Moderators Functions - DTO Thread Move Notification - automatically send friendly message when moving thread

Overview

DTO Thread Move Notification is a free product that automatically sends thread authors a friendly private message when a moderator moves their thread to another forum. By automating the process this tool delivers a consistent moderation ?tone? in communicating with thread authors as well as speeding the task of moving threads. When set to active thread notifications are sent in the following ways:

• If the thread is moved from a forum that the author can see to another that he/she can see the author will receive a notification via private message.
• If the thread is moved from a forum that the author can see to another that he/she cannot see, the moderator performing the move will receive a private message notification reminder to contact the author and let them know why it was removed from the publicly visible forum.
• If the thread is moved from a forum that the author cannot see to another that he/she can see the author will receive a notification.
• If the thread is moved from a forum that the author can see to another that he/she can see and a redirect is left in the previous forum the author will receive a private message notification that includes text to inform them a redirect was left and the duration the redirect will remain active.

Key Features

• Messages based on phrases
• Easily translated
• Host of variables available to customize messages to meet the needs of your site
• Fully documented
• Fully supported

Compatibility

• Fully compatible with vBulletin 3.6.8 through vBulletin 3.8.x
• PHP 5.X or later is recommended.

Translations - see attachments below

• German - contributed by Kolbi

Mac OS X users - Please Read
Information on downloading and decompressing product packages

Installation & Configuration for vB 3.6.x through vb 3.8.x

1. Prior to installation/upgrade we recommend that you perform a back up of your site's database and files.
2. After unzipping the attached package open readme.html in your browser.
3. Click on the ?Documentation & installation instructions? to view the complete documentation for Thread Move Notification.
   
   Alternatively, you can also access documentation by visiting our web site under the Support tab.

Copyright & Licensing

• DTO Thread Move Notification is copyright protected by Drive Thru Online, Inc.
• You are free to download and install this plugin on any vBulletin forum for which you hold a valid vB license.
• Unauthorized distribution of any code and/or documentation, whole or in part, included here is strictly prohibited.
• In addition, any supplied copyright notice must be maintained.

Other Drive Thru Online Products

• DTO Garage ? free garage features for all your members
• DTO Garage and Garage Plus vBadvanced Modules ? free vBadvanced modules for Garage and Garage Plus
• DTO Clubs, Garage Plus, ShowCase, and Vendor Tools - paid products designed to grow your membership and create revenue from your site

Support

We will provide support in this thread on an as-needed basis to members that have marked this modification as Installed. Additional support resources can be found on our site under the Support tab.

Release and Version History
1.0.3 - October 29, 2009
Bug fix release

Fixes

• Corrected documentation linking in help.

1.0.2 - October 27, 2009
Enhancement and Bug fix release

Enhancements and Fixes

• Updated Thread Move help template to be XHTML compliant.
• Added additional check to insure that thread copy does not trigger thread move notification functions.

1.0.1 - October 26, 2009
Enhancement and Bug fix release

Enhancements and Fixes

• Removed cache_templates plugin as no templates are being delivered that required dynamic loading via plugin.
• Removed init_startup plugins as phrasing is now loaded directly by thread move function.
• Resolved phrasing conflict with AddonChat plugin reported by customer.

1.0.0 - October 20, 2009
Initial release

[mferguson]

Kolbi,
What was causing the problem you were experiencing?

Thanks!

Mark

[Kolbi]

I think it was my mistake. Perhaps I had disabled the plugin. I don?t really know

[mferguson]

No problem. We've gotten a few reports with previous versions that it wouldn't work yet, in our testing, we could never reproduce the same behavior. It sounds like that everything is working correctly for you now though.

Let me know when you have the updated translation ready and I'll get it added to the first post announcement.

Thanks!

Mark

[Kolbi]

I think I have tomorrow the time to update it

[mferguson]

Sounds good. Thanks!

Mark

[Kolbi]

Here is the updated German translation: Attachment 105885



PS: By the way what about DTOGarage (fully phrased) ....

[mferguson]

Thanks for the translation Kolbi. I've added this to the master post and gave you credit for it.

As for Garage we are currently wrapping up testing on Garage Plus and it will be available shortly. Contact me via PM and I'll provide you with an update on the new features, phrasing, etc.

Thanks!

Mark

[hugh_]

Is it possible to disable the PM notification after a thread is moved outside of user accesible areas?

Thanks...

[mferguson]

With the current version only the moderator is sent a PM when the thread is moved outside of a user accessible areas. The thread author does not receive any PM in this case. Only if/when the thread was moved back to an accessible area is the author sent a PM.

In my case I just wanted to make sure that if we moved the thread outside of the accessible areas that I made sure that the moderator took the time to determine if a follow up was needed. Often if they didn't follow up the author would notice quickly that the thread was missing and the it vanished without explanation...angering them. If the moderator got the reminder PM and then messaged them with an explanation the thread author was usually very understanding.

All the above said I can modify this to ad other behaviors and configuration options. If you (and othes) can tell me how you want to use it on your site it will provide me some direction on how best to support those needs.

Thanks!

Mark

[hugh_]

On our forum we move junk posts to a 'trash' forum and it's an important part of discouraging SPAM for the author to be notified, so this is functionality I would very much like to see and the moderator doesn't need to be notified in our case...