Mini Mods - Restrict Posting By Forum

The add-on is in response to a request posted by Stratis in this thread:

Deny more than x posts in a specific forum

Stratis has been instrumental in the testing and development of this add-on. :up:

Overview:

This product allows you to select forums in which posting is restricted to a maximum number of posts, which you decide. Restrictions can be for all new posts including new threads, or new posts excluding new threads, or to posting within the threads of others only or posting new threads only. You may exclude selected usergroups from the restriction. Users who attempt to circumvent the product by manually entering URLs in their browsers will be shown the no permission message. You may decide to only count posts within the last x days to determine whether a user may post or not.

Updates:

Version 1.1:

• Added a setting whereby individual users may be excluded from the posting restriction regardless of usergroup.

Version 1.2:

• Added informative message to users for who posting is restricted.
• All posting links are now hidden by setting appropriate variables used in template conditionals rather than simply hiding them using CSS.

Version 1.3:

• Bug fixed where users were told they have no permission to post.

Version 1.4:

• Exempt userlist trimmed for greater compatibility across platforms.

Version 1.4.1:

• Made $threadinfo global for wider compatibility.

Version 1.5:

• Added setting which allows only posts made within the last x days to be counted for the restriction.

Version 1.6:

• Added setting which allows users to be restricted from posting new threads.
• Added setting which allows a choice of time unit for counting posts/threads.

Version 1.7:

• Post counts calculated immediately prior to posting new threads/replies so that posting from tab with no restriction by opening new tab with posting link is no longer possible.

Version 1.8:

• Added setting to allow control over whether child forums are included in the slected restricted forums.
• Added setting to allow all restricted forums to be treated as a group, or to be treated separately.

Version 1.9:

• Added setting to allow for individually defined post limits for the restricted forums.

Version 1.9.5:

• Restricted posting message on both the "forum display" and "show thread" pages now displayed both above and below threads/posts.

Version 1.9.6:

• Fixed bug where only last individual forum|restriction was recognized on some servers.

Compatibility:

Tested and working on VB 4.2.x and should work on all 4.x versions of vBulletin.

Backup/Warning:

This product does not alter your database, however it is always good practice to make regular backups and you should make a backup before installing ANY new mod.

As always, products are USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. I will provide support and do my best to help but no absolute guarantee is offered.

To Install:

1. Download and extract the attached .zip file.
2. Follow AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product.
3. Click on "Choose File" and browse to the product .xml file that was packaged in the .zip file.
4. Click "Import."
5. You MUST enable the product in the settings before it will function.
6. Configure the remaining settings to your liking. Each setting has a detailed explanation of its use.

Support for this product can be found here:

• MHB - Restrict Posting By Forum
• TAZ - Restrict Posting By Forum

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by Stratis

Any hope to have an option, restrict and by threads ?

Do you mean to restrict the number of posts a user can make in certain threads?

[Stratis]

Yes, like this

Individual Threads Post Limits
will set the thread whose threadid is 2 to a limit of 10 posts
2|10

[KevinL]

Hello,

This has been a great mod. Thank you for releasing this!

Question, Is there any way that it could be expanded to included different prefixes?

We have a few forums and they are mixed with a few different prefixes. We would want to allow how ever many posts/threads to certain prefixes while others are only allowed a certain number of posts/threads. So like in the Individual Forum Post Limits it would be for prefixes:

PrefixA/1
PrefixB/0 - unlimited? Or if a prefix isn't mentioned it is not included?
PrefixC/5

Could this be possible?

Thank you again Mark!

[KevinL]

Was doing some testing on a site and had to uninstall this mod. The settings in the option menu were gone but it was still listed in the products menu. When I reinstalled it all the options were still there and the changed phrases were still the same before the uninstall. I don't think this is getting uninstalled correctly. Just wanted to let you know.

Thanks for the great mod!

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by KevinL

Was doing some testing on a site and had to uninstall this mod. The settings in the option menu were gone but it was still listed in the products menu. When I reinstalled it all the options were still there and the changed phrases were still the same before the uninstall. I don't think this is getting uninstalled correctly. Just wanted to let you know.

Thanks for the great mod!

Did you actually uninstall it or just disable it instead? This product has no install/uninstall code so I don't see why there should be any issues when uninstalling.

[KevinL]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Did you actually uninstall it or just disable it instead? This product has no install/uninstall code so I don't see why there should be any issues when uninstalling.

Yeah I hit uninstall in the product page. When viewing the page the mod wasn't crossed out like when you disable a mod. It was strange.

[KevinL]

Getting this now when saving the settings of the mod:

PHP Warning: trim() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in ..../includes/adminfunctions_options.php on line 1032

PHP Warning: trim() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in ..../includes/adminfunctions_options.php on line 1032

[MarkFL]

There is no call to the PHP trim() function in this product's plugin hooked at "admin_options_processing."

[KevinL]

Very strange. It is the only place that error shows is when saving the settings of this mod..

[MarkFL]

I might have been hasty...the trim function giving the error must be in the "adminfunctions_options.php" script. However, when I save the settings for this product, which I tested after your post on it, I get no errors.