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 :(

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.

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


Template Modifyoptions:

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.

I am sorry please forgive me

I am nothing :eek:

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

LGV System [Processing Routine]
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).

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!

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

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.

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!!

Will this work for 3.7?

No.

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.

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.

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

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

Oh yes I forgot to do that.

Forgive me my friend I will do it immediately.

Thank you my friend now is working.

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?

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

Thanks worked on 3.7 :)

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

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.

Works fine mate :)

i need this hack for vb 3.7 beta 6 help me

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

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

Installed and working thank you ;-)

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

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

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.