CheersnGears Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 We are missing the Prune/Mass Move function in 4.0.We need this back. sobrenome and Anonymous IPB User 2
Management Charles Posted March 1, 2015 Management Posted March 1, 2015 I assume you mean the front end features?We were wary to put this in 4.0 because of countless stories of rogue moderators mass-pruning and entire forum before an admin realized what happened.But you are right that the missing low-level options to prune/mass-move is sometimes difficult to work around. sobrenome 1
CheersnGears Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 I understand that worry. I limited the ability to just my main admins for that exact reason. It is however something I use on a regular schedule (not often, but at regular intervals throughout a year). I have to move an entire category's worth of topics into a sub-topic by year. esquire and sobrenome 2
Management Charles Posted March 1, 2015 Management Posted March 1, 2015 Yes it's something we will work on. Just want to try to find a way to make it a bit safer. sobrenome 1
AndyF Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 I too have seen 'accidents' with this feature.I thought about extra protection for it, but thinking again instead of how it was in 3x and 2x ie a global mod option, how about making it only available to those with ACP access and in a global mod group ?Another idea would be to request the users password I guess, although I am starting to think this should *only* be available in the ACP itself rather than appear on the front end... sobrenome, esquire and Anonymous IPB User 3
CheersnGears Posted March 2, 2015 Author Posted March 2, 2015 I would find it easier to work with on the front end, but I agree with most of your other extra protection proposals. Having it only available for people who have ACP access would be a good security check. AtariAge, Anonymous IPB User, AndyF and 2 others 5
AndyF Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I see my thoughts posted above on making this a "bit safer" were taken into consideration for future implementation, as seen on the Feature Plan page. Moderators will have the ability to perform rule-based actions on the front end to mass move/prune items (Forums app only to start). These actions will be with administrator permission of course (since this is easily abused) and will be based on rules like date, last activity, and more. For security and to prevent accidents, moderators will have to re-authenticate using their password for mass actions. sobrenome 1
jackflash Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 I assume you mean the front end features?We were wary to put this in 4.0 because of countless stories of rogue moderators mass-pruning and entire forum before an admin realized what happened.But you are right that the missing low-level options to prune/mass-move is sometimes difficult to work around.This has always been a worry of mine - whether you get a rouge moderator or someone gets a moderator's password.I just have those functions turned off for moderators to begin with - only the admin can perform those tasks. sobrenome and CheersnGears 2
CheersnGears Posted March 8, 2015 Author Posted March 8, 2015 This has always been a worry of mine - whether you get a rouge moderator or someone gets a moderator's password.I just have those functions turned off for moderators to begin with - only the admin can perform those tasks.That's how I run things
RevengeFNF Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 What the problem with the Admin choose which groups can Mass Move/Prune?If a Admin don't trust their Mods to do that, he should only give permissions to the Admin Group or even to only himself.I also move old topics to a Section i call Archive. Anonymous IPB User, sobrenome and Joel R 3
jackflash Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 What the problem with the Admin choose which groups can Mass Move/Prune?If a Admin don't trust their Mods to do that, he should only give permissions to the Admin Group or even to only himself.I also move old topics to a Section i call Archive.I agree with letting the admin/site owner determine who can perform this function. It's more than trusting mods, if someone gets their password, then they can cause havoc. I do appreciate IPS leaving this off by default because this is and will be an admin function for me. Anonymous IPB User and sobrenome 2
CheersnGears Posted March 9, 2015 Author Posted March 9, 2015 Another option might be to only allow Prune from the ACP and Mass Move from both ACP and Front End. sobrenome and Anonymous IPB User 2
RevengeFNF Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 I think the best solution is by default the prune/mass move comes turned off. If the Admin wants, he can turn it on for the groups he chooses. If he gives permissions to the mods and a mod prune his whole forum, to bad for him... It was him that gave the permissions. sobrenome and Anonymous IPB User 2
Spinner410 Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Another often used feature removed from IPB4. Not happy with this "upgrade" thusfar CheersnGears and sobrenome 2
AndyF Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Another often used feature removed from IPB4. Not happy with this "upgrade" thusfarI can see why it was removed though. I think it is safer in the ACP or at least (as I made the suggestion) a re-authentication option before pruning as its as you know quite destructive, and 'accidents' are known to happen. sobrenome and Spinner410 2
Spinner410 Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 So the only option right now is the manually delete threads? I thought this was supposed to be an upgrade. Jordan Miller 1
Jordan Miller Posted August 20, 2016 Posted August 20, 2016 I could REALLY use a prune feature. GlenP 1
Management Charles Posted April 3, 2017 Management Posted April 3, 2017 Moving/deleting forum content by filters (starter, last reply date, reply count, lock status, pinned, featured) will be in 4.2. SeNioR- and Ilya Hoilik 2
_Vault_ Posted December 21, 2020 Posted December 21, 2020 On 4/3/2017 at 7:45 PM, Charles said: Moving/deleting forum content by filters (starter, last reply date, reply count, lock status, pinned, featured) will be in 4.2. Where do I find this?
bfarber Posted December 22, 2020 Posted December 22, 2020 Go to the forum management area in the AdminCP, click the dropdown arrow next to the forum, and choose to Move/Delete Content. _Vault_ 1
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