you are more then welcome. :)

I've hacked my mod to show the ad banner until the user has verified their username (because otherwise you'll get lots of people registering as a@b.com or whatever). Not put the code here yet, though.

interesting mod. i will do the same. ;)

I got this installed and running over at www.sportcompactracing.com . Definetly a nice clean script.

I would like the script to stay static on the page though instead of scrolling down with the page. How would I go about this?

I just included this at the bottom of my forumhome template.

I went to a forum that had this so I left the forum and never returned. if you use these types of tactics your board is most likely smaller than it could be.

I along with most of the world HATE POPUPS! Quit your stupid popups. :P

Look at it this way:

How would someone know what is inside when you keep it for members only?

it all depends on how interesting your forums are. At least you are getting some sort of access and if you like what you see you'll signup.

What I think is stupid is to signup for what you do not know.

Calm down... :)

It's a great idea for a hack. All the hacks on this board are great ideas for hacks. I loved this idea, and made an alternative hack to show ad banners instead if a user wasn't registered.

I've signed up for two board without knowing what was inside purely on the subject matter. But that's not important: the important thing is that this hack was a great idea.

At first I was trying to use the quick registration popup but couldn't ever seem to get the cookies set right - so then I started looking at vBpopup - vBpopup works great you just have to make sure you place the template "caller" in the right place or it will popup on every page - I liked both and since the coding was already done I just combined them - before I start though someone has to tell me how to get the clickable code box on the post - I am very new and not familiar!

If you want to check it out go to:
http://www.thehobbyforum.com/forum/index.php?s=

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If this is your first time here then please take the time to register. Registration is <b>FREE</b> and afterwards you can take advantage of all the great features this site has to offer, not to mention it's the only way to enter the contests to win free prizes! If you have any questions please refer to the <a href="http://www.thehobbyforum.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&s=">FAQ </a> section.</font>
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<td bgcolor="#21C4EA"><font class="nf"><b>Password:</b></font></td>
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<td bgcolor="#21C4EA"><font class="nf"><b>Email:</b></font><br>
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<td bgcolor="#21C4EA"><font class="nf"><b>Enter Email Again:</b></font></td>
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<input type="hidden" name="showemail" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="cookieuser" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="nosessionhash" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="emailonpm" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="prunedays" value="-1">
<input type="hidden" name="umaxposts" value="-1">
<input type="hidden" name="startofweek" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="timezoneoffset" value="-5">
<input type="hidden" name="emailnotification" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="showsignatures" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="showavatars" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="showimages" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="vbcode" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="pmpopup" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="receivepm" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="url" value="http://www.thehobbyforum.com/">
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Since adding it last night my membership rate has well over tripled!!