Miscellaneous Hacks - VSa - Advanced Permissions Based on Post Count

Info:

This product allows you to set permissions based on user’s post count for:
-viewing forum (threads listing),
-viewing threads content,
-creating new threads,
-replying to threads,
-viewing attachments,
-Viewing/Posting links/images and e-mail addresses,
-adding links to signatures
-voting on polls,
-sending private messages,
-sending e-mails,
-posting Visitor messages
-viewing Albums
-creating new Albums
-posting Picture comments
-viewing Social Groups
-creating new Social Groups
-posting Group messages

This will disallow members with no permissions to view forums/threads/posts/links through normal view, printthread, search, archive, thread preview. Note that you can set Forum/Thread Permissions for each forum/sub-forum separately. Screenshot shows additional options in Forum Manager and error messages shown to user when trying to view restricted area.

How it works and why it's better than vB Promotions system?!
Forum is shown on forumhome but with "Locked" icon and if you have no needed post count you'll get "no permission" error message. When you set this via vB Promotions system forum is hidden on forumhome and you must create additional usergroup to make all this working. When user collect needed amount of posts he will be able to access protected forum immediately. When you set this via vB Promotions system then user must wait until Promotions task is executed ... then he will be able to access protected forum. How much time user must wait it depends on settings in AdminCP/Scheduled Tasks... and if you set this to run every minute it pushes your server. If you set it to 2 or more minutes then user must wait more and more... and nobody like it.

Installation:
Import XML file (as product) through AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

Versions:
v1.0 - Sep 16.2005.
-First release
v4.4 - Jun 19. 2008.
-Latest 3.x version
v5.0 - Jan 23. 2010.
-Updated for vBulletin 4.x
-Option to hide or not "Last post info"
-Minor bugs fixed...
-Mod prefix (Cyb) changed to 'VSa'
v5.1 - May 02. 2010.
-Fixed: LPI hidden for excluded groups
-Fixed: Upgrade errors (vB3.x to vB4.x)
-Fixed: Some PHP errors, and minor bugs
v5.2 - May 26. 2012.
-New: Permissions applied to What's New/Activity streams
-New: Permissions applied to subscription logs in member profiles
-New: Warnings in messages replaced by "Hidden Content" where you get more info on click
-New: Disallow links/emails in signatures
-New: Disallow voting on polls
-Fixed: Threads visible in Search results
-Fixed: Links visible in post search results
-Fixed: Links visible in subscription emails
-Fixed: SendPM possible via BCC
-Fixed: PHP 5.3 errors
-Fixed: Style issues on "set all forums" page
-Fixed: Signature perminfo errors
-Fixed: Forum locks
-Fixed: Minor bugs
v5.2.1 - Jun 02. 2012.
-Minor bug fixed (submit form error phrase)

[Fready]

I still have my problem with the Threads still showing for users under the post count when using 'What's New' tab for search

[imported_ideenwerk]

Nearly perfect but the same problem here, all users can see the first sentences in 'Whats's New'. Have anyone a solution?

[adambloch]

This Modification is brilliant. We've had problems with basic user-promotions to set a minimum 25 post limit for posting in a particular section (users who've been members for months, with hundreds of posts being missed), this mod solved the problem immediately.

One thing would make it perfect for me: The ability to determine exclusion from the post-count criteria on a per-forum basis (just as you can specify the criteria on a per-forum basis), rather than forum-wide in the general settings. This thing would seriously kick ass with that flexibility.

...OK, I'd also like to hack a donate link into the insufficient count dialogue, but I think I can manage that one

Thanks for a great mod!

[ellinofatsa]

nice hack

[etca]

works on my forum. 4.1.7. thx

[microlight]

Can I use this mod to disable someones ability to post once their monthly post limit has been reached?

I have a troll on my forum who can be useful at times but he posts constantly and winds people up. I would like to be able to limit his input to 100 posts per month.

[meeja]

An odd bug has just happened after we upgraded vb to 4.1.6

We don't allow users to start a thread until they get to 100 posts. Which now means that when a user (with less than 100 posts) reports a comment on the forum it actually gets sent to the mods by email instead of starting a thread in the reports forum which is the vb setting we have. The mods are getting a bit annoyed at this.

When this mod is disabled, the issue doesn't occur. And it happens when the mod isn't limiting by post count (we checked as we were use this pluging to limit the number of posts but moved it to usergroup permissions in testing).

So it's definitely this mod. Just wondering if there's a fix/way around it?

[PirateTinman]

Originally Posted by meeja

An odd bug has just happened after we upgraded vb to 4.1.6

We don't allow users to start a thread until they get to 100 posts. Which now means that when a user (with less than 100 posts) reports a comment on the forum it actually gets sent to the mods by email instead of starting a thread in the reports forum which is the vb setting we have. The mods are getting a bit annoyed at this.

When this mod is disabled, the issue doesn't occur. And it happens when the mod isn't limiting by post count (we checked as we were use this pluging to limit the number of posts but moved it to usergroup permissions in testing).

So it's definitely this mod. Just wondering if there's a fix/way around it?

You could set up an exception on the forum where "reported posts" thread are being created I guess.

Just go to the mod settings page.
Click on "For Individual Forums"
Then edit the forum where the reported posts threads are being made.
And set the required post count in there to 0.

[meeja]

Originally Posted by PirateTinman

You could set up an exception on the forum where "reported posts" thread are being created I guess.

Just go to the mod settings page.
Click on "For Individual Forums"
Then edit the forum where the reported posts threads are being made.
And set the required post count in there to 0.

Hey there, we have done already. But when this mod is active it sends the report by anyone <100 posts by email, but not when this mod is active.

Would really love some support in fixing this, that I'd happily pay the developer for by donation or whatever.

[tpearl5]

Has anyone modified this to only restrict downloading attachments in specific forums?