Allow mods to edit user list?

[ace67]

How can I add the link to the "edit users" category to the moderators menu of allowed tasks? It's in the admionistrators menu but I want to allow the mods to do it, too.

[Chuck S]

well two things in adm-user.php you would move the line in bold outside the conditional clause say below it

Content visible to verified customers only.

In adm-user.php this add in bold

if ( $User['adminedit'] != 1 || $User['moderator'] != 1 ) {

[ace67]

I assume you meant the first edit to be in adm-misc.php since it isn't found in adm-users.php. So I moved that highlighted line out of the if statement in adm-misc. Then I changed the line in admin-users to add the $User['moderator'] != 1 statement.

I get the link to edit users and to bulk move in the moderators list now. But when they click on edit users, they get "You are not a valid administrator! " whereas the bulk move seems to work (although haven't carried it all the way through) but it doesn't get the "not an admisnistrator" message.

Any ideas?

[Chuck S]

Yes my idea is that whatever moderator you have that says this is not a moderator.

That statement would be pretty explicit here

essentially this is the same thing

if ( $User['adminedit'] == 0 && $User['moderator'] == 0 ) {


did you edit adm-user.php and add the text in bold?

if ( $User['adminedit'] != 1 || $User['moderator'] != 1 ) {

cause if you did as long as the usergroup the user is in has moderator access they should be able to get past that error message cause $User['moderator'] would equal 1

[ace67]

In adm-users.php, changed line 18 from

if ( $User['adminedit'] != 1 ) {

to:

if ( $User['adminedit'] != 1 || $User['moderator'] != 1 ) {


In adm-misc.php, moved

$adminmenu .= "$userhtml<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/adm-misc.php?admact=move\" target=\"mainFrame\">Bulk Move</a><br />";

from line 1448 to line 1450. Line 1449 is the close bracket for the if conditional.

Usergroup "Moderator" has "Mod Access" set to yes, "Admin Access" set to no.

Bulk Move works. Edit Users does not.

[Chuck S]

If your mod hits edit users and gets that message it can only mean one thing that I see. That moderators access is set to NO. Try making this line

if ( $User['adminedit'] != 1 ) {

to say this

if ( $User['adminedit'] == 0 && $User['moderator'] == 0 ) {

[ace67]

Made that last change and now it works for the moderators. Thank you, Chuck.

[Chuck S]

Not a problem buddy

[snoopy5]

Can I use this hack also in PP 5.31?

What else do I need to do in PP 5.31, if I want to give moderators more privileges

a) to ban users
b) delete users
c) access to e-mail address etc. of users

For security reasons, there should be ideally different "levels" of moderators. I.e. new modertaors shall have no acces to e-mail adresses etc., in case it turns out, they do a bad job and can then (if you fight with them) misuse the e-mail adresses.

[Chuck S]

This edit should still be valid

[snoopy5]

this would be a good feature for a the new PP version. In pp 5.5. it is not yet available..

[Chuck S]

Please add any suggestions for Photopost in the proper forum. This is not a suggestions forum nor is this thread under Photopost Pro

[snoopy5]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

Please add any suggestions for Photopost in the proper forum. This is not a suggestions forum nor is this thread under Photopost Pro

But you said in July, this could also be used for PP 5.31, or do I miss here something?

[snoopy5]

HI

would this hack still work in PP 5.62?

[snoopy5]

update: I tried this code in PP 5.62. But I get an error, as soon as I try to get into the ACP by clicking on "Administrator". Both as a moderator and as as an admin:

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Parse error: parse error, unexpected '<' in /homepages/xxx/fotos/adm-misc.php on line 982

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How can I make this work?

[Chuck S]

This is not a photopost thread so wrong program and code

[snoopy5]

uuuppss, sorry...