[Snowhog]

Why such a MOD? Well, for us; a Linux (Kubuntu) support forum; we have many topic specific forums (for individual versions of Kubuntu) as well as some general topic and one Help the New Guy forum.

Our Help the New Guy forum has been generally overused by some of our members, with new threads made there that should properly have been made in a topic specific forum.

Newbie members; those for whom that forum was created; who have little to no experience with Kubuntu Linux; see them selves as 'the new guy' and gravitate to this forum (as they generally don't know what the real issue of their problem is, so aren't comfortable choosing a topic specific forum). Our problem is/was that a number of these 'newbies' are no longer 'the new guy'; they have been members for quite some time (even a long time), having made many, many new threads/posts, but continue to use this forum for new issues. This MOD allows me to establish controls on who can create new threads (the 'overused' issue) in that forum, and for me, solves the overuse issue.

This is version 1.0, but I think it likely that some additions/changes will ensue, as one almost never gets it 'perfect' the first time out of the gate!

Thank you MarkFL for another extremely useful MOD.

[mitch84]

great idea, thx!

[Elixar]

Nicely done Mark.

[Snowhog]

I need a modification to this MOD. I need to be able to identify individual excluded users; users who won't be affected by this MOD. For us, this is important.

Additionally, I would like to be able to customize the Statement(s) presented, instead of them being hard coded.

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by Snowhog

I need a modification to this MOD. I need to be able to identify individual excluded users; users who won't be affected by this MOD. For us, this is important.

Update - Version 1.1:

• Added setting to allow exempting individual users by username.

Originally Posted by Snowhog

Additionally, I would like to be able to customize the Statement(s) presented, instead of them being hard coded.

They aren't actually hard-coded. You can change them by editing the "Alert Message Phrases."

[Stratis]

I start to be confused with this one now Restrict Posting By Forum

[Snowhog]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Update - Version 1.1:

• Added setting to allow exempting individual users by username.

They aren't actually hard-coded. You can change them by editing the "Alert Message Phrases."

Thank you.

This request for modification of the MOD was the result of it's impact on one specific member on our forum. He is an elderly man, isolated (mainly) from the rest of the world, and his only real contact with 'people' is through our forum. He has memory issues as well, and he uses our Help the New Guy forum exclusively, even though he has been a member now for quite a long time and has made many, many posts. But he (still) considers himself "the new guy" and so, posts exclusively in that forum. He was taken aback when he tried to make a new thread (in that forum) and receive the message that he could not. He thought that he had become 'non grata' for some reason he didn't understand, and reached out to me.

[Snowhog]

Downloaded and installed. I've added my affected member to the Exempt Users section. Thank you for this addition (I should have thought of this in the beginning).

The restriction 'type' I will be using is threads, so if I want to change the alert messages associated with that type, would I edit the phrases in markfl_rfbpc_nonewthreads and markfl_rfbpc_toomany_threads?

[MarkFL]

Yes, as long as the restriction is a maximum.

[Snowhog]

Great. Thank you (again!).

[mitch84]

Hi, how can I make sure that a member can't post if he doesn't do at least X new topics(and not replies) per week in a specific forum? Thank you

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by mitch84

Hi, how can I make sure that a member can't post if he doesn't do at least X new topics(and not replies) per week in a specific forum? Thank you

Hello, this product only checks a user's total post count, not where those posts were made.

[mitch84]

Sorry, I meant a change to propose.
thx mark

[MarkFL]

Originally Posted by mitch84

Sorry, I meant a change to propose.
thx mark

Sorry, I have no plans to add such a function to this product. It would require adding at least one db query and likely lots of other changes to the code/settings.