Update on next version

[Aquamarine]

About the Sub categories (to an unlimited depth), will it allow for moderators in each sub-category as well? I hope it will.

And if it does, would there be a depth limit to each of them?

Hypothetical example:

Pets
  Dogs
    Chihuahua
      Care
        Nutrition
        Hygene
        Health
      Breeding
      Buying and Selling
        What to look for
        Certificates
        Sell a dog
        Buy a dog
    German Shephard
      Care
        Nutrition
        Hygene
        Health
      Breeding
      Buying and Selling
        What to look for
        Certificates
        Sell a dog
        Buy a dog

Suppose a moderator "Jason" exists in Pets > Dogs > Chihuahua. Will he be able to create more sub-categories? Or will only the super admin be able to do that?

Or will the super admin be able to set the "depth" an individual moderator can go?
Example:
Moderator "Jason"s depth level = 3

That means "Jason" can create a new sub-category:
Chihuahua (depth 0) > Care > Nutition > Vitamins
or
Chihuahua (depth 0) > Care > Living Space

But can't create:
Chihuahua (depth 0) > Care > Nutition > Vitamins > Hormones


John, I'd personally like this last idea. What do you think?

[chrispadfield]

The user groups is being updated so it will probably be more flexible. Creating a sub category would require access to the control panel however so that would also have to be changed. Personally i don't like the ideas of moderators being able to make subcategories however a new "semi-admin" which can create subcategories and perhaps email users but not delete categories.

I hope that we can make different people with different access to the control panel like

1) Access to templates, Y/N (maybe even split the templates)
2) Can Email Users
3) Can update Counters
4) Can Add Categories
5) Can add Announcements
6) Can add Forums

etc....

this would also solve some things lke allowing moderators to add annoucements and things like that.

This should really go in the suggestions forum, sorry.

[Sharg]

It would be cool if we could choose which level depth to display on our frontpage.

For example:
I would like only to display category, and first sub... but have the other ones "openable"...

Benj

[Menno]

hmm. sort of like a windows folder display
that would be cool

[chrispadfield]

Started a new thread called Category Setup in suggestions... lots of ideas i think worth discussing but here i guess is not the best place

[Shoe]

Originally posted by Craig Antill
Er, duh! Read the above...

Yeah, I read the description of co-branding above but didn't really understand it. Is there an example of it somewhere?

[Shoe]

Re: PM

Would the administrator be able to read private messages. What are the legalities here?

[chrispadfield]

Yes because they would be in the mySQL database. Legalities, i guess depends upon what you put in your terms and conditions and privacy policy.

[hungrymonkey]

can i get confirmation on this feature please.

james, can you confirm that the next version of vbulletin can be integrated with ms sql instead of mysql?

[Shoe]

Re: can i get confirmation on this feature please.

Originally posted by hungrymonkey
james, can you confirm that the next version of vbulletin can be integrated with ms sql instead of mysql?

Hope it's not instead of!

[hungrymonkey]

well obviously it would be stupid to use both at the same time....and also its obvious that mysql will be a supported option since its one of the only free database servers...i just want to know if mssql will be supported as well.

[Jake]

OMG, I would love it if I could run vB on SQL. That way we could run my forums on quad xeons

[Aquamarine]

About the "My Page" feature I mentioned before somewhere on this board, it is already working over at flashkit.com! It's their own hack though, but it works wonderfully.

Basically you find a thread you like, click the "add to favorite", and viola, it's in your "my page"!

Take a look:
http://www.flashkit.com/cgi-bin/myfk/favourites.cgi

[Mas*Mind]

Dont forget....

This suggestion please; Assign usergroups depending on the number of posts. So if a user posts his 50th post he would automaticly fall into another usergroup. This would make the usergroups very flexible

[Edited by Mas*Mind on 09-29-2000 at 06:01 AM]

[Menno]

I *think* vB is just gonna be able to run on several different SQL programs (oracle?)