[Merriweather]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Open the template "welcome_headers" and scroll down until you find:

<!-- / hasnt posted lately message -->
<else />

Add the following after this:

<if condition="!is_member_of($bbuserinfo, XYZ)">
	<!-- supporting members -->
	<br />
	<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
	<tr> 
		<td class="alt1">
			<phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]" 2="payments.php" 3="$bbuserinfo[username]">
			Hello $bbuserinfo[username]!<br \><br \>
			While $vboptions[bbtitle] is offered as a free service, we rely on the donations of our supporting members. 
			There are a lot of advantages to being a supporting member that you may not know about.... All this for just $___ plus you'll 
			be helping to kee our site running!<br \><br \>
			Ready to join? <a href="/payments.php">Sign up</a> as supporting member today!
		</td>
	</tr> 
	</table>
	<!-- / supporting members -->
<else />

Then find the first </if> and add another </if> before it.

Change XYZ to your supporting member group, if there are multiple groups separate with a comma. You will also want to configure the text to make it relevant to your supporting member benefits.

I have also posted this as a plugin file, just install and override your existing file but note, this will remove any template changes you have made.

I get the following error when adding your above code as indicated:

The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

The conditional on line 5 appears to be missing its end tag (</if>). The template will not function properly unless this is fixed.

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.