Version: 1.0.6, by Eikinskjaldi
Developer Last Online: Jul 2023
Version: 3.5.4
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Released: 02-27-2006
Last Update: 03-02-2006
Installs: 67
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vBPrivate Threads
This hack has been ported to vBulletin 3.5.4 from the vBulletin 3.0.0 version with permission granted by:
Quote:
"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"
in Kentaurus's post for its original release, found here
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This is my first major ported and released hack for vB.
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With this Code Modification you can add private threads to your forums. A private thread is:
A thread that some users or usergroups can view. Others cannot.
A thread that some users or usergroups cannot view. All others can.
Using this Modification, any user in a forum that has Private Threads turned on may create a private thread. It is useful for holding private moderator conversations, or for making a thread private when some users would like to see the discussion closed and others want it to continue.
Future Plans:
Add Super Moderators and Moderators to override the standard permissions
Admin Options for allowed private thread types
Admin Options to define users with override-permissions privilages
Admin Options for those who can make private threads
Private Threads will NOT show in the lastpost column when user does not have access to thread
Creator can view thread by default
Hack History:
Version 1.0.6
Changed several file edits to plugins (Thank you waza)
Some plugins were reverted back to file edits, no version change as it is going a bit backward
I've already said that it will display in the "last post" column in the forumbit on both forumhome and forumdisplay because hiding those was not something even the original did.
However, as far as placing all the threadbits into forumdisplay, private threads that one doesn't have access to will not display. I'm working on this, so that the hack can really be complete and surpass the original, but I also have other stuff going
that's cool. i don't mind that it displays. the problem is the preview. is there a way to just shut the preview off, so that the message preview does not display; i wouldn't care that the thread title displays, just kill the preview on the private messages?
Can you possibly PM me a link so I can see this because I can't seem to get the same erro you are recieving. On my forum home it shows the forums last post stuff, but doesnt give any data, in forumdisplay when you view that forum a user who cant see a private thread shouldnt be able to know it exists, let alone hover there mouse over for a preview. This might be an error with the hiding code if this is going on.
ok, my bad. it only says 'go to first unread post in [thread name]' when you hover over it.
so, the security permissions are working well. the only way people know a thread exists (and who is posting in it), is via the known VBcpms and forumdisplay routes, as described above.
will be using this, but can't wait for it to be complete when the above is tweaked!
how about this... in forumdisplay, suppose one could modify the code to display the author as private instead of the authorname. that would solve the problem temporarily.
Well that was an idea I had, to Automatically change thread name and posted to 'Private' but I just don't think it would look good on the forum in general and so I am working on a work around.
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