Miscellaneous Hacks - List Reported Items

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This is something we have been using for the last few years on Cable Forum, it displays a list of reported posts and reported private messages - for both staff and members to see.

The list shows ;

Reported Date/Time
Reporter (Staff Only)
Thread Title
Post Number
Actioned Date/Time
Moderator Who Actioned.

Warning: For this system to work you must have vbulletin set-up to create a new thread for each report. Installing this will disable the e-mail reporting, so until you have a report forum set, reporting will be disabled.

On the reported posts page members can click on the Actioned Moderator name to see any comment left by the moderator.

A report is considered as actioned by the first staff member to reply in the report thread. The comments are read from that first post (by default it reads anything inside quote tags).

Staff can click on the reporter to be taken directly to the report thread.

Staff Usergroups are defined in the mods settings - also the number of days to show reports for is defined in the settings.

If enabled, this will also add a link to your Quick Links or Community Links. There is also an option to prefix the link path if you use something like CMPS.

This will only list reported posts and private message's.


History:

v4.0.1 : 15-Jan-2010 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 16-Jan-2010 : Updated to build links using vbulletin seo function.
v4.0.3 : 20-Feb-2010 : Internal changes, not released.
v4.0.4 : 27-Feb-2010 : Style code updates for vB 4.0.2.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[aaronrand]

Great mod, thank you.
I showed it to my friend who is using VB 3.8, and was asking me if you had a version for 3.8 of this mod?

[Paul M]

Yes, there is a 3.8 version.

[Big-K]

Hi Paul,

In the details pop out box, I will like to show the reason why a post is reported. I have managed to create the row but need the correct syntax for cdata. can you help?

Here's what I have at the moment

$cname = 'Reason for reporting';
$cdata = $reportinfo[reason];
$template_post->register('cname',$cname);
$template_post->register('cdata',$cdata);
$reportedpost .= $template_post->render();

I have attached a screenshot of where I'm headed

Also, Is there a way to highlight reported posts in the forum? I know this is beyond the scope of your fantastic product, but just wondering.

[Paul M]

Im afraid its not that simple - you would need to write a function to extract the reason text from the entire post text - somewhat similar to how the rplgetreply() function works - then store that in the array as its built - and finally output it like the other elements.

There is no way to highlight reported posts, but it would not be too hard as every post stores its report threadid, so you just need to see if the post has one.

[Big-K]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Im afraid its not that simple - you would need to write a function to extract the reason text from the entire post text - somewhat similar to how the rplgetreply() function works - then store that in the array as its built - and finally output it like the other elements.

There is no way to highlight reported posts, but it would not be too hard as every post stores its report threadid, so you just need to see if the post has one.

Thanks Paul. Are these options you may consider for a future release?

[Paul M]

Sorry, Im afraid not.

[RobbieZ]

Would be great if the it appeared in notification to bring the attention of staff that a post has been reported.

[ProFifaLeagues]

Paul how do we set up this correctly so the mod will work A1?


Warning: For this system to work you must have vbulletin set-up to create a new thread for each report. Installing this will disable the e-mail reporting, so until you have a report forum set, reporting will be disabled.

[Paul M]

Exactly as it says - set vb up to create a new thread for each report - in a dedicated forum (in your staff area) is best.

[BlackHoster]

thank you i will try to test it and come back to give you the results