In the respective language file (e.g. /language/english.php), locate this line in the array $MESSAGE (at line 1022): In the respective language file (e.g. /language/english.php), locate this line in the array $MESSAGE (at line 1022):
57 => 'Your account has been successfully deleted.'
Replace it with these two lines (new code added is in blue):
57 => 'Your account has been successfully deleted.',
58 => 'Your account has been temporarily suspended due to abusive posting'
In the function submissionform (located in /public_html/submit.php) find this section of code (starting at line 84):
$retval .= $loginreq->finish($loginreq->get_var('errormsg'));
$retval .= COM_endBlock (COM_getBlockTemplate ('_msg_block', 'footer'));
return $retval;
} else {
$retval .= COM_startBlock($LANG12[19])
. $LANG12[9]
. COM_endBlock();
Replace it with this (new code added is in blue):
$retval .= $loginreq->finish($loginreq->get_var('errormsg'));
$retval .= COM_endBlock (COM_getBlockTemplate ('_msg_block', 'footer'));
return $retval;
}
else if (SEC_inGroup('Banned', $_USER['uid']) && !SEC_inGroup('Root', $_USER['uid'])) {
$retval = COM_refresh($_CONF['site_url'] . '/users.php?mode=logout&msg=ban');
return $retval;
} else {
$retval .= COM_startBlock($LANG12[19])
. $LANG12[9]
. COM_endBlock();
In the function commentform (located in /public_html/comment.php) find this section of code (starting at line 96):
$retval .= $loginreq->finish($loginreq->get_var('errormsg'));
$retval .= COM_endBlock (COM_getBlockTemplate ('_msg_block', 'footer'));
return $retval;
} else {
COM_clearSpeedlimit ($_CONF['commentspeedlimit'], 'comment');
Replace it with this (new code added is in blue):
$retval .= $loginreq->finish($loginreq->get_var('errormsg'));
$retval .= COM_endBlock (COM_getBlockTemplate ('_msg_block', 'footer'));
return $retval;
}
else if (SEC_inGroup('Banned', $_USER['uid']) && !SEC_inGroup('Root', $_USER['uid'])) {
$retval = COM_refresh($_CONF['site_url'] . '/users.php?mode=logout&msg=ban');
return $retval;
} else {
COM_clearSpeedlimit ($_CONF['commentspeedlimit'], 'comment');
> In the main program inside /public_html/users.php,
Find this section of code under case 'logout' (starting at line 688):
setcookie ($_CONF['cookie_name'], '', time() - 10000, $_CONF['cookie_path'],
$_CONF['cookiedomain'], $_CONF['cookiesecure']);
$display = COM_refresh($_CONF['site_url'] . '/index.php?msg=8');
break;
Replace it with this (new code added is in blue):
setcookie ($_CONF['cookie_name'], '', time() - 10000, $_CONF['cookie_path'],
$_CONF['cookiedomain'], $_CONF['cookiesecure']);
$msg = $HTTP_GET_VARS['msg'];
if ($msg == 'ban')
$display = COM_refresh($_CONF['site_url'] . '/index.php?msg=58');
else
$display = COM_refresh($_CONF['site_url'] . '/index.php?msg=8');
break;
Find this section of code under 'default' (starting at line 826):
if (!empty($passwd) && $mypasswd == md5($passwd)) {
DB_change($_TABLES['users'],'pwrequestid',"NULL",'username',$loginname);
$userdata = SESS_getUserData($loginname);
$_USER=$userdata;
$sessid = SESS_newSession($_USER['uid'], $REMOTE_ADDR, $_CONF['session_cookie_timeout'],
$_CONF['cookie_ip']);
Replace it with this (new code added is in blue):
if (!empty($passwd) && $mypasswd == md5($passwd)) {
DB_change($_TABLES['users'],'pwrequestid',"NULL",'username',$loginname);
$userdata = SESS_getUserData($loginname);
$_USER=$userdata;
if (SEC_inGroup('Banned', $_USER['uid']) && !SEC_inGroup('Root', $_USER['uid'])) {
$display = COM_refresh($_CONF['site_url'] . '/users.php?mode=logout&msg=ban');
break;
}
$sessid = SESS_newSession($_USER['uid'], $REMOTE_ADDR, $_CONF['session_cookie_timeout'],
$_CONF['cookie_ip']);
In the function savegroup (located in /public_html/admin/group.php) find this section of code (starting at line 400):
if (DB_getItem($_TABLES['group_assignments'], 'count(*)',"ug_main_grp_id = $grp_id AND ug_grp_id = 1") == 0) {
DB_query("INSERT INTO {$_TABLES['group_assignments']} (ug_main_grp_id, ug_grp_id) VALUES ($grp_id, 1)");
}
Replace it with this (new code added is in blue):
if ($grp_name != 'Banned') { if (DB_getItem($_TABLES['group_assignments'], 'count(*)',"ug_main_grp_id = $grp_id AND ug_grp_id = 1") == 0) { DB_query("INSERT INTO {$_TABLES['group_assignments']} (ug_main_grp_id, ug_grp_id) VALUES ($grp_id, 1)"); } }
-- That's it - All Done --