• Registered: 2006-10-14
  • Posts: 8

Topic: Temporary Bans

Hi guys,

I occasionally give short (i.e. one or two day) bans to people on my board for repeated rulebreaking. The problem here is that the word 'BANNED' in their title is a little strong and generates unnecessary noise. People email me to complain that I shouldn't be banning people for minor transgressions; I also get banned users re-registering to make a fuss.

What I'd like to be able to do is have TWO titles for banned users:

Banned for when the ban is permanent (i.e. never expires), and
Probation for it's temporary, maybe with "Can't post for XX hours" underneath.

Is this possible? And if so, how?

Cheers!

  • From: U.S.A.
  • Registered: 2005-08-26
  • Posts: 1,607

Re: Temporary Bans

When you ban a user, you may choose to assign an expiration date to the ban.

As for having different titles for the degree of ban, that would require you to rework things in get_title() in include/funtions.php. Alternatively, you can change the appropriate lang file to change "Banned" to something lighter, e.x. "Banned (may only be temporary)".

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  • Registered: 2006-10-14
  • Posts: 8

Re: Temporary Bans

Thanks for your help. I'll take a look at the relevant files later today.

  • KeyDog
  • KeyDog
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  • Registered: 2008-12-12
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Re: Temporary Bans

Just saw this by chance,
there's an extension called "Silence" that would be what you need.... obviously a bit late, I'll close this topic though and let any further questions be addressed in the "Silence" topic...
http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/ … e-silence/