Please help me make a NEW user_level and add it to group?

Your phpBB Version: 2.0.22
phpBB Type: Integramod 141
MODs: Yes! Advanced Group Color Management for IntegraMOD 1.4.1
Your knowledge:
I suppose I am advanced.... Sometimes I claim I don't know anything because some php coding has to be dumbed down a bit.
Though I did add a bunch of things to my site by myself with codes I found on the internet that I spliced and diced and put together
(with the help of the odd people that IMed me out of the blue).
Other Things MODded:
Made new users called forum_bots.
Made user forms that post into forums that all users cannot see with the forum_bot posting the topic. Also takes their username from the site and includes it within the post.
Made one of the forms upload files into a folder on the site and post a message in the forums with the link to the file with the forum_bot posting the topic.
Made a user form that emails the result to a specified email account.
All of the forms use the portal pages and the template for my site with the error and success pages.
I have modified some tpl files to make things on my site show up in certain ways.
Plus I modified some other php files to make certain things to work the way I want them to.
(but I can't remember ALL of the ones I modified, because I have been modifying a lot over the past 3 weeks).
Board URL: http://www.wkservers.com/
PHP Version: 4.3.11
MySQL Version: 4.0.23-standard
phpMyAdmin Version: 2.6.2-pl1
My Problem
I would like to make a new user_level group.
I want to hide blocks in the qbar, or an entire qbar from all users but users in a user group. Not just so they can't be USED, but so they can't be SEEN either. The only way I found out how to do this is with the "view by" drop down list. Since there are only "All, Guests Only, Registered Users, Moderators, and Administrators" in the list, I guess I will have to add a new user_level. I don't know how though!!
I know it is very involved.
I just need a starting point; like what file to start with that holds the information.
If it is a php file I need to know the structure you use to add in php code. Like
"if you want to add a new user_level, find 'this', add 'this' with changing 'this' to the new level.
If you help me by writing it like that, I would be able to add more user_levels later on.
And then tell me how to get the user_level to show up in ONE drop down menu in ONE of the configuration pages that uses it.
Then maybe list the other files I need to change for adding the user_level in the other drop down menus on those pages.
If I need to add data to the database, I can, just tell me what I need to add <img>.
For the groups....
Tell me how to add code to a group to have it attach to the new user_level I created. I have no idea where to start with this, or how to write the code for it!
I need to do this because I just launched my site 4 days ago and am expecting 300 some odd users by the end of the month. I already have 105. I made it for a counter-strike community to replace their old plain phpbb site that was not the portal kind.
The thing is, they have administrators on their servers (10 servers) so there are around 100 or so, and the administrators change all the time.
The levels of the server admins are different depending on the server owner. So, I have seperated them into user groups on the website.
Some have moderator status, some do not, and some only moderate certain parts of the forum.
So, the only way to set it so that I can manage the newly created user_level without having to enter it in the user permissions admin panel one by one, would be to attatch the user_levels to the groups.
So any help here please? I need help with it ASAP! I am going to try and figure out how in the meantime, but It would take me weeks to figure it out all by myself.
So please help me??
If we end up needing to go back and forth with it you can contact me by:
AIM cutegothpirate
MSN cutegothpirate
Steam cutegothpirate
xfire cutegothpirate
email <a>cutegothpirate@aol.com</a>
phpBB Type: Integramod 141
MODs: Yes! Advanced Group Color Management for IntegraMOD 1.4.1
Your knowledge:
I suppose I am advanced.... Sometimes I claim I don't know anything because some php coding has to be dumbed down a bit.
Though I did add a bunch of things to my site by myself with codes I found on the internet that I spliced and diced and put together
(with the help of the odd people that IMed me out of the blue).
Other Things MODded:
Made new users called forum_bots.
Made user forms that post into forums that all users cannot see with the forum_bot posting the topic. Also takes their username from the site and includes it within the post.
Made one of the forms upload files into a folder on the site and post a message in the forums with the link to the file with the forum_bot posting the topic.
Made a user form that emails the result to a specified email account.
All of the forms use the portal pages and the template for my site with the error and success pages.
I have modified some tpl files to make things on my site show up in certain ways.
Plus I modified some other php files to make certain things to work the way I want them to.
(but I can't remember ALL of the ones I modified, because I have been modifying a lot over the past 3 weeks).
Board URL: http://www.wkservers.com/
PHP Version: 4.3.11
MySQL Version: 4.0.23-standard
phpMyAdmin Version: 2.6.2-pl1
My Problem
I would like to make a new user_level group.
I want to hide blocks in the qbar, or an entire qbar from all users but users in a user group. Not just so they can't be USED, but so they can't be SEEN either. The only way I found out how to do this is with the "view by" drop down list. Since there are only "All, Guests Only, Registered Users, Moderators, and Administrators" in the list, I guess I will have to add a new user_level. I don't know how though!!
I know it is very involved.
I just need a starting point; like what file to start with that holds the information.
If it is a php file I need to know the structure you use to add in php code. Like
"if you want to add a new user_level, find 'this', add 'this' with changing 'this' to the new level.
If you help me by writing it like that, I would be able to add more user_levels later on.
And then tell me how to get the user_level to show up in ONE drop down menu in ONE of the configuration pages that uses it.
Then maybe list the other files I need to change for adding the user_level in the other drop down menus on those pages.
If I need to add data to the database, I can, just tell me what I need to add <img>.
For the groups....
Tell me how to add code to a group to have it attach to the new user_level I created. I have no idea where to start with this, or how to write the code for it!
I need to do this because I just launched my site 4 days ago and am expecting 300 some odd users by the end of the month. I already have 105. I made it for a counter-strike community to replace their old plain phpbb site that was not the portal kind.
The thing is, they have administrators on their servers (10 servers) so there are around 100 or so, and the administrators change all the time.
The levels of the server admins are different depending on the server owner. So, I have seperated them into user groups on the website.
Some have moderator status, some do not, and some only moderate certain parts of the forum.
So, the only way to set it so that I can manage the newly created user_level without having to enter it in the user permissions admin panel one by one, would be to attatch the user_levels to the groups.
So any help here please? I need help with it ASAP! I am going to try and figure out how in the meantime, but It would take me weeks to figure it out all by myself.
So please help me??
If we end up needing to go back and forth with it you can contact me by:
AIM cutegothpirate
MSN cutegothpirate
Steam cutegothpirate
xfire cutegothpirate
email <a>cutegothpirate@aol.com</a>