[FRD] Kill File v0.9a

Name: Kill File 0.9b
Author: shabang@Overgrow.com
Status: in Beta Phase

This is really just a modification or an addition onto the wildly succesful PM hack. The PM hack is a pre-requisite to installing the Kill File.

Design Doc:

-Allow any registered and cookied user to selectively ignore any poster.
-The handle ignored can be either registered or unregistered.
-Database is already in place with PM, just need to integrate with forums.
-User can edit the ignore list in PM.
-At the bottom of every post will be an ignore button to turn it on.
-If a post is ignored, the message will not be displayed.
-Instead of the message a link to bypass the ignore setting is used.
-This link would then display the message regardless of the ignore.

See it in action:

Edge Forums


If there is interest, I will release this quick hack to the public after it passes the Beta phase. It requires the addition of one template and modifications to showthread and private.php.

I was about ready to work on exactly that! If yours works then share the wealth! It'll save me some effort at least!

I for one would like to see this

I just registered and checked your modification out.

A W E S O M E !

I hope you plan to share it. I would be very grateful. Once again...great job!

That's very cool.

Any chance of you making the PM folders hack you have on your boards available as well?

This is a very nice feature, I've seen it requested here before a few times.

-Chris

I've added a few more things, including the ability for a registered user to ignore all non-registered posts. This is settable by adding one line to your ignore list such as:

ignoreallguests

This is in a variable that you, the admin, can change if you choose. I may go a little further in modifying the PM side of the hack.. such as after you modify your ignore list, it would forward you back to the thread instead of back to the PMs.

Glad there is interest.. I've been waiting to code this ever since I saw vB. I'm so glad we finally made the switch.

re: PM Folder hack--

What is that? I didn't install our PM-- the techgeek Herb did. I didn't realize that our PM's were different. I logged into Ed's board and it seemed to have the same folder abilities ours does.

It does? I don't think it's part of the official hack...anyone here willing to share it with us?

Oh and by the way: you have the nicest damn forums I've ever seen. The colors and layout are superb!

Do you mine if I ever "borrow" your color scheme? I must have it!

Hey thanks for the kind words. I have no copyright on good taste please feel free to use the color scheme if you like. I used to do the white/green on black scheme myself.. Have you seen the Unreal Forums? The actual URL slips my mind, but the webmaster posts here. That is the best on-black board I've seen to date.