Hide PostCount

Someone asked me to write this up and I figured I might as well share it with everyone. This is an EXTREMELY simple hack that hides the post count on postbit, and member profile.

Recently modified, see this post: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....6&postcount=12

0 file edits, 2 plugin edits (very quick), 0 template edits.

[Hellspire]

Originally Posted by Michelle

You could do that via template changes without the need of a plugin

Obviously... so let's go back and now have our long laborous IF conditions, not to mention the fact that you have to do it for every style you have (smiles). So I think this is MUCH simpler =p.

[Hellspire]

Dear Installee's:

The hack has been updated out of Beta (probably final release of this as I see no further usage of this hack). What it does in this version is adds a custom field and allows the user to choose whether or not he/she wants to hide post count. Editting of the field, once installed will enable administrators to grant or revoke said ability. This no longer effects usergroups as a whole though if anyone wants to change that to their liking just compare the old code.

Editting of 2 plugins is required and installation should take no more than 15 seconds. Please be sure to UNINSTALL the former edition first.

- Hellspire.

Take note....

[Xplorer4x4]

Originally Posted by Hellspire

Obviously... so let's go back and now have our long laborous IF conditions, not to mention the fact that you have to do it for every style you have (smiles). So I think this is MUCH simpler =p.

Yes but with template edits there is less chance of the plug-in causing problems with another plug in. Plus if you just go into the extensions forum and install the template manager there is no hastle of editing every template.

[Hellspire]

Originally Posted by Xplorer4x4

Yes but with template edits there is less chance of the plug-in causing problems with another plug in. Plus if you just go into the extensions forum and install the template manager there is no hastle of editing every template.

Nice comeback Though let me retort by saying that 99% of the plugins that will have to utilize the variable I hid will not be installed on boards that use ones that conflict with this... unless it's in the background inwhich case yes templates would be better.

[Noonster]

Would it be possible to use this but make it so Admins can still see post counts??

Cheers
Darren

[Hellspire]

Originally Posted by Noonster

Would it be possible to use this but make it so Admins can still see post counts??

Cheers
Darren

This hack only allows you to hide post counts in general. So all you'd have to do is have your admins go to their CP and disable the hide to begin with. As such, this hack has been, and will remain to be, something that deludes people into the sense that postcount does not exist.... and you can simply make the fields private and set them all to on in your acp and that'd be the end of that.

[Lissa]

I love this hack! My users are so concerned about their post counts it's driving me crazy!

I'm not very good at this stuff, so can someone help me out?

I don't want anyone to even know post counts exist. At this point it says "hidden" at post count, and there is an option in the UCP to turn post count on off. I'd like it so that there's no option to turn post count on off, and maybe have it so it doesn't say hidden?

Thanks for the hack!

[Hellspire]

TY. As stated earlier go into your custom profile fields section of your ACP and make the field private. Have the value set to No for everyone, or you can change the IF condition in the 3 plugins to call a field that doesn't exist (thereby effectively turning it off whether or not the option is enabled).

[Lissa]

Thanks! That worked

[lanc3lot]

Xm i like the idea, but can this been done, via Usergroups? I mean, to add a field in the options of every Usergroup, and so be able to disable or enable it, accordingly the group that the user is.



Hope its easy to add that feature