Report Post Addition V2.0

[Daniel(u1bd2005)]

OK, with the small update Admin put in this morning I updated the report post button I made a while ago to now work Via PM.

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1. Goto Administation Panel.
2. Goto Styles > Portal Settings
3. Create BLANK Portal
4. Fill in details as below.

5. Click "Create New Portal" to save the changes.

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6. Goto Styles > Edit Templates/Logos
7. Edit the template you wish to add the report option to.
8. In the "Choose Portal template File to Edit" find "cms_report.tpl"
9. Delete the code and type the following.

[admin (no pm's please)]

Congratulations on a nice hack

This is what portals are meant to be about. Allowing people the power to customise.
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[Symon]

Sorry but i do not see the difference here between the way this is set up and using a simple pm.

The way you have set this up does not infact report the post at all , all it seems to do is send a pm with a too long topic title which is not a lnik and you can not infact see the end of the title to see which post they are reporting.

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[Daniel(u1bd2005)]

are you sure you've copied the code right? on my forum it automatically fills in the full url as the subject, if its just displaying http://testhtml.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php?t= for you then I dont know why, it fills it all out for me as you can see in my last print screen.
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[Symon]

I can not see your last image as your using image shack and no hotlinking is showing.

Yes it fills out the full url but it is too long to display it as the screen shot shows.
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[Daniel(u1bd2005)]

here, as you can see on mine it has automatically filled in the full url in the subject of the message.


what is the exact code you have in the cms_report.tpl file?

how come its too long on yours and not on mine?
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[Symon]

Yes i agree with that, as you are showing what it looks like before you send. but once you send the pm it shows like my screen shot with no visable link to it.
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[Daniel(u1bd2005)]

[Symon]

I copied the code right but i have found a few problems

On some templates the subject line is too long and there for will cut out.

The report will only go to the Admin`s PM

There is not clickable link and you have to spend time posting a message

I have come up with i think a better solution.

This one sends a message to the Forums email account, (as many forums have one email account that all admins have access to .)

The  admin would get an email (if they have turned off pm alert they would not see your one until they signed in)

All fields are all ready filled in for you .

Only one simple code entry is needed no need for portals or cms pages

http://testhtml.myfastforum.org/about32.html  use the report icon.
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[TFT™]

I actually really like the system Daniels put together here. Like Symon said, it only PMs the admin, which I find a slight draw back. But the URL appears in it's entirety in my template too, and the system works real well.


I really don't like the idea of a report system sending reports (even if the reports themselves are more efficient and more relevant) to my email. I hate anything that forces me to open up and use another site. For one it's unreliable and slow for a report system method. I'm always on the forum when I can, but I only check my email once a day or so. For posts that require urgent attention I think it stands a chance of the admin reaction being slow. Unless of course you want to keep a eye on your email 24/7. But that's just me personally, I hardly use my email, I try and keep it all on-site, as I already have enough tabs open.


Also, I think it's better than manually PMing a staff member, as often some members may be unsure as of who to PM. The subject title also informs the staff straight away that it's a report message, and won't be mistaken for a normal PM if the user hasn't put a relevent subject title. And at the end of the day you still have the PM option there anyhow. ^_^ So why not augment a good system and make it better?  Dunno who to see or ask? Dunno who would deal with the issue? Doesn't matter, member just has to hit report and then submit, and it's all taken care off.


As for posting a message itself as the report format, to me that's fine. I always prefer to add a comment/reason when I report something, as it's not always clear to the moderator, and it's not always black & white issues being reported. Plus it may also save you having to PM the user for further info if the reason for the report isn't obvious.

Ideas/Feedback (from a novice):
- Make the system forum-specific. Instead of site-specific. A report in my off-topic forum will be recieved by my OT forum moderator. A report in my War Forum goes to the War Forum mod etc. Coding for this would likely be a nightmare? I don't know, but it's just my idea.  

- Add a default intro line in the message box of the PM itself. eg. [Please type the reason you are reporting this topic/post here]

Anyhow, thanks for the hack!
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[TFT™]

** playing with the feature again on another system and I notice one critical problem though XD

Today I was surfing my forum, testing the report function on the PCs at work. At work we're using Windows 2000, and Internet Explorer. The function worked like a charm, although when I got home and kept testing it on my home system (XP Pro, and using Firefox) I find each time I report a post, the URL it gives me in the report subject is always "report post http://bikinilines.myfastforum.org/viewtopic.php " regardless of what topic/post I report, and now will not seem to link me to the actual threads themselves.

No other changes, simply logged out on one system, logged in on another, no settings or portal/code changes since it was working on IE.

Just for info! I'll try again when I'm on IE tomorrow.
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[Daniel(u1bd2005)]

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[Kai]

Is there a way to make a certain member be sent the pm, I didn't originally make my site