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.