Hide View-Posts-link to post from User who is on posters Ignore List

This file change will hide the "View Post" link from a viewer if the poster is on the viewers ignore list

Benefits ? : less work for Moderators and Administrators to clean up posts because if user A is ignoring user B, then theres no need for A to see the link and quickly click to view their post and may reply/retaliate to comments.

Currently in vB when user A ignores user B, in a thread user A can easily click the link "View Post" to see what user B has posted. ( see attachments )

This modification removes that link ( see attachment 2 )

If user B is ignored by user A, in LAST POST, user A will see user B name if s/he is LAST POSTER. But clicking link will take to thread but still no click to view post link


Whats bad about the ignore users features of vB and this mod ?
when a user LOGS OUT he/she can read all comments ( if non members can view posts )

File edits: 1
File name: showthread.php
Time to do: 19.4 seconds
No other file changes

Instructions
BACKUP FILE, BACK UP, did I say BACK UP file showthread.php in case you want to revert back

Instruction continued: open showthread.php and find around line 1043 to 1045

		$parsed_postcache = array('text' => '', 'images' => 1, 'skip' => false);

		$postbits .= $postbit_obj->construct_postbit($post);

replace with

		$parsed_postcache = array('text' => '', 'images' => 1, 'skip' => false);

//		$postbits .= $postbit_obj->construct_postbit($post);
// replaced below 
//don't get postbit if ignored post 
// start changes 
if ($ignore[$post[userid]] AND $post['userid'] != 0) { 
    // do nothing 
} else { 
      $postbits .= $postbit_obj->construct_postbit($post); 
}  
// end changes

SAVE FILE = DONE

reupload/FTP showthread.php back to your forum root overwriting

recap:
this basically replaces line 1045

$postbits .= $postbit_obj->construct_postbit($post);

with

if ($ignore[$post[userid]] AND $post['userid'] != 0) { 
    // do nothing 
} else { 
      $postbits .= $postbit_obj->construct_postbit($post); 
}

But I use the top instructions just so I can keep the original showthread.php code in tact by commenting it out with //


copyright: NONE, anyone is free to modify, enhance, add, create plug-in and do whatever is allowed by vBulletin.com

[hiiped]

-- reserved because everyone does it ---

[projectego]

Nice idea, I like it.

[kall]

Please put the instructions into a text file.

[hiiped]

Originally Posted by kall

Please put the instructions into a text file.

done

[Nathan2006]

Thank you great idea

Install

[Taco John]

Is there a way to make it so that their threads are ignored too?

[moonclamp]

Wouldn't something like this also be possible with a series of template conditionals connected to a custom profile field?

In that way a user can choose whether to completely ignore a user or keep the message.

*thinks out loud*

If so, the same conditional might be able to wrap around the "last poster" name or threads they start ... Or would this use too many resources?

[SpankMe]

Yep, needs a way for the user to pick ignore or completly ignore. Stop viewing threads is another thing it needs to do. Also needs to work on PMs.

[Carlos2]

Works in 3.6? This is a administrator plugin, isnt it?