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SocialForums 1.4 · **Released**: 04-01-2008

SocialForums for vBulletin 3.7
Created by Marius Czyz aka Phalynx.

This mod will work *ONLY* with vBulletin 3.7 or higher. It will not run on vBulletin 3.6.x due to non existent feature of "social groups".

Support will be only given for people who clicked Mark as INSTALLED.

Description
Not satisfied with vBulletin social groups messaging function? With SocialForums your social group leaders can create a standard forum for their group.
A group leader can only create a forum if the group has at least 5 members - this can be changed via settings. Optionally the group leader can be a moderator of such a social forum.

Permissions
Since 1.3 there are advanced permissions active (Forum and Archive). This includes read/write public and private (moderated/invite only) socialforums and creation of forum. As this needs two additional queries on every page you can disable this.

Demo
None, see screenshots

Installation
This product is fully phrased and uses template hooks. No file changes or manual template edits needed.
1. Upload bitfield_socialforums.xml to existing folder /includes/xml/
2. Upload functions_socialforums.php to existing folder /includes/
3. Fresh Installation: Just import the product. Upgrade: Import the product, allow overwrite. No forums get lost!
4. Check settings, especially for parent forum. Don't forget to set permissions via usergroups!

Troubleshooting
Q: I don't see a link to create a forum. Why?
A: Check permissions for the usergroup, espacially if the user is allowed to create forum.
A: Check if the usergroup meet min users requirement, see AdminCP/Settings/SocialForums.

Q: My users see the forums, but they shouldn't!
A: Check permissions for the usergroup, if the users usergroup is set to "can see".
A: Did you disabled the restriction mode? Enable it.

Todo
- By deleting a group the forum should also be deleted/archived. Currently this has to be done manually.

Known Issues
- On big boards with hundreds of social groups this mod can really impact the performance because of the mass of new created forums. If you still want to use this mod use the "Minimum Members" feature with a higher value. Using the permission check there are additional two queries on every page.

History
1.4.6, 6th October 2008
- Permissions are now also active in Archive

1.4.2, 27th May 2008
- Added: If a group has a linked forum the grouplisting has the last post date and count of postings (with permission check).
- Added: Recent threads in linked forum on group home
- Added: Private groups: Link to forum only shown to members of group
- Changed: Enabled permissions for unregistered usergroup. Unregistered Users are not more explicit denied without a check of it's usergroup

1.3.1, 23th May 2008
- Fixed: Not existing array

1.3.0, 23th May 2008
- Added: Permissions are now active. This includes read/write public and private (moderated/invite only) socialforums and creation of forum. Please check permissions for every usergroup! As this needs two additional queries on every page you can disable this.
- Added: Checks for permission before the creation link will be displayed
- Changed: Default View Age set to "Show all Threads"

1.2.1 8th April 2008:
- Added: Group messaging can be disabled via options (previously: always disabled)

1.2.0 4th April 2008:
- Added: Groupleader can now be moderator of group forum
- Added: Minimum Members that are required for own forum
- Added: Group messaging will be automatically hide for group that has own forum
- Added: Forums are created with more allowances
- Added: By deleting a forum the linked socialgroup get's updated
- Added: Forum's description contains link back to social group
- Added: By changing group's name it synchronize it with the forum's name

1.0/1.1 1st April 2008:
- Initial releases

Phalynx · #**142** 04-09-2008, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jilly

I've installed the update, by overwriting the old .xml with the new one, and checked my admincp, and disable group messages is set to 'no', but the group messages still do not appear..

Please read my upgrade instruction:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=125

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phalynx

...
For existing groups with forums you will have to re-enable messaging via edit group.

NFLfbJunkie · #**143** 04-09-2008, 12:31 PM

Phalynx, were you to disable the "Allow HTML" permission for a newly created social group's forum in the last update?

Phalynx · #**144** 04-09-2008, 12:43 PM

allowhtml has been changed to 0 in SF1.2.1 - but this counts only for forums created after update. You will need to edit that for existing forums via AdminCP/Forums Manager

Basboss · #**145** 04-09-2008, 05:54 PM

Good work and thanks for sharing...

Regarding this:
Permissions
In the current version there are only basic permissions. Only group members can post in such a created forum. Forums of private groups are not protected.

What if we change the plugin @ newreply_start

From

PHP Code:


			
if (intval($threadinfo['forumid']) <> 0) {
 $checkpermq =$vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT
 groupid, forumid
 FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."socialgroup
 WHERE forumid=".$threadinfo['forumid']);
 if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($checkpermq) > 0) {
  $checkperm = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($checkpermq);
  $checkgroupq =$vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT
  *
  FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."socialgroupmember
  WHERE
  groupid=".$checkperm['groupid']." AND
  userid=".$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']." AND
  type='member'");
  if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($checkgroupq) == 0) {
   print_no_permission();
  }
 }
}

To

PHP Code:


			
if (intval($threadinfo['forumid']) <> 0) {
 $checkpermq =$vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT
 groupid, forumid, type
 FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."socialgroup
 WHERE forumid=".$threadinfo['forumid']);
 if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($checkpermq) > 0) {
  $checkperm = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($checkpermq);
  $checkgroupq =$vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT
  *
  FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."socialgroupmember
  WHERE
  groupid=".$checkperm['groupid']." AND
  userid=".$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']." AND
  type='member'");
  if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($checkgroupq) == 0 AND $checkperm['type'] !='public') {
   print_no_permission();
  }
 }
}

the plugin @ newthread_start

From

PHP Code:


			
if (intval($foruminfo['forumid']) <> 0) {
 $checkpermq =$vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT
 groupid, forumid
 FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."socialgroup
 WHERE forumid=".$foruminfo['forumid']);
 if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($checkpermq) > 0) {
  $checkperm = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($checkpermq);
  $checkgroupq =$vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT
  *
  FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."socialgroupmember
  WHERE
  groupid=".$checkperm['groupid']." AND
  userid=".$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']." AND
  type='member'");
  if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($checkgroupq) == 0) {
   print_no_permission();
  }
 }
}

To

PHP Code:


			
if (intval($foruminfo['forumid']) <> 0) {
 $checkpermq =$vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT
 groupid, forumid, type
 FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."socialgroup
 WHERE forumid=".$foruminfo['forumid']);
 if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($checkpermq) > 0) {
  $checkperm = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($checkpermq);
  $checkgroupq =$vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT
  *
  FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."socialgroupmember
  WHERE
  groupid=".$checkperm['groupid']." AND
  userid=".$vbulletin->userinfo['userid']." AND
  type='member'");
  if ($vbulletin->db->num_rows($checkgroupq) == 0 AND $checkperm['type'] !='public') {
   print_no_permission();
  }
 }
}

I guess that should fix it and allow any user to post in any public social group's forum.

Phalynx · #**146** 04-09-2008, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Basboss

I guess that should fix it and allow any user to post in any public social group's forum.

Thanks for trying, but there is nothing that need's to be fixed that way. An open issue is that private groups have readable forums for everyone.

DieselTruck · #**147** 04-09-2008, 09:23 PM

Phalynx,

No rush or anything. But, do you have a time frame as to when you will config the forums to be private?

Alfa1 · #**148** 04-10-2008, 12:49 AM

Some groups are created around the topic of an existing forum. In this case it would make no sense to have the group create a forum. Can you please add a solution for this like the admin option to turn forum creation of?

Phalynx · #**149** 04-10-2008, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DieselTruck

No rush or anything. But, do you have a time frame as to when you will config the forums to be private?

Count in weeks, not days. I have currently a lot to do.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Some groups are created around the topic of an existing forum. In this case it would make no sense to have the group create a forum. Can you please add a solution for this like the admin option to turn forum creation of?

You will have to put a query and assign the existing Forum ID to the Group.

Code:

UPDATE socialgroup SET forumid=YOURFORUMID WHERE groupid=YOURSOCIALGROUPID

Don't forget your DB-prefix.

Alfa1 · #**150** 04-10-2008, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phalynx

You will have to put a query and assign the existing Forum ID to the Group.

I would like to allow such social group members to have a discussion page for the group. So, could you please add the function to just turn social forums off for specific social groups?

Phalynx · #**151** 04-11-2008, 06:26 AM

Yes, next version.

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