[bonelifer]

Replaces "SEE NOTES: NONE" with a notes button, after Kailey's feedback that members without a reason should show nothing, as phpBB.com's staff field does.

What changes

• The SEE NOTES line shows only while a member has a current reason. Members without one show nothing extra.
• Staff with the See Notes view permission get a Moderator notes button with the post buttons, beside phpBB's Warn button, and a Moderator notes link with the profile's user statistics. Both are there for every member, so nothing appears or disappears with the notes. Without a current reason, staff who may give one land on the Give a reason form.
• phpBB 4.0 draws post button icons with its Icon() Twig function, which phpBB 3.3 cannot compile, so the button has one template per branch, picked at runtime.
• Docs, screenshots and a dated gallery for the forum update post (docs/update/2026-11-08/).

Testing

Claude ran:

• PHPUnit against phpBB 3.3.x and master.
• EPV against 3.3.x and master, the code sniffer with both rulesets, php -l on PHP 7.4 and 8.4, and the template accessibility check.
• The feature check (updated in phpbbmodders/phpbb-release-tools) on phpBB 3.3 and 4.0 with SQLite, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and MSSQL.
• A browser check on phpBB 3.3 and 4.0 seed boards: the button and profile link render, open the Give a reason form for a member without a reason, and cause no JavaScript errors.

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Investigated and written by Claude on behalf of William Jacoby (bonelifer).