Auto Groups

[free4trample]

When I installed phobb3 i used phpbb1_ table prefix instead of default phpbb_. I have added 1 in the sql query so db was altered using pbpbb1_ table prefix. I see no change to ACP at all. there is no place to setup Autogroups post counts etc. My question is: will AutoGroups work with table prefix phpbb1_ instead of phpbb_ or do I have to reinstall my phpbb?

thanks

[david63]

My question is: will AutoGroups work with table prefix phpbb1_ instead of phpbb_

As long as you have the correct table prefix it will work with any table prefix.

There are two things that you need to be aware of;

1. You will need to purge the cache.

2. You will only see the "new" options in the user groups that you have created - they do not appear in the default groups

[krustik]

will i be able to move all users from group "a" to a group "b" using this MOD?

Thanks

[MaxHeadroom]

Hi Jelly,

just wondering, will you in a future include the ability have a timebased move to groups (better explained here)?

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

MaxHeadroom: It is not currently planned.

krustik: Yes, you could do that.

Pavobe: I don't really understand you, but I don't plan that feature either.

[pavobe]

I don't really understand you

My idea is not related to global moderators. I have to mods groups. Moderators and GModerators. If I add an user to GMods everything is all right: forum permissions, mod permissions and user permissions. But in Moderators grup it should be something like that: If I add MOD permissions to any user in one or few forums, he is automaticly added to Moderators group. Why? Because he have to get more permissions, for example ignoring flood limit etc.

And now? Is it better?

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

No, that feature is not planned

[david63]

Hi AJD

I have installed this mod and so far I have it working as I want. I have one group for new members with less than 10 posts and another group for full members with 10 or more posts and they move to and from the groups as I would expect. The only issue I had was with my moderators who went into the full members group but setting that group not to be their default group fixed that issue.

My query now is about permissions. Am I correct in thinking that I set the default "Registered members" group to have minimum permissions and my new "Full members" group to have the permissions that Registered members originally had and then my "New members" group to have whatever permissions that I deem necessary i.e. somewhere in between "Registered members" (no permissions) and "Full members" (full permissions).

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

david63: Yes, that is all correct.

[Stitch625]

Well it's me again. Been a while since I have had a problem but I did post about this a long time ago but no solution was resolved. Now that my board is picking up I am beginning to notice this problem more often.

Myself, I have like 1700 posts
My Moderator has like 655 posts

Now whenever I delete a topic where either myself or my moderator has posted in, we get demoted to the respective group for our post count.

Example.

Group 1 has settings of min post = 500 max = 999
Group 2 has settings of min = 1000 max = 10000

Now when I delete a topic I have posted in, my default group changes to Group 2 since I meet the requirements.

When I delete a topic that my moderator has posted in his default groups fall back to Group 1 since he meets the requirements for that group.

Isn't there a way to make the default group stick for the admin and moderator so I don't have to always go back and reset the default groups ever time I delete a topic?

Thanks

[nizouille]

Would it be possible to add the feature to auto group based on a custom profile field ?
Any plans about this ?

Benjamin

[A_Jelly_Doughnut]

nizouille: It would be rather difficult and is not currently planned.

stitch625: Erg. I realize this is a problem for people, but I'm just not sure what to do about it. An exception list would not be practical, code-wise. And there is no good way to determine if a user is an admin or moderator unless that user is currently logged in. Best solution I see at the moment is to remove the automatic group default feature

[david63]

Could you have a "Exception" group. i.e. you create a group into which you enter users that you do not want to be treated as ordinary users and the processing ignores these users.

Just a thought.

[CorporateGoth]

I installed this mod, but it kept screwing up when I had a minimum without a maximum value specified. For example I had something that would add someone to a group with a minimum of 4 warnings, with no maximum (ie. I want them in the group if they have 4+ warnings, and out if not).

I ended up modifying the 'matching' code inside the auto_group function to be like this:

Code: Select all

                if ($user_id == ANONYMOUS)
                  {
                      continue;
                  }
  
                  // If there is no limit, skip it.
                  if ((int) $data['group_min_' . $column] == 0 && (int) $data['group_max_' . $column] == 0)
                  {
                      continue;
                  }
  
                  // If they are outside the thresholds ...
                  if (($data['group_min_' . $column] != 0 && $value < $data['group_min_' . $column]) ||
                      ($data['group_max_' . $column] != 0 && $value > $data['group_max_' . $column]))
                  {
                      $remove_groups[$group_id][] = $user_id;
                  }
                  else if ((($data['group_min_' . $column] != 0 && $value >= $data['group_min_' . $column]) ||
                            ($data['group_max_' . $column] != 0 && $value <= $data['group_max_' . $column])) &&
                           (!isset($remove_groups[$group_id]) || !in_array($user_id, $remove_groups[$group_id])))
                  {
                      $add_groups[$group_id][] = $user_id;
                  }

This properly does the adding, but will ignore any limit with a value of '0'. Basically turning '0' into 'undefined' or 'limit not enforced'. It works properly now, and I can have a minimum limit without a maximum limit and it is all good.

Just figured it might help some people, or it could be put into the mainline for a future version.

PreZ

[Stitch625]

Ok Jelly,

Thank you for your response.
I guess it really isn't too big a deal but hopefully you can come up with a fix for this. One thing that really bothered me is that some of the regular users that had posted to the topic I deleted had their avatars removed and replace by my default avatar. The default avatar is automatically assinged when a user registers until they change it. Not sure if this is due to the mod but I am almost sure it is because this has never happened before and I think this was the first time I removed an entire topic since I installed this mod. Something you may want to look in too.

Thanks Jelly.