I'm also looking for a way to do this - my Google indexed pages' descriptions mostly now read, "Welcome to <mysite>. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other ..."

Turn your message into an image.

Man. The first time I read that (earlier in the thread) I thought the poster just didn't understand the problem - now I think I just didn't appreciate his response.

Yep an image should work just fine ... thanks!

Could i upload this 2 times and use one for some one that hasn't confirmed yet and one for a guest?

Uploading it twice won't do anything that uploading it once doesn't do.

The system is already built to show messages to both guests and people who haven't confirmed -- just configure the settings you want in your vBulletin Options --> Welcome Headers System page.

Thanks but how do i edit it? Sorry for being such a noobe..

Go to your options --> Welcome Header system and follow the links.

By turning it into an image, I assume you mean using SnagIt or another image capture program to capture the image and using that. But then how do people click on the links, ie: the "join our community today" and "contact us" links?

Thanks,
Joe

Oops! Thanks

Take a look at http://www.vbseo.com/f28/how-make-yo...ers-image-7549 and kepe in mind, you only need an image for the guest message. Other messages can remain text since bot's won't see them.

***Installed***

Love it!

Thanks Ted! Now, what do I modify in order to use the image I just created?

The template welcome_headers.

All is working now, thanks for the help!!

very cool

Thanks, nice hack..

is it ok if i have installed welcome panel template rewrite addon also?
plz check my forum and let me know can i add this witohut any prb ?

I don't check other hacks for compatibility. Give it a try and see if it works for you.

Just installed this and tailored the messages to suit. I think this will make a real difference to my forum, particularly helping users who don't receive activation emails due to them being treated as spam.

Many thanks!

Hmm...it looks like Welcome Headers do not work with vbshout...damn

Work with vBShout? Like it would display in a shoutbox?

the best, thx :)

installed on all forums, noticed a 25% gain based on monthly average after 1st week.

Nice.

Hi,

Usergroup Enable Guest Message: OK
Usergroup Enable Unconfirmed/ COPPA Message: OK
Usergroup Enable Waiting approval email: nonexistent. I needed.
Usergroup Enable 1. Optional (usergroup ID set) nonexistent. I needed
Usergroup Enable 2. Optional (usergroup ID set) nonexistent. I needed
Usergroup Enable 3. Optional (usergroup ID set) nonexistent. I needed
Usergroup Enable 4. Optional (usergroup ID set) nonexistent. I needed

important

Thanks

You lost me. Please clarify.

I think they want the option to enable it with custom usergroups. I think it would also be a nice addition.

However I would also still like one of the bugs resovled as well that I reported. Right now I have to disable it for members who have never posted before as I have that group in moderation (I have to moderate their first five posts) but for some reason when this hack is active for that group, when I approve the post it will not reflect it on their post count.

This addon is not meant to be an end all solution but rather to get people started on personalizing their forum. Every forum is unique and every forum needs different messages. Anyone who uses welcome headers without customizing it is really missing out on a lot of opportunity. If you want custom usergroups to have custom messages, great, open up the template welcome_headers and add em!

As far as that bug, I can only go off what the data tells me. If the user has no post count, the system is going to believe they have no posts. The load involved in adding code to check if the user really has posted isn't worth the benefit for the average forum. If you'd like to do this for your own forum, I can explain how.

I have released an updated version of the addon. This is an optional change; there are no security issues or bug fixes in this update.

The purpose of the update is to streamline the welcome headers code and allow for easier modifications and additions of custom messages. The code now lists each message as an independent if statement, allowing you to add new messages or change the order of existing messages without having to worry about adding a large number of else statements or other conditional formatting.

If you are running an older version of the addon and have customized the template welcome_headers, this upgrade will override your changes. Be sure to backup and merge them once you have applied the upgrade.

Phrase customizations will not be changed as a result of this upgrade.

To upgrade, just upload the new product file and allow overwrites. No template changes are required.

There appears to be no files attached.:confused: Is there somewhere else I can download this hack from?

Yes...no files here either.

By the way Ted, this is by far the most valuable hack on my board.:up:

The file should be there now.

Thanks for the update! :)

Thank you kindly. Installing on test forum as I type this.

Installing the .xml product on my test forums I received the following error. Any thoughts?

Installing the .xml product on my test forums I received the following error. Any thoughts?


XML Error: mismatched tag at Line 213

Thanks!

www.tecnology-tribe.com

here too :erm:

Importing Product, Please Wait...

XML Error: mismatched tag at Line 213


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in future releases, in addition to 'Enable One-View Welcome Headers' option, could be really nice to have te possibility to set a parameter like : after n click on the forum View-Again Welcome Headers.


ty so much for your work - this is a real good quality hack!

take care

ciao

im get that same error

[high]* Shazz waits for Ted :D[/high]

Just reporting the same error everyone else is getting.

Same error here as well. Looking forward to getting this installed.