Auto-Create Flag Report Topic

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purchased and installed it was easy I am happy

[whoimi]

Hi Good mod
One question before purchasing

is it possible that the user who reported the original post / thread - that it creates a thread under their username? rather than a dedicated account

reason being is we have a heldesk system where only users can interact with mods in this forum and they can post their issues and only they have access to their thread

in vb4 what happened was user reported post > thread gets created in helpdesk under their ID > we then provide them with feedback what action we have taken

if your mod gives the ability for reports to be created under their ID that be great!

[Sparko]

I agree with Whoimi, having the report thread being started by the user who reported the post would be a useful for our forum too. But from what I understand, the user who reported it is mentioned in the report so that still lets the mods know who started the report. So that works too. I just think it would be cleaner if the report thread was started by the actual reporter.

By the way thanks for this mod. This was one of the most frustrating things about VB5 that I came across. We are currently updating VB4.2 to 5, and I thought the report function was broken because it has a place to put the the forum where you want a discussion thread started, but it just doesn't do it. After searching around I found out that the function was removed but left in the admincp. Then after looking around more I found your mod. Thanks so much for writing it. I will be purchasing it in a few weeks once we get the site working a bit better.

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This mod stoped working on 5.6.2 PL1 I used it for 3 months or so please update it.

[Sparko]

This mod stoped working on 5.6.2 PL1 I used it for 3 months or so please update it.

I just bought the plugin a couple of weeks ago after upgrading to 5.6.2 PL1 and it is working on my site. Maybe you just need to reinstall it?

[Sparko]

This vBulletin 5 plugin automatically creates a discussion topic to a designated forum channel whenever a flag report for a post is created. This has been one of the most sought after missing vBulletin 5 features that is available on older versions. You can rejoice now with the release of this mod for vB5.

One "bug" I have found. If a specific post gets flagged more than once (say two users flag the same report) - it creates a new thread for each time it is flagged, instead of just adding subsequent reports of the same post to the original flag report thread. This can get messy if a bunch of people report the same post.

Also a couple of requests.
1. Is there a way to subscribe the moderator(s) for that forum to the flag report thread?
2. Can the forum name be included in the title? Like "Flag report in Software Dept: "post title"

[ayjayef]

Now Glenn is back on deck I had the confidence to grab this mod.
It's going to be great to have some of that Vbull4.x functionality back in Vbull5.x the moderator team really missed this.

Purchased 10 minutes ago, installed, configured and working well in Vbull 5.6.6

Thanks!

[glennrocksvb]

Hi Good mod
One question before purchasing

is it possible that the user who reported the original post / thread - that it creates a thread under their username? rather than a dedicated account

reason being is we have a heldesk system where only users can interact with mods in this forum and they can post their issues and only they have access to their thread

in vb4 what happened was user reported post > thread gets created in helpdesk under their ID > we then provide them with feedback what action we have taken

if your mod gives the ability for reports to be created under their ID that be great!

Thanks for your suggestion. The challenge is the user who reported the post would in most cases not have permission to post in that dedicated report forum where only moderators and admins have access. You don't want regular users to be able to post there. Even if the mod programmatically creates the report, it is still governed by the permission system. The system will still prevent the mod from creating the post as it should.

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Is this mod working with vbulletin Version 6.0.5 , I have installed it but not working maybe I do something wrong. anybody have it working ?

[glennrocksvb]

Is this mod working with vbulletin Version 6.0.5 , I have installed it but not working maybe I do something wrong. anybody have it working ?

Yes, it works in vB6 with minor PHP change. Please check the Compatibility section in the first post to see more details of what to change.

[emo]

worked and so easy

thank you Glenn

[Wobak]

Works perfectly on 6.1.0, thank you very much.

Can I suggest to do a similar or include the "when infraction is given" event to create similar topic in a different node ? My moderators loved the fact that we had that in vBulletin 4 and we could see who sent an infraction and what was the text associated without having to browse the banned account.

[Wobak]

After the update to 6.1.2 the mod stopped creating topics. Should I reinstall it post-upgrade ?

[glennrocksvb]

Wobak, thanks for reporting. I'll take a look.

[glennrocksvb]

Wobak, I tested the mod in vB 6.1.2 and it still works.



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