Moderator management system

tested with 3.0.3

You went into a lot of trouble selecting the moderators for your forum, you created a set of rules, told them what you expected from them. Now, how do you know if they are really moderating?

Of course, if you have 3 forums and 3 moderators, it's not big deal. But if you have 5+ moderators then this tool might be useful.

I wanted to receive an alert when my moderators were absent, or when they were in the forum but weren't doing any moderation at all... also I want my moderators to be active posters. But checking on every one of them is time consuming. That's why I made this tool.

With it you receive an alert pm if:

• a moderator has been absent for more than x days
• a moderator has not modded (edited/deleted/moved/closed) for more than z days
• a moderator has not posted in HIS forum for more than y days
• a moderator has nos posted for more than y days
• a moderator has not created a new thread in HIS forums for more than y days
• a moderator has not created a thread globally for more than y days
• a moderator has failed to OPEN and potentially read at least x percent threads in HIS forum in the last week

Installation instructions:

1)
Upload the files in the .zip file to your forum. Make sure that you follow the directory structure in the zip file.
modmanagement.php goes in the root of your forum
functions_modmanagement.php goes to the includes/ directory
modmanagement_cron.php goes into the includes/cron/ directory
modmanagement_install.php goes into the admincp directory

2)
Open the modmanagement_install.php in your browser

3)
That's it No file modifications, no template modifications

Customization:
- Go to vbulletin options and change how many posts a moderator should do in how many days, how long can someone be inactive, etc.
- Go to the scheduled tasks and you can change the cron job. By default, it sends the alerts sunday morning.

Other options:
Open modmanagement.php in your browser to see a summary of the moderators activity.

Even more customization:
Note: You should really test that the hack is working and that you like it before doing anything else

*optional* For integration in the admincp and a link in every page, you need some file modifications, here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....5&postcount=27

*optional* The summary page can only be accesed by administrators. If you want to give access to supermoderators or moderators, here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....9&postcount=64


Info for hackers:
You may modify, improve, upgrade, redistribute this hack, include it
in another hack or yours or translate it provided you do it free of
charge and you distribute it in www.vbulletin.org at least, there is no
need to pm me asking for permission
Some portions of the code are (c) Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

[Kentaurus]

Was the file modmanagement.php uploaded correctly? Check the length of the file against the one in the zip.

You shouldn't get a blank page at all, you should get the summary page if you are an admin or a no permission page if you login with any other group. Try editing the templates and re-saving it, in case the styles weren't updated correctly, but that is unlikely.

[ImportPassion]

this is gonna help alot. i have 25+ mods

[uae]

Great job

Thanks for sharing.

[jluerken]

This sounds like one of the first hack since weeks useful
Should be a standard function for version 3.0.4 or 3.1.

[snyx]

Originally Posted by Kentaurus

tested with 3.0.3

You went into a lot of trouble selecting the moderators for your forum, you created a set of rules, told them what you expected from them. Now, how do you know if they are really moderating?

Of course, if you have 3 forums and 3 moderators, it's not big deal. But if you have 5+ moderators then this tool might be useful.

I wanted to receive an alert when my moderators were absent, or when they were in the forum but weren't doing any moderation at all... also I want my moderators to be active posters. But checking on every one of them is time consuming. That's why I made this tool.

With it you receive an alert pm if:

• a moderator has been absent for more than x days
• a moderator has not modded (edited/deleted/moved/closed) for more than z days
• a moderator has not posted in HIS forum for more than y days
• a moderator has nos posted for more than y days
• a moderator has not created a new thread in HIS forums for more than y days
• a moderator has not created a thread globally for more than y days
• a moderator has failed to OPEN and potentially read at least x percent threads in HIS forum in the last week

Installation instructions:

1)
Upload the files in the .zip file to your forum. Make sure that you follow the directory structure in the zip file.
modmanagement.php goes in the root of your forum
functions_modmanagement.php goes to the includes/ directory
modmanagement_cron.php goes into the includes/cron/ directory
modmanagement_install.php goes into the admincp directory

2)
Open the modmanagement_install.php in your browser

3)
That's it No file modifications, no template modifications

Customization:
- Go to vbulletin options and change how many posts a moderator should do in how many days, how long can someone be inactive, etc.
- Go to the scheduled tasks and you can change the cron job. By default, it sends the alerts sunday morning.

Other options:
Open modmanagement.php in your browser to see a summary of the moderators activity.

Even more features:
Note: You should really test that the hack is working and that you like it before doing anything else

*optional* For integration in the admincp and a link in every page, you need some file modifications, here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....5&postcount=27

Kentaurus this modd is too siick. You have taken lead as my fave programmer on here. Great work, please keep it up.

[jluerken]

Originally Posted by snyx

Kentaurus this modd is too siick. You have taken lead as my fave programmer on here. Great work, please keep it up.

Question: Is there also an uninstaller?

[neocorteqz]

Originally Posted by jluerken

Question: Is there also an uninstaller?

Just remove the files, after that you can put the variable of

$debug = 1; in your includes/config.php

and remove the settings in your vBull settings that way.

that is if it adds a setting to the settings menu.

hope that helps.

i will ask as well, is there a way to track supermods and other administrators?

I suppose i could look at the code, but I wasn't going to download it till i was going to use it, and this is a feature i'd like.

But Great work on a hack that is most usefull.

[Kentaurus]

Originally Posted by jluerken

Question: Is there also an uninstaller?

Currently only moderators are tracked, administrators and supermoderators are not considered unless they moderate a forum. You can always create a dummy forum and add your supermoderadors and admin to them. Some stats like "how many posts have the administrator made in his forum" will be always in 0. I'm considering however adding this to the hack to avoid using clever tricks.

There is not an uninstaller, but I am already making one since it will be a useful tool for upgrades to this hack. (uninstall the last version, install the new...). If you really need to know what was modified download the attached file.

[sv1cec]

As I said, great hack. However, I would prefer if I call it "Moderator Statistics" instead of "Moderators Management". I've searched the files and the templates, and I can't find where that phrase comes from. I am talking about the phrase that appears in the welcome box, as shown in the attached picture.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Rgds
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John

[Lionel]

Originally Posted by Kentaurus

Was the file modmanagement.php uploaded correctly? Check the length of the file against the one in the zip.

You shouldn't get a blank page at all, you should get the summary page if you are an admin or a no permission page if you login with any other group. Try editing the templates and re-saving it, in case the styles weren't updated correctly, but that is unlikely.

This is crazy. I just reuploaded (same size). I tried to change the template name to another one, yet still empty!!!

Ah! Forgot to say I am using 3.01