Soft Delete

Warning: this plugin has some known issues with messing up counters on the latest MyBB due to the complex workarounds it has to go through to get things working, and the fact that MyBB actually gets bug fixes sometimes.  This can lead to some quirky effects on your board, but usually can be resolved by recounting everything (but you have to do this every so often)

I spent quite a few days working on this plugin - it's quite fiddly to get right and I found it a bit of a challenge to implement (especially the counters).

Basically this stops threads and posts from being "fully" deleted.  Deleted threads/posts are displayed appropriately, only shown to moderators (see screenshots below).  Moderators can then undelete these deleted threads/posts if desired.  Administrators also have the ability to purge (completely remove) deleted threads/posts.

Due to the difficulty of this plugin, I can't be entirely sure that all cases are covered - I have done a fair bit of testing, but if you do find issues, please report them.  To give you an idea of how difficult this plugin was to get right, the development of this plugin actually lead to the finding of a few bugs in MyBB:
http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/827
http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/830
http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/831
http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/860
http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/861
http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/862
http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/863
http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/881

This plugin is somewhat affected by some of these bugs to an extent, though should be nothing major under normal usage.


This plugin requires a code modification (due to the lack of hooks provided).
For MyBB 1.6, see here
For MyBB 1.4 or 1.6 beta: in inc/class_moderation.php, find (FIRST INSTANCE):

PHP Code:

++$forum_counters[$post['fid']]['num_posts'];

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add below:

PHP Code:

if(function_exists('softdeletex_approveposts')) eval(softdeletex_approveposts($post));

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If you're a fag and think code edits are homosexual, you can GTFO or make a plugin (that works properly) which doesn't require them - go ahead, I challenge you

Upgrade instructions: If you're upgrading from v1.0 or v1.1 to v1.2x, please see this post

Notes:

• The undelete function has been implemented as an approve, that is, approving a deleted thread/post will undelete it.
• Deleting an unapproved item, when restored, will no longer be unapproved.
• Uninstalling the plugin will remove all deleted threads and posts
  

Known issues:

• Custom moderation has not been tested with deleted content and may cause issues.  Probably does work, but it may stuff up some counters.
• Splitting posts from a thread, causing the first post to become a deleted post will cause the thread to be marked as deleted.  However, the thread count of the forum may not go down by 1 due to this.  This is mostly (indirectly) due to a MyBB bug.  But if this really bothers you, it's possible to fix this issue by doing the following modification to inc/class_moderation.php
  Find:
  
  PHP Code:

  $forum_counters[$moveto]['threads'] = $forum_cache[$moveto]['threads']; ++$forum_counters[$moveto]['threads'];

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  Replace with:
  

  PHP Code:

  $forum_counters[$moveto]['threads'] = '+1';

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• Deleting posts containing attachments won't cause the attachment count of the thread to go down.  I don't really think this as much of an issue however, as, with standard MyBB behaviour, unapproving attachments or posts doesn't affect the thread's attachment count.
  

Changelogs: v1.1, v1.2, v1.21, v1.22, v1.23, v1.24, v1.25

Screenshots:

[spinning]

Because of the same problem I had with another post delete p[lugin (Trash Can) I wanne uninstall this plugin.
After doing this what will happen with the post that are soft deleted?
Will it give other problems?

[leefish]

Like it says in the main post:

Notes:

    * The undelete function has been implemented as an approve, that is, approving a deleted thread/post will undelete it.
    * Deleting an unapproved item, when restored, will no longer be unapproved.
    * Uninstalling the plugin will remove all deleted threads and posts

[spinning]

Also the version for 1.4?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(05-04-2011 04:05 AM)spinning Wrote:  Also the version for 1.4?

Quote:MyBB Compatibility: 1.4.x, 1.6.x

If you're unsure, you can double-check with a test 1.4 install.

[blakefire]

Is there a way to make delete threads looks like deleted post? meaning it has like a Thead on it? I don't like how big and in the way delete post show.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Not sure what you mean, but play with the added templates.

[blakefire]

Take the this


and add it to delete threads.


Make it look like this.(something like this)

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(08-10-2011 08:52 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  play with the added templates.

[blakefire]

Where are the added template, I looked under "Global Templates"

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

There should be a few with a "_deleted" suffix, such as forumdisplay_thread_deleted