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

[Snake~eyes]

yeah.. a lot of clans want to have control over their boards.. or else the'll flee to ezboard

[juno]

Great hack!! Just installed and tested it with no problems!!

I've been waiting for a hack like this for a longtime. I was using that old password hack, but no more... thanks again!

[Nightman]

Great Hack..very cool...

i have only one problem....when i have subforen with in the private forum, the moderator is automaticly the same likein the main private forum....because the gets the same rights as the main forum....but the mod can't change the access for the forum..the chield forum isn't be visible in your hack...

anybody an idea?

i have testet to make mod again for the new forum..it works....but in the forum display the moderator was twice ....not so very nice

[dieKetzer]

Will this work on 2.2.5?

[Wayne2k1.com]

Yes it does.

:bunny:

[dieKetzer]

Sweet.
This works beautifully in 2.2.5

Thanks!

[dieKetzer]

And another easy install on 2.2.6
This hack rules supreme!
It is The God of Hacks!

[Chris M]

Brilliant hack!

Satan

[Doogie]

I'm having problems with this hack on 2.2.8. I installed it again, as I have after every upgrade (getting real good at this now) and I can't work out where the problem is. The code is 100% correct as I've pored over it for hours.

It all seems to work, but when the moderator goes to edit the access mask it just brings up a blank frame. There's no indication in either the access log for apache or the error log, so I'm a bit stumped. Has anyone else got it working on 2.2.8??

[Sadie Frost]

It's working for me. I followed the instructions in the first post.