Moderators Being Able to modify Styles

[MaSTaKiLLaH]

Maybe this thread would be better in the request forum

[merk]

Its not really a request, i have created it, just looking for ideas on what to add.

However, it turns out, i have modified too much code, its too hard to explain what to do, and if i tried, im quite sure that someone(well at least someone) will not follow the instructions, which isnt that great- i dont want to spend my time troubleshooting others errors

[MaSTaKiLLaH]

You could release your hack, and anybody who is familiar with PHP and mySQL could continue with your good work.
Unfortunately I'm a PHP und mySQL noob

[merk]

At the moment, i dont plan to release it.

However i can provide some background into how i did it.

Basically, i made a copy of 'styles.php' in the /mod/ folder of vB.

I then hacked and hacked at most of the code, so there was no downloading features, or deleting features.

I then proceded to run a SQL query that got for each forum, the current user's 'caneditstyles' field for that forum, if it returned a no result, or a false, the row was disabled(it was still there, but they couldnt click it). I just kept hacking and hacking, and the result was a page, where they could only edit the colours(replacment variables).

I havent actually tested it much, and most of my hosted forums still havent asked about it.

Give it a few more days, and if it works okay, ill make some instructions.

[DarkReaper]

Could you please post it? If you've modified a file a lot, you could say "delete from here to here, replace with this. delete everything after this, replace with this"

It would be great if you could post instructions on this, and tell people not to email or PM you about it and to post in the thread. That way others could support it.

[merk]

If i get the rest of my work done, ill release it tonight(being in australia, thats probably about 8-9 hours away).

[DarkReaper]

Thank you so much! I'm running a hosted forums forum as are you, and this will really help(I'm sure you understand every bit of how much this will simplify things ).

What other hacks do you have installed that would help with taking some of the load of hosted forums off of the admin?

Thanks.

[merk]

I just finished then(still testing) a hack that will allow the moderators of the PRIVATE forums only to add access to any user they please.

Ill also be releasing this tonight.

[DarkReaper]

Originally posted by merk
I just finished then(still testing) a hack that will allow the moderators of the PRIVATE forums only to add access to any user they please.

You lost me there...

[merk]

Oh, i must have just assumed you run private forums

I run clan hosting forums, one private and one public forum for each clan.

I need to give access to each of their members manually, but now the mods of a specific forum can do it.

Ill have a description when i release it