Setting number of posts to allow use of a forum?
 

I've searched here on the forums for the answer and keep coming up with nothing...

I have a forum (for sale section) that requires (well... it did) that a member have a minimum of 20 posts before they can post in it. Somehow this limiter's been removed and new members are able to post in it.

I've searched permissions and moderations for the forums, for the members, trying to find that little key, but alas, I've come up empty.

So can someone please tell me how to go about setting it up so my members must have a minimum of 20 posts before they can post in that section?

Thanks in advance.

A simple way to do this is by hooking at the newthread_start location.
AdminCP > Plugins & Products > Plugin Manager > Scroll to bottom and click add new plugin.

You can do something like:
< 100 means that if the user has less than 100 posts, they can not post.
$_REQUEST['f'] == 54, 54 is the ID of the forum.

Thank you.

I'll have to look and see if there's something along this line installed by the previous owner of the forum. I know we had a 20 post minimum in place before people could post in the For Sale section, but can't for the life of me figure out why this would have turned off.

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Okay, I've added the code (cut/pasted your example), made it 20 instead of 100 and the ID of the forum is 84 - so that's all set.

I see two boxes - Hook Location and Execution Order.
Hook Location is blank - do I leave it blank or ??
Execution Order has a 5 in it. Same thing - leave it alone or ??

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addition to this - I hit 'save and reload' and it's telling me to 'Please Complete All Required Fields', so obviously I can't leave hook location blank. What do select? There's a massive number of things to use.

I also see a box that says 'Product' - it's defaulting to vBulletin. Is that correct?

"A simple way to do this is by hooking at the newthread_start" ;)

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Cyb - Advanced Permissions Based on Post Count