Disable maintenance for external pages?

[Riotblade]

Hi, I'm using the basic integration method by calling global.php. Today, I put the Forum into maintenance mode to find out that whatever calls global.php will be redirected to the maintenance page. I was wondering if there was any way to prevent this?

Thanks

[Lynne]

If your page is calling global.php, then it will follow the same maintenance 'rules'. global.php looks at your user properties and if you aren't an admin, you get the maintenance page.

[Riotblade]

I dont suppose there's a way around it such as moving the maintenance code to another file? I dont want the forum maintenance to interfere with my main site.

[JamesAB]

You can use the global_start hook and tell it to bypass this on certain pages.

Here's a snippet I used.

if (in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, array('400_forum', '401_forum', '403_forum',
'404_forum', '500_forum')))
{
$vbulletin->options['bbactive'] = true;
$servertoobusy = 0;
$vbulletin->userinfo['permissions']['forumpermissions'] |= $vbulletin->
bf_ugp_forumpermissions['canview'];
}

Just change the THIS_SCRIPT array to contain your external pages.

[Riotblade]

Thanks for the snippet. However, in what form do my pages show up in the THIS_SCRIPT array? Let's say I'm loading it from "http://domain.com" or "http://domain.com/page.php". Do they show up with the http:// stripped?

[Lynne]

THIS_SCRIPT is defined at the top of your php page. For instance, this is at the top of the showthread.php page:
define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'showthread');

[Riotblade]

Works great, thanks

My next question would be if it's possible to create a session for each guest who visits the external pages to include them in the total "Who's online" count.

[TigerC10]

It already does that... If you view the "who's online" page, it'll show you guests and members. The bottom of the forum home says, "x people online, y members and z guests". If your custom pages aren't compatible with the "who's online" stuff, then guests won't be shown.

View this article:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=157329