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calorie
06-09-2005, 10:00 PM
Subscribe to View Admin Posts

This is a vB 3.0.7 hack, where upon installing this hack, your users must subscribe to view a specified administrator's posts in the forums you specify. If a non-subscribed user views a post by said administrator, the user will see a "subscribe to view message" instead of the post. The way this works is that, if a user subscribes according to the vB subscription you set, the user will see said administrator's posts; otherwise the user sees the "subscribe to view" message. Make sure to read the following "things you need to know beforehand" section!

AS THIS IS AN 'AS-IS' HACK, MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE INSTALLATION OF THIS HACK. SUPPORT IS ONLY IF/AS TIME IS AVAILABLE, SO THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF SUPPORT! IF YOU INSTALL, SAY THANKS BY CLICKING THE INSTALL BUTTON.

You may not redistribute this hack without my permission!

Screenshots:

* none needed: just pretend an admin post says, "subscribe to view this message."

Requirements:

* add 1 file, edit 6 files, edit 2 phrases, add 1 phrase, set 2 options, edit 4 templates

Difficulty:

* depends on how good you are with details or how well the instructions are written

Caveats:

* read the "things you need to know beforehand" section
* realize some combos may not be included in this hack

Things you need to know beforehand:

how to use the vB subscriptions feature and set members into a primary usergroup

see the vB manual for help on how to do this if you need instructions

forumids of the forums where a subscription is needed to read admin posts

herein the forumids are set to 2,3,4,5 so change them to your forumids (5 spots to change)

primary usergroupid of members who subscribed and are allowed to read admin posts

herein this usergroupid is set to 9 so change it to the appropriate value (5 spots to change)

admin username (case sensitive)

herein the admin username is set to ME_ADMIN so change it to your admin username (4 spots to change)

admin usergroupid

herein the admin usergroupid is assumed to be 6 so change it if needed (6 spots to change)

admin userid

herein the admin userid is assumed to be 1 so change it if needed (4 spots to change)

functionality lost by installing this hack:

ability to reply with quote by clicking quote button is removed

quote button icon is also removed from all threads

ability to view thread in Threaded / Hybrid modes is removed

only the linear mode is allowed for viewing thread

ability to search for threads / posts by admin is removed

cannot search by admin userid or admin username or a subset of admin username


functionality not removed by installing this hack

ability to mouseover a thread link and see partial text of a post

the logged in admin will see the forums as if this hack was not installed

Install Button

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/
(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/vborg_miscactions.php?do=installhack&threadid=82797)

lange
07-05-2005, 09:46 PM
I'll try it. Thanks.