restricting a page to certain usergroups

[rickles8099]

is there a way to restrict access to a certain page by what usergroup a member is in? im pretty sure there is, but each one i try fails to work. the page im trying to restrict is one im sure many is familiar with, its the shoutbox archive found in zero tolerances shoutbox version 2.1. here is the templates code:

<script type='text/javascript'>
<!--

postingShout = false

function _ShoutControl()
{
this.shoutid = -1
this.active = false
}

_ShoutControl.prototype.Delete = function (shoutid)
{
if (!this.active)
{
if (confirm('Are you sure to want to delete this shout message?'))
{
return this.DoDelete(shoutid)
}
}

return false
}

_ShoutControl.prototype.DoDelete = function (shoutid)
{
this.active = true
this.shoutid = shoutid

doDel = new vB_AJAX_Handler(true)
doDel.onreadystatechange(DeleteDone)
doDel.send('vbshout.php', 'do=deleteshout&id=' + this.shoutid)

return false
}

_ShoutControl.prototype.Edit = function (shoutid)
{
if (shoutid != this.shoutid)
{
if (this.active)
{
this.cancelActive(this.shoutid)
}

this.active = true
this.shoutid = shoutid

// Activate Editor
fetch_object('shout_message_edit_' + this.shoutid).style.display = ''
fetch_object('shout_message_' + this.shoutid).style.display = 'none'
}

return false
}

_ShoutControl.prototype.cancelActive = function (shoutid)
{
// Deactivate Editor
fetch_object('shout_message_edit_' + this.shoutid).style.display = 'none'
fetch_object('shout_message_' + this.shoutid).style.display = ''
return false
}

_ShoutControl.prototype.Save = function ()
{
if (this.active)
{
doShout = new vB_AJAX_Handler(true)
doShout.onreadystatechange(SaveDone)

if (postingShout)
{
alert('Posting in progress..')
return false
}

ShoutMsg = fetch_object('shout_message_editor_' + this.shoutid).value

if (ShoutMsg.replace(/ /g, '') == '')
{
alert('You must enter a shout!')
return false
}

doShout.send('vbshout.php', 'do=editshout&id=' + this.shoutid + '&shout=' + PHP.urlencode(ShoutMsg))
postingShout = true
}

return false
}

Shout = new _ShoutControl

function SaveDone()
{
if (doShout.handler.readyState == 4 && doShout.handler.status == 200)
{
postingShout = false
Shout.active = false
Shout.cancelActive(Shout.shoutid)
fetch_object('shout_message_' + Shout.shoutid).innerHTML = doShout.handler.responseText
Shout.shoutid = -1
}
}

function DeleteDone()
{
if (doDel.handler.readyState == 4 && doDel.handler.status == 200)
{
ShoutID = Shout.shoutid
postingShout = false
Shout.active = false
Shout.shoutid = -1

if (doDel.handler.responseText == 'true')
{
fetch_object('shout_top_' + ShoutID).parentNode.removeChild(fetch_object('shou t_top_' + ShoutID))
}
}
}

-->
</script>

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td width='70%' align='left' valign='top'>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="tcat" align="center">
Shouts
</td>
</tr>
$Output
</table>
</td>
<td width='30%' align='right' valign='top'>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
<tr>
<td class="tcat" align="center" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_vbshout_stat')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_vbshout_stat" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_vbshout_stat].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
Statistics
</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_vbshout_stat" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_vbshout_stat]">
<tr>
<td class="alt1" align="left">
<b>Total Shouts:</b>
</td>
<td class="alt1" width="1%" align="left">
$TS
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" align="left">
<b>Shouts In Past 24 Hours:</b>
</td>
<td class="alt1" width="1%" align="left">
$T4
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="alt1" align="left">
<b>Your Shouts:</b>
</td>
<td class="alt1" width="1%" align="left">
$TY
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tcat" align="center" colspan="2">
<a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_vbshout_top')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_vbshout_top" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_vbshout_top].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
Top 10 Shouters
</td>
</tr>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_vbshout_top" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_forumhome_vbshout_top]">
$TopTen
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

$pagenav

any help would be appreciated.

[Opserty]

There is PHP code which you can use in a Plugin: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=175099#2

You could wrap the entire template in a conditional if you want.

<if condition="!is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, X, Y, Z)">
ONLY X, Y AND Z USERGROUPS CAN SEE...
<else />
YOU CAN SEE ALL CODE HERE...
</if>


For assistance on where to put this code you need to post in the modification thread, from which you downloaded the modification.