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  • tresmom
    New Member
    • Aug 2005
    • 11

    Browsing Options per user group

    I have imported from another forum software and am so frustrated trying to do things. How do I turn on features such as pms by usergroup? I had to go into my screen name in the "user search" to allow myself to receive pms and I am an admin. How can I turn on things in the "browsing options" by user group. There is no way I am going into each member name to do this.

    Teresa
    Last edited by tresmom; Thu 25 Aug '05, 11:00am. Reason: error in my post
  • Jake Bunce
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2000
    • 46598
    • 3.6.x

    #2
    After an import you should:

    1) Mass move people from the imported groups to the default usergroups:

    Admin CP -> Users -> Prune / Move Users

    The imported groups have no permissions by default, so this is a quick way to grant permissions for the default groups.

    2) Mass update user options:

    Admin CP -> Import & Maintenance -> Execute SQL Query

    You must have permission to execute queries in your includes/config.php file:

    // ****** USERS WITH QUERY RUNNING PERMISSIONS ******
    // The users specified here will be allowed to run queries from the control panel.
    // See the above entries for more information on the format.
    // Please note that the ability to run queries is quite powerful. You may wish
    // to remove all user IDs from this list for security reasons.
    $canrunqueries = '';

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    • tresmom
      New Member
      • Aug 2005
      • 11

      #3
      Ok, I am sorry if I am stupid, but I am not quite understanding what I need to do. I already moved everyone over to the registered user group and I moved our admins over to the administrator group. Can you be more specific as I am beginning to feel like a complete idiot when dealing with vbulletin's sofware?

      Teresa

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      • Jake Bunce
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2000
        • 46598
        • 3.6.x

        #4
        In that case you probably just need to do step 2. I think are you describing the user options.

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        • tresmom
          New Member
          • Aug 2005
          • 11

          #5
          Yes, I want to set the user options. I am not understanding your directions for step 2.

          Teresa

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          • Jake Bunce
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2000
            • 46598
            • 3.6.x

            #6
            Edit the includes/config.php file. Look for this code:

            Code:
            // ****** USERS WITH QUERY RUNNING PERMISSIONS ******
            // The users specified here will be allowed to run queries from the control panel.
            // See the above entries for more information on the format.
            // Please note that the ability to run queries is quite powerful. You may wish
            // to remove all user IDs from this list for security reasons.
            $canrunqueries = '';
            Enter your userid into this code. For example, if your userid number is 1, then add the red code:

            Code:
            // ****** USERS WITH QUERY RUNNING PERMISSIONS ******
            // The users specified here will be allowed to run queries from the control panel.
            // See the above entries for more information on the format.
            // Please note that the ability to run queries is quite powerful. You may wish
            // to remove all user IDs from this list for security reasons.
            $canrunqueries = '[color=red]1[/color]';
            Then go to your:

            Admin CP -> Import & Maintenance -> Execute SQL Query

            There is a menu on that page with predefined options for mass updating user prefs.

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            • tresmom
              New Member
              • Aug 2005
              • 11

              #7
              Thank you. That was helpful and I think I understand that. Is there a way to set certain user groups to not be able to pm? Last question.

              Teresa

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              • Jake Bunce
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2000
                • 46598
                • 3.6.x

                #8
                Admin CP -> Usergroups -> Usergroup Manager -> Edit Usergroup (in the menu) -> Maximum Stored Messages

                Set this to 0.

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                • timallen82
                  New Member
                  • May 2008
                  • 1

                  #9
                  This advice does not seem to apply to vB 3.8.2

                  Could someone please offer help for the issue(s) stated above with regards to mass editing?

                  Thanks!

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