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[Revenga]

Thanks for fixing that. I did find another little part though: When you click on a user's profile and find all posts made by that user, you can see what's in the [restricted] tags. Also when you go to Today's Posts and hover over the thread title, you can see what's in the [restricted] tags as well when that little bubble pops up. How do I fix this?

I'll look around some more to see if there's anything else I might be missing too, but if you could help me with that little bit too that would be very helpful.

Thank you for all you've done already.

- Revenga

[nerbert]

Well, I don't think I have even this much working. I had tested it just before I posted that corrected plugin but apparently I had accidentally double clicked the reply button and had gone to the advanced page. It works for the advanced page but not for the quick reply that's put into the thread list under the post. So it's leaking out there. There's just no way to intercept the AJAX to fix that and if it leaks out once the whole purpose is defeated. This just doesn't seem to work at all. I'll tinker around a little and if I can find a better way of doing this I'll PM you. Thanks for helping test this.

[Max Taxable]

There's a Mod that does what you're asking for, I've seen it.

[nerbert]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

There's a Mod that does what you're asking for, I've seen it.

I've been looking around for anything to do with conditionals in bbcodes and I found a thread where someone pointed out that posts are parsed and then cached. So everyone will see the last cached version. If it happens the last edit was by an admin the cached version is what admins see. This sounds impossible, but if you can find that mod I would be interested in looking it over.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by nerbert

I've been looking around for anything to do with conditionals in bbcodes and I found a thread where someone pointed out that posts are parsed and then cached. So everyone will see the last cached version. If it happens the last edit was by an admin the cached version is what admins see. This sounds impossible, but if you can find that mod I would be interested in looking it over.

There IS a mod that allows staff comments on posts in threads, it works similar to the "thanks" system, they are messages under posts like the "thanks" bit. These are not quotable and visible only to those permissioned to view.

I have been looking for it, I KNOW it is there, if I find it I will post a link.

BUT, this also gives the coders here some idea of the real, actual way to do this.

EDIT: Granted this is not a BB code, but why do you need one to accomplish the task? Seems like a gross overcomplication of a simple deal.

[nerbert]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

There IS a mod that allows staff comments on posts in threads, it works similar to the "thanks" system, they are messages under posts like the "thanks" bit. These are not quotable and visible only to those permissioned to view.

I have been looking for it, I KNOW it is there, if I find it I will post a link.

BUT, this also gives the coders here some idea of the real, actual way to do this.

EDIT: Granted this is not a BB code, but why do you need one to accomplish the task? Seems like a gross overcomplication of a simple deal.

A mod like what you described sounds like a lot of work to build as it would surely require a new database table or at least a new field in the post table. But I think that's the only way to go for what Revenga wants.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by nerbert

A mod like what you described sounds like a lot of work to build as it would surely require a new database table or at least a new field in the post table. But I think that's the only way to go for what Revenga wants.

I agree, I don't think it can be done with BB code so you're left with other alternatives and ideas.

I wonder though, what would you be writing that you can't just use User Notes for, and train your staff to be checking them regularly, or even start a thread in the admin/mod area with anything you want to say about a post you don't want reg. members to see? Shoot, the flag feature even, would start a thread in admin and you can comment there.

Having a hard time understanding why this is even necessary.

[Revenga]

Originally Posted by nerbert

A mod like what you described sounds like a lot of work to build as it would surely require a new database table or at least a new field in the post table. But I think that's the only way to go for what Revenga wants.

So be it then, no big deal. I'll search around a little bit and see if I can find something. Thanks again for all your help.

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

I agree, I don't think it can be done with BB code so you're left with other alternatives and ideas.

I wonder though, what would you be writing that you can't just use User Notes for, and train your staff to be checking them regularly, or even start a thread in the admin/mod area with anything you want to say about a post you don't want reg. members to see? Shoot, the flag feature even, would start a thread in admin and you can comment there.

Having a hard time understanding why this is even necessary.

I help run a gaming community and when people get banned from our game servers, they are given a message telling them to appeal at our forum. They create an appeal thread in effort to get unbanned and tbh most of them get rejected. However there are times when it would be nice to make a comment to only our admins/super mods to help move things along quicker within a post that no one else can see rather than creating new topics in our admin section. That's why I was hoping I could do it using BB Code.

But it's no big deal, I'll look around for other mods that can accomplish a similar task. I'm sure I've seen them before, but it's been a while.

- Revenga