Post Edit History Viewer

When someone edits a post, the old message is stored in another table before the new one overwrites the old message.

Posts that have been edited will have "view edit history" displayed below the post count in the postbit.

Clicking "view edit history" allows previous versions of a post to be seen.

The postbit and postbit_legacy templates are altered using a similar method to the one used in the vbshout extension by Zero Tolerance, i.e. a search and replace. This means that no manual alterations to these templates are required.

Normally, everyone can see the post history for all the posts, however, the XML file post_hist_mods_only.xml restricts it to mods only (and the poster themselves). (Both versions should not be installed at the same time).

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Updated:

use post-hist_1_1b.zip

Changes

- Enable/Disable by forum
-- On/Off by forum

- Enable/Disable by usergroup
-- Can see own history: Yes/No
-- Can see everyone's history: Yes/No

- Indicates who made the edit (if it wasn't the original author)

- Workaround for unknown templates
-- Insert <<Insert Post History>> into postbit and postbit_legacy templates
-- (This is only for templates where the auto-match doesn't work)

The options are controlled by admincp.

By default, nobody can see any of the histories. At minimum, you should set the admin usergroup to see all histories.

Request

I don't know how 3.6.x products work, but if someone tries it on 3.6.x and it works, that would be good to know. I don't actually have 3.6 on our own forums, so can't test it.

Also, if you find out any bugs for < 3.6, that would be good to know too.

Install Info

The zip file contains:

bit_field_post_hist.xml -> XML for permissions
post_hist_1_1.xml -> product file

To install:

copy bit_field_post_hist.xml to /includes/xml

and install the product.

In theory, this should work as an upgrade to the previous version. However, I haven't tested that.

If you uninstall the old version and install the new version, you will lose any saved post histories.

Troubleshooting

bitfield cache
You might have to open:

yourserver.com/admincp/index.php?do=buildbitfields

This re-calculates the bitfields that have been altered. On some versions, the product installer will automatically do it.

Moderators
The postbits determine if a post is a person's own post by seeing if they have permission to edit the post. This means that if you give mods the rights to see their own post histories, then they will be able to click to see everyone elses post histories as they have the rights to edit all posts. However, the link won't have any effect as the actual viewer is restricted based on actual poster.

Usage

The XML file should add 2 options that can be set when setting up a usergroup and 1 new option for each forum.

New options for each usergroup:

Can See Post History (Yes/No)
---- Allows members of this usergroup to see all post histories

Can See Own Post History (Yes/No)
---- Allows members of this usergroup to see their own post history

New option for each forum:

Post History Displayed (Yes/No)
---- Shows post history for every post in this forum

[Developer]

nice hack as they said it has a proplem plz fix to install it

[Yorixz]

Seriously something that should be standard in vB 3.5, I'll try it out later this week, thanks a lot!

[murrtex]

thanks lieva, can we delete the histories by this hack??

[Lieva]

Originally Posted by bashy

I have the Moderator 1 installed yet i cannot view my edits as a Admin nor as a MOD, do i need to do anything else other than install??

Does the standard one work ?

Another possibility is that you have edited the postbit template. The system works by searching for a string the the postbit template and replacing it.

[Lieva]

Originally Posted by murrtex

thanks lieva, can we delete the histories by this hack??

Well uninstalling and reinstalling would wipe the history as it deletes the new table that stores all the edits.

[bashy]

Just tried the standard 1, still nothing....
but to be honest i aint sure where im meant to be looking,
Is it where it tells you that the post has been editied?

[Lieva]

Originally Posted by bashy

Just tried the standard 1, still nothing....
but to be honest i aint sure where im meant to be looking,
Is it where it tells you that the post has been editied?

No, it is just under the post count in the field with the username.

for example:

Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 621

View Edit History:

It also only appears if the post has been editted since the plugin was installed (as previous edits aren't recorded).

If that doesn't help, could you post the contents of your postbit template.

[bashy]

no, still aint showing....I will post my post bit after you have seen my
postbit working

Take a gander HERE

If ya still want me postbit i wil post when ya ask again

[Lieva]

Originally Posted by bashy

no, still aint showing....I will post my post bit after you have seen my
postbit working

Take a gander HERE

If ya still want me postbit i wil post when ya ask again

Looking at your forum, it looks like you have pretty extensively changed the postbit template .

The plugin searches for

"<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon]</div>"

and adds code for the history link after that section.

I assume that section doesn't exist for your forum (or is changed) ?

Another possibility is that the default template is different in 3.5.3

[bashy]

I am 90% sure that is there...2 secs, gonna check...

here ya go..this is mine, copied exact as i see it
Although a search didnt bring it up....

					<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]</div>

Originally Posted by Lieva

Looking at your forum, it looks like you have pretty extensively changed the postbit template .

The plugin searches for

"<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon]</div>"

and adds code for the history link after that section.

I assume that section doesn't exist for your forum (or is changed) ?

Another possibility is that the default template is different in 3.5.3