The demo link isn't working dude!

well, someone DDOS my site and the server is down now :(

We are running the AJAX version of bobster65's tab mod...maybe instead of creating a new mod that does the same thing, you two can work together???

NsT, I've tried the changes, and so far no difference from before. It's not loading the restricted access section at all, doing the same as last night (tested in IE7).

I noticed you've labeled the section between <!-- main --> and <!-- /main --> as updated. The coding is exactly the same as it was before. I can't see how it's pulling in the updated info if there's a log in clash.

xtremeoff-road has a good suggestion there as the two of you working together might be able to smooth out the bumps in the road, so to speak.

If this could be set as proper product then it would make the install process a lot easier.

I'm happy to help with the development testing as much as I can. :)

@ xtremeoff-road: Oh bobster65's tab mod is not yet Ajax. It loads all tabs initially and show tab's contents when you click. Also this can not update new posts on all tabs.

The reason I build mine is because I don't want to load all tabs at the begining and I want it to be able to update new posts. Bobster65's PM me yesterday and he was not happy with my mod as he considered me stealing his original idea :| I renamed the mod so that it will be different with Bobster65's mod. Well, I don't want to argue, don't want to fight, probably I will ask Moderator to delete this mod!

Mokonzi, well, it's weird because as you can see from my sceenshot on the post above, restricted forum requires login.

Can you tell me what kind of yours restricted forum? I mean what permission require to access that forum? I will try to setup a forum like yours and test ;)

P.s: my server is not yet up, still down, it was attacked by DDoS just after I posted the mod here, what a coincidence :(

xtremeoff-road might mean he's got an advanced beta version of the tabs, bobster has mentioned something in his thread about beta testing it.

I'll explain the areas I have restricted access.

Some categories are for forums that are under development. They are related to a project that isn't yet public, so they shouldn't be displayed as the forum is set to not be displayed on the index page.

Then we have an admin section, where the access is restricted to certain usergroups, moderators, admins, etc.

So in theory the other usergroups shouldn't even see the category heading.

Edit:

I realised that you changed the file download name, and so I'd uploaded the wrong file.

Now it restricts access for every forum in that section if the first forum is unauthorized.

Suggestions:

• Have it so a tab doesn't show if it's setup as restricted (perhaps have a 'restrictions' variable)
• Check the permissions or visibility of a category before it is displayed
• Use a phrase manager variable for the names of the tabs

Oh ok I see, I didn't read the whole thread of Bobster65's mod.

But from my forum, I have these results:

Category 1
--- Forum 1
--- Forum 2 (restricted forum, only Admin and Mode can see)
--- Forum 3

Category 2 (restricted category, guest can not view)
--- Forum 4
--- Forum 5
--- Forum 6

And it works fine on my mode. I and my moderators can see Forum 2 but member can not see it, they only see Forum 1 & 3 when clicking on the tab of Category 1.

Guests when clicking on tab of Category 2, a login page appears.

Anyway, as soon as my forum is up, I'll test and let you know the more results.

Ok, I'll illustrate my forums structure, as it's similar but not identical to yours:

• Tab 1
  • Category 1
    • Forum 1
    • Forum 2 <-- Only Admins and Mods can see
    • Forum 3
  • Category 2 <-- Only Admins and Mods can see
    • Forum 4
    • Forum 5
• Tab 2 <-- Only Admins and Mods can see
  • Category 3
    • Forum 6
    • Forum 7

Tab 1 is a mix, some of which are category based restrictions. Atm the code shows the category header (wrongly cos vB wouldn't do as standard), but rightly doesn't show the forums.

Tab 2 is ideally Admin only, and it'd be nice to allow that only to be visible to admins.

I hope that makes some sort of sense. :)

Yes I have the BETA ajax version of his hack :)

Really? How's it compare to this mod? Since I'm not a coder I think I can't work with Bobster65. I just know a little bit about PHP and Javascript :D Not good enough to release a product.