Forum Display Enhancements - Encheferizer

The Encheferizer

Product: Encheferizer 1.05
Author: Hugh Messenger (cheesegrits)
Support: On this thread only
Tested on: vBulletin 3.6.0 through 3.6.4
Average Install Time: 30 seconds

Summary

Do you have some troublesome users you want to punish but don't want to ban them just yet? Or maybe play a practical joke on some of your users? Or just have some good old fashioned Swedish Chef Fun? Then this is the mod for you.

What it Does

Displays all posts from a configurable list of UserID's and / or in ForumID's in "mock swedish". You don't have to have seen the Swedish Chef from the Muppet Show, but it sure would make a lot more sense if you have, Bork Bork Bork!

Individual encheferized users see their posts as usual:

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Everyone else sees them like this:

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Encheferized forums are "translated" in entirety - posts, titles, descriptions and all. Encheferized posts are NOT altered in the database, they are encheferized on the fly during template evaluation. So when you've had your fun, you just remove ID's from the list and things will go back to normal.

There are some options to control how victims see their own and other victims posts, see the ACP Encheferizer options for details (under the main vBulletin settings list). As of v1.03, the Encheferizer supports bbcode, smilies, IMG's and URL's.

Why?

Good question. Well, apart from just being funny as all get out, I wrote this for a friend who has some very persistant troublemakers on his forum. It turns out that Encheferization is a remarkably good tool for controlling Bad Boyz & Gurlz. It has a way of focusing peer pressure, creates much confusion amongst the Encheferized, and much hilarity for everyone else. Best of all, it renders the Encheferized unable to properly vent their spleen - after all, who can take threats of violence and foul language seriously when it is rendered in mock swedish?

And of course, having an enchererized forum on your board is just good old fashioned family fun!

Installation

1. Copy bb_encheferizer.php to ./includes in your forum root.
2. Import the product XML from your ACP Product Manager.
3. Don't forget to hit the install button on this page. No, I'm not bucking for HOTM, I just want to be able to let you know about any updates!

Configuration

1. Find the Encheferizer under the vBulletin Settings menu in your ACP.
2. Enter a comma separated list of userids and/or forumids you want to encheferize.
3. Light blue touch paper and stand well clear.

Upgrading

1. Copy the new bb_encheferizer.php to your forum ./includes folder. If you are upgrading from 1.02 or earlier delete the old encheferizer.php.
2. Re-import the product XML, remembering to set Overwrite to Yes.

Uninstallation

1. Uninstall the product from the ACP Product Manager.
2. Delete the ./includes/encheferizer.php and/or bb_encheferizer.php file(s).

Change History

• 1.05 Fixed forum description and guest posting bugs.
• 1.04 Fixed post caching bug. Fixed PM title bug (thanks Adrian). Improved bbcode support to prevent "[escaping the chef]".
• 1.03 Added support for bbcode, smilies, IMG's and URL's.
• 1.02 Added forum encheferization and "Victims See As" options.
• 1.01 Changed version and ZIP numbering to match vborg version checking.
• 1.0.1 Added thread and post title encheferizing, input validation on userid list
• 1.0.0 Original release

Thanks

Major props to Erik Bakker for the original encheferizer.php port.

Thanks to SirAdrian for putting up with my dumb questions.

Productizing made easy using the Advanced Product Manager by mtha.


With Apologies To

The Swedish Chef. Bork Bork Bork!


Enjoy!

-- hugh

[cheesegrits]

First Reply Reserved for Future Expansion.

Change history:

12/19/2006 - 1.01 - Re-uploaded ZIP and changed version numbering to match vborg's versioning.
12/20/2006 - 1.02 - Added some options to control how victims see their posts, and an optional list of forum ID's (renders entire forum encheferized).
12/21/2006 - 1.03 - Added bbcode support.
12/30/2006 - 1.04 - Fixed post caching bug. Fixed PM title bug (thanks Adrian). Improved bbcode support to prevent "[escaping the chef]".
01/07/2007 - 1.05 - Fixed forum description and guest posting bugs.

-- hugh

[Adrian Schneider]

I lufe-a eet, tunks ffur shereeng! I teenk my mimbirs lufe-a eet tuu (ixcipt tet une-a gooy LUL)

Bork bork bork!

[FleaBag]

Haha I like it, and I have one user in mind...

[Darat]

I wouldn't use it but it is funny! (Mind you for an April's fools joke... downloads it just in case.)

[tschai]

This could be a nice replacement for the Misrable user addon...thanx...wil install and make (ab)use of it

*clicks install*

[projectego]

Hilarious!

[high]* projectego clicks install[/high]

[SaN-DeeP]

bit hard to understand, seems interesting but can someone convert the above text to proper english please ?

Thanks for this addon.

[bashy]

Thats the whole idea

[tanyeri24]

for me it would be interesting if the user see all posts Encheferized. That would be hilarious because he have to logout to read it in correct language, so he cannot use his account.