New Posting Features - Per Usergroup HTML Posting Permission

Just like the name says, this ultra-simple little Product will allow you to specify Usergroups that may make forum posts in HTML and have that HTML be parsed.

Default vBulletin - You can only choose whether an entire forum has the HTML permission, for all Usergroups. With this modification, you can give the permission to a specific Usergroup.

The code in this version is 100% identical to that in the 3.5 version (except for the lack of parseing in the Preview), which worked all the way through 3.6,7 and 8.

Blog HTML permissions are, for some reason, actually there in Usergroup Manager, they control HTML in Blog entries and posts, and override the settings in this Product.

***BE AWARE THAT INDISCRIMINATE USE OF THIS PRODUCT IS RISKY - RESTRICT IT TO ONLY THOSE USERGROUPS YOU TRUST ABSOLUTELY***

The scary message above is to make sure you are aware that enabling HTML for any group opens you up to security issues. This is why it is not a feature of Stock vB, probably.

Controlled by a Setting in Usergroup Manager, it's phrased and works in editpost.php in WYSIWYG and normal modes, AND the Forum Rules shows HTML is ON to allowed Usergroups.

In the current vB 4.0, this WILL apply retroactively.
That is, if a User posted something in HTML in the past, before they were given the ability, that post will be parsed. This could prove dangerous/troublesome for anything not wrapped in PHP tags.


Many thanks to Andreas for prodding me to figure it out by myself and not just telling me what to do.

A "demo" is here..html is OFF in that Forum, but those posts are made by an Admin with the setting to Yes, so the HTML is parsed.

Known Issues: It is not currently possible to choose whether the HTML in a post is parsed or not - it will be.. unless (weirdly) you wrap it in PHP /PHP tags.
I'll look into adding a toggle switch.

[Sador]

Hmm, interesting. Thanks.

[kall]

Originally Posted by Sador

Hmm, interesting. Thanks.

You're welcome, but you might want to actually download and install it before you thank me.

[kall]

Originally Posted by FF|Skyrider

I found a bug.. This plugin is messing with the BBCodes.. Here's an example:

Someone posted this in green:

why does he have blue wristbands and a red belt?????

Putting that in to quote, code, etc will result in:

[COLOR=\\"lime\\"]why does he have blue wristbands and a red belt?????[/COLOR]

See the \? The plugin is causing to add a \ at every ". Can this be solved please?

I can't replicate this.. see: http://www.nzboards.com/testing-zone...05/#post112567

Can you describe, step-by-step, how this occurs?

[kall]

Originally Posted by Dr.osamA

thanxxx man
and thanxx Silencer Groans for translition

Do you just post 'thanxxx man' in all modification threads to spam your signature or something?

Just wondering, because I see it EVERYWHERE, and notice you haven't clicked Install.

[AZRainman]

Two problems I noticed:

1. Post preview mode doesn't parse the html
3. When editing the message, all the previous html code is removed.

Thanks for the mod

[ICannt.org]

Quick question, what would happen if a user (who didn't have permission to use HTML) quoted a post made by someone with permission that contained HTML?

[Greight]

Recently, I have noticed that the only person who can see the html parsed in my posts is me !
Any idea ?

[velma33]

I've downloaded and installed this, and I'm just not clear on how to activate it. I'm wanting to allow Admins only to post with html. When I look at the usergroup, I don't see anything about using html in posts.

I did turn on html for blog posts and signatures, but that is, of course, not what I'm wanting.

Am I missing something?

Velma

[kall]

Originally Posted by Greight

Recently, I have noticed that the only person who can see the html parsed in my posts is me !
Any idea ?

Can you please provide a link to a post that should show as parsed, but does not, unless it's you?

[kall]

Originally Posted by velma33

I've downloaded and installed this, and I'm just not clear on how to activate it. I'm wanting to allow Admins only to post with html. When I look at the usergroup, I don't see anything about using html in posts.

I did turn on html for blog posts and signatures, but that is, of course, not what I'm wanting.

Am I missing something?

Velma

Hi Velma,

You need to go into Usergroup Manager and edit the Usergroup you wish to have HTML permissions.

They will have HTML parsed in all forums.

(Please click Mark as Installed, it tends to make the coders more willing to assist.)