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Custom header messages for different user groups

I´m almost sure I saw this once before, but I can´t seem to find it.

Is there a mod that ("which?) allows you to change the header messages, depending on what user group is visiting the forum?
E.g. something lik "Hey, visitor, why don´t you register? Once registered, you can bla this and bla that." for guests, or "Hey there, it seems you haven´t checkes your mails yet, since you have registered but not yet activated your account" and so on and so forth.

Does anybody know which one I´m talking about?

Hi,

I'm looking for the same thing. Any advice would be much appreciated :)

Cheers

Andy

There is an awesome hack for same.
Search for Dynamic Forum Annoucment Hack from Logician in Major Additions Forum for Vb 3.0 Code Modifications Category

Thanks for the reply ... I can't find it though :|

Cheers

Andy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flexo

Does anybody know which one I?m talking about?

Yup, just installed a version of it on my site. Its really quite simple:

Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == '1'">

    <!-- stuff for guests goes here -->

</if> 



<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == '3'">

    <!-- stuff for unconfirmed folks goes here -->

</if> 



<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == '7'||$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == '5'||$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == '6'">

    <!-- stuff for staff goes here -->

</if>

You can build a conditional check for any user group you've set up--look in the admin control panel to find the groupid--in any template you want. If you want to show stuff to everyone *except* a group, use this form:

Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] != '1'">

    <!-- stuff NOT for guests goes here -->

</if>

You can use this test for lots of things:

Customized header messages (I call them newsflashes and put them elsewhere)

I hid the forum stats from everyone except staff

I'm thinking of hiding avatars (actually all profile info) from guests

show ads only to certain groups

Hope this helps.

--don

Thanks ... I literally figured this out about 30 mins ago (found out the variable name, and then just worked out the syntax from existing templates).

Thanks for the reply though... I can guarantee it will come in useful to someone in the future too :)

Cheers

Andy

Quote:

Originally Posted by ultranerds

Thanks ... I literally figured this out about 30 mins ago

What took you so long...I figured it out 2 whole days ago <G>!

--don

Had a little trouble with some prat DDOS'ing our server :|

Cheers

Thanks for the tips. The announcement hack isn?t quite was I was looking for, although it?s close. I?m looking for something to edit the basic header text (that normally shows up only for guests I think).
I?ll try darnoldy?s suggestion, thanks :)

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