A Mod Idea..

[~Tyris~]

Ok i guess this is more for yabbse 1.5.5 then SMF 1.0 Beta 4 as most of us or the majority of members in the forum (70%) dont have SMF

anyway i'm advanced in html but don't know anything about php or sql and all the blah, anyway i was wondering on making this sort of "Easy Admin" mod... seeing as i dont know any coding it'll be hard to explain but i'll give it a shot:

Filenamer: Users.php
Function: Fetchs a list of users from the sql database so if another one usre decides to sign up or a user gets deleted then its automatically updated...
Additional Notes: so theres no security breach this file should define what sql database its going to fetch the info from eg:

////Define sql setting shere
fetch_info: sqldbname_sqluser_sqlpassword (heh i told you i dont know any php etc)

Now we have the file easyadmin.php (this really should only be given to selected mods/members as if anyone decides to make this for me and it gets off the ground it will pack a punch power wise...)

Filename: EasyAdmin.php
Function: fetchs info from Users.php and displays a list of usernames and there post counts in a table with the option to delete any username (excluding usernames that the admins of the forum have specifically told the code not to allow the mod/member to delete ie: an administrator or moderator, so when deleting a username that "isnt allowed to be deleted" you'll receive an error message telling you the user is protected, of course all of this should be configurable by the main forum admin in "Forum Prefrences And Settings" with easy admin having its own area and a text field for the admin to type in usernames that can't be deleted, of course there could always be checkboxes as well saying "Prohibit Admins From Being Deleted" "Prohibit Mods From Being Deleted" and "Prohibit Members From Being Deleted"), of course this file will only be acsessable to mods giving normal members "Your not allowed to acsess this section" and because putting a button at the top is too complicated you could just put a link to the easy admin  in the mod board ie: http://mygamingforum.com/theforum/index.php?action=easyadmin [nofollow]

heh i hope you understand what i'm saying here, and i really hope that this gets developed for yabbse and SMF and maybe soon if it gets popular invision and phpBB

hope someone can help me make this mod or make it for me to test

~Cheers~

~Tyris~

PS: you dont have a mod creation/idea board so i posted it here

[[Unknown]]

Why would Users.php contain data?

What would be the use of this over just a normal member viewer/deleter?

-[Unknown]

[~Tyris~]

Why would Users.php contain data?

What would be the use of this over just a normal member viewer/deleter?

-[Unknown]

like i said unknown im a bit of newbie at php so users.php main function here is to fetch information from the mysql database, and of course at first this could just be a member viewer (with option to delete them and see there posts) but if you want to make it more useful by adding a drop down list next to each name saying give karma, take karma, change password etc then thats fine, and if you we're really confident you could "watch a user" (before deciding to mute or ban them) by having the forum code pm you everytime that user posts with the information they posted, peh just seems like a good idea for mods, because we really need somthing like this at our own forum , i guess you could even add a mod/demod admin/de-admin feature for administrators

this is useful as mods cant delete normal hazardous members or change there passwords, also it saves time for admins, thus instead of having to "modify" the profile manually it can all be done in a neat table by simply clicking options in the drop-down list next to the users name.... and seeing as big forums will have a long list you could have a search at the top which allows you to type the username of the person you wish to carry out an action upon and have it search the page for you and highlight that users name for easier navigation

[Spaceman-Spiff]

but, there's already a "View/Delete Members" section in the admin center
and it has better interface than YSE's, though there isn't any karma listing
i dont see why you want to add the ability to rate karma in the member listing
specially if you have a large forum (many members), you'll seem to be rating their karma randomly
the purpose why the karma rating system is put in post display is so that you can rate base on their posts

if you want to "watch a user", you can click on his/her nickname and choose: "Show the last posts of this person."
you can also make a topic in your admin board listing their nicknames and links to their profiles, so they will be easier to watch
example:

Blacklist
- ~Tyris~: strike1 - strike2

the member list in SMF is also better than YSE, since have more sorting options, if you want to find a particular member

in sum, most of the things you requested can already be found in SMF (though not exactly in the interface you wanted), you just need to know how to use it

[Anguz]

yup, like Spiff said it

and there's also Grudge's Visual Warning mod that lets you approve a monitored member's post before making it public

with what's in SMF already and that mod (if there's something missing, it could be added to the mod), I think you have all you want

[Tyris]

>.< does that mean I'm in the admin board listed under "Blacklist" >.<