User Thread Banning (Includes Time Banning Feature)

User Thread Banning (Includes Time Banning Feature)
By Shaolyen
email: John@eovie.com
msn: John@eovie.com

Brief intro:
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This hack enables mods, supermods and administrators to ban
users from viewing OR just replying to specific threads. It also
allows users to be banned from threads for specified amount of
time. After this time has expired, they will gain access/be able
to post again.

It adds a small link underneath the "Posts: #" in the postbit
template. Providing the user who posted did not start the thread,
a "[Thread Ban This User]" link will appear. (Only to mods, super
mods and admins.) For users who are already banned from a thread,
an "[Unban This User]" link will appear.

Forum leaders cannot be banned from threads. (The link will not
appear in their posts.)

When a forum leader clicks on the "[Thread Ban This User]" link,
they are taken to another page where they can:

a) choose whether the user can read the thread, or just not reply to it.
b) choose the length of the user's ban (in days).
c) type in a reason for the user's thread ban. This is displayed
when the user tried to access or reply to the thread.

When a user tries to access a thread or reply to one when banned,
the error message will provide a link to send a PM to the
moderator who banned them. This is something that some people
might not like - but if they're too scared to own up and explain
why they banned the user from the thread in the first place,
maybe they shouldn't be moderating! (If it really bothers some
people, I can provide them with the lines of code they need to
find and delete.)

A new page in the AdminCP will allow the admin to check all of
the current bans, as well as view archived ones. The reason for
the ban will be displayed in the Admin CP when the cursor passes
over the "Reason" link.

Enjoy.

[dr1]

Great hack! I have been using it for almost a week now Easy to install and puts those more "vocal" people on your board in check.

[Davey]

What about mods/admins holding a grudge?
You said the link doesnt appear in the admin/mod/supermod postbit, but what if the mod/admin/supermod copies another link and changes certain aspects of it to suit the banning of a mod?
Is this exploitable? I haven't downloaded it yet, but the way you explained that part makes me belive that feature can be exploited.

Dave.

[Intex]

V. nice hack. Have marked for installation soon .

[Tim Wheatley]

I'm getting a blank page on the list in the admin cp and the link isn't changing to unban when I've banned someone in postbit. I've installed a fair few hacks, I don't think I did much wrong...

[John]

What version of vB?

[Zelda-King]

Nice hack. Just a few observations;

1) In the threadban_noreply template you are missing the word 'to' in the TB1.0-Inst file. It reads You have been banned $tempban from replying this thread...

2) Reply bans don't work with Quick Reply (and many people have that hack installed). To fix this, in newreply.php, find

PHP Code:

$lastpost = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM post WHERE threadid = '$threadid' ORDER BY postid DESC");
      if($lastpost[userid]!=$bbuserinfo[userid] || (time()-$lastpost[dateline])>3600 || ($attachmentid and !$foruminfo[moderateattach])) {
            $lastpost = $DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM post WHERE threadid = '$threadid' ORDER BY postid DESC");
      if($lastpost[userid]!=$bbuserinfo[userid] || (time()-$lastpost[dateline])>3600 || ($attachmentid and !$foruminfo[moderateattach])) { 


and underneath, add

PHP Code:

//##########Thread ban##########
$bans=$DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM bans WHERE threadid='$threadid' AND active=1");
while ($ban=$DB_site->fetch_array($bans)) {

if ($bbuserinfo[userid] == $ban[userid]) {

$modds=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT username FROM user WHERE userid='$ban[mod]'");
$ban[reason] = stripslashes($ban[reason]);

if ($ban[reason] == "") {
$ban[reason] = "No reason given.";
}

if ($ban[banlength] != 0) {
$tempban = "temporarily";
$currenttime = mktime();
if ($currenttime > ($ban[banlength] + $ban[banstart])) {
    $updexe=$DB_site->query("UPDATE bans SET active=0 WHERE userid=$bbuserinfo[userid] AND threadid='$threadid'");
    $headercont = "location:./newreply.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$threadid&action=newreply";
    @header($headercont);
}
}

$reasonpre = "<br><smallfont><b>Reason for ban:</b> $ban[reason]</smallfont>";

    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("threadban_noreply")."\");");
    exit;
}
} 


. I merely pasted the code here from the hack.

3) It would be nice if you could prune archived bans and perhaps also back them up (put them under backup database options).

4) Users can still edit posts. If you want to have them not be able to edit posts insert the hack in editpost.php like so;

below

PHP Code:

 }
      }
    }
  }
}

$foruminfo=getforuminfo($threadinfo[forumid]); 


insert

PHP Code:

$bans=$DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM bans WHERE threadid='$threadid' AND active=1");
while ($ban=$DB_site->fetch_array($bans)) {

if ($bbuserinfo[userid] == $ban[userid]) {

$modds=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT username FROM user WHERE userid='$ban[mod]'");
$ban[reason] = stripslashes($ban[reason]);

if ($ban[reason] == "") {
$ban[reason] = "No reason given.";
}

if ($ban[banlength] != 0) {
$tempban = "temporarily";
$currenttime = mktime();
if ($currenttime > ($ban[banlength] + $ban[banstart])) {
    $updexe=$DB_site->query("UPDATE bans SET active=0 WHERE userid=$bbuserinfo[userid] AND threadid='$threadid'");
    $headercont = "location:./newreply.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$threadid&action=newreply";
    @header($headercont);
}
}

$reasonpre = "<br><smallfont><b>Reason for ban:</b> $ban[reason]</smallfont>";

    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("threadban_noreply")."\");");
    exit;
}
} 


. Even with all that though, it's possible for users to post if they just posted before and their double post is merged (when you have that 'anti-double post' hack).

For the record I have this running on vB 2.2.9 just fine.

[LeeCHeSSS]

Getting a blank page on the admin cp list as well, vB 2.3.0 RC2 (or 3?)

[LeeCHeSSS]

I'm trying to hide the quick reply box when a user is reply-banned, but as usual, the mysql query is causing me troubles

EDIT: removed the not working code to avoid confusion

[LeeCHeSSS]

Ah, figured it out. If anyone is interested, I will post the edits.

[The Red Devil]

LeeCHeSSS, I would be really interested in those edits.