Allow Usergroups to Post HTML

Just like the name says, this ultra-simple little Product will allow you to specify Usergroups that may post in HTML and have that HTML be parsed...SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING TABLE PROBLEMS - THIS IS UNSUPPORTED USEAGE OF THE MODIFICATION AND I AM UNABLE TO ASSIST!

***BE AWARE THAT INDISCRIMINATE USE OF THIS HACK IS RISKY - RESTRICT IT TO ONLY THOSE USERGROUPS YOU TRUST ABSOLUTELY***

The scary message above is to make sure you are aware that enabling HTML for any group opens you up to security issues. This is why it is not a feature of Stock vB, probably.

I decided I needed to have the ability to post in HTML because I just installed ZT's RSS Feeds hack, and the ones I got from Google looked all horrible.

Now updated to be controlled by a Setting in Usergroup Manager, it's phrased and even works in editpost.php (preview) in WYSIWYG and normal modes, AND the Forum Rules shows HTML is ON.

This will not work retroactively. That is, if a User posted something in HTML before they were given the ability, that post has to be edited by that member (or someone else with HTML ability) in order to be parsed. I am assuming this is due to post caching.

Many thanks to Kirby for prodding me to figure it out by myself and not just telling me what to do.

A "demo" is here..html is OFF in that Forum, but the post is made by an Admin, so the HTML is parsed.

[craigbrass]

I just installed the product. Thanks for it!!

But I've found a bug. I posted some announcements a while ago and formatted them in HTML. Then I installed this plugin, and suddenly my announcements were plain text. There was no HTML format.

I hope you can fix this problem soon.

Thanks!

[hydrostatic]

When trying to uninstall as Andreas suggested, it gives me another SQL error

Database error in vBulletin 3.5.0:

Invalid SQL:
ALTER TABLE vb3_usergroup DROP allowhtmlpermissions;

MySQL Error  : Can't DROP 'allowhtmlpermissions'; check that column/key exists
Error Number : 1091
Date         : Friday, October 21st 2005 @ 12:10:26 AM
Script       : http://www.blootix.com/forums/admincp/plugin.php
Referrer     : http://www.blootix.com/forums/admincp/plugin.php?do=productdelete&productid=nzbgroupallowhtml&s=
IP Address   : --------------
Username     : Blootix
Classname    : vb_database

[hydrostatic]

Nevermind, I just deleted the uninstall code in the plugin and it worked... but did anything happen to my database because of this?

[actolearn]

This will not work retroactively.

is there a way this can be tweaked so that it would work retroactively?

[NxTek]

I uploaded bitfield_allowhtml.xml and imported product-nzbgroupallowhtm3.5.0.xml, and tried a new post that contained html tags. It just doesn't work.

The Posting Rules also says HTML code is Off.

Is there any way to debug why this isn't working?

[kall]

Originally Posted by NxTek

I uploaded bitfield_allowhtml.xml and imported product-nzbgroupallowhtm3.5.0.xml, and tried a new post that contained html tags. It just doesn't work.

The Posting Rules also says HTML code is Off.

Is there any way to debug why this isn't working?

Have you set your Usergroup to be allowed to post in HTML? In the Usergroup manager?

[Anon47]

Originally Posted by Andreas

1) Uninstall
2) Upload the bitfield XML to includes/xml
3) Install

This is necessary, otherwise the bitfield cache will not get rebuilt resulting in errors in usergroup manager

When I try to upload the bitfield_allowhtml.xml file, I get a vBulletin message saying "Invalid File Specified"


Any idea what the problem is?


Edit: I have a much bigger problem now. After uninstalling and reinstalling the product xml, I get this error message on every page. I can't even access my admin cp.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /includes/functions.php on line 1023


Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/********/public_html/****/boards/includes/class_core.php
Line: 2903

http://hsbb.org/boards/


I broke my board.

[NxTek]

Originally Posted by kall

Have you set your Usergroup to be allowed to post in HTML? In the Usergroup manager?

Yes I have, for Administrators.

[kall]

Originally Posted by Anon47

When I try to upload the bitfield_allowhtml.xml file, I get a vBulletin message saying "Invalid File Specified"


Any idea what the problem is?


Edit: I have a much bigger problem now. After uninstalling and reinstalling the product xml, I get this error message on every page. I can't even access my admin cp.



http://hsbb.org/boards/


I broke my board.

PM sent man..hope we can get this fixed for you.

@NxTek: Please provide a URL to a post that you have made as an admin where this is supposed to be parsed.

[NxTek]

Originally Posted by kall

@NxTek: Please provide a URL to a post that you have made as an admin where this is supposed to be parsed.

http://www.onlinepokerlistings.com/f...read.php?p=423

If you need further access please PM me and I'd be glad to give you access.

[Anon47]

Originally Posted by kall

PM sent man..hope we can get this fixed for you.

Thanks again! The tools.php file did the trick.


*clicks install*

[vBFreak]

Could you implement something that would parse the signatures of admins in PMs? There's still only the HTML-Code, seems the thingie isn't working there...

[DarrenS]

Not sure what's going on here. I uninstalled my old copy, downloaded a fresh from the current zip, uploaded the files to /includes/xml/ and reinstalled it through Manage Products.

It's showing up as installed on my Products list, I have four hooks (three active) listed in the Plugin Manager, but it isn't doing anything. I'm not getting the "Should this usergroup be allowed ..." variable added to the usergroup manager.

[DS MrSinister]

any way to get this to work with vBadvanced CMPS so it will not show the code on the front page?

[silurius]

OK I'm not sure if I installed correctly. Perhaps add step-by-step instructions to the first post? Here's what I did:

1. Edited bitfield_allowhtml.xml for my usergroup (admin only)
2. Uploaded bitfield_allowhtml.xml to \includes\xml
3. Installed product-nzbgroupallowhtm3.5.0.xml in product mgr
4. Went to admin group permissions and enabled radio option for this

I posted some html and it just came out as html. I am only able to post html correctly if I enable html for that forum, which unfortunately also enables html for all other users as well.

Edit: Weird, I found an inactive version of this plugin in my plugin mgr, right next to an active one. I don't recall ever installing this before though. Anyway deleting and reinstalling it did the trick. Great hack!