Guests First Post Only
 

Description:
This mod only shows the first post of a thread to guests. After it displays the first post, it then displays a message telling the guest to login or register.

Installation:
All the installation information is in the package.

Changes:
2 Templates
12 Plugins
4 Phrases

Other Versions:
Guests First Post Only for 3.7 - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=184717

Change Log:
10/07/2008 - Version 1.6
- Enabled By Default On New Install (Archive Disabled By Default)
- Added Archive Hiding
- Fixed Possible Compatibility Issues

9/07/2008 - Version 1.5
- Fully Phrased
- Added Independent Templates
- Fixed Print Thread Bug
- Near Full Rewrite
- First 3.7 Release

10/01/2007 - Version 1.4
- Fixed 'Invalid SQL' Error In Announcements

5/01/2007 - Version 1.3
- Fixed 'Invalid SQL' Error In PM's
- Fixed Posts Being Displayed After Message
- Fixed Options Not Saving Properly

2/01/2007 - Version 1.2
- Fixed 'Call to a member function on a non-object' Error
- Fixed Message Being Displayed When Only One Post
- Fixed Options Not Saving Properly

1/01/2007 - Version 1.1
- Can Be Enabled On Per Forum Basis

29/12/2006 - Version 1.0
- Initial Release

so would this damage my forum seo ? or not...

No, this should not damage your SEO.

hey... it would be great if it could be set per forum basis. Because lets be honest... who is gonig to want the restrict the "Introductions" forum :P

thanks for the quick answer dismounted.

Not a bad idea... I'm sure people will find this useful.

very useful installed ;)

Thanks man .. great idea . Installed

p.s.

i change second code like this :
Font with Red color , size 4 & blink text .

Installed and working superb :cool:

Allow per forum would be a nice addon. Thanks for considering.

Great modification! Thank you very much. I sincerely appreciate it!

If a visitor clicks on the last post on forum home they cannot view the first post of the thread. It work's fine if the visitor first enters the forum and then clicks on a thread. Can this be fixed?

Also the bots are not able to access user profiles.

Cool idea! Nice!

I will install this when the option to have it on only selected forums becomes a reality. Great idea, but only if we can leave out certain forums.

I think this is a great hack. I wonder if the long term result will be less total visitors to your forum? Please post your thoughts or for those of you using it, please post your results.

Thanks.

I am waiting me too for a basis per forum.

I'm working on it. It should be released in the next couple of days.

Hack Updated!

1/01/2007 - Version 1.1
- Can Be Enabled On Per Forum Basis

Thank you very much!

Testing.

Can someone post a screenshot of the 'edit' window for this mod? I'd like to see the options, if any. Thanks!

after update no post or privet message shows up and this error show up :

any idea ?

One thing I noticed which seems rather odd. If there is only one post, the "To see more of this thread, please login or register shows, but what's there to see? Shouldn't there be a conditional inserted to only show that link if there is more than 1 post?

Hack Updated!

2/01/2007 - Version 1.2
- Fixed 'Call to a member function on a non-object' Error
- Fixed Message Being Displayed When Only One Post
- Fixed Options Not Saving Properly

thanks for the update

After install when i open privet messages i got this db error : !!

anybody have the same problem ??

Yes, I keep getting the same thing and when I disable it, all the posts disappear.

Ah, so it uses cloaking tecnology?

I have the same problem :(

If you disaple the hack, you have to remove the the templates edits in postbit

If you not do it, you can?t se eny post. This must be are bug to

I love the hack, hope you can fix the problem

exactly ..

i uninstall it and reinstall Version 1.0 on default style . but there is another problem too ( screenshot added )

i hope Dismounted fix it . thanks in advance

Hello,

I am working on fixing the PM problem. As for Mecho, have you applied all the template changes properly?

Thanks,
Dismounted

Thanks for replied .

and yes i applied all template changes . it works for another style . but the page broken when i used it for default vb style .

Followed the directions perfectly and the mod's not working... checked in both styles and I don't see it.

Upload the entire 'upload' folder or just the .xml to the xml folder???

upload "bitfield_guests_first_post_only.xml" to includes/xml

open the upload first then upload includes

yip version 1.2 , i upgraded as wanted forum by forum


yea you need to remove the code also from postbit or postbit_legacy

when i have uninstalled ur hack i have get a real problem that the threads doesnt shown :o and when i installed it again i can see the threads what the hell what happend to my forum :(

Hack Updated!

5/01/2007 - Version 1.3
- Fixed 'Invalid SQL' Error In PM's
- Fixed Posts Being Displayed After Message
- Fixed Options Not Saving Properly

Also, please click install if you have installed this hack, so I can send out an update to you when the hack is updated.

That doesn't make sense... then I'm asked to overwrite the .xml.

So let me get this straight...

Upload the includes/xml from the upload folder into the forums root directory? Is it not the same thing as uploading just the xml to the includes/xml folder ALREADY in my forums root directory? Because that's what I'm doing, and I'm seeing nothing. Templates look perfect.

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