Moderators Functions - Moderate New User Registrations (ModCP Option)

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This hack is now discontinued - this means that while it will remain available for download and use, there will be no further updates, nor will support be provided as the thread is no longer monitored. You can now check out the 3.8.x version of this hack, as it also works with v3.7.5 (and maybe even earlier versions).

Please click Mark as Installed if you are using this hack.


vBulletin Version Compatibility

This hack can only be used with vBulletin v3.7.x.

This hack is not compatible with v3.6.x (due to fact that notifications in the welcome block were not introduced until v3.7.0), but fear not, you can use the unsupported v3.6.x version of this hack instead.


What Does This Hack Do?

It is a update of my v3.6.x hack available here, with new stuff added.

This is hack gives your Super Moderators the option in the ModCP to now manually approve new user registrations, that before now only Administrators could do from the AdminCP.

This means you can now spread the load of manually approving members with your Super Moderators, leaving you the administrator more time to do other things.

New to v3.7.x is a notification in your welcome block in the navbar being displayed (if the notification option is enabled in the AdminCP) when there are new user registrations to be moderated. This is displayed to both Administrators and Super Moderators. The notification will only generate 1 extra query per page load (only if the notification is enabled, and then the extra query is only for Administrators and Super Moderators, so if you want to save a query then disable the option).

This hack was created because I liked the idea of the request in this thread, and seems to have been requested quite a few times over the years.

There are no file or template changes at all and is fully phrased. You just need to upload 1 file, import 1 product and alter 2 (or 3) vBulletin Options in the AdminCP, and then it will work from then on.


Installation Instructions

1. Unzip product-ms_20080202.zip
2. Upload /upload/modcp/user_moderation.php to your <forum root>/modcp folder (overwrite existing uploaded file if upgrading).
3. Import product-ms_20080202.xml into vB using the AdminCP Product Manager (set Allow Overwrite to Yes if upgrading).
4. Under the User Registration Options section of vBulletin Options in the AdminCP:
   • Ensure Moderate New Members is set to Yes
   • Ensure Verify Email address in Registration is set to Yes
5. Under the Moderate User Registrations (ModCP Option) section of vBulletin Options in the AdminCP:
   • Ensure Enable Notification ? is set to Yes if you want the notification to be displayed.

Uninstall Instructions

1. Delete the user_moderation.php file from your /modcp folder.
2. Uninstall the product in vB using the AdminCP Product Manager.

Version History

v3.7.003 - Wednesday 25th June 2008
-- Final Release
-- Changed: Product name
-- Changed: Version numbering
-- Added: AdminCP Option to display the notification or not

v2.1.0 - Thursday 7th February 2008
-- Changed: Install code

v2.0.0 - Saturday 2nd February 2008
-- Initial Release


Thanks

Thanks go out to Paul M who gave me permission to use some of his install code.

NOTE: Portions of the code are (c) Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.


Show Your Appreciation

Although not required, if you have enjoyed the benefits of this hack, and would like show your appreciation for my efforts, then please feel free to click on the Support Developer link and donate any amount you feel is appropriate.


Donations

I would like to thank the following people for their kind donations:

• okgaz

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by mknapik

Any chance of an email notification being added? Similar to what happens with a new user registration email?

I will have a think about it, but if I am being honest, the answer would be probably not.

My reasoning is as follows: You have to take into account, that every time there is a new registration to moderate, every admin and smod would receive an email.

So, if you have say 10 staff who this will apply to and 30 people register in an hour you are talking 300 emails an hour being sent out, just for moderation (in a medium forum, this is not an unrealistic figure, on a big board this could well be hundreds of registrations a day with dozens of staff, so you are talking over a couple of thousand emails just for this), . That is in addition to confirmation emails, birthday emails, subscription emails etc,. This would end up being a resource hog.

In addition, if your web host has a limit on how may emails that can be sent an hour and, say it only allows, for instance 300 emails/hour, you would be a bit buggered wouldn't you, as your host would probably suspend your account.

So, I am quite hesitant to add it, as I think navbar notifications are visual enough, and the whole point of not being logged into the forum is that you have a real life, and if you have planned it well enough, you will have staff to cover most of the day any.

In any case, when I use this hack on a forum, I always advise my potential members that it will take up to 24 hours to process the application, just in case it takes a while for a staff member to log in (usually takes less than 6 hours).

[hn74]

Really great ..

might install it in the feature ..

[Alfa1]

I would like to delegate the task of new user moderations to one or two moderators. Not to a super moderator. Could you be so kind to add the function to assign this permission to specific moderators?

[GSeybold]

I was looking for something like this. thanks!

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

I would like to delegate the task of new user moderations to one or two moderators. Not to a super moderator. Could you be so kind to add the function to assign this permission to specific moderators?

Originally Posted by Mosh

No, it is not the intent of this hack, it is an Admin function that was opened up to Super Moderators, and before you ask, I will not be extending this hack to accommodate that.

See quote above, from post #22.

[Alfa1]

OK. Too bad. But thanks anyway.

[john1744]

For some odd reason this is flat out not working for me. I uploaded the file, imported the product and when I try to go to modcp/user_moderation from the modCP it just goes to my default redirect. It does not work for me.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by john1744

For some odd reason this is flat out not working for me. I uploaded the file, imported the product and when I try to go to modcp/user_moderation from the modCP it just goes to my default redirect. It does not work for me.

Originally Posted by 1st Post

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[john1744]

Oops sorry I marked as installed now.

[Mosh]

Originally Posted by john1744

Oops sorry I marked as installed now.

I take it you did at least steps 1 - 4 (ensuring both options were set in step 4) of the installation instructions, and you are having this issue? (step 5 is optional)

If so, then can you describe the actions taken to produce this issue, then I will see if I can replicate it.