My client posed the following question:
“Some posters are a pain in the neck, and some people simply won’t want to see any posts from them. Is there a way that a member can select an option as not see another members posts?”
We do not want to ban them since they are paying members. I have seen other forums with this feature.
Am I overlooking this feature or will a plugin be created at a later time?
Thanks.
You need the Private Messaging plugin where – on your user profile form – you can set someone up as an ‘adversary’ and choose to hide their forum posts as well as their PMs.
Unfortunately, I applauded prematurely.
The function works for the installing administrator, but none of the users have access to the “Buddies and Adversaries” tab, nor moderators or later assigned administrators. The tab is simply not displayed. I have looked through all the configurations, and do not find a setting for adjusting this feature as on or off.
Fairly pressing need, to have this working for members.
We are using Simple:Press with the Magic Members system, as the only forum compatible. Everything (Simple:Press, Magic Members and WordPress) are all updated to the latest releases.
Thanks.
Just looking at this logically, you only get the buddies and adversaries tab by enabling the private messaging plugin, and you can only use the private messaging plugin if you have permission. As admin you will have, but can you just check to make sure the users in question have permission?
Thanks, Ike. That was it. I looked through the system over and over, and missed that one selection. It seems to be working for each classification now.
Ahhhh… seems to always be something. Some users are noting an error in the system related to this feature, and here is an explanation:
“Here’s something a I noticed that I think may be a side effect of the “ignore user” option: I’ve discovered threads where the thread is shown as having (say) 4 pages, but if I try to access page 4 (or a new post that appears on page 4 via the “go to last post” arrow next to the thread under “unread and recently updated topics” I get an error message: “Access denied – you do not have permission to view this page.”
I don’t know for sure, of course, but I suspect what might be going on is that there are 4 pages of that topic over all, but (for me) only three pages worth after hiding posts from an ignored user. So trying to go to page four (or post #whatever on page 4) breaks the system.
This might be an unavoidable side effect of the “ignore user” feature but I thought I’d at least mention it in case it was confusing other people the way it was confusing me.”
I too have noted at times, click backs will result in a white screen or page failure. I assume the above users issue could also be related to posts that have not yet been released by the moderator, where access to the next page of threads expects accessible content, but results in no content because they are not released by the moderator, thus the error?
Thanks.
on travel and dont remember if the ignored posts are done pre query or post query… if pre query, there should be no paging issues… if post query, then depending on the number of hidden posts, I guess this could happen… we will have to research it…
if post query, it would be problematic to fix – unless we can shift it to prequery…
so research needed…
not sure what you mean by click backs??? white screen? do you mean the browser back button? this would be browser issue.. but not sure you mean the back button… please clarify…
Never mind my browser back experience, only the user experience is all that matters. Thanks.
Thanks… I failed to note my experience, but they pale in value compared to a paid users experience, therefore I forgo my comments for the users.
My guess, is when posts are moderated but not okayed, after x number of posts, they start a new page. If you have three unapproved moderated posts on another page, and a user clicks to it, they will enter a void of no content. Although the hidden posts are there, they can’t access them, thus possibly the error? I don’t have an answer obviously, but always try to tweak a system to run as predictable as possible 
In the process of betas and other PHP projects from scratch… this is only a minor concern.
I do not believe this to be the case with posts awaiting moderation. I am 99.9% sure these are dealt with at the query stage but I will double check that statement later this morning and come back and correct it if I find otherwise.
As Steve has already promised – we will investigate the ‘Ignore User’ situation to see if that needs a tweak or two…