[erbodega]

the code from @borbole works even on vb 4.2.3, just tested, but the additional usergroup will see the closed board message even if the board is active.

To solve the issue, just edit the board_inactive_warning template from

    <div class="forum_disabled">{vb:rawphrase alert_board_off}</div>

to

<vb:if condition="!$vboptions['bbactive']">
    <div class="forum_disabled">{vb:rawphrase alert_board_off}</div>
</vb:if>

or try to fix the posted php code like this:

PHP Code:

if (!$vbulletin->options['bbactive'] AND 
            ($vbulletin->userinfo['permissions']['adminpermissions'] & $vbulletin->bf_ugp_adminpermissions['cancontrolpanel']) OR !$vbulletin->options['bbactive'] AND (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 5)))     
        { 
         
            // show the board disabled warning message so that admins don't leave the board turned off by accident
            $warning = vB_Template::create('board_inactive_warning')->render(); 
            $header = $warning . $header; 
            $footer .= $warning; 
        }