I'd like to extend the profileInfo to allow my mods to do things for users. Obviously I don't these new options I make to be visible to non mods.

I know you have the MODIPADDRESS tag. Is there a comparable tag to set a section for mod access only?

ie:

[MOD]
Only mods see this content.
[/MOD]

Anyone reading this at least add a yay or nay to this suggestion so Will can get a feel for how important it is (or not)

the Moderator functions could use some love as a whole... adding a tag or token that facilitates this isn't something I see as critical as some of the other functions that should take precedence.

Being familiar with phpBB, Invision Boards and some others... one of the biggest things that needs to be added is a mods ability to move Replies, or at least add a hide feature.

Right now the options are to delete the offending content. Not the best way to handle potential legal situations (ie threats of violence, harassment, profanity) Overall I would say, your suggestion does offer value, but on the totem pole of what should be addressed first... I'd say it's way down at the bottom.

For the most part, a lot of the mod tokens are already available. It's just that not all of them have been applied to the topic view. As an admin, have a look at the topics view template. Such as "unanswered" or "active" topics and you will see the actions for move, edit, delete, etc. These same tokens can be applied to the topic view template. Just not in the postinfo template.

Here's the template guide providing the tokens available to the topic view template:
http://www.activemodules.com/Portal...eGuide.pdf

Posted By Jeff Blanks on 12 Jan 2011 01:30 PM
For the most part, a lot of the mod tokens are already available. It's just that not all of them have been applied to the topic view. As an admin, have a look at the topics view template. Such as "unanswered" or "active" topics and you will see the actions for move, edit, delete, etc. These same tokens can be applied to the topic view template. Just not in the postinfo template.

Here's the template guide providing the tokens available to the topic view template:
http://www.activemodules.com/Portal...eGuide.pdf

So if I understand you correctly, the mod tool bar can be added to replies as well as topics?
That's interesting, and certainly facilitates one of my chief concerns about the software.

Jeff, thats some good info thanks. I'll need that for a different issue I'm working on.

In my use case for the original query, I need to be able to perform custom actions on the user who posted the item. I may need to grant them a role, give them extra points or see a list of purchases they have made in the past.

For example, say I have a URL that shows me the customer orders by userid:

http://mysite.com/orders?userid=1234

I would like to make a link in the PostInfo that says "Show Orders" to that URL. Easy enough to do, but I only want a limited role to see that option.

Jeff your post is interesting and I wen to look at the documentation you linked to. I can say that I have tested it and it's not working.

I tried to add [ACTIONS:LOCK] to my topic template. The docs say it's valid. it did not render the lock action, just the plain text.

Then I felt a deja vu and looked into my past tickets. I reported back in May 2009 that "The following will not render in my TopicView: [ACTIONS:LOCK] [ACTIONS:MOVE] [ACTIONS:PIN] "

The docs still state they work AND prior to that they did work. Ticket Number TKT09051219743 if anyone cares.

The response I got was: "Those tokens can not be used in the topic view. They are to be used in the TopicsView."

Hope this helps someone.

This may get you part way there. One thing I use in the postinfo template is this token: [MODUSERSETTINGS] which is only available to moderators and directs to the AF user page for that member "_UserProfile.txt". If you have AS setup to redirect members to the AS profiles, regular users will never see that page. You could (in theory) extend that page for moderator usage only for that user.

http://www.activemodules.com/active...nel/#12086

I was trying to think of a way that would display a link to only moderators in "profileinfo.txt" that would direct moderators to an "account" tab in AS, but unsuccessful.



Sorry for that one. I did not test myself, but glad I now know.

What I do under the forum admin setting give them a caption, in my case 'WoD Staff' that appears below their avatar on every post. Clearly defines them to other members as staff, mod or what not. A little box on accounts to add a mod/staff image would be ideal but the caption works for now IMO.

I also agree the mod functions to split threads is really handy and needed.

@paidinfull - You don't need to delete threads you want to retain but keep out of public sight. I simply made a forum where only those with the staff flag can see/access and all threads you want to keep but not in view of the public get moved and dumped there. Issue resolved.

You can add an image for staff, etc using the AF ranking system. Would be better to go off of DNN roles, but it is possible this way: http://www.activemodules.com/active...and-as-1x/

And some more info: http://www.activemodules.com/Commun...fault.aspx

Posted By Jeff Blanks on 20 Jan 2011 04:18 PM

A little box on accounts to add a mod/staff image would be ideal but the caption works for now IMO.

You can add an image for staff, etc using the AF ranking system. Would be better to go off of DNN roles, but it is possible this way: http://www.activemodules.com/active...and-as-1x/

And some more info: http://www.activemodules.com/Commun...fault.aspx

hhmm yes that is a interesting if non-elegant way to address the issue. It's a very ingenious way to get around the short coming. But the ability to simply add a mod flag or other kind of special flag to give the user a special image of the admins design would be the ideal solution.

My concern with that system is there are a lot of steps to add or remove a mod or VIP user. As I said above not the most elegant but it I give kudos for thinking of it!