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Different portal page for first time user

Q: How do I create a different portal index page for first time users?

I am setting up a forum about "service" for a wide audience range. For first time users I want to create a different opening portal page, a teaser page (index1.php). A page that contains more explanation about the mechanics of the site. A page that is less intimidating for a first time user. A page that invites the user to register. This page should only show a subset of the forum data, predominantly an overview of the forums grouped per category. This page should NOT contain any references to threads, except for the labels mod (to give a glimpse on the content/ topics covered inside the forums.

A user registered user will be presented a "regular" vBadvanced portal page (see index2.php) with the option to customize the page and remove/ hide redundant mods.

How to create the code for the flow displayed in the picture.

Regards
Coen

What is the criteria to define a first time user? Once you define that, you can write conditions in your page to spit out different info based on that criteria.

You should ask this at the vBAdvanced website.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lynne (Post 1875298)

What is the criteria to define a first time user?

My defintion of a first time user is:

PHP Code:


		
			
if ($show['guest'])

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lynne (Post 1875298)

Once you define that, you can write conditions in your page to spit out different info based on that criteria.

Q Can you point me in the right direction to create a page in front of my forum as displayed in the attachment of post#1.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden (Post 1875690)

You should ask this at the vBAdvanced website.

I have asked the question at the vBa site as well, currently to no avail. Two "solutions" are floating around but they do not deliver what I (and others) seek:

The 'vba_cmps_include_getpage' hook option
The 'style fetch' hook option

I have added two more pictures in post #1.

Index1.php is the portal page for guests
Index2.php is the default vBa portal page for logged in guests.

Since index 1 & 2 differ so much I am not sure if I can achieve my goal with only using vBa with the right condition.

First I need a working mechanism to separate guests from regulars.

But I need some help of the vB community.
Then I can complete the styling and coding of index1.

Regards
Coen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coen Jeukens (Post 1875955)

My defintion of a first time user is:

PHP Code:


		
			
if ($show['guest'])

Q Can you point me in the right direction to create a page in front of my forum as displayed in the attachment of post#1.

If that is the criteria, then in a template you can simply go:

HTML Code:

<if condition="$show['guest']">

stuff for if they are a guest (not logged in)

<else />

stuff for if they are a user (logged in)

</if>

I don't use vbA, so I really can't tell you much more than that.

You want a redirection to index2.php, correct? As that's what I see in your attachment image in the browser.

So if they're on the frontpage and they are a guest, you want them redirected to index2?

This is easy. You can make all your current normal portal page modules visible only to registered users and not guests.

Then you make a second series of vbadvanced modules that are visible only to guests, and you're ready. :)

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