Post approval (pun_approval)
- Status: stable
- Current version: 1.4.1
General idea
This extension allows a forum administrator to control all new posts of the forum and decide whether they should be placed on the forum or not. It also allows the administrator to control all new registered users. When the extension is installed, the link “Show unapproved posts” will appear in the forum’s header, it will navigate the administrator to the page where all the posts added by users are waiting for approval. If a post is approved, it is added to the topic it was created in. If the administrator decides that a post is not appropriate for the topic it was added to, it can be easily deleted. If the option “Enable registration approval” in the admin menu is on, the link “Show unapproved registrations” will appear next to the post-approval link in the forum’s header. It provides access to the page where all new registrations are waiting for approval. The administrator can approve a new registration; in this case it will be completed. But if the admin decides that a user can not be registered on the forum for some reason, the registration can be deleted.
Specification
pun_approval 1.4 (Current version)
- Interface
- Administrator's menu
- Start » Forums » Enable posts approval for this forum. This checkbox allows administrator to set post approval for each forum individually.
- Settings » Features » Enable new registrations approval checkbox. In case it is checked all new registrations will be complete only after admin's approval.
- Settings » Features » Rejection email checkbox. If you don't want rejection email to be sent every time you reject registration, use this option.
- Settings » Features » Inform administrator checkbox. Use this option, if you want to inform administrator of the forum by email about all the new registrations waiting for approval.
- Settings » Features » Post removal confirmation checkbox. By using this option you can turn on post removal confirmation. You will have to confirm post deleting before a post waiting for approval will be deleted permanently.
- Settings » Users » Groups » Edit this group » Allow posting without apprval. This checkbox can be used if admin wantsto allow a certain group of users to post without approval.
- Settings » Users » Groups » Edit this group » Allow post approval checkbox. Available FOR MODERATORS ONLY. If checked, moderators will be able to approve all new posts of the forum.
- Settings » Users » Groups » Edit this group » Allow registration approval checkbox. Available FOR MODERATORS ONLY. If checked, moderators will be able to approve all new registrations of the forum.
- Forum’s header
- “Show unapproved posts” link (refers to the page with unapproved posts and topics)appears when there are new posts waiting for approval.
- “Show unapproved registrations” link (refers to the page with unapproved registrations) appears in case the “Enable new registrations approval” option in Administration→Settings→Features is on and there are new posts waiting for approval.
- Unapproved posts page
- A link to the subpage with all topics that contain unapproved posts
- Links to all topics with unapproved posts to see the posts waiting for approval
- For each post
- A link to approve a post
- A link to delete a post
- A link to the subpage with all unapproved posts
- For each post
- A link to approve a post
- A link to delete a post
- Unapproved registrations page
- A list of all unapproved registrations
- For each registration
- A link to approve registration
- A link to delete registration