waiting for months until some nice person ports it)

[Stone Cold 3:16]

Installer? Whooo! No file edits

Thanx!

[dxguru]

For those who want to use this great Mod to get stats just for the Super Moderator group (because like me, you have Moderators that work the entire site and do not assign Moderators specifically to individual forums) ...

In file functions_modmanagement.php
find

PHP Code:

$result = $DB_site->query("SELECT user.* FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."moderator moderator INNER JOIN ".TABLE_PREFIX."user user ON moderator.userid=user.userid"); 


and replace with

PHP Code:

$result = $DB_site->query("SELECT user.* FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."user WHERE usergroupid='5'"); 


find

PHP Code:

            foreach ($moderatorInfo as $userid => $moderatorData)
            {
                    if (has_permissions_in_forum($data['forumid'], $userid))
                    {
                            $moderatorInfo[$userid]['forums'][] = $data['forumid'];
                            $hasForum = true;
                    }
            } 


and replace with

PHP Code:

            foreach ($moderatorInfo as $userid => $moderatorData)
            {
#                    if (has_permissions_in_forum($data['forumid'], $userid))
#                    {
                            $moderatorInfo[$userid]['forums'][] = $data['forumid'];
                            $hasForum = true;
#                    }
            }