It is a lot simpler than the hellban hack (although not as extreme!) and does not have the problems of user being able to quote and view the post.
The user is unaware that they are banned. Nobody see's their posts either in the main thread view or when replying to a thread. Admins and mods see their original post with a notice they are banned. They see the thread as though they were a normal user. This fixes the problem of friends warning them they are banned.
I would like the banned user and moderators to see his own post and the normal users to just dont see the post. That way people arent able to alert the banned user....when he perhaps has friends on the board.........
Originally posted by TheDutch I would like the banned user and moderators to see his own post and the normal users to just dont see the post. That way people arent able to alert the banned user....when he perhaps has friends on the board.........
Can you arrange this??
TheDutch
Exactly what I was thinking, TheDutch. What I did was to make a completely empty template (postbit_banned) and that solved the first problem. Now the banned user would see his own original post, admins & mods would see the original post with the "this user has been banned" note and the regular users wouldn't see any post at all by the banned user.
The new problem was that the banned user is still able to start a new thread. If he/she does start a new thread, the thread would be empty and have no content and all (except title), and would seem odd for most people (except the banned user who wouldn't notice )
Is there a way to hide new threads as well? Great hack so far though.
Edit: Of course it would be possible to remove the permission to post new threads for the banned user, but then again, wouldn't that be a little suspicious?
...which still doesn't solve the problem with the banned user being able to post a new thread? I just don't think it makes sense that other users can see the posts that the banned user have made (not the content, but that he/she has posted).
First newreply.php is not in the admin directory as stated in the .txt file Iam assuming you mean the newreply.php in the root?
second when I try this and make the additions to the newreply.php I see
Code:
$posts=$DB_site->query("
SELECT IF(post.userid=0,post.username,user.username) AS username,
post.pagetext,post.allowsmilie,post.userid,usergroupid FROM post
LEFT JOIN user ON user.userid=post.userid
WHERE ".iif($bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==5 or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==6 or $bbuserinfo[usergroupid]==7,"","post.visible=1 AND ")."post.threadid='$threadid'
ORDER BY dateline DESC");
instead of this
Code:
$posts=$DB_site->query("
SELECT IF(post.userid=0,post.username,user.username) AS username,
post.pagetext,post.allowsmilie,post.userid FROM post
LEFT JOIN user ON user.userid=post.userid
WHERE post.visible=1 AND post.threadid='$threadid'
ORDER BY dateline DESC");
which is in the .txt file and what i should find in the newreply.php
is this due to the hidden reply hack being added for admins/mods on my forum, and if so, how can this be intergrated into this new hack?
I tried adding the usergroupid to the second line as stated in the instruction but that only threw up errors when someone went to make a reply.
Hoping this hack will be able to get up and running as it's use would fix several repeat offenders of the "I've been banned so i'll change my host mask and re register" type person.
Secretly ban a user Details »»
About Developer
Visit Web Site
Is in Beta Stage 
05-20-2002, 10:55 PM
)
