Warning Hack V1.5

Version 1.5 Note: You must have v1 installed to upgrade, the upgrade process is small so there was no need to write out a fresh install.

It has come to my attention that a "decent" warning system isn't available here on vbulletin.org, which is quite a shame, and because forums like mine, and probably yours need a simple yet advanced warning system to keep things under wraps

Anyway, i thought i might aswell release what i made, prior to me getting off my ass... lol

Administration Features:
View Warning Logs
- Displays all warnings, warned user, warned by, link to the warned post, date, warning type, and the comment specified when the warning was given, and a remove warning link
(Remove will remove the log and also put the members warning level back down in accordance to how much it was increased by the selected warning removed)
Unban Banned Members
- A simple page that you should visit every few days, it will automatically ban any auto banned users by the warning system where there ban time has expired
Warning Options
- Here you can set the following:
-- Number of warn points before member is auto banned
-- Number of days a member is auto banned for
-- View Warnign Types
-- Add Warning Type
-- Add warning type has the following fields:
---- Name/Description/Warn Points Given

Forum Features:
Every post has "Warn [Name]" and "View [Names] Warnings"
These are only accessiable by a member group which is allowed to "moderate" (Moderating groups are auto detected)
Clicking the Warn link will bring you to a page where you view the user your warning, a link to review the warned post, members current warning level, and below the warning types, has a drop down menu to select the warning type, and a text field to put your comment for why this warning is been issued
Upon completing the warning form, the warned user will be Pm'ed from the person who warned them, with the comment put down and a link to the post

View Warnings link will display logs of only that specified user's warnings, the same features as the admin cp warning logs, only just for this user

Members can access only 1 page of the warning system, which is "View My Warnings", this link is added to the quick links drop down menu
Here they simple view there warnings, just like a moderator would, only without the remove warning link

V1.5 Features:
Protectable Usergroups:
No user's in these defined groups can be warned, or banned.
Root Admin Force Protection:
Userid 1 cannot be warned, canned be banned, this is not optional, this is forced for security.
New Unban Members Set Up:
Now displays all currently banned user's, what time they were banned, what time they are supposed to be unbanned. You may unban the user even if there time has not expired (You will be notificed if they have not served the time issued upon ban, but not stopped). Upon unbanning, you choose the members 'new' warning level and the user's usergroup to move them into
Set banned usergroup:
You can now easily choose from a drop down menu which usergroup user's are sent to if after been warned they are banned.

V1.5 Bug Fixes:
- User locations in 'Users online' shown as unknown if they are warning/viewing warnings (Priority: Medium)
- Unban members system renovated and now fully works (Priotity: Maximum)
- No mysql errors upon sending a pm if the PM table had been altered (Priotity: Maximum)
- New protectable usergroups to stop any group of your choice been banned (Priotity: Maximum)
- Last time visited didn't appear when error page occured (Priotity: Low)
- Un-used global in PM function (Priority: Low)

I hope you enjoy the system, my staff teamare very pleased with it and find it of great use, enjoy the hack

- Zero Tolerance

[Zero Tolerance]

V2.0 will include a cron job that will automatically unban banned user's that have completed there time that was set.

- Zero Tolerance

[Pitman]

Any plans of adding the ability to increase time for secon, third, etc. offences with admincp options?

Also I would like to see the PM text either as a phrase, in a template, or as an option so it will be easier to modify it.

Thanks

[j_86]

Originally Posted by Zero Tolerance

V2.0 will include a cron job that will automatically unban banned user's that have completed there time that was set.

- Zero Tolerance

I thought there was already a vBCron that unbanned banned members? (VB3 having a timed ban function and all).

[Zero Tolerance]

vB already has a built in cron system yes, but i will have to make a little script to be able to be added to that

- Zero Tolerance

[bigreefer]

when will version 2.0 come ?
Can i update from 1.5 easy or must I install the Hack completly new ?

[bilco105]

Having two problems with the script that I was hoping someone could help me out with.

First one is that I am using this code in postbit for admins only to be able to view everything

<if condition="$post[usergroupid]!=6 AND can_moderate($forum[forumid], '', $bbuserinfo[userid])">Current Warning Level: $post[warning_level]/30 ? <a href='Warn.php?do=WarnUser&id=$post[userid]&post=$post[postid]'>Warn $post[musername]</a> ? <a href='Warn.php?do=ViewWarnings&id=$post[userid]'>View $post[musername]'s Warnings</a> ?</if>

That works brilliantly and looks nice, so people are welcome to use that. Only thing is that is appearing in the postbit for the private messages aswell when it shouldnt be.

It shouldnt be appearing because this script does not support private message reporting if you know what I mean.

Secondly. Is there a way to format the pm it sends out. I was thinking of something like.

Dear {user},

This private message is to inform you that your warning points have increased to {totalpoints}. This is in regard to a post made by yourself here.

Regards,
{warner}

Obviously it needs more info like what the "warner" said, and info about the maximum amount etc etc.

I took a look in Warn.php but the way its setup is does not support formatting. Any ideas?

[j_86]

Originally Posted by Zero Tolerance

vB already has a built in cron system yes, but i will have to make a little script to be able to be added to that

- Zero Tolerance

What I mean is, VB already lets you have timed-bans for users, so why not use this system?

[redlabour]

Does the better Version work with 3.0.3 ??

[Blam Forumz]

How do I change stuff in the admincp? nothings there

[PranK]

Is there a timelimit on warning points? Theres no need for warning points to stick around for a year or two.