Miscellaneous Hacks - Group Leader PM Notification

Keywords: group, leader, notification, usergroups, public


Description:

Notifies the group leader(s), via PM, of join requests to their respective usergroup(s). Also notifies the users the status of their join requests upon moderation.

Details:

Basically, this is a continuation of the SEND A PRIVATE MESSAGE TO PUBLIC GROUP LEADERS UPON A JOIN REQUEST plugin by AMYKHAR. Many people were having various errors returned from the plugin, so in my attempt to fix it I kind of did things a little bit different.

Installation:

1. Download the attachment and import the product-glpn.xml file via the Product Manager.

2. ???

3. Profit

Support:

Officially, this hack is UNSUPPORTED. However, I will attempt to help you as much as possible. Please understand that this plugin was tested within a rather limited environment. Provide as much detail as possible when reporting any unwanted behavior so I (and others) may better assist you.

Version History:
v1.0 - Initial version.
v2.0 - Added ability to notify users the status of their request once moderated. All replies are phrased.
v2.1 - Passed usergroup title to JOINREQUET_NOTIFY_MESSAGE_APPROVED and JOINREQUETS_NOTIFY_MESSAGE_DECLINED phrases (requested by EasyTarget)

* THIS PLUGIN HAS ONLY BEEN TESTED ON USERGROUPS WITH A SINGLE LEADER. I'VE CODED IT TO, THEORETICALLY, SUPPORT MULTIPLE LEADERS. HOWEVER, YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY.

[magnus]

Originally Posted by m1thr0s

very useful for classroom forums with instructors too lazy or preoccupied to check their UserCP's!!!

should be standard, I agree. I don't suppose there's a reverse hack anywhere that also notifies joinees upon accepted/denied...

thanks for thinking into the nooks and crannies...very useful.

As of version 2.0:

v2.0 - Added ability to notify users the status of their request once moderated. All replies are phrased.

There user is notified via PM of their request outcome. Either accepted or denied.

[FatalBreeze]

Now That's a must built-in hack in every version of vB

[TigerWare]

Installed on 3.6.8 - Very nice indeed. I'm just setting up a joinable group on my board and really wanted notifications and returning accept/deny messages. Pity this is not done by default in vb... Highly useful Modification. :up:

[Kitara79]

Just installed on 3.6.8. Works perfect! Thanks!

This functionality should indead be a standard. I really was shocked when I found out that groupleaders are not notified about new requests.

[dotJoel]

Excellent Mod, thankyou.

[bulbasnore]

We're testing this on 3.6.7_pl1. I was able to send a test request to a single leader group.
My second request was to a multiple user group, and I was going to come back and report if it worked but...

Fatal error:
    * Exalted_Leader has exceeded their stored private messages quota and can not accept further messages until they clear some space.

Unable to proceed with save while $errors array is not empty in class vB_DataManager_PM in /includes/class_dm.php on line 765

Of course, we don't let anyone be called exalted leader, but it was a name with an underscore in the middle.

I'm going to tell this guy to clear his box and try again, but I though that error might be interesting anyway.

You rock.

[RaZor Edge]

Originally Posted by bulbasnore

We're testing this on 3.6.7_pl1. I was able to send a test request to a single leader group.
My second request was to a multiple user group, and I was going to come back and report if it worked but...

Fatal error:
    * Exalted_Leader has exceeded their stored private messages quota and can not accept further messages until they clear some space.
 
Unable to proceed with save while $errors array is not empty in class vB_DataManager_PM in /includes/class_dm.php on line 765

Of course, we don't let anyone be called exalted leader, but it was a name with an underscore in the middle.

I'm going to tell this guy to clear his box and try again, but I though that error might be interesting anyway.

You rock.

I also had this kind of error with a leader not accepting pm...

[magnus]

I would be interested to know any updates to this. I'm going to throw this up in a sandbox and test it with the same conditions to see what results I get.

Thanks.

[Kiint]

I was just looking in the admin control panel for a notify by pm option and was shocked when i couldn't find it...then I found your mod....Great work, works just fine

As all the others have said, This should be in the default installation of vBulletin

[deezelpope]

<i>I totally agree...it should be default! </i>