Post Edit History Viewer

When someone edits a post, the old message is stored in another table before the new one overwrites the old message.

Posts that have been edited will have "view edit history" displayed below the post count in the postbit.

Clicking "view edit history" allows previous versions of a post to be seen.

The postbit and postbit_legacy templates are altered using a similar method to the one used in the vbshout extension by Zero Tolerance, i.e. a search and replace. This means that no manual alterations to these templates are required.

Normally, everyone can see the post history for all the posts, however, the XML file post_hist_mods_only.xml restricts it to mods only (and the poster themselves). (Both versions should not be installed at the same time).

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Updated:

use post-hist_1_1b.zip

Changes

- Enable/Disable by forum
-- On/Off by forum

- Enable/Disable by usergroup
-- Can see own history: Yes/No
-- Can see everyone's history: Yes/No

- Indicates who made the edit (if it wasn't the original author)

- Workaround for unknown templates
-- Insert <<Insert Post History>> into postbit and postbit_legacy templates
-- (This is only for templates where the auto-match doesn't work)

The options are controlled by admincp.

By default, nobody can see any of the histories. At minimum, you should set the admin usergroup to see all histories.

Request

I don't know how 3.6.x products work, but if someone tries it on 3.6.x and it works, that would be good to know. I don't actually have 3.6 on our own forums, so can't test it.

Also, if you find out any bugs for < 3.6, that would be good to know too.

Install Info

The zip file contains:

bit_field_post_hist.xml -> XML for permissions
post_hist_1_1.xml -> product file

To install:

copy bit_field_post_hist.xml to /includes/xml

and install the product.

In theory, this should work as an upgrade to the previous version. However, I haven't tested that.

If you uninstall the old version and install the new version, you will lose any saved post histories.

Troubleshooting

bitfield cache
You might have to open:

yourserver.com/admincp/index.php?do=buildbitfields

This re-calculates the bitfields that have been altered. On some versions, the product installer will automatically do it.

Moderators
The postbits determine if a post is a person's own post by seeing if they have permission to edit the post. This means that if you give mods the rights to see their own post histories, then they will be able to click to see everyone elses post histories as they have the rights to edit all posts. However, the link won't have any effect as the actual viewer is restricted based on actual poster.

Usage

The XML file should add 2 options that can be set when setting up a usergroup and 1 new option for each forum.

New options for each usergroup:

Can See Post History (Yes/No)
---- Allows members of this usergroup to see all post histories

Can See Own Post History (Yes/No)
---- Allows members of this usergroup to see their own post history

New option for each forum:

Post History Displayed (Yes/No)
---- Shows post history for every post in this forum

[bashy]

i m8, we is getting somewhere lol

[Lieva]

Originally Posted by bashy

i m8, we is getting somewhere lol

So when you click the numbers it always shows the most up to date version of the post ? When you edited, did you change the post or just re-save it?

[bashy]

Yes it just shows the most recent edit,
all 3 links show the same, the latest edit.

When i edited the post i changed it from say 123456789 (orginal)
to 12345 and then 1234

and saved each time...

Does this make sense lol

[Lieva]

Originally Posted by bashy

Yes it just shows the most recent edit,
all 3 links show the same, the latest edit.

When i edited the post i changed it from say 123456789 (orginal)
to 12345 and then 1234

and saved each time...

Does this make sense lol

maybe its a problem with the moderator check code. I will update the version which allows everyone to see the code and see if that works.

[bashy]

Just tried it again with 6 changes this time and it worked...

[Lieva]

Originally Posted by bashy

Just tried it again with 6 changes this time and it worked...

Hmm, wierd. Maybe it was a cache issue or something.

Anyway, have updated the non-mod version too.

[Lieva]

Originally Posted by Lieva

Hmm, wierd. Maybe it was a cache issue or something.

Anyway, have updated the non-mod version too.

Does the old post that had 3 edits that didn't work, work now ?

[bashy]

No m8 it dont...

I have a feeling its because i have installed the Prefix hack since creating that thread and when i edited it it asked for a prefix, i think this is why i aint showing the edits.

Just a hunch mind,

Im gonna try 1 that dont require a prefix

[bashy]

Seems to work 100% when it dont ask for a prefix during the edit
Gonna make the prefixes not mandatory i think although most sections
arnt anyway!!

So other than that, all is well m8, tis a great idea, well done and thanks for you time

[Lieva]

Originally Posted by bashy

Seems to work 100% when it dont ask for a prefix during the edit
Gonna make the prefixes not mandatory i think although most sections
arnt anyway!!

So other than that, all is well m8, tis a great idea, well done and thanks for you time

np, and thanks for your help in testing.