vBulletin LTS

Ban via Post
Mod Version: 1.7, by FullyTested

This mod allows your moderators to do the following:

1. Ban a user from the site and/or a thread via the username drop down menu in a post (as well as the admin/mod cp).
   All moderators with banning/unbanning permissions for the forum can use this feature.
   This opens a page which allows you to select a ban period, whether or not to allow the user to view the thread (for thread bans), and provide a text message which the user will see when trying to enter the site or view / reply to the thread.
   
2. Once you ban the user you are returned to the same post from which you banned the user.
   You will now notice a small icon besides the ip icon.
   Clicking on that will open a page that will display the current ban information and in the case of a thread ban, also a list of other threads from which this user is banned.
   You will also have the option to edit or lift the ban from here.
   You may now also unban the user from the username drop down menu.
   
3. From the admin cp vbulletin settings you can set whether you wish to have a Private Message sent to the user whenever they are banned/unbanned from a thread.
   
4. You may also view, edit, or lift bans from the admin/mod control panel. Just click on the ‘view banned users’ or 'view banned from thread users' link. If you turned on the feature to moderate permanent bans, this is where you will see a list of bans awaiting approval. You may approve, reject (lift), or edit (modify) moderated bans.

Available Options:

• Limit bans to only Thread, only Site, or both Thread and Site bans via the postbit
  Banning permissions are set on a per moderator basis.
  
• Send PM to User:
  You may choose whether you wish to send a private message to the user whenever they are thread banned/unbanned
  
• Moderate Permanent Bans:
  Whether to moderate (approve, edit, reject) permanent site and/or thread bans.
  If this feature is turned on, all permanent site and/or thread bans are entered into a moderation queue requiring admin attention within 7 days of ban date. If no action is taken (approve, edit, reject), the ban reverts to a 7 day ban.
  You may also provide an email address to be used for notification that a permanent ban awaits approval.

For those of you who are only interested in Thread Bans, please see this mod:
Ban from Thread

To Intall:
Please see the 'readme' text file for installation instructions.
Installing this mod will take you approximatly 20 minutes, however, I do believe you will find it to be well worth the time and effort.

Revisions:

version 1.7
New 'includes/cron/remove_managed_bans.php'.
All you need to do is FTP this file to your server.
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