Staff can Post Hidden Posts

Alright, this Modification is a port of my 3.0.0 Version here.

Short description:

This mod allows you and your moderators, to post hidden posts, which will be visible just to your staff, but not to the users, which will allow you to have comfortable conversations about an issue directly within a thread, withoput users noticing.

There is no more to say. The modification is installed here since a long time and no problems appeared, but i still consider it as a beta version, right now, until usertest have approved it as well

Enjoy

[Zachery]

Every instance of can_moderate in a template causes an additional query per non smod/admin (why the modcp link was removed).

Not sure how it handles in php files.

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by Zachery

Every instance of can_moderate in a template causes an additional query per non smod/admin (why the modcp link was removed).

Not sure how it handles in php files.

I knew about it adding queries in template but I wasn't sure what it did in the php files.

[Zachery]

Hmm, add it to the global_start plugin and if you have debug mode or one of those things to show info to admins it should let you know a query difference.

[Xenon]

but the results are cached, so it's just one query at all additionally...

@lordi: nope, what you mean is the lock down hack or such a thing, this one, won't show hidden replys to any others, just becasue of new replys

@dakuda: hmm, could be an interfering hack, or a template problem itself, for example if you have made a nicer display of the "hidden" information, but missed something (like a bg image or so)

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by Xenon

but the results are cached, so it's just one query at all additionally...

@lordi: nope, what you mean is the lock down hack or such a thing, this one, won't show hidden replys to any others, just becasue of new replys

@dakuda: hmm, could be an interfering hack, or a template problem itself, for example if you have made a nicer display of the "hidden" information, but missed something (like a bg image or so)

No, I don't believe the can_moderate query is cached at all.

[Xenon]

yes it is, if you call it for $vbulletin-userinfo it uses the imodcache and just runs a query if that cache is not built already

maybe in 3.0 that was different

[rumor2]

It looks like I have it working but registered users can see the check box for "hidden post" is there a way that they can't see that option.

It doesn't work if they check it but it does work if my staff does.

Rumor

[Xenon]

did you add the correct template condition?

[corn]

Hmzz, after installing, It was almost impossible to open the forum, Everything was very, very slow......

after removing it, everything works fine again.
Is this a known problem ??

[Xenon]

nope.

the mod is installed here, and you can see it is working flawless and very fast

if your forum got slow, have you tried, to browse as a normal user?
was it slow for them as well?

because if it's just slow for users with permissions to hide posts, it may be a missing index on a table...