Improved Moderator Alert System

IMPROVED MODERATOR ALERT v.1.1

Goal: Improve the way staff handles junk posts. Speed up processing time of moderator alerts from users. Make the forum meta-moddable.

Usefuleness: The default moderator alerts are useless. Why rely on email to a few people when you have a perfectly good forum system? This hack will have you create a thread in your private Moderators forum. Then as users click "Moderator Alert" under any post, the system will add a new post to your thread in the private room-- allowing all staff to see and discuss the problem immediately instead of relying on the old style email functions.


Requirements:

-Existing private moderator/admin forum
-Annoying users that violate your TOS
-Useful users that will report them


Installation:

-Create and upload one file to your forum directory
-Make one addition in functions.php
-Upload one gif
-Make one addition to the postbit template
-Add two templates


Difficulty: Somewhat Easy

Speed: Not too bad

Release: 1.1-- Feb 07, 2003

Added option to put all alerts in one post or in mutiple threads

Fixed bugs and tested both versions


Michael Knight:

[Overgrow]

Screenshot 1 - Report this post?

[Overgrow]

Screenshot 2 - Yes, that post sucked.

[Overgrow]

Screenshot 3 - ALL mods and admins instantly alerted to post that sucked. They can discuss or take action.

[TECK]

Is about time for you to release a hack.

[Overgrow]

you! ...my new archive is slowing the site down with all the robotic action

[Dean C]

This is a very good idea buddy

- miSt

[Logik]

This isnt just a good idea, its a great idea.

[Overgrow]

KITT says: Michael, this hack has already decreased our response time and Moderator workload. Staff happiness is bound to be inversely proportional and increase as well.

[Davey]

lol nice idea mate.
I love the way you post those freaky pictures to make us smile while we're downloading your hack .

Dave.

PS:
[high]* Davey installs [/high]