[I.M.O.G.]

Came across this via google, I realize its old, but if others need it...

To hide messages from anyone not logged into the forum, you cannot do it with BBCODE, you must implement a custom BBCODE as a plugin. This is how you do that:

1. In admincp>add new plugin
2. Hook location = bbcode_create
3. Title = VIP BBCODE (or whatever)
4. PHP CODE:

$custom_bbcode = 'registered'; 

$this->tag_list['no_option'][$custom_bbcode] = array (); 
$this->tag_list['no_option'][$custom_bbcode]['callback'] = 'handle_external'; 
$this->tag_list['no_option'][$custom_bbcode]['external_callback'] = 'hide_message_from_unregistered_users'; 

if (!function_exists ('hide_message_from_unregistered_users')) { 
    function hide_message_from_unregistered_users (&$theobj, &$value, &$option) { 

        if ($theobj->registry->userinfo['userid']) 
    return $value; 
        else 
    return '<table border="8"><tr><td>This message can only be viewed by logged in Overclockers Members. <a href="overclockers.com/forums/register.php">Register an account</a></td></tr></table>';

    } 
}

In order to implement this for a specific usergroup, rather than the example code above which only hides from unregistered users, you'd just need to edit the code slightly.