Miscellaneous Hacks - VSa - Advanced Forum Rules

Info:
Advanced Forum Rules system for vBulletin.

Main Features:
-Rules shown on separate page (no file uploads required)
-Several sets of rules can be created and applied to individual forums
-Choose between BB codes and HTML in rules
-Options to force users to accept Forum Rules before can view forums or threads, post replies, PMs, or e-mails...
-Option to replace registration rules with this product ones
-Option to reset user acceptance status when infraction is received

View screenshots.

Installation:
-Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]

To set options:
Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > VSa - Advanced Forum Rules

Versions:
v1.0 - Oct 06. 2005.
-First version
v4.0.2 - May 08. 2009.
-Latest vB 3.x version
v5.0 - Feb 17. 2010.
-Updated for vB 4
-Code optimized, some bugs fixed
v5.0.1 - Apr 18. 2010.
-Fixed: Link to Rules in forumdisplay
-Fixed: Ordered list parsing in Rules
v5.0.2 - Nov 21 2010.
-Fixed: Uncached template
-Fixed: Style issues on Rules page
-Fixed: Style issues on Manage Rules pages
-Fixed: Minor bugs
v5.0.3 - May 04 2011.
-Fixed: Security bug
v5.0.4 - May 06 2011.
-Fixed: vbseo users not able to switch rules
v5.0.5 - May 18 2011.
-Fixed: Security bug
-Improved rule acceptance check
v5.0.6 - May 22 2012.
-Compatible with vBulletin 4.2
-Increased number of maximum rule sets
-Fixed some minor bugs
v5.0.7 - May 26 2012.
-Fixed: Navbar link
v5.0.8 - Sep 17 2012.
-Fixed: Incorrect acceptance status for some users

[Rahstyles]

Please Make It So Rules Can Be Set To Certin Usergroups Aswell.

Like If I Want To Make A Rule For Just Registered Users.. Or Another For Just Unregistered!

Thanks!

[FreshFroot]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

No. You're just talking for yourself. You don't speak for anyone else. Are you done yet?

I was done a long time ago. People just jumped in to a post that was never directed towards them.

Originally Posted by snoopytas

FoS? Yes, but mod threads are specific to a mod. There are more general forums to sprout crap from.

No, you ONLY speak for yourself. Don't ever presume to speak for anyone else. :down:

Kym

Well my post WAS specific to this mod. It had an exploit and the creator never made a post about it.

On the other hands, I see that emails are sent out, IF and WHEN someone puts the mod into the quarantine section. But that took awhile in the mean time people's websites were taken offline.

Anyways I am done with this discussion. No point in taking this thread apart with all these replies.

Some people will agree and some won't and heck some won't understand at all.

It's all fine by me.

I just hope everyone that got hacked has found a way to recover their forums again.

[The Realist]

I didnt and lost a 4 year old forum because of it

Originally Posted by FreshFroot

I just hope everyone that got hacked has found a way to recover their forums again.

[TeknoSounds]

Originally Posted by The Realist

I didnt and lost a 4 year old forum because of it

Cron based backups...use it...love it... https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231481

[GrabMyWrist]

Originally Posted by TeknoSounds

Cron based backups...use it...love it... https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=231481

I 100% agree with this statement.

[PiroX]

Please add Phrase support. If it is somehow possible to use $vbphrase['name'] instead of text, please tell me. I can create phrases by myself but i need to let them call instead of the text

this would be very nice and a good improvement for multilanguage boards

[steve1966]

Hi and thank you for the modifiaction but i get this message when i try and run it

Automatic Database Backup for vBulletin
Backup Error : Could not write to destination file ( ../../backups/2011-05-25/Forum-2011-05-25-Access.sql )

please can you help

[CharlieDelta]

Originally Posted by steve1966

Hi and thank you for the modifiaction but i get this message when i try and run it

Automatic Database Backup for vBulletin
Backup Error : Could not write to destination file ( ../../backups/2011-05-25/Forum-2011-05-25-Access.sql )

please can you help

I think you have the wrong mod.

[Rahstyles]

Originally Posted by Rahstyles2008

Please Make It So Rules Can Be Set To Certin Usergroups Aswell.

Like If I Want To Make A Rule For Just Registered Users.. Or Another For Just Unregistered!

Thanks!

Seriiously second this!!!

[madshark]

When sharing a thread to Facebook and the Advanced Forum Rules plugin is enabled the thread title doesn't get picked up by the Facebook Spider. Instead the Forum Title is sent.

i.e If I share a thread with title : Test Post 1 found on Test forum to Facebook.

On facebook it reads :

X Shared Link
Test Forum
www.testforum.com/thread/test-post-1

When it should actually read :

X Shared Link
Test post 1
www.testforum.com/thread/test-post-1

Interestingly enough the blog posts are not affected and display the titles fine.

The spider displays and unknown location in WOL so I take it its been redirected to the Accept Rules page? Or something of the sort.

The workaround is to uncheck the Users Must Accept Rules to : View Forums | View Threads or set the unregistered group in the excluded list it seems to work.