Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Miserable Users

As of 23 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

The ever popular "Miserable Users" modification.

Basically a way to really annoy anyone you don't want visiting your forum. Credit to Zzed for the original idea.

When classed as miserable, a member suffers ;

1. Slow response (time delay) on every page (20 to 60 seconds default).
2. A chance they will get the "server busy" message (50% by default).
3. A chance they will get redirected to another preset page (25% & homepage by default).
4. A chance they will simply get a blank page (25% by default).

If they get past all this okay, then they will be served up their proper page.

Note: All the above are set in vBulletin Options > Miserable Users.

To Install ;

Download the xml file to your pc and import it into vbulletin as a product.
Ceate your 'Miserable Users' usergroup and set the value of this group, and your preferred other settings, in the modifications settings (vBulletin Options > Miserable Users).


To make a member suffer just edit their profile - add them to the Miserable Users group (it will work as either the primary group or as a secondary group). There is also the option to set ip addresses.


History:

v4.0.1 : 24-Dec-2009 : Initial release for vb 4.0.0 Gold.
v4.0.2 : 20-Jan-2010 : Not released.
v4.0.3 : 26-Jan-2010 : Various updates.
v4.0.4 : 16-Feb-2010 : Fix server busy, phrase blank page message.
v4.0.5 : 18-Feb-2010 : Installer update.
v4.0.6 : 07-Mar-2010 : Changed the way the delay works.
v4.0.7 : 29-May-2010 : Fix error in upgrade section of install code.
v4.0.8 : 06-Nov-2010 : Install code updated.

v4.1.0 : 04-Dec-2010 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.

v4.1.7.0 : 16-Oct-2011 : Updated for vBulletin 4.1.7.

v4.2.0.0 : 24-May-2012 : Updated for vBulletin 4.2.0.

[borbole]

This is a great mod. It is very useful when you don''t wantt o ban right away the troublesome users but wnat to have a little fun first

[pablete]

I have an error whem the user want logout. show that:

Archivo:/vhosts/web.com/httpdocs/foro/includes/class_bootstrap.php(93) : eval()'d code
Línea: 23

can i fixed that of someway? Thank's

[Paul M]

No, it cant be fixed, as it does not happen for me. I cannot explain or fix something I cannot replicate.

[KHALIK]

Installed and working on my board.

vb 4.0.1

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by Epic Mike

I'm getting the same error but the only plugin I have installed that RedFoxy has other than the stock blog and CMS is the multiple login detector. So I disabled it and the error remains. I then went through the other pulgins that I have and disabling all of those didn't help. I changed the timeout options to 1 and 2 seconds for min and max but that didn't help either.

As per post #63, since nothing I try causes this message, there is nothing I can do unless someone gives me admin access to their server so see what the cause is.

[pablete]

Originally Posted by Paul M

No, it cant be fixed, as it does not happen for me. I cannot explain or fix something I cannot replicate.

Ok, of course, not a problem, i unistall it for the moment, not is very important for me, i can live whithout it ha ha ha.

[JonnyThunder]

Hi Paul M,

I've got this installed and also get the same eval()'d error that some other people are getting. I tried disabling all my plugins (including CMS and Blog) with the intent of re-enabling individually, but the problem still exists with all plugins disabled.

If you'd like access to take a look at the issue in my environment, please let me know through PM and I'll send you details.

P.s.... loved this mod in previous version!

[pyrotactics]

how would i use it for vb3.8?

[sulasno]

vBulletin Message

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /var/www/xxx/forum/includes/class_bootstrap.php(93) : eval()'d code
Line: 23

[Paul M]

Originally Posted by sulasno

vBulletin Message

Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /var/www/xxx/forum/includes/class_bootstrap.php(93) : eval()'d code
Line: 23

This is a weird problem caused by some server set-ups - they seem to be sending extra headers as part of the delay code. I have no idea why they do this.

The only answer appears to be to change the way the delay works slightly, which I have done in 4.0.6.