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Ok, let's say you just hired a bunch of moderators. Since you are afraid they might delete half your forum while you were away, this tutorial will help you setup a "Trash Can" at your forum- where all deleted posts will go! That way any posts your staff delete go into the trash can, where you can move it back if you have to.

Part 1- Create The Trash Can

1) Login to your admin CP
2) Scroll down to "Forum Control"
3) Click "New Category"
4) In "Category Name" type "Trash Can" (or whatever you want to call it)
5) Click "Create This Category"
6) On left handside (admin CP menu) click "New Forum"
7) On dropdown menu ("Add to which parent?") pick the last category (the one you made in step 4)
8) Leave "Forum State" alone
9) In "Forum Name" enter "Trash Can" (or whatever you want to call it)
10) In "Forum Description" enter in a description for this forum.
Suggested:
Staff viewable forum where all deleted posts will go.
11) Scroll down to "Default date cut off for topic display" and set it to what you want.
12) For "Permission Access Levels" check the boxes for "Admin Forum Mask" and only that! Checking anymore boxes than for admin will allow everyone to view the trash can! (bad idea)
13) Click "Create this Forum"
14) On the homepage of your forum, you should see something like:

If NOT- please repeat the above steps

Part 2- Edit Moderators

15) Time to edit your moderators. Scroll down to "Forum Control" and click "Moderators"
16) Click "Edit" for whatever forum(s)/moderation group(s) you want to be protected by the trash can.
Suggested:
For ALL Forums and ALL Moderators
17) Set the following options to NO: (remember how you clicked "Edit?")

• Can delete others posts?
• Can delete others topics/polls?
• Can mass prune topics?

18) Set the following options to YES:

• Can use topic multi-moderation?

19) Click "Edit This Moderator"
20) In "Manage User Groups" Click "Edit Group" next to your moderator group. Set "Is Super Moderator (can moderate anywhere)?" to NO.
As of this point, your moderators have lost the power to delete things, but lets give them a safer version of deletion right now!

Part 3- Create New "Delete" Option

21) In admin CP menu, please scroll to "Forum Moderation" then click "Topic Multi-Moderation"
22) Click "Add New"
23) In "Title for this Multi-Moderation Suite?" type "Delete"
24) "Active in Forums..." select ALL forums you edited in step 16.
25) Scroll down to "Move topic?" and select your trash can.
26) Click "Add New Multi-Moderation"
27) Your moderators should see at bottom of topics...

Create a test moderator account to verify you did this correctly! (a new account for testing purposes, do NOT demote your admin account)


That's it! You are done. All your normal moderators will now be able to delete topics, but they will be put in a place where only you and they can see. That way accidental deletions and/or bad moderation can be prevented. Normal members will be unable to see the topics, so it is effectively "deleted." Be careful though- this only made it so that moderators can't delete, admins still can. That's why there should only be one admin. NOTE: do NOT give moderators the ability to moderate the trash can!

NOTE: Your moderators will also notice that they will not have the regular delete option, as multi-moderation is seperated. However, if you explain to your staff in a nice way, they will know how to use the multi-moderation in seconds, and won't mind at all.


-Mark
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