NUKE posts [FINAL RELEASE]

This hack gives moderators and administrators the ability to disable a post, rather than delete it.

A small asterisk is added at the side of each post. If it is clicked by a moderator, a window will flicker up. The next time the thread is viewed the post will simply be replaced with the word "Nuked", indicating that a moderator has disabled it. Such a feature you may have seen on smaller non-vbulletin forums.

Moderators still have the option to see what the post was by clicking the asterisk on a nuked post. They may also restore the post (which isn't possible with deleted posts).

http://www.gaters.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1168
The above link is an example of a nuked post. Notice the asterisks down the bottom of threads, those are the nukers.

There are many practical benefits to nuking a post instead of deleting it. It's fast, it's reversable, it gives users the knowledge that content was removed, and admins may still review the disabled content.

Installation:

You need vbHacker to install this.
Just upload the attatched data file to the /admin directory and run vbHacker to install it.

(The hack works by adding a new attribute to each post in the database which determines whether the post is nuked or not. If it is, the post is displayed through a seperate template, much like posts of ignored people.)

[Sebastian]

yeah, showthread, say i nuke a post by a member called "sam" i don't want other members to know that "sam" had a post nuked.

[MartynJ]

Should be fairly simple, gimme a sec and I'll look into it.

EDIT:

Ok, got it. Replace your postnuked template with this:
This will also leave the info intact so mods etc can see who the post was by.

[Sebastian]

well, i installed this hack and i am getting this:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/forums/dev/showthread.php on line 42

i am running vb229, some have said this hack works for 229 but i am getting errors.

[MartynJ]

Please attach your showthread.php and I'll take a look. These kind of errors are usually solved dead easy.

[Sebastian]

Originally posted by MartynJ
Please attach your showthread.php and I'll take a look. These kind of errors are usually solved dead easy.

can't post full files .. board rules. PM?

[MartynJ]

Oh yeah, oops, I'm an idiot. I just thought those without licences couldn't download. Anyway, yeah, you can email me or PM me about it. If you email me though, use the link from the bottom of my forums, I think the one for this site is out of date.

[Sebastian]

MartynJ: I got it to work, not sure what it was.. probably a typo..

only problem is when you post a reply you can see the person that had their post nuked in the "review thread" at the bottom, possible to do it like in the postbit?

look at the image.

[MartynJ]

Oh, those "deleted by moderator" posts are nuked ones I'm assuming?

[Sebastian]

yep, i changed it from "nuked" to "deleted.." I added that hack you made so it doesn't show the username in postbit when you nuke a post, but when you reply to the thread you can see the name of the person in the "Topic Review (Newest First)" section lol. workaround?

[MartynJ]

Here's the fix.