UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 7 Version 7 Support 7.3 Auto Mod after 200 postings

Just wondering if you can tell me how I can make Users automatically become a Mod after they have posted 200 messages.

I am sure this is option but I can't see for looking.

Ok I found it

» Control Panel » Group Management

However I can not edit/delete the groups I already have only the new ones I make...

Do I need to set permissions and if so what ones?

# Delete Name Post Count Members Edit Permissions
1 Administrators 5 [Forum] · [Site] · [CP]
2 GlobalModerators 0 [Forum] · [Site] · [CP]
3 Moderators 100 [Forum] · [Site] · [CP]
4 Users 5728 [Forum] · [Site] · [CP]
5 Guests 1 [Forum] · [Site] · [CP

Why would you make "just anyone" a moderator? I mean, I could go to your site, spam the hell out of you for a while, and wham, i'm a moderator... that just doesn't make sense...

I agree with Gizmo -- you really want just *anyone* to go around delting and editing posts and whatever? My mods are hand-picked from people I know and trust.

There are much better ways to "reward" members who reach a certain level...!

Users can only post and I review each message so I get to see what kind user they are if I don't like them I can delete them and after 200 messages they are trusted and they can become mods and the only power I give mods is to use Private Messaging

Or how can I stop new posters messaging other members with urls and there private email addresses?

We sell do it yourself immigration packs and people message other members telling them how to get some of the information free and we lose sales.

Can't you just assign PM ability to those with 200+ posts, without making them all moderators?

Exactly; make a dummy group with PM access and make that a postcount group; not a major group like moderators lol...

OK I could do this...

» Control Panel » Group Management

However I can not edit/delete the groups I already have only the new ones I make...

Do I need to set permissions and if so what ones?

The permissions sections are confusing, and I haven't tried this, but, I think it'd go something like this:

1) Create a new group, something like "Full Members"
2) Set "Post Count" to 200
3) Update, then click "Site" to edit permissions
4) "Copy Permissions from Users" to carry over current settings
5) (There may be a simple SQL query for this part, but, you want to assign users with 200+ posts to the "Full Members" group...) Perhaps Member Management > Advanced Search Options... click on "Users" and "Member Post Count: (greater than 199)"; Submit
6) Action: Change Groups, "All Members in Search"
7) Add to "Full Members"
8) Back in Group Management, you'd want to Edit Site Permissions for "Users" to set "Total # of private topics allowed" to zero to disable it.

That should add your current 200+ post-count users to the "Full Members" group, with PM permissions, and disable PMs for "Users" (with less than 200 posts). I'm not all that familiar with this permissions system, so I'm not exactly sure how to assign new members to the "Full Members" group automatically as they reach 200 -- I'm sure someone else will chime in here -- but that will hopefully set you into the right direction at least...

Basically, you're assigning these people to a specific group -- and most importantly, it's not the Moderators group, but a slightly modified version of the Users group.

It works a treat! Thank you so much for your help.