Members Hiding

Is there any way of disabling this function of hiding your online status Please?

If you are a Admin i think you can See who is Hiding?
Or Who is Online?
You can Always See him in the Admin Pannel?
But Hmm No i dont think so there is a way to Disable this Function?
But When you Click on a Member in admin Pannel i think you Can Disallow him/her to Hide her/him Self,
Click on a User
And Check the Preferences
Hide Your Online Status:Yes Or No(Click on NO)

SN

or you can simply suggest it on the 'suggestion for your forums' section.

Ohh ya thats right you can suggest it

all you can do is allow moderators to see hidden users.
or you can go into the members profile via admin panel and select no
(for allow member to hide on line status)

to allow mods to see them go to.

Admin panel>general>security
select yes for (Allow moderators to see the hidden users] and hit save.

i might be able to find where to remove the option all together from a template but you will have to be using phpbb2 or punbb versions

It is phbbb3

It is other Members asking who is hiding, just one or two are hiding and I think they are finding it a little strange. No-one has reason to hide. I just can't see any point in it to be honest! Maybe paranoid!!

kirk wrote:i might be able to find where to remove the option all together from a template but you will have to be using phpbb2 or punbb versions

I know the OP said they're using phpbb3 but, Kirk, could you still post the template edit so that those of us using phpbb2 can still do this?

Thanks.

Its Not possible to remove the hidden option.

SophieDophs wrote:

kirk wrote:i might be able to find where to remove the option all together from a template but you will have to be using phpbb2 or punbb versions

I know the OP said they're using phpbb3 but, Kirk, could you still post the template edit so that those of us using phpbb2 can still do this?

Thanks.

yes if i can find it.

yeah i got it and successfully removed the whole option form the profile preferences.
but the problem is i cant post the whole template. it's too big.and it might be a lil ahrd to explain where to find it..

oh wiat the code will fit.

oh it gose in the (profile_add_body = User form register/modify) template.
in your profile tempates.

Code:


<!-- BEGIN switch_display_menu -->
{UCP_TABS}
<!-- END switch_display_menu -->
{ERROR_BOX}
<form action="{S_PROFILE_ACTION}" {S_FORM_ENCTYPE} method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="{EMAIL}" />

<table class="forumline" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0">
<!-- BEGIN switch_informations_menu -->
   <tr>
      <th class="thHead" colspan="2" valign="middle" height="25">{L_REGISTRATION_INFO}{L_MY_PROFILE}</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row2" colspan="2"><span class="gensmall">{L_ITEMS_REQUIRED}</span></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- BEGIN switch_namechange_disallowed -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1" width="38%"><span class="gen">{L_USERNAME}&nbsp;:&nbsp;*</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input type="hidden" name="username" value="{USERNAME}" /><span class="gen"><b>{USERNAME}</b></span></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_namechange_disallowed -->
   <!-- BEGIN switch_namechange_allowed -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1" width="38%"><span class="gen">{L_USERNAME}&nbsp;:&nbsp;*</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="post" type="text" name="username" value="{USERNAME}" size="25" maxlength="25" /></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_namechange_allowed -->
   <!-- BEGIN switch_emailchange_disallowed -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_EMAIL_ADDRESS}&nbsp;:&nbsp;*</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input type="hidden" name="email" value="{EMAIL}" /><span class="gen"><b>{EMAIL}</b></span></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_emailchange_disallowed -->
   <!-- BEGIN switch_emailchange_allowed -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_EMAIL_ADDRESS}&nbsp;:&nbsp;*</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="post" type="text" name="email" value="{EMAIL}" size="25" maxlength="64" /></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_emailchange_allowed -->
   <!-- BEGIN switch_edit_profile -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1">
         <span class="gen">{L_CURRENT_PASSWORD}&nbsp;:&nbsp;*</span><br />
          <span class="gensmall">{L_CONFIRM_PASSWORD_EXPLAIN}</span>
       </td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="post" type="password" name="cur_password" value="{CUR_PASSWORD}" size="25" maxlength="25" /></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_edit_profile -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_NEW_PASSWORD}&nbsp;:&nbsp;*</span><br /><span class="gensmall">{L_PASSWORD_IF_CHANGED}</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="post" type="password" name="new_password" value="{NEW_PASSWORD}" size="25" maxlength="25" /></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- BEGIN switch_confirm_password -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_CONFIRM_PASSWORD}&nbsp;:&nbsp;*</span><br /><span class="gensmall">{L_PASSWORD_CONFIRM_IF_CHANGED}</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="post" type="password" name="password_confirm" value="{PASSWORD_CONFIRM}" size="25" maxlength="25" /></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_confirm_password -->

   <!-- BEGIN switch_profile_fields -->
      <tr>
         <th class="thSides" colspan="2" valign="middle" height="25">{switch_informations_menu.switch_profile_fields.L_PROFILE_FIELDS}</th>
      </tr>
      <!-- BEGIN field -->
      <tr>
         <td class="gen row1" align="left">
            <span>{switch_informations_menu.switch_profile_fields.field.NAME}</span>
         </td>
         <td class="gensmall row2">
            {switch_informations_menu.switch_profile_fields.field.OBJECT}<br />
            <span class="gensmall">{switch_informations_menu.switch_profile_fields.field.DESCRIPTION}</span>
         </td>
      </tr>
      <!-- END field -->
   <!-- END switch_profile_fields -->

   <!-- BEGIN switch_confirm -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1" colspan="2" align="center"><span class="gensmall">{L_CONFIRM_CODE_IMPAIRED}</span><br />
      <br />
      {CONFIRM_IMG}<br />
      <br />
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_CONFIRM_CODE}&nbsp;:&nbsp;*</span><br /><span class="gensmall">{L_CONFIRM_CODE_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="post" type="text" name="confirm_code" value="" size="6" maxlength="6" /></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_confirm -->

   <!-- BEGIN switch_register_not_display -->
      <!-- BEGIN switch_unsubscribe_allowed -->
      <tr>
         <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_DELETE}</span></td>
         <td class="row2"><input type="checkbox" name="delete_user"><span class="gensmall" />{L_DELETE_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
      </tr>
      <!-- END switch_unsubscribe_allowed -->
   <!-- END switch_register_not_display -->
<!-- END switch_informations_menu -->

<!-- BEGIN switch_preferences_menu -->
   <tr>
      <th class="thSides" colspan="2" valign="middle" height="25">{L_PREFERENCES}</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_PUBLIC_VIEW_EMAIL}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2" width="400">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="viewemail" value="2" {VIEW_EMAIL_FORM} /><span class="gen">{L_FORM}</span></label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="viewemail" value="1" {VIEW_EMAIL_MAILTO} />{L_MAILTO}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="viewemail" value="0" {VIEW_EMAIL_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <!-- BEGIN switch_view_pm -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_PUBLIC_VIEW_MP}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2" width="400">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="view_pm" value="1" {VIEW_MP_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="view_pm" value="0" {VIEW_MP_NO} />{L_NO}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_view_pm -->
   <!-- BEGIN switch_profile_advanced -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{switch_preferences_menu.switch_profile_advanced.L_ALLOW_PROFILE_MSGS}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2" width="400">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="profilemsgs" value="2" {switch_preferences_menu.switch_profile_advanced.PROFILE_MSGS_ALL} />{L_ALL_USERS}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="profilemsgs" value="1" {switch_preferences_menu.switch_profile_advanced.PROFILE_MSGS_FRIENDS} />{L_MY_FRIENDS}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="profilemsgs" value="0" {switch_preferences_menu.switch_profile_advanced.PROFILE_MSGS_NONE} />{L_NO_ONE}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="profilemsgs" value="-1" {switch_preferences_menu.switch_profile_advanced.PROFILE_MSGS_HIDE} />{L_HIDE_TAB}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_profile_advanced -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_NEWSLETTER_ACCEPT}&nbsp;:</span><br /><span class="gensmall">{L_NEWSLETTER_ACCEPT_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
      <td class="row2" width="400">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="newsletter" value="1" {NEWSLETTER_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="newsletter" value="0" {NEWSLETTER_NO} />{L_NO}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>

      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_NOTIFY_ON_REPLY}&nbsp;:</span><br /><span class="gensmall">{L_NOTIFY_ON_REPLY_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="notifyreply" value="1" {NOTIFY_REPLY_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="notifyreply" value="0" {NOTIFY_REPLY_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_NOTIFY_ON_PRIVMSG}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="notifypm" value="1" {NOTIFY_PM_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="notifypm" value="0" {NOTIFY_PM_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <!-- BEGIN switch_can_disable_mass_pm -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_ENABLE_MASS_PM}&nbsp;:</span><br /><span class="gensmall">{L_ENABLE_MASS_PM_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="allow_mass_pm" value="4" {ALLOW_MASS_PM_NOTIFY_CHECKED} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="allow_mass_pm" value="2" {ALLOW_MASS_PM_CHECKED} /><span class="gen">{L_NO}</span></label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="allow_mass_pm" value="0" {DISABLE_MASS_PM_CHECKED} /><span class="gen">{L_NO_MASS_PM}</span></label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_can_disable_mass_pm -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_POPUP_ON_PRIVMSG}&nbsp;:</span><br /><span class="gensmall">{L_POPUP_ON_PRIVMSG_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="popup_pm" value="1" {POPUP_PM_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="popup_pm" value="0" {POPUP_PM_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1">
         <span class="gen">{L_NOTIFY_POST_PREVENT}&nbsp;:</span><br />
         <span class="gensmall">{L_NOTIFY_POST_PREVENT_EXPLAIN}</span>
      </td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="post_prevent" value="1" {POST_PREVENT_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="post_prevent" value="0" {POST_PREVENT_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <!-- BEGIN switch_report -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{switch_preferences_menu.switch_report.L_NO_REPORT_POPUP}&nbsp;:</span></td>
       <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="no_report_popup" value="0" {switch_preferences_menu.switch_report.NO_REPORT_POPUP_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="no_report_popup" value="1" {switch_preferences_menu.switch_report.NO_REPORT_POPUP_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
       <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{switch_preferences_menu.switch_report.L_NO_REPORT_MAIL}&nbsp;:</span></td>
       <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="no_report_mail" value="0" {switch_preferences_menu.switch_report.NO_REPORT_MAIL_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="no_report_mail" value="1" {switch_preferences_menu.switch_report.NO_REPORT_MAIL_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_report -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_ALWAYS_ADD_SIGNATURE}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="attachsig" value="1" {ALWAYS_ADD_SIGNATURE_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="attachsig" value="0" {ALWAYS_ADD_SIGNATURE_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_ALWAYS_ALLOW_BBCODE}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="allowbbcode" value="1" {ALWAYS_ALLOW_BBCODE_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="allowbbcode" value="0" {ALWAYS_ALLOW_BBCODE_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_ALWAYS_ALLOW_HTML}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="allowhtml" value="1" {ALWAYS_ALLOW_HTML_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="allowhtml" value="0" {ALWAYS_ALLOW_HTML_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="allowsmilies" value="1" {ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="allowsmilies" value="0" {ALWAYS_ALLOW_SMILIES_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_BOARD_LANGUAGE}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><span class="gensmall">{LANGUAGE_SELECT}</span></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_TIMEZONE}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><span class="gensmall">{TIMEZONE_SELECT}</span></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_DATE_FORMAT}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2">{DATE_FORMAT}</td>
   </tr>
   <!-- BEGIN switch_number_format -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_NUMBER_FORMAT}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2">{NUMBER_FORMAT}</td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_number_format -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_AUTO_CORRECT_DST}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="auto_dst" value="1"{AUTO_CORRECT_DST_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="auto_dst" value="0"{AUTO_CORRECT_DST_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1">
         <span class="gen">{L_DAYLIGHT_SAVING_TIME}&nbsp;:</span><br />
         <span class="gensmall">{CURRENT_TIME}</span>
      </td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="summer_time" value="0"{WINTER_TIME_CHECKED} />{L_WINTER_TIME}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="summer_time" value="1"{SUMMER_TIME_CHECKED} />{L_SUMMER_TIME}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
<!-- END switch_preferences_menu -->
<!-- BEGIN switch_avatar_block -->
   <tr>
      <th class="thSides" colspan="2" valign="middle" height="12">{L_AVATAR_PANEL}</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td class="row1" colspan="2">
         <table width="70%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
            <tr>
               <td width="65%"><span class="gensmall">{L_AVATAR_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
               <td align="center">
                  <span class="gensmall">{L_CURRENT_IMAGE}</span><br />
                  {AVATAR}<br />
                  <input type="checkbox" name="avatardel">&nbsp;<span class="gensmall">{L_DELETE_AVATAR}</span>
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
      </td>
   </tr>

   <!-- BEGIN switch_avatar_local_upload -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_UPLOAD_AVATAR_FILE}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="post" type="file" name="avatar"></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_avatar_local_upload -->
   <!-- BEGIN switch_avatar_remote_upload -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_UPLOAD_AVATAR_URL}&nbsp;:</span><br /><span class="gensmall">{L_UPLOAD_AVATAR_URL_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="post" type="text" name="avatarurl" size="40" maxlength="100" /></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_avatar_remote_upload -->
   <!-- BEGIN switch_avatar_remote_link -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_LINK_REMOTE_AVATAR}&nbsp;:</span><br /><span class="gensmall">{L_LINK_REMOTE_AVATAR_EXPLAIN}</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="post" type="text" name="avatarremoteurl" size="40" maxlength="100" /></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_avatar_remote_link -->
   <!-- BEGIN switch_avatar_local_gallery -->
   <tr>
      <td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_AVATAR_GALLERY}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2"><input class="liteoption" type="submit" name="avatargallery" value="{L_SHOW_GALLERY}" /></td>
   </tr>
   <!-- END switch_avatar_local_gallery -->
<!-- END switch_avatar_block -->

   <tr>
      <td class="catBottom" colspan="2" align="center" height="28">{HIDDEN_FIELDS}{S_HIDDEN_FIELDS}<input class="mainoption" type="submit" name="submit" value="{L_SUBMIT}" />&nbsp;<input class="liteoption" type="reset" name="reset" value="{L_RESET}" /></td>
   </tr>
</table>
</form>


here's what was removed. it's about almost half way down in the template.

Code:

<td class="row1"><span class="gen">{L_HIDE_USER}&nbsp;:</span></td>
      <td class="row2">
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="hideonline" value="1" {HIDE_USER_YES} />{L_YES}</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
         <label class="gen"><input type="radio" name="hideonline" value="0" {HIDE_USER_NO} />{L_NO}</label>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>


MrMario wrote:Its Not possible to remove the hidden option.

HEHEHEHEH

No i'm just kidding actually me and mario where disccusion this together on IM so besure to give him thanx too

Brilliant!

Thanks Kirk, and MrMario, too.