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

[Khriz]

check the following lines of code:
from 1240 onwards
Urgently!...

There are some errors

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by Khriz

check the following lines of code:
from 1240 onwards
Urgently!...

There are some errors

And those errors are????

The dev is going to need more information in order to know what he is supposed to look for. How do we know this isn't a problem with only your site?

[Marv]

Hi Valter,

this is a really fine and needed mod and comes in very handy. Especially the display of the time and date, a user has accepted the rules - but may I have a suggestion?

I had to set up a whole set of rules. In particular we are talking about 7 different rules for 7 different scenarios. Let me put it in an example so the problem gets clearer: If user A accepts rule 1 but not rules 2 to 7 noone could tell which rule user A has accepted. Could be everything from rule 1 to 7. Means, he could have accepted a minor one (#3) while he disregards #1/general rules.

I would be glad you could do some changes to that so admins and mods could see, which rules a user accepted and when, and which one he disregards until now. Guess the best place to display that would be the memberprofile page, where you already placed the display of rules accepted.

What do you think about that? Any chance?

[FreshFroot]

Originally Posted by TeknoSounds

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

Probably better off dping a full backup if you use Cpanel. That way you ALSO backup the files instead of just the database. Since many mods here use extra files. If you are missing them and can't remember which ones you need.

Then having a full backup is much better. And with server speeds these days it takes less than 2-3 mins.

[TeknoSounds]

Originally Posted by FreshFroot

Probably better off dping a full backup if you use Cpanel. That way you ALSO backup the files instead of just the database. Since many mods here use extra files. If you are missing them and can't remember which ones you need.

Then having a full backup is much better. And with server speeds these days it takes less than 2-3 mins.

Personally I rsync off from my dedicated server to a cloud server for all my files, which also pulls my db backups that are run daily

[Videx]

Originally Posted by Marv

...we are talking about 7 different rules for 7 different scenarios.

I just can't imagine. So if user A doesn't accept that he can't troll, he's allowed to troll? Can we get a link to these 7 sets of rules?

[Khriz]

thanks
Greetings

[Lynne]

You should be modifying phrases in the admincp, not in the xml file.

[The Realist]

Thank you, installed and wished I seen that 2 weeks ago

Originally Posted by TeknoSounds

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

[caracena]

Originally Posted by The Realist

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

Originally Posted by TeknoSounds

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

Originally Posted by The Realist

Thank you, installed and wished I seen that 2 weeks ago

I think the best way is to use cPanel to setup a daily backup with weekly and monthly retentions and install MySQLDumper and set that up to make automatic backups. If your forum is not THAT large, you can set MySQLDumper to run every two hours or so. You can even set it up to transfer the backups to another servers of yours using FTP or just randomly download the latest backup every week or so just in case your server's HDD fails.

If you don't know how to setup cPanel/WHM cron backups... simply ask your host and I'm pretty sure they'll do it for you