Some more info.....

I just set the ADMIN usergroup as being allowed to post ANNON....and....guess what...the check box showed up!!!!

I did the STEP 6 testing...and it worked!!!!

NOW....could this have something to do with "SUBSCRIPTIONS"?????

MY forum is 100% by subscription only....users have to PAY to get in....so...I basicly have 4 usergroups...ADMIN, PRIVATE, REGISTERED, WAITING.....

A user registerers...but does not confirm his email...he get nothing...he is in the WAITING group.

IF he confirms...he is in the REGISERED group....still basicly can't do anything....but he can see info in one little corner called FREE....then if they pay....via the new VB3 SUBSCRIPTIONS....they are put into "PRIVATE"....this is the group I want to be able to post ANONYMOUS.

Could the problem have something to do with SUBSCRIPTIONS?????

Kirk

Even more info...I decided for MORE GIGGLES...to try another test....

The username that I always test with is: JOHN SMITH....I sometimes log in as a regular user under that name....

So...this is the name of the user that I've been trying to get to work...but....NO CHECK BOX!!!

I decided to log on as someone else....my daughter for examply has an account...so...I loged on as her...she does not have any special permissions or anything....and GUESS WHAT!!!! I can see the check box!!!!

So....what this tells me is for some reason...the JOHN SMITH ACCOUNT.....even though the ACCESS check box says: YES on this account...it appears to be registering as NO!

OH WELL???? I'm moving on.

Kirk

OK...I think I found it....IF YOU physically click YES under a persons NAME...and then SAVE.....it will not work.....Clicking YES...is just like clicking NO!

To get that persons to be able to see the check box....you have to run:

UPDATE userfield set fieldx='yes';

I'm serious now...I'm moving on!

Kirk

For those of you having problems getting the checkbox to show, when you add the custom field, the yes and no are case sensitive. Use all lower case, or be consistent when running the query and checking the values in the code.

That was voclain's problem and might be the same issue for others.

Amy

I've just got to say that Amy is WONDERFUL!!!

She held my hand through this whole processess...it is now up and running and working like a charm!!! MY BOARD is poping with activity!!!!! The members are just loving this...and traffic has never been better!!!

Amy...THANKS!!! THANKS!! THANKS!!!

IF your are ever in the New Orleans Area....look me up....I'll photograph your family for free!!!! http://www.kvphoto.com

Kirk

hi amy i can you please fix the editpost changes to vB 3.0.7 though your'e upgrading the whole hack to vB 3.5?
I'm running a big community forum and it causes a lot of problems in my forum.

Yes. Once I get it sorted out, I will update this one as well.

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Hey, I didn't spam your hack with my link. Please advertise elsewhere.

Thanks Amy for going to fix 'editpost.php'. It's a major pain.

On another note, I am troubleshooting a sudden slowness for the past few months when posting or editing a post. Could this hack cause new posts or edit posts to take a while before being posted? That is on non anonymous forums.

It never slowed my forum down, Lionel. Also, if your slowdown is recent I doubt this mod is the cause because you installed it quite a while ago.

This mod requires no extra queries for posting or reading posts.

Does anyone have this working in 3.0.8?

I cant see a checkbox anywhere can anyone tell me what I have missed please. Ive only done the first step and checked and Ive done it wrong already..lol!

Many Thanks

I'd like to know this too as i've assumed if it works in 3.0.7, then it'll work in 3.0.8

but i'm stuck on Step 3 where we're supposed to add in the new setting group...only vbulletin options doesn't have (or i can't find) anywhere to include a NEW setting group..

Anyone have any clues on this? did 3.0.8 take out the "add new setting group" or put it somewhere else?

Thanks!

you need to be in debug mode to add the settings group.

ahhh, that's why the debut portion is in there...ok, thanks!

i tried putting the $debug=1 in the config.php last night and it had some sort of cookie/header malfunction.. any idea on what that might be about? i know it might not be related to the hack - just wondered...

Not sure about the header glitch. Make sure there are no spaces or line returns after the ending ?> in config.php though.

This will work with 3.0.8

You will need to change the instructions at 5b.


5b. Run the following query's to update your existing users: (use the table prefix if necessary and change the fieldx to use the value you chose)

Reason: new version uses "mediumtext" which can't have a DEFAULT (e.g. 'yes')

Solution: change field type from "mediumtext" to "varchar"

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Enjoy the fix :)

Is there a vB3.5 version of this hack available? Its worked great for me in 3.0.x but now I'm getting ready to upgrade. :)

I'd like to know this too!

No. There is not a 3.5 I am not sure if or when I will have time to port it. And, if it ends up being as complicated a mod as this one, I might not release the 3.5 version for free. Support for this was very time consuming.

I would very much love this mod for 3.5... I just had users ask for something like this :)

I can certainly respect that. If you release a paid version, I'm certainly willing to consider it. :)

Any update on the 3.5 situation?

I'm not certain what kind of update you are seeking? As noted before,it is complex and was not installed by many users.

I would be very interested in a 3.5 version also.

If there is any updates or thoughts about modding this to work on 3.5 please let me know - I will subscribe to this thread

2e. Time to test again! If you have problems with this test, triple check your math in the init.php file edit. In your admincp, open the forum manager. Edit any forum of your choice. Set the ability to post anonymously in this forum to yes. Save it. Open the same forum. Did your changes stick? If yes, move on to step 3. If not, STOP. Check your work.

How do I know if the changes stuck?

I did step 6 and now my newpost/newreply pages are showing up blank. Can you help me figure out where I went wrong? I tested after step 5 and everything was good. There's a lot going on in step 6 and I've gone back over it twice trying to find my error and can't seem to figure it out.

Any chance of anyone creating this for 3.7?

anyone?

this is exactly what im looking for, for 3.8