Moderators Functions - Ban via Post

Ban via Post
by FullyTested

This mod allows your moderators to do the following:

1. Ban a user from the site and/or a thread via the username drop down menu in a post (as well as the admin/mod cp).
   All moderators with banning/unbanning permissions for the forum can use this feature.
   This opens a page which allows you to select a ban period, whether or not to allow the user to view the thread (for thread bans), and provide a text message which the user will see when trying to enter the site or view / reply to the thread.
   
2. Once you ban the user you are returned to the same post from which you banned the user.
   You will now notice a small icon besides the ip icon.
   Clicking on that will open a page that will display the current ban information and in the case of a thread ban, also a list of other threads from which this user is banned.
   You will also have the option to edit or lift the ban from here.
   You may now also unban the user from the username drop down menu.
   
3. From the admin cp vbulletin settings you can set whether you wish to have a Private Message sent to the user whenever they are banned/unbanned from a thread.
   
4. You may also view, edit, or lift bans from the admin/mod control panel. Just click on the ?view banned users? or 'view banned from thread users' link. If you turned on the feature to moderate permanent bans, this is where you will see a list of bans awaiting approval. You may approve, reject (lift), or edit (modify) moderated bans.

Available Options:

• Limit bans to only Thread, only Site, or both Thread and Site bans via the postbit
  Banning permissions are set on a per moderator basis.
  
• Send PM to User:
  You may choose whether you wish to send a private message to the user whenever they are thread banned/unbanned
  
• Moderate Permanent Bans:
  Whether to moderate (approve, edit, reject) permanent site and/or thread bans.
  If this feature is turned on, all permanent site and/or thread bans are entered into a moderation queue requiring admin attention within 7 days of ban date. If no action is taken (approve, edit, reject), the ban reverts to a 7 day ban.
  You may also provide an email address to be used for notification that a permanent ban awaits approval.

For those of you who are only interested in Thread Bans, please see this mod:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=158445

To Intall:
Please see the 'readme' text file for installation instructions.
Installing this mod will take you approximatly 20 minutes, however, I do believe you will find it to be well worth the time and effort.


Revisions:

version 1.7
New 'includes/cron/remove_managed_bans.php'.
All you need to do is FTP this file to your server.
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[MrD]

Hi,
i uninstall the Product and reinstall it.
But the Same error.

They come, if the Cron "Restore Permanently Banned from Site Users" run.

[FullyTested]

I restored the original cron file (v 1.4).
I get no errors running this cron action.

[MrD]

Hi David,
thx for Support, but the Hack eg Cron wouldn?t work by me.

I Installed and Uninstalld the Hack and the Fileedits more then 5x.
But if i run the Cron, a error omes.

I tested with vers. 1.3 and 1.4

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT user.*,
userban.usergroupid AS banusergroupid, userban.displaygroupid AS bandisplaygroupid, userban.customtitle AS bancustomtitle, userban.usertitle AS banusertitle
FROM userban AS userban
LEFT JOIN userban_manage AS userban_manage ON(userban_manage.userid = userban.userid)
INNER JOIN user AS user USING(userid)
WHERE userban.bandate < 1194046670;

MySQL Error : Column 'userid' in from clause is ambiguous Error Number : 1052
Date : Saturday, November 10th 2007 @ 12:37:50 AM

[FullyTested]

MrD,

What version of PHP and MySQL are you running?

Anyone else getting this error?

[MrD]

Hi,
PHP Version is 5.1.2
MYSQL: 5.0.18

but why the Second Cron works, but only this one not?

[Stoebi]

INNER JOIN user AS user USING(userid)

should be:

INNER JOIN user AS user USING(user.userid)

not tested yet (without guarantee)

[MrD]

Hi,
works fine with Ver.1.5

But if i start the Crons manually, only by Restore Temporarily Banned from Thread Users
comes finished.

Otherwise, no DB errors.

[FullyTested]

But if i start the Crons manually, only by Restore Temporarily Banned from Thread Users comes finished.

Sorry, I do not understand.

[MorrisMcD]

Originally Posted by FullyTested

In the admin control panel select the moderator you wish to edit for a desired forum, then under 'User Permissions' select 'Can Thread Ban Users' and/or 'Can Restore Thread Banned Users' in addition to the default site banning options.

Awesome! Thank you

[FullyTested]

If the last bitfield in group moderatorpermissions has the value 4194304 (which is the default before any other hacks may have been installed), then the new threadban bitfields should have 8388608 (which is 4194304 * 2) and 16777216 (which is 8388608 * 2)