Limited Guest Viewing -- Improve community registration rates

[Ted S]

Not without modifying the hack. This isn't meant to be a general message but rather to specifically address viewing posts.

Try the welcome header hack if you want to bug people everywhere.

[ATP_JD]

This is EXACTLY what I was hoping to find for our forum. Actually, it's better than I imagined. INSTALLED

Thank you!

[keyness]

We already know that LGV increases the number of registrations. We can call this "direct benefit" of mod.

But in my opinion this mod also would increase the number of online users (and active users, as well) am i right? Because users who view threads as visitors (We know there are lots of users who is doing that) would log in after they received block message. In this way, this mod also would liven up the forum. They will log in, maybe they will reply some threads or create new ones, and posts number will increase too. So forum will be more active. And we can call this "indirect benefit" of mod. What do you think about this? Any experience?

And I'll install this mod. tomorrow. Thanks!

[JodiSal]

I would like to install this one but I have a question first.

Does this mod override what is already set for Unregistered users? We have our forum permissions set so that guests cannot view anything. We want to change that.

[Ted S]

I would like to install this one but I have a question first.

Does this mod override what is already set for Unregistered users? We have our forum permissions set so that guests cannot view anything. We want to change that.

Nope. This doesn't change any permission settings.

[vitrag24]

amazing addon
both of ur addon are gr8
but i have query whether search engine rank will be down bu this hack?

[Ted S]

amazing addon
both of ur addon are gr8
but i have query whether search engine rank will be down bu this hack?
It shouldn't be.

[pedrambayat]

canot view forum!!!
help me

[Ted S]

canot view forum!!!
help me
Can you be more specific? Have you turned this hack off? On? What can't you view? What can you view?

[vitrag24]

hello ted
r u sure that it wont affect search enging index of any forum?

[Paul M]

I just wanted to let you know that I went from about 5 registering per day to 30 (still) and it's been six months. It quadrupled the member count we had after 1.5 years in just six months.Out of interest, how many of those actually come back again, as opposed to just register, view and then vanish again ?

[Ted S]

r u sure that it wont affect search enging index of any forum?

Nope. But it's a pretty safe bet that they won't be affected.

[alessai]

Out of interest, how many of those actually come back again, as opposed to just register, view and then vanish again ?


:D who care we can annoy them with forum emails lool :p << !!!!:rolleyes:

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

probably blind ...but I searched and didn't see it...

1. is there a way to make so it blocks the number of posts (pages) one sees in a particular thread? (eg: guest can only read first page of a thread or first 3 posts...then asked to register).


2. How DO you add a search bots if you have to? I have a few international search engines I need to NOT block...but not sure how I would add them.


suggestion: maybe future you add in admincp a simple way to add bots without having to go into the code? (like a box to add other bots in addition to the default ones this covers).

[Ted S]

GrendelKhan - To answer your questions.

1 - Nope.

2 - You don't have to. The system uses cookies, bots don't use cookies. If you did want to hardocde a bot in, you would edit the xml file (search for Google).

[ORP]

Installed!
Great Mod Ted. I had seen this on other sites but had not gone looking for the hack.

Thanks for putting a link in your sig on TAZ. Once I saw you did it, I knew I had to have it. Your reputation precedes you buddy.
Many thanks!

[vitrag24]

thx..
i have imported plugin..

nice addon buddy
one suggestion or question whtever u feel :)

is this better [register take overmsg] or popup prompting for register/post topic/introduction is better?

[vitrag24]

strange prb

1st i enabled only reg. take over option for 4 threads.and keep reg. block hack disabled..
then msg appers after 4threads view..

then i enabled reg. block also for 2 threads to check it..
it also worked

then i disabled reg. block and keep reg.take over enabled for 2 views as initially but thanafter i'm unable to see that msg

i enabled reg.blocked again and got msg in 1st thread now..disabled reg. block and checked again bot not got msg for reg. take over..

then i asked my frnd to check same and he got the msg
whts the prb?

well right now i have kept reg. takeover after 4 threads..and reg. block disabled..
plz guide me
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one more question:-

once user opened 10threads and if i keep reg block for 10 thread then he/she wont be abvle to see thrad without loggin forever?

[Ted S]

strange prb

1st i enabled only reg. take over option for 4 threads.and keep reg. block hack disabled..
then msg appers after 4threads view..

then i enabled reg. block also for 2 threads to check it..
it also worked

then i disabled reg. block and keep reg.take over enabled for 2 views as initially but thanafter i'm unable to see that msg

then i asked my frnd to check same and he got the msg
whts the prb?


well right now i have kept reg. takeover after 4 threads
Yup yup. There are options in your vbulletin settings are to control how they work together.

[Ted S]

Installed!
Great Mod Ted. I had seen this on other sites but had not gone looking for the hack.

Thanks for putting a link in your sig on TAZ. Once I saw you did it, I knew I had to have it. Your reputation precedes you buddy.
Many thanks!

Thanks!

[vitrag24]

Yup yup. There are options in your vbulletin settings are to control how they work together.

where is answer of my query buddy?
i have mentioned my prb quite simply so that anyone can understand...just read thagt post plzzzz

[Ted S]

where is answer of my query buddy?
i have mentioned my prb quite simply so that anyone can understand...just read thagt post plzzzz
A little patience goes a long way.

The tracking is done by cookies -- if you view 4 threads, change the settings to 2, and come back, you'll already be over the limit.

[vitrag24]

u rnt gettin my question

let me explain in simple way

if guest has viewd more than 4 threads once and then he login and then in his next visit as guest will reg. block/takeover msg be shown directly or after 4 threads only?
this is much imp question spl regarding reg.block msg..

ideally it shd be like each time guest can be able to view view number of threads set in acp... ..i think u have done that only but wanna confirm as i have no idea..

[Ted S]

Please use full sentances, I can't understand what you are saying.

[TheMilkCarton]

Please use full sentances, I can't understand what you are saying.Translation:
You aren't getting my question. Let me explain in a more simple way (oh the irony):

If a guest has viewed more than four threads in one visit and then logs in, in his next visit as a guest will the Block/Takeover Message be shown immediately or after another four threads? *gibberish*

Ideally, the number of threads a guest can view each time (during each visit??) should be set in ACP. I think you have done this but I wanted to confirm because I have no idea.
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LOL.

Good job with this! *Installed*

[vitrag24]

haha.
thx for translation.
sorry buddy i use much abbrevations and my typing speed is much fast :)

can you reply now?

[BadgerDog]

Note to self....

Check who to avoid for future medical care... :eek:

Regards,
Badger

[vitrag24]

Note to self....

Check who to avoid for future medical care... :eek:

Regards,
Badger

wht do you mean by that?
i'm confused.:confused:

[BadgerDog]

wht do you mean by that?
i'm confused.:confused:

Sorry, but I do have a headache from reading the last several pages .... ;)

Patience is a virtue and Ted is apparently blessed with it... :up:

Regards,
Badger

[vitrag24]

i'm a medical student and we have to use many aabrivations and so in usual talk also i used to use them.
:)
you may not observed this in various case papers of patients...we have to write so much in hurry so it is must for us.

neway i'll try from now on not to use shortcodes.
thanks for the add-on.

[BadgerDog]

neway i'll try from now on not to use shortcodes.
thanks for the add-on.


Thanks ... :up:

Could have been worse, as you could have been using Latin like the old days for prescriptions ... ;)

Regards,
Badger

[vitrag24]

i'm from india so not using latin words except conventional terms..
:)

[RaceJunkie]

This is a great mod, I have had over 100 new users sign up this week alone..

[Ted S]

This is a great mod, I have had over 100 new users sign up this week alone..
That's great! How have you found activity/ posting rates to be with this installed?

[FuzionIT]

Installed :-) Great mod thanks but I'm having problems changing the registration message. I'm using 3.5.4. I get an error message when I try to change using the LGV system so I've changed it in phrases. The message still hasn't changed though. Any ideas?
www.equineonline.net/horseforum

BTW if you look at the viewing system, the message has changed next to where it says Register Take-Over Message Count and Register Block Page Count. It's not actually showing on the forum though.

[Ted S]

This hack is not supported in the 3.5.x version.

[FuzionIT]

This hack is not supported in the 3.5.x version.

Ok. A previous comment was 'The plugin will work in 3.5+'. Does not supported mean it won't work or does it mean no help is provided? I will be keeping the mod as everything appears to work apart from being able to change the registration message. If anyone can point me in the right direction to do that I would be grateful.

[Ted S]

It should work fine (and is running on several 3.5 sites) but as I don't run or use 3.5, I can't offer support for that version.

That said, if you change the right phrase it should appear on your site. Be sure to check your translations and any other languages you may have installed.

[Lifesupporters]

This is a truly great mod Ted, nice work!

I just finished installing it at Lifesupporters.com and the one thing that I truly like about this mod so far is I no longer have the need for custom usergroup permissions for unregistered and users awaiting e-mail in some of my forum categories.

Previously, there were forums that I just didn't want guests to have deep access to simply because they are either off topic given the sites main focus or are complimentary in nature but still do not fully mesh with the site purpose. Now that guests have limited browsing capability, I no longer have to privatize or hide forums and configure the usergroups specially.

I'm keeping an eye on who's online and so far the only user that was blocked was me in Opera as a non-logged in member. Yahoo Slurp, Adsense and Google are all online currently and not one of them is experiencing issues (not that I expected any as I've already read and understood the various responses to spiders and cookie usage).

The only comment I would make is the install file makes reference to this:


This plugin does a basic check to identify bots (Google, Yahoo and MSN) and will allow them unrestricted access; however, you may want to consider installing the Bots as Members plugin if you are concerned about other bots. This plugin does not apply to the vBulletin archive and will not restrict views to that portion of your site.

...I read over that entire topic and as great as it sounds, I'd never install it personally given the negative nature of that entire thread. It simply leaves too big of a question mark as to whether or not using it may or may not be considered cloaking which is why I shied away from it all together.

Lastly, this is another minor issue but I did notice earlier in this thread, one user commented on your update line (the first phrase on your install.html file):


This article and its associated code was updated on October 7th, 2006


IMHO, it may not be a bad idea to either update this line or simply re-direct it to this forum topic so all users can see the changelog in the very first post. I only make mention of it as it can cause some confusion, at least for tards like me.

BTW, if you do happen to visit my site, please don't slag me for it's appearance so far. This site is over 3 years old but only 3 months old on Joomla/vB so it's still very much in re-build mode.

Thanks again for this great mod!

[Lifesupporters]

...I also thought I'd add for a mod that is apparently Not Supported, you seem to do a fine job supporting it here on the forums!

[Ted S]

I assume you're talking about the Limited Guest Viewing mod rather than the Welcome Header adodn this thrad is about... but not a big deal.

I wrote to be blunt and scare people enough to think about it. The LGV hack may have an impact on a forum as bots develop to use cookies. Right now I don't see issues but I'm trying to avoid having people point at me and say "why didn't you explain it". I'd rather someone not use the hack because they don't like it than use it but not understand it.

Thanks for the feedback.

[SeanE]

Just got the word on the new vB version - is this product ready to go to 3.68?

Thanks,
-Sean

[Ted S]

It's a minor release so yes, shouldn't be an issue.

[flindersredclaw]

Bloody good job Ted. I have been using this for ages. I did switch it off for a while and my registration went way down. Just installed on clean 3.6.8 (fingers crossed)

thanks mate

[thompson]

is there a downloadlink with all changes ?

what about bots like google ?

[Ted S]

is there a downloadlink with all changes ?

what about bots like google ?

I'm not sure what you mean? If you download the latest version, you get the latest version with any and all changes since any other version.

As for bots, that's explained in the main post and throughout the thread.

[Chachacha]

Installed. Thanks.

[basketmen]

hi guys

i want to set Register Block Page Count to 0

how do you think about this? it will affect on search engine google?

how about to set it to 1 ????

please share your knowledge about this mod

[yaoren]

**Installed**

[Ted S]

i want to set Register Block Page Count to 0

how do you think about this? it will affect on search engine google?


Have you read the hack description or the explanation of how it works with bots?

[basketmen]

Have you read the hack description or the explanation of how it works with bots?


yup i had read it before

i just want to know experience from others if you try to set it to 0 or 1 what will happening with search engine google

[Ted S]

yup i had read it before

i just want to know experience from others if you try to set it to 0 or 1 what will happening with search engine google

This hack isn't intended to block the viewing of threads (0). If you want that setting use your user group permissions, not this addon. If you set it to 1 it's the same as setting it to 99999, bots don't use cookies (at least not yet).

[basketmen]

This hack isn't intended to block the viewing of threads (0). If you want that setting use your user group permissions, not this addon. If you set it to 1 it's the same as setting it to 99999, bots don't use cookies (at least not yet).

hi ted

i mean i want all user that view thread for the first time get block but i dont want block search engine google to crawl


because 45% my visitor just about 30 second in my forum then leave :D
i want them register first before they read the thread and leave


or you recomending 2 as minimum set to block???

[Ted S]

hi ted

i mean i want all user that view thread for the first time get block but i dont want block search engine google to crawl


because 45% my visitor just about 30 second in my forum then leave :D
i want them register first before they read the thread and leave


or you recomending 2 as minimum set to block???

I would never recommend blocking your visitors from reading their first thread... People visiting a site expect to see the content they came looking for, denying it to them tends to scare them off. Only in the case of reputable brands (i.e. major newspapers) or very high-demand sites are able to do this with success and even then they tend to have tremendous bounce rates.

Will some people register to read their first thread? Of course. But most won't because they've had no chance to see what their missing out on.

This addon is not designed to truly block users. If you want to do that you should use your usergroup permissions and find an addon to treat bots as registered members or something else that lets them view content.

[MrNase]

What are your experiences? Did it really help you to get guests to register? :)

[basketmen]

What are your experiences? Did it really help you to get guests to register?

i just try it in test forum

register stats must be increase with block set to 0 , the problem is this will block search engine google too or not if block set to 0


the success forum like this is forums.offtopic.com , guest cant read the thread so they must be register to read, but search engine google cant crawl it too http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aforums.offtopic.com


imagine how if google can crawl thread in that forum too

offtopic.com is the largest forums that using vbulletin in big-boards.com stats

[Ted S]

Just because another site is able to block guests entirely doesn't mean you'll find success doing the same. Big Boards have a different dynamic than smaller sites, mainly in their appeal and viral notoriety. And of course, every niche is different.

Blocking guests from viewing anything is a hard sell.

[basketmen]

ok i just need this answer, last question :)


it is ok for search engine google if i set 2 to block thread?

[Ted S]

ok i just need this answer, last question :)

it is ok for search engine google if i set 2 to block thread?

I can only tell you how the hack works. Determining if that meets your SEO needs is entirely up to you.

[markdekwant]

Nice one dude :O

[legionofangels]

Definitely interested in using this accompanied with your other hack.

My question is, is it going to ask me to register if I'm viewing the forums while I'm not logged in?

Because sometimes I like to look around without logging in. Sorry if this has already been answered.

[theFAILURE]

Yes it will. Just clear your cookies and then view more pages :)

[Ted S]

Definitely interested in using this accompanied with your other hack.

My question is, is it going to ask me to register if I'm viewing the forums while I'm not logged in?

Because sometimes I like to look around without logging in. Sorry if this has already been answered.

As that's the purpose of the hack, yes, that's exactly what it will do. :D

[Tact7626]

just isntalled this today as well. very nice. and works great. :D love it. ty for this great mod.

[PDM]

can show post for spider bot ??

[Ted S]

can show post for spider bot ??

Please read the main post for an explination of how bots see the site.

[BadgerDog]

An associated question for use with this mod, if I may.... :)

Right now, I have most of my forums set so guests can view the threads in the forum, but not the content of an individual post.

If I wanted to use this mod from time to time to drive more interest, but not ON all of the time, is there an easier way for me to turn ON and OFF guest reading posts permissions, then going into each indvidual forum and dealing with permissions for guests (and awaiting validation), to be able to read posts using this mod?

Thanks

Regards,
Badger

[Ted S]

You could certainly write a simple SQL query to do this for you.

[theFAILURE]

I do not this works for Archives though, either way still great :)

[Ted S]

It's not intended to work in the archive as it is not meant to be a system to truly block people from viewing content. The goal is to encourage registrations without being overly invasive.

[sunnycher]

I have a question.

I have registered members and premium members (paid members)
How can I set it to let registered members see the first posts only and it would encourage them to join our premium side? Is this possible?

[Ted S]

You would have to modify the hack code to treat members of the registered group like guests.

[sunnycher]

oh, ok, that's not going to happen LOL I'm not a coder!

TY!!!

[JokeAss]

Is this plugin confirmed to work with 3.6.8?

[SCRIPT3R]

Threads Version # (1.05) needs updating to 1.06. ;)

[SCRIPT3R]

Is this plugin confirmed to work with 3.6.8?

yes.

[Weapon-x]

Great Mod. It does improve your member list.

[turfy]

With Firefox it's possible to block the cookies from a list of Website. It's easy to read the forums which use this plugin.

[Ted S]

With Firefox it's possible to block the cookies from a list of Website. It's easy to read the forums which use this plugin.

Again, the intent of this hack is not to truly block people from reading the forums, if you want to do that, you should disable their privileges. LGV is designed to encourage people to register, nothing more.

[ericgtr]

Again, the intent of this hack is not to truly block people from reading the forums, if you want to do that, you should disable their privileges. LGV is designed to encourage people to register, nothing more.
When you think about it, if they really want to continue to read on it would be just as easy for them to register than it would be to hassle with getting around cookies. I like the idea behind this mod, installing.

[ETDC]

Installed - quite easy. :)

Will monitor improvements in sign-up rate and report back.

Thanks :cool::up:

[MISCMORE]

I installed the mod on vBulletin 3.6.8. But no messages appear ... (yes, the mod is activated ...)

What could the problem be?

Thanks
MISC

[Ted S]

It sounds like you have not added the necessary variable to your templates as explained in the instructions.

[Shinou]

I'm getting the same problem as MISCMORE, nothing showing up in 3.6.8, I double checked the instructions and everything is exactly as they said it. I'll give it one more go.

[Ted S]

I'm getting the same problem as MISCMORE, nothing showing up in 3.6.8, I double checked the instructions and everything is exactly as they said it. I'll give it one more go.
Have you added the $lgvmessage variable to your navbar template for each style?

[Shinou]

Well the instalation guide says put this in $lgvmessage and at the bottom of the navbar template, so here? </table>
</div>

<!-- / PAGENAV POPUP -->
</if>$lgvmessage

[Ted S]

Well the instalation guide says put this in $lgvmessage and at the bottom of the navbar template, so here? </table>
</div>

<!-- / PAGENAV POPUP -->
</if>$lgvmessage

Sorry, I was referring to the wrong hack.

You now need to (a) turn the system on (b) view your board as a guest (c) view as many threads as you allow the block system to display. If you don't get blocked, check your domain's cookies for one named lgv.

[Shinou]

Sweet, I got it to work, thanks!
It was the Welcome header I couldn't get to work. Also wrong hack.

[semantik]

Thanks for making this great hack... been looking for a way to restrict view, but didn't interfere with google. thanks!

[insidedesign]

I have installed the system and it is a great system. I am using the Register Block Page feature, however it seems to be interfering with the Welcome Header MOD...

For example, the Welcome Header displays properly in a forum view:
http://www.genxglow.com/f37/

However, in a thread view - the Welcome Header is not displayed:
http://www.genxglow.com/f37/gxg-taking-nation-strom-1440/

I would still like the Welcome Header MOD displayed on thread pages as well. How do I acheive this?

Thanks in advance!

[Ted S]

I have installed the system and it is a great system. I am using the Register Block Page feature, however it seems to be interfering with the Welcome Header MOD...

For example, the Welcome Header displays properly in a forum view:
http://www.genxglow.com/f37/

However, in a thread view - the Welcome Header is not displayed:
http://www.genxglow.com/f37/gxg-taking-nation-strom-1440/

I would still like the Welcome Header MOD displayed on thread pages as well. How do I acheive this?

Thanks in advance!
You can change how the two systems work by modifying the options.

[insidedesign]

You can change how the two systems work by modifying the options.

Disable welcome headers if limited guest viewing system is on?
Set to no

I don't see how any of my settings would be conflicting. Can you provide any more input? Thanks for your support thus far!

[Ted S]

Be sure you're using the latest versions and that setting should work.

[insidedesign]

Be sure you're using the latest versions and that setting should work.

Welcome Headers 4.2.2
Limited Guest Viewing 1.0.6

[CP,]

I presume this affects search engine spiders from indexing pages to search engines as it will prevent SEO bots aswell?

[Rebecca217]

I presume this affects search engine spiders from indexing pages to search engines as it will prevent SEO bots aswell?

No, it doesn't. Search engines and spiders can still access and crawl your site just as they did before. It's only guests who are restricted.

Rebecca

[Ted S]

I presume this affects search engine spiders from indexing pages to search engines as it will prevent SEO bots aswell?
Review the first post and/or instructions for an explanation of how this works with robots.

[Adam21]

Hi.How and where do we change the codes to edit instead of unregistered users,to registered users?

[Ted S]

Edit the plugin file to change the conditions from guests to !guests.

[BadgerDog]

Hi Ted... :)

Right thread this time ... ;)

If I change the user title (it's currently blank) of the Usergroup #3 "Users Awaiting Email Confirmation" to "Guest", just like it currently is for Usergroup #1 "Unregistered / Not Logged In", will that cause these two groups to be treated by your code below cumulatively, and keep the "read" block in place until they become Usergroup #2 "Registered"?

Faling that, what do I add to the line below as an AND statement to cause that same effect?


// check if user is a guest and if system is enabled
if ($show['guest'] AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon'])

Sorry, I'm an old Fortran programmer out of the 60's and this new stuff is a little bit of a reach for me.... :D

Thanks for your help.... :)

Regards,
Badger

[Ted S]

Changing the title of the groups won't do anything... they're referanced by ID numbers.

You would need to change the line of code you referanced to add an appropriate OR statement for the usergroup you want to check against.

[BadgerDog]

Can anyone tell me how to restructure this line within Ted's mod with an "OR" statement, so that it will include Usergroup #3 "Users Awaiting Email Confirmation" as well as guests which is Usergroup #1 "Unregistered / Not Logged In"?

In this way, it will extend the use of this fine mod and visitors to our community will end up being blocked until they fully complete the registration process.

// check if user is a guest and if system is enabled
if ($show['guest'] AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon'])

Thanks for any help offered .... :)

Regards,
Badger

[Ted S]

I'm not in a place where I can test but try

if ( ($show['guest'] OR in_array($vbulletin->GPC['usergroupid'],'X,Y,Z') AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon'])


Where X,Y,Z are groups you want to treat like guests (it can be just one group).

If that doesn't work then I'm calling the usergroupid variable incorrectly. In that case, try $vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] instead.

[BadgerDog]

I'm not in a place where I can test but try

if ( ($show['guest'] OR in_array($vbulletin->GPC['usergroupid'],'X,Y,Z') AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon'])


Where X,Y,Z are groups you want to treat like guests (it can be just one group).

If that doesn't work then I'm calling the usergroupid variable incorrectly. In that case, try $vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] instead.


Thanks Ted.... :)

I tried both approaches....

if ( ($show['guest'] OR in_array($vbulletin->GPC['usergroupid'],'3') AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon'])

if ( ($show['guest'] OR in_array($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'],'3') AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon'])

..... but I get an error as follows:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '{' in /forums/mysite/showthread.php(345) : eval()'d code(133) : eval()'d code on line 7

Thanks...

Regards,
Badger

[Ted S]

Missing a closing )


if ( ($show['guest'] OR in_array($vbulletin->GPC['usergroupid'],'3')) AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon'])

[kiFF]

My only problem is that when the "Register Take-Over Message" is enabled, my welcome headers only show up on the main page. If I go into a thread no header shows up.

[Ted S]

My only problem is that when the "Register Take-Over Message" is enabled, my welcome headers only show up on the main page. If I go into a thread no header shows up.
Go into your Limited Guest Viewing settings and disable Welcome Header Message Suppression.

[kiFF]

Go into your Limited Guest Viewing settings and disable Welcome Header Message Suppression.
That's not one of the options.

[diviniti]

Installed on 3.6.8 and working great. Thanks!
(Clicks Installed)

[Racecar]

Installed on 3.6.8 and it seems to be working great

[theOZer]

Works in vB3.7.0 Beta 2 after upgrading from vB3.6.8 PL2 with this hack already installed. No changes of any kind or re-import required.

[makofu]

The Blocker seems to be working but the Take-Over does not. I'm using vB 3.7 Beta 3. Not sure if anybody else has tried on Beta 3 without having it previously installed on 3.6?

[newbuck]

I checked my last adsense Site Diagnostics and as of Jan 19th which was the last report of my site attempted crawl it shows my site as blocked and reason blocked being "not found"

I still see crawlers on my site but am not sure if this report is because of this hack

help please

[Ted S]

The hack has no known impact on spiders as it both excludes them and uses cookies, which they [spiders] do not use. Just like a guest on their first view aren't blocked, a spider (which has only one view) is also not blocked.

The error "not found" refers to a page that produced a 404 response when Google tried to crawl it. You should be able to drill in and see which pages produced this error and fix those links. LGV does not produce 404 errors at any point as it does not send out http headers.

[gamebrink]

3.68pl2 with vbseo i see nothing :(

[Ted S]

3.68pl2 with vbseo i see nothing :(

What is your configuration set to? What template did you add the lgv variable to?

[amore1981]

The Blocker seems to be working but the Take-Over does not. I'm using vB 3.7 Beta 3. Not sure if anybody else has tried on Beta 3 without having it previously installed on 3.6?

i have tryed it on this version and i get the same as yourself can anyone help thanks

[Ted S]

i have tryed it on this version and i get the same as yourself can anyone help thanks

This hack is not intended for 3.7. Once the final is released an updated version will be posted if applicable.

[tanujdude91]

Hello Ted S , I installed this plugin 5 days ago and its a great hack .
But Since I've installed this plugin , visitors from search engines have decreased heavily .
I just installed the plugin the way it was to be installed .
Any idea what the problem is?

Thanks

[Ted S]

Any idea what the problem is?


Nope. Have you seen a decrease in rankings? A decrease in spider activity? What does google webmaster tools show about your site? Have you made any other changes to your site including changing links, adding tools, having links from other sites or anything else?

[jpbryan]

Thanks.. This is what I have been looking for.. Thanks

[thefuelforums]

I know this is an old post, but how and what folder do I install this, I would like to try it out?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Chris
TFF

[Ted S]

I know this is an old post, but how and what folder do I install this, I would like to try it out?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Chris
TFF
No folder, it's a plugin. Be sure to read the install file for step-by-step instructions.

[thefuelforums]

Ok, I have it installed but it does not seem to work, what can I be doing wrong?

Thanks
Chris
TFF

[Ted S]

How is it not working? What have you changed the settings to? What happens when you view threads as a guest more times than the ruleset allows?

[nemoprincess]

Hi, I have installed it ma it doesn' t do anything

[Ted S]

Hi, I have installed it ma it doesn' t do anything
Thanks for your question but in order to provide any assistance you are going to need to be more clear about what exactly it "doesn't do"...

What version of vbulletin are you using?

Have you added the necessary variables for your template to display the warning message?

What are your settings?

What happens when you view the board more times than is allowed [as a guest]?

[karnevil]

does this also work on the archive ?

[Ted S]

does this also work on the archive ?

No it does not.

[rrokdoka]

Thank you making this great addon.... this is exactly what i needed for the forums!

Thank you

[nemoprincess]

I'm using the 3.6.8 vbulletin version
I added the necessary variables for your template to display the warning message and The plugin Is correctly installed and enabled but guests continue to see the discussion contents.
I don't want to activate the other options, i only want that guests, except crawlers, cannot see the board.

[Ted S]

How is it enabled? What are you settings? What happens when a guest views a thread more times than your settings allow?

[Satz]

i want to remove block for all of the Search Engine Spiders and Adsense Spiders.. any help ?

[EvErDrEaMs]

good hack.

[momo2]

Installed how ever i can still see everything, I am using 3.6.8.....

[momo2]

problem fixed, never mind last post........ excellent hack..

[SpreadingLight]

How about an option to require users to register after they've made x# of posts?

[Ted S]

I'm not sure how you'd do that... If the person isn't logged in there's no way to know who they are or how many posts they've made.

[CLF]

Great thing!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I'm gonna track the improvements. :)

INSTALLED!!!

[Habsy]

Excellent mod. Thanks a bunch.

Working great on 3.6.8

[Aquestor]

Hi i want to show the Message between the Posts. Because of that, i added this at the end of postbit and postbit_legacy. But there it isn`t shown,can u tell me why its only shown in navbar template?

Greetz Kai

[cagbaazee]

will it works on 3.7 version

[Ted S]

will it works on 3.7 version

This hack is for the 3.6 series.

[Ted S]

Hi i want to show the Message between the Posts. Because of that, i added this at the end of postbit and postbit_legacy. But there it isn`t shown,can u tell me why its only shown in navbar template?

Greetz Kai
This hack is designed to show messages at the top of the page only. If you want to make it show between posts you would need to modify the plugin source such that the postbit template gets the proper code.

[cache]

would any antivirus software consider it as malware?

[Ted S]

would any antivirus software consider it as malware?
Consider what as malware? There's nothing sent to the user, put on their computer (aside from a standard cookie) or happening besides the display of html.

[Aquestor]

Thanks for Help Ted S

[mr.reza]

very usefull hack, thanx ted
Can I add another usergroup to be limitted? for example I want to add "Users Awaiting Email Confirmation" group in this hack that they are forced to active their accounts.

[Aquestor]

yes u can

look at vbulletin options

and than this addon, there u can choose which group should be the one which is limitted

[mr.reza]

:-o are you sure? there is no option to specify which groups can be limitted.
any solution?

[Ted S]

This feature does not exist natively. You would have to edit the source code.

[mr.reza]

This feature does not exist natively. You would have to edit the source code.

thanx TED but can you help me to edit the source? I can't modify codes :(

[Ted S]

I don't provide assistance in learning to code but if you open up the plugin file and sort through it you should be able to find where it checks for guests and go from there. The best way to learn is to try and try some more. Just be sure to try on your dev board.

[Aquestor]

:-o are you sure? there is no option to specify which groups can be limitted.
any solution?

I am sorry that was the wrong Add-on i meant here is the code:


Template Modifyoptions:
before code:
<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 15 OR $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 5 OR $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 6 OR $bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 7">

after code

</if>

[Ted S]

That code won't work Aquestor. The Limited Guest Viewing system determines who should see the message in the plugin source, not templates as it needs to check for cookies, page types and other factors which are outside the scope of conditionals.

[Aquestor]

I am sorry please forgive me

I am nothing :eek:

Second Time i mix the Hack with another I won`write anything anymore

[leanbulk]

Anyone get this to work for 3.7 beta 4 or above? I am having trouble with this.... installed correctlyand everything but just simply not working... any advice?

[Ted S]

Anyone get this to work for 3.7 beta 4 or above? I am having trouble with this.... installed correctlyand everything but just simply not working... any advice?

This addon is for the 3.5/3.6 series of vBulletin only and will not work in 3.7.

[leanbulk]

anything that does this same function for 3.7? I gota have this! lol

[Ted S]

anything that does this same function for 3.7? I gota have this! lol
Nothing I am aware of (which is why this hack exists). Once 3.7 is stable, a new version will be released.

[leanbulk]

Awesome Ted. I will keep checking back once 3.7 goes stable. Thanks

[anama]

How do I take off Inactive Reminders By hacked-downloads.co.uk of my footer? The plugin is disable but is still showing the link .

Thank you

[Ted S]

How do I take off Inactive Reminders By hacked-downloads.co.uk of my footer? The plugin is disable but is still showing the link .

Thank you
You contact the the maker of that addon and ask them.

[drpeppper]

I adjusted the bot file a bit to include the google/yahoo/msn bots i see getting blocked .

LGV System [Processing Routine]
// check if user is a bot
$lvgbot = ($vbulletin->superglobal_size['_COOKIE'] == 0 AND preg_match("#(google|msnbot|zoints|aol|yahoo|slurp|Yahoo! Slurp Spider|Google Spider|MSNBot Spider)#si", $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']));

However Yahoo! Slurp Spider, Google Spider ,MSNBot Spider all are getting the "Viewing 'No Permission' Message"

Is there an Alt file i need to modify as well?

Thank you very much for your help.

[Ted S]

I adjusted the bot file a bit to include the google/yahoo/msn bots i see getting blocked .

LGV System [Processing Routine]
// check if user is a bot
$lvgbot = ($vbulletin->superglobal_size['_COOKIE'] == 0 AND preg_match("#(google|msnbot|zoints|aol|yahoo|slurp|Yahoo! Slurp Spider|Google Spider|MSNBot Spider)#si", $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']));

However Yahoo! Slurp Spider, Google Spider ,MSNBot Spider all are getting the "Viewing 'No Permission' Message"

Is there an Alt file i need to modify as well?

Thank you very much for your help.
Please read the hack description and instructions to understand how this addon works with bots.

You may want to take a look at exactly what page they are getting blocked on (bots like to view pages like send PM which guests can't often do).

[mariocaz]

Hi Ted,

I want to install this forum, but I have two little questions......

Is this mod not recommended if I have installed vBSEO in my forum ?

I read in the install instructions that the bots(spiders) that are not affected with this mod only are google, yahoo and msn, is that right ?? if yes what about the other spiders ?

thank you a lot!

[Ted S]

Is this mod not recommended if I have installed vBSEO in my forum ?


That question would be best directed to vBSEO. I don't know what they recommend or don't recommend.


I read in the install instructions that the bots(spiders) that are not affected with this mod only are google, yahoo and msn, is that right ?? if yes what about the other spiders?


This addon uses cookies. Any bot that doesn't use cookies (currently every major bot I'm aware of) won't be effected... no cookies, no blocking pages. For added measure, a list of major bots is also specifically excluded. Although I should clarify that if you block guests at 0 pageviews this may impact bots and is not a recommended setting.

[mariocaz]

Thank you very much, I already installed it.

and now my other question is that also I have installed the welcome headers, so if I put that when the guessts enter to see an 8 threads appears an announcement in the top, the welcome headers don´t appears also ?

thank you again Ted!!

[UltraFanatics]

Will this work for 3.7?

[Ted S]

Will this work for 3.7?

No.

[mariocaz]

Also I have installed the welcome headers, so if I put that when the guessts enter to see an 8 threads appears an announcement in the top, the welcome headers don´t appears also ?

Also I see that the announcement for the guesst only appears in the forum index and before I installed this mod the welcome headers appears in all the pages of my site not only in the forum index, so i there a way that the announcement of the "limit guesst viewing " also appears in all the pages(posts) instead of only in the Forum Index ??
Because if the guessts are viewinf threads mayb is possible that they don´t see the announcement before to appears the block.

Thank you so much.

[Ted S]

Also I have installed the welcome headers, so if I put that when the guessts enter to see an 8 threads appears an announcement in the top, the welcome headers don?t appears also ?

Also I see that the announcement for the guesst only appears in the forum index and before I installed this mod the welcome headers appears in all the pages of my site not only in the forum index, so i there a way that the announcement of the "limit guesst viewing " also appears in all the pages(posts) instead of only in the Forum Index ??
Because if the guessts are viewinf threads mayb is possible that they don?t see the announcement before to appears the block.

Thank you so much.
Your post wasn't really clear but I'll try and answer you as best I can...

Welcome Headers will appear on every page on your site UNLESS you have Limited Guest Viewing installed as well. In this case, welcome headers does not show on thread and post pages where the limited guest viewing message might show. If you want to change this (so welcome headers show on these pages) you can do so by editing your options for the addon.

Keep in mind however that once enabled, it's possible to have both a welcome header and limited guest viewing message show up on the same thread at the same time.

[mariocaz]

Mmmm ok sorry if I didn?t explain me very well.

Ok no problem to have the welcome headears in all pages unless in the posts, but also the limited guests viewing message(announce) in the top is not showing it in the posts for the guests and I think is really important to have it there, because the guesst can see it before appears the block and do nothing in the forum.

you can check it here:

www.all-reefs.com

After 10 posts that you see in the forum like a guest the announce of limited guesst viewing is not showing it in the posts.

[Ted S]

Have you added the required variable to make it show up?

[mariocaz]

Mmmmm no. what variable ?? I don?t see it in the manual. :(

[mariocaz]

Oh yes I forgot to do that.

Forgive me my friend I will do it immediately.

[mariocaz]

Thank you my friend now is working.

[TorstenAdam]

Hello,
thank you for this Add-on!
Sorry for my bad english, but i have a question.
How many spiders can search? Google, yahoo, msn, aol, not more?
Or it this enough?

[Ted S]

Hello,
How many spiders can search? Google, yahoo, msn, aol, not more?


Read the addon description and you'll find the answer.

[laurens800]

Thanks worked on 3.7 :)

[ivanstanchev]

I wont try it.I still have very good rated of registrations.Anyway i will press installed and nominated because of the great work.

[peterpigman]

I have been fiddling with this to see what affect it has on new members etc, I turned the number of pages up to 30 and new memberships have gone up??? I guess I am saying don't assume the standard settings are the best for your forum.

[UltraFanatics]

Works fine mate :)

[IRANCITY]

i need this hack for vb 3.7 beta 6 help me

[Ted S]

I wont try it.I still have very good rated of registrations.Anyway i will press installed and nominated because of the great work.

If you're not using it you don't need to mark it as installed as the updates won't pertain to you.

[Ted S]

i need this hack for vb 3.7 beta 6 help me

This addon is for the 3.6 series and will be ported to 3.7 once it is released.

[jeff21up]

Installed and working thank you ;-)

[jeff21up]

Just one question, I have read every thread so as not to repeat something. I understand how it works for bots however on monitoring my who is online for over a week I only ever see the bots reading 1 thread and then they always end up viewing member profiles and never go to another post/thread?
I have settings set to view 1 post for guests, so it seems that after the 1 post they are then moving to member profile as if they cannot get to another post. I have monitored this by staying on the page and reloading page so i can track accurately.
Any thoughts please?
Jeff

[jeff21up]

Sorry to keep asking, what if i have my forum set to require admin approval.
It works fine however when i move someone from "registered" to "Unregistered/Not Logged in" they can still access all of the forum? because i think to enable it to work on the guests you have to have "unregistered/not logged in" to be able to view thread contents. For some reason it works for guests but not for people who have been moved from registered to unregistered/not logged in?
What could i be doing wrong?
Thanks
Jeff

[Ted S]

Just one question, I have read every thread so as not to repeat something. I understand how it works for bots however on monitoring my who is online for over a week I only ever see the bots reading 1 thread and then they always end up viewing member profiles and never go to another post/thread?
I have settings set to view 1 post for guests, so it seems that after the 1 post they are then moving to member profile as if they cannot get to another post. I have monitored this by staying on the page and reloading page so i can track accurately.
Any thoughts please?
Jeff

If you feel bots can't navigate your site properly, disable the hack and see what happens (or adjust your settings to allow more than 1 thread to be viewed and see what happens).

That said, a bot will, by it's nature follow links on a thread which include member profiles. How exactly they hop around is a combination of your internal navigation, inbound links, the amount of new content and some other factors... it's not as if they go linear from thread to thread then profile to profile. If all your pages (or most of them) are in the index and updated regularly then you're getting spidered.

[Ted S]

Sorry to keep asking, what if i have my forum set to require admin approval.
It works fine however when i move someone from "registered" to "Unregistered/Not Logged in" they can still access all of the forum? because i think to enable it to work on the guests you have to have "unregistered/not logged in" to be able to view thread contents. For some reason it works for guests but not for people who have been moved from registered to unregistered/not logged in?
What could i be doing wrong?
Thanks
Jeff
"Unregistered/Not Logged" is still a member and not a guest under the way hack sees them. You can of course change the source to address this particular setting from your forum.

[jeff21up]

Ted
I got round the Unregistered/not logged in by creating a group called "expired" and putting them in there instead with the permissions set to deny viewing thread content.
Thanks for your replies
Great mod by the way :)
Jeff

[jeff21up]

Hi Ted
Tried as you suggested regarding allowing viewing more than one thread but still get the bots being stopped?
Please see attached screenshot
Jeff

[Ted S]

Hi Ted
Tried as you suggested regarding allowing viewing more than one thread but still get the bots being stopped?
Please see attached screenshot
Jeff

Jeff,

As you'll notice when you look at that image, that bot is getting stopped at your search page. Limited Guest Viewing is unrelated to searches...

[Southernphuk]

Installed, and works just fine on 3.7.

[powerful_rogue]

This addon is for the 3.6 series and will be ported to 3.7 once it is released.

Does anyone know what problems exist if this mod is installed on a 3.7 board?

Edit - Should look harder, just seen the post above!

[YLP1]

Installed, and works just fine on 3.7.
I cannot get this verison to work on my 3.7.0gold. Did you alter it to make it work?

[Ted S]

I cannot get this verison to work on my 3.7.0gold. Did you alter it to make it work?

This version of the hack is for 3.6. Once a 3.7 version has been relased an update will be sent out.

[jeff21up]

Ted
Would i be better waiting for the update before i upgrade to 3.7?
Thanks
Jeff

[Ted S]

Ted
Would i be better waiting for the update before i upgrade to 3.7?
Thanks
Jeff

If you want this addon, yes.

[iheartvb]

ted,

i'm anxiously waiting for this to be ready for 3.7. :)

[Ted S]

ted,

i'm anxiously waiting for this to be ready for 3.7. :)

[From NYC] My appologies. It will be out soon but Ive been traveling on business lately.

[PossumX]

[From NYC] My appologies. It will be out soon but Ive been traveling on business lately.

Good to know. This is another crucial part of my board. Once you get an idea, let us know when you think it may be ready, as I would prefer to wait for this to be ported prior to upgrading from 3.6.10 to 3.7

:D

[iheartvb]

[From NYC] My appologies. It will be out soon but Ive been traveling on business lately.


no worries. i just installed vbulletin and getting used to all the settings. this is a huge upgrade over smf/phpbb.

[theOZer]

Yes, I concur with everyone. This is a needed vB3.7 addition. Can we offer financial support; do you accept donations? I mean, seriously, this is a "Thé Mod" to have on your forum. End of chat.

[Ted S]

Yes, I concur with everyone. This is a needed vB3.7 addition. Can we offer financial support; do you accept donations? I mean, seriously, this is a "Th? Mod" to have on your forum. End of chat.

Perfect timing... The 3.7 version (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=131985) was released 2 minutes ago...

[Ted S]

Note: There is no new update to this addon. A new version of the download was posted to prevent 3.7 users from installing this version but this does not change the 3.6 code at all. There is no need to upgrade.

[jfrenaye]

I am still on 3.6.9 and got the following error


The following dependencies were not met:

1. This product is not compatible with version 3.6.9 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 3.6.0 / Incompatible with 3.6.9 and greater)

[Ted S]

I am still on 3.6.9 and got the following error

Try the new zip.

[iheartvb]

your the man ted! thank you sooooooooooo much!!!

[Ted S]

your the man ted! thank you sooooooooooo much!!!

Glad I could be of assistance.

[swatkins]

Thanks! Installed and working well!

[mrkhm]

hi!

thanks for this amazing hack, i hope someone can answer this,

at the moment, looking at your xml file it seems the current code is

if ($show['guest'] AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon'])

but i would like the system to work as

if (is_member_of($bbuserinfo, x) AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon'])

can you see what i am trying to do is make this work for a particular forum for a particular usergroup not just for guests and the only other way is to use if ($show['member']) (which does work but then it's a blanket application to ALL MEMBERS, i just want a specific usergroup.

do i have to call the global file or something?

please advise.

[Ted S]

mrkhm, You can combine the function is_member_of($bbuserinfo, x) with $show['guest'] like follows:


if( ($show['guest'] OR is_member_of($bbuserinfo, x) ) AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon']) ) ....

[mrkhm]

thanks for your response Ted S, before i saw yours, i managed to get this line of code to work:

if ($show['member'] AND is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 2) AND !$lvgbot AND $vbulletin->options['lgvon'])

as supposed to

is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2)

it's just every time they log out, vbulletin clears the cookies, but i take point that this was designed for guest views and not exactly for the way i am trying to modify it into sort of pay-per-views

but thank you all the same...

[Ted S]

Theres no need for "$show['member'] AND ", to be in a group you must be a member. :D

But yes, logging out clears the cookies which would get around this. If your goal is pay per view you'd likely want an addon that stores views in a database and hard counts them. This can of course be done with a little bit of customization.

[mrkhm]

hi ted can you do this.. i will pm you

[Welshy2008]

Thank You very Much. Works a treat. (My first Hack too).

[Welshy2008]

Hi,

Could you tell me how I can remove the message at the top on the hompage Please? And just keep the message that shows when guests have used up the stated amount of viewings before registering.

Many Thanks.

[Ted S]

Hi,


Could you tell me how I can remove the message at the top on the hompage Please? And just keep the message that shows when guests have used up the stated amount of viewings before registering.

Many Thanks.

This addon does not show on your forum homepage. Check your other addons and be sure you have properly installed this one.

[Welshy2008]

Hi Ted,

Sorry the delay.

It was a different Mod.

Right - Back to your mod. I have set it at two (2) views before the guests sees the registration message. I have noticed that on sites that I have visted who have this installed, it ALWAYS shows the register screen no matter when I visit the site in question (after I hav used the allocated number of views).

Mine doesn't. It gives a viewer the 2 allocated views before they see the register screen BUT they can come back later or another day and view another 2 posts.

It is probably something to do with the settings that I have chose. would you be able to help me please Ted?

I would certainly appreciate it.

Many Thanks,

Welshy2008.

[Ted S]

The hack uses cookies to store views which if deleted or removed would negate any viewing history. Thus if you are logging in/out, clearing cookies or have a browser set to only allow cookies for a one day period you would be losing the history data and therefore able to see posts again.

[Welshy2008]

Yes, Thank You for your reply, Ted.

After I posted - I looked at the thread's other posts and it was a similar question to what mrkmh had posted above. :|

[Pure Dope]

Since bots are still allowed in I did not see a reason to go through that level of authentication. In the future I'll consider adding it.
Well at any time I guess a spider could grab cookies.

http://forums.seochat.com/google-optimization-7/do-spiders-carry-cookies-from-one-page-to-the-next-207504.html

So just incase?

[Ted S]

So just incase the major bots are specifically excluded.

[Konstantinos]

doesnt install in 3.11 and the 3.7 version doesnt install in 3.11 also

[Ted S]

doesnt install in 3.11 and the 3.7 version doesnt install in 3.11 also

Huh?

[Konstantinos]

this doesnt install in 3.6.11 it gives error

[Ted S]

this doesnt install in 3.6.11 it gives error

This has been resolved. Please download the archive again.

[SFertitta72]

Hey Ted,

I get this error

The following dependencies were not met:

1. This product is not compatible with version 3.6.10 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 3.6.0 / Incompatible with 3.6.9 and greater)


Any thoughts or suggestions ?

Thanks :up:

[Ted S]

This product is not compatible with version 3.6.10 of vBulletin. (Compatible starting with 3.6.0 / Incompatible with 3.6.9 and greater)

The issue has been corrected and the mod will now install on 3.6.10.

Please download the modification again and use this version.

[SFertitta72]

The issue has been corrected and the mod will now install on 3.6.10.

Please download the modification again and use this version.


Awesome. Thank you very much Ted. :up::up::up:

[jl255]

wld love to try this mod but concerned the impact in terms of traffic due to visitors being turned off by this system. wld appreciate if current users can share your results after implementing this mod and whether it actually increases your membership numbers and traffic?

think many others will also benefit from hearing from you guys. Tks!

[Ted S]

wld love to try this mod but concerned the impact in terms of traffic due to visitors being turned off by this system. wld appreciate if current users can share your results after implementing this mod and whether it actually increases your membership numbers and traffic?

think many others will also benefit from hearing from you guys. Tks!

There's 33 pages in this thread and a few dozen more in the other versions which contain many, many comments on the addon. I'd suggest reading them if you want feedback as few people running the addon will check the thread for questions from other members.

[Konstantinos]

how can we make that this mod instead of the showthread to work for header or headinclude so that user has limited viewing to ALL forum pages like profiles etc

[Ted S]

how can we make that this mod instead of the showthread to work for header or headinclude so that user has limited viewing to ALL forum pages like profiles etc

Please limit your questions about this addon to one support thread or the other... trying to keep track of duplicate issues isn't a fun task and will cause me to delay responses.

[Ted S]

I am looking for ideas for the next upgrade of this addon.

The most common request I've received so far is to store access in the database making it harder for people to get around the block attempts (i.e. they can not just clear cookies). If this is something you would like please post to this thread indicating that. Based on feedback I will decide if this should be added (as an option of course).

Please let me know if you have any other suggestions as well.

[mahakala]

hi,

maybe you could add a feature, to reset the counter, when the guest posts. not all guests are only reading and/or willing to register.

the database idea is cool - why not :) but if you crypt the cookie, i don't think you need the db.

keep on going!

thomas

[Ted S]

hi,

maybe you could add a feature, to reset the counter, when the guest posts. not all guests are only reading and/or willing to register.

the database idea is cool - why not :) but if you crypt the cookie, i don't think you need the db.

keep on going!

thomas

Interesting... I never thought about someone using this with guest posting enabled. You could certainly edit the new post process to reset the cookie but really if you let guests engage with posts why limit them at all?

[mahakala]

oh, it's to limit the read-only users a bit and animate them to register - or to leave the board.
i fixed it by checking if user posted -> cookie = 0 (instead of count++) in your plugin.

regards!

[Ted S]

Awesome! Glad you were able to customize to your needs.

[yahwehpassim]

Is there going to be an update to this plugin? I'm running 4.0.3 Will it work?

[Ted S]

Is there going to be an update to this plugin? I'm running 4.0.3 Will it work?

The 4.0 version in the 4.0 area is what you should use for 4.0...

[TF4U]

Sometimes this mod is not working on Blogs on vB 4.x.x
Here is the solution! (http://techforum4u.com/entry.php/81-Solution-For-quot-Limited-Guest-View-Mod-is-not-working-For-Blogs-quot)
:)

[Ted S]

Sometimes this mod is not working on Blogs on vB 4.x.x
Here is the solution! (http://techforum4u.com/entry.php/81-Solution-For-quot-Limited-Guest-View-Mod-is-not-working-For-Blogs-quot)
:)

Nor should it be... it's designed for post views, not blogs although it's very simple to extend. If there's a bigger use of blogs or just a demand I can certainly add it or create a seperate version to handle blogs specifically.

[kdrkrblt]

thank you, great hack!

[TheWhite]

Does' this mod Stop the Google Bot and other bots from crawling your website correctly?

[Ted S]

Does' this mod Stop the Google Bot and other bots from crawling your website correctly?

As noted in the description it's built to allow the bots through but I do not recommend a 0 or 1 pageview block as the spiders are increasingly "human" looking. The goal is not to fool engines, but rather to show them the content users would see for their first few views.