[AndrewD]

Originally Posted by josiespencer

AndrewD, I am thinking of using the blockaccess-byposts-plugin.xml plugin - can you explain a little bit more about this change in the code:

// --- Within the last XX hours - set to 0 to require posts over all time
$LAST_HOURS = 0;

Does this set a time measurement before the new user can download new posts? And what is the maximum value it can be? Or did I totally misread this parameter?

This plugin prevents users from accessing LDM *at all* unless they have made the indicated number of posts on your main VB board in the immediately previous $LAST_POST hours.

The default setting for $LAST_HOURS=0 means that the calculation is done over all the history of your board, i.e. that number of posts *ever*. If you set LAST_HOURS to 24, then it will look at the user's posts to VB forums during the last 24 hours and so on.