Mods edit access masks including child forums

There was another version around on the board but it had problems with moderators who had access to moderate a forum through inheritance, ie they were moderator of a category. This code is in no way based on the other version, but no doubt will be similar as there isn't really much of a difference you can make.

This is just really an alternative to letting mods ban people from the whole forum, they can simply ban from a single forum.

Once you have done what it says in the instructions when you add a moderator you will have permission to say if they can edit forum access masks for that particular forum. Remember if they are mod of a category and the edit acccess masks option is enabled then all the forums in this category moderated by the user through inheritance have the ability.

Supermods and Admins can edit all access masks via the mod control panel.

This has been tested on
vb 2.0.1, 2.0.2 and 2.0.3 they all work
also tested on
vb 2.2.0 and 2.2.1 these also work.

I had a small error in the permissions checking for the updateaccess which i just noticed and corrected, so if you have installed this before November 21st it may be advisable to update the /mod/user.php part which involves the updateaccess part.
Not that your mods would want to change access masks for forums they don't mod

[Scott MacVicar]

i feel stupid now, i just noticed a bug

sorry about this

change the following

look for

PHP Code:

  $edituser=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT username,userid,usergroupid FROM user WHERE userid=$userid");
  $ismod=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT moderatorid FROM moderator WHERE userid=$userid"); 


change the $ismod to $is_mod here, it only needs to be done once and only at that point, then change the following.

PHP Code:

  if ($edituser['usergroupid']!=2 or $ismod) {
    echo "<p>You may not edit access for someone who is not a normal registered user!</p>";
    $stop=1;
  } 


change the $ismod to $is_mod i'd never noticed this as i've always used supermod and admin to test this never normal moderator. I recommend that all people update this to deal with this problem.

I just updated the main file at the top.

[Sven]

Still the same....

PHP Code:

  if ($edituser['usergroupid']!=2 or $ismod) {
    echo "<p>You may not edit access for someone who is not a normal registered user!</p>";
    $stop=1;
  } 


I just commented this out and it works

[Scott MacVicar]

change

PHP Code:

if ($edituser['usergroupid']!=2 or $ismod) { 


to

PHP Code:

if ($edituser['usergroupid']!=2 or $is_mod) { 


and

PHP Code:

$ismod=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT moderatorid FROM moderator WHERE userid=$userid"); 


to

PHP Code:

$is_mod=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT moderatorid FROM moderator WHERE userid=$userid"); 


please make sure you get the right one as there is an identical one that uses $ismod and this is what causes problem, I had two things with the same variable, i don't recommend commenting it out as this allows mods to edit the access masks of anyone, including their own.

[Shenlong]

wonderful hack, my mods are very satisfied, thanx PPN

[SharkY-GA]

Yay, thanks dude. This makes my life a whole lot easier especialy when it comes to my clan forums.

[Snake~eyes]

i'm back again. I know i'm probaly getting on your nerves and I apologize.

I made them mods but they're getting the msg

"You do not have permission to do this!"

Where would my error be?

note: this makes no sense because it WAS working.

[Snake~eyes]

OKay.. i figured out the error with some hard work.. but i got it working.

Would it be possible to expand this hack so moderators could edit the style of their forums?

[Martz]

There is a beta hack to edit the styles in the beta hacks forum. I tried installing it a few times, but I messed it up.


I think a joint venture to make a mods control panel would be cool

[Snake~eyes]

yeah i noticed that after i made the request. But still it'd be cool to have this all in one hack.

I'm interested in installing it so clans can get their own customized layout.

[Martz]

Yep, and I for the same reasons. Theres quite a few clan runners out there using vB - which is why I think there is a market for a Community Hosting Control Panel, as I call it on our forums.