[ti07shadow]

I would like to add to this to make it even better. Why fuss with users and make them think they were permanently banned? Why not trick them into thinking the sites down? Be creative.

first off in the header put this code

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 8">
<meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=./updates.php">
</if>

Create a new file and save it as updates.php

and in that file, well be creative but put this

<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style3 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}
-->
</style>
<title>put your forum title here</title>
<span class="style3">The forums are currentley down for maintenance, please check back later.</span>

upload that file to your forum root directory.

and walla! instant trick. OR!

you can fake a database error. that seems to work even better