Warning Hack V1.5

Version 1.5 Note: You must have v1 installed to upgrade, the upgrade process is small so there was no need to write out a fresh install.

It has come to my attention that a "decent" warning system isn't available here on vbulletin.org, which is quite a shame, and because forums like mine, and probably yours need a simple yet advanced warning system to keep things under wraps

Anyway, i thought i might aswell release what i made, prior to me getting off my ass... lol

Administration Features:
View Warning Logs
- Displays all warnings, warned user, warned by, link to the warned post, date, warning type, and the comment specified when the warning was given, and a remove warning link
(Remove will remove the log and also put the members warning level back down in accordance to how much it was increased by the selected warning removed)
Unban Banned Members
- A simple page that you should visit every few days, it will automatically ban any auto banned users by the warning system where there ban time has expired
Warning Options
- Here you can set the following:
-- Number of warn points before member is auto banned
-- Number of days a member is auto banned for
-- View Warnign Types
-- Add Warning Type
-- Add warning type has the following fields:
---- Name/Description/Warn Points Given

Forum Features:
Every post has "Warn [Name]" and "View [Names] Warnings"
These are only accessiable by a member group which is allowed to "moderate" (Moderating groups are auto detected)
Clicking the Warn link will bring you to a page where you view the user your warning, a link to review the warned post, members current warning level, and below the warning types, has a drop down menu to select the warning type, and a text field to put your comment for why this warning is been issued
Upon completing the warning form, the warned user will be Pm'ed from the person who warned them, with the comment put down and a link to the post

View Warnings link will display logs of only that specified user's warnings, the same features as the admin cp warning logs, only just for this user

Members can access only 1 page of the warning system, which is "View My Warnings", this link is added to the quick links drop down menu
Here they simple view there warnings, just like a moderator would, only without the remove warning link

V1.5 Features:
Protectable Usergroups:
No user's in these defined groups can be warned, or banned.
Root Admin Force Protection:
Userid 1 cannot be warned, canned be banned, this is not optional, this is forced for security.
New Unban Members Set Up:
Now displays all currently banned user's, what time they were banned, what time they are supposed to be unbanned. You may unban the user even if there time has not expired (You will be notificed if they have not served the time issued upon ban, but not stopped). Upon unbanning, you choose the members 'new' warning level and the user's usergroup to move them into
Set banned usergroup:
You can now easily choose from a drop down menu which usergroup user's are sent to if after been warned they are banned.

V1.5 Bug Fixes:
- User locations in 'Users online' shown as unknown if they are warning/viewing warnings (Priority: Medium)
- Unban members system renovated and now fully works (Priotity: Maximum)
- No mysql errors upon sending a pm if the PM table had been altered (Priotity: Maximum)
- New protectable usergroups to stop any group of your choice been banned (Priotity: Maximum)
- Last time visited didn't appear when error page occured (Priotity: Low)
- Un-used global in PM function (Priority: Low)

I hope you enjoy the system, my staff teamare very pleased with it and find it of great use, enjoy the hack

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[Zero Tolerance]

Error on Pm input? Then you have modified the table structure, but no worries, that can be, shall we say, rectified

Find:

PHP Code:

$DB->query("insert into ".TABLE_PREFIX."pmtext values ('{$from['userid']}','".addslashes($from['username'])."','{$title}','{$message}','".addslashes(serialize($to_string))."','4','{$now}','1','1')"); 


Change To:

PHP Code:

$DB->query("insert into ".TABLE_PREFIX."pmtext (fromuserid,fromusername,title,message,touserarray,iconid,dateline,showsignature,allowsmilie) values ('{$from['userid']}','".addslashes($from['username'])."','{$title}','{$message}','".addslashes(serialize($to_string))."','4','{$now}','1','1')"); 


Screen shots, ill put them in my main post tomorrow

As for unbanning, it only unbans those "auto" banned by the system, and running the unbaned users only unbans those past the time lmit specified when they were banned

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[SmasherMaster]

Ok i've attached some screenies to my first post (right below the first post) to keep you all happy.

[Red Blaze]

Cool, I'll install this tonight and tell you my results.

Oook, I tested this on my test dumby and it works great and all, buuuuut, one small thing.

He doesn't get auto banned. I might of missed something, but once it reaches 5, it stays at five and test (my dumby account) can still post and everything.

EDIT: Ok, I fixed that problem. The thing is usergroup 8 were my RPG Moderators so they were being moved there. I edited warn.php.

PHP Code:

$DB->query("update ".TABLE_PREFIX."user set usergroupid='8',warning_level='{$level}' where userid='{$user['userid']}'"); 


The 8, you change it to any number you want the banned users to be in.

Now, when I click the unban button... they don't move them back to the registered group.

[Acido]

My only Problem, is that Only Admins and Moderators can view the user warnings. I want tha all the users to see it, and all other users (no admin or moderators) are getting the No permission screen :squareeyed:

Help please !

[reteep]

Very nice hack!

A good addition might be if you put in two values. E.g. 5 Warnings -> user is banned for 14 days and ~15 Warnings -> User is permanently banned.

[msimplay]

Originally Posted by stormblast

Very nice hack!

A good addition might be if you put in two values. E.g. 5 Warnings -> user is banned for 14 days and ~15 Warnings -> User is permanently banned.

oops just reread the idea
yeh thats a great idea

ie after 5 warnings they get a temporary ban and after 10 warnings a permenant ban
thats an excellent idea

[dr1]

Having the warnings viewable by the user (all) would make this into an awesome hack for me. Thanks for your coding!

[VeoMorphine]

is there a way to display the warning level to all users in the postbit and profile?

[msimplay]

i think all the suggestions so far were options in the old vb2 hacks

with the exception of the idea in this post

[Zero Tolerance]

If you want members to be able to view others warnings, please make this edit within Warn.php

Find:

PHP Code:

if($_GET['do']!='ViewMyWarnings'){
if(!can_moderate(  )){
print_no_permission(  );
}
} 


Replace With:

PHP Code:

if($_GET['do']!='ViewMyWarnings' && $_GET['do']!='ViewWarnings'){
if(!can_moderate(  )){
print_no_permission(  );
}
} 


This will result in members seeing the remove link, but they will not have access to use it

Var for warning level in posts?

PHP Code:

$post[warning_level] 


Simply use that in template postbit or postbit_legacy

Nice suggestions so far, ill include them in version 1.5, keep em coming

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