Tiny hack: Custom nopermission message to unactivated users

Description: This hack prints a custom message to users that want to take an action they can't because they didn't activated their account yet. This probably saves you alot of emails from users who didn't properly read their activation-email asking you why they can't post while they did register.

VB-Version: Probably every version, certainly every 2.0 version

Instructions:

1. open (and backup first) admin/functions.php
2. Do a search for ###################### Start show_nopermission #######################
3. replace
   PHP Code:

     if ($bbuserinfo[userid]==0) {
    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nopermission_loggedout")."\");");
  } else {
    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nopermission_loggedin")."\");");
  }
  exit; 

4. with
   PHP Code:

     if ($bbuserinfo[userid]==0) {
    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nopermission_loggedout")."\");");
  } else {
      if($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 3) {
      eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nopermission_awaiting_moderation")."\");");
    }
    else {
      eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nopermission_loggedin")."\");");
    }
  }
  exit; 

5. create a new template called error_nopermission_awaiting_moderation
6. add the following content in it:
   PHP Code:

   You have recently registered at $bbtitle but not yet activated your account. You can find the link to activate your account in your welcome-email.

<p align="center">
<table border="0" bgcolor="#555576" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" align="center">
$logincode
</table>
</p>

<p><smallfont>If you didn't received the activation-email <a href="register.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=requestemail">click here</a> to resend it. <a href="member.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=lostpw">Forgotten your password?</a></smallfont> 

7. save and upload admin/functions.php
8. enjoy

[aldamon]

Great stuff! Thanks!

[MarkB]

I finally got around to adding this to my forums, and it's been a godsend. Thanks!

Nice job. This was the first hack I installed since I start using vBulletin. It works fine with one exception. The link to go to 'profile' and edit the password did not work. It kept returning to the new 'not activated' page. Not a problem, I just removed that portion of the template. I also removed the portion for "forgot password." The user is already logged in, so they could not have forgotten their password .

Thanks for sharing the work and it will definitely save me some time responding to emails and voice mails.

Regards,

web

[Grover]

Hi Mas*Mind,

Are there plans to release this very useful hack in a future version of Vbulletin? I think that this HAS TO BE part of the standard VBulletin-features in the future: it is one of the most useful (and can I even say: NECESSARY) hacks I have ever seen.

I hope they put it in! It really just saves us so much work........

Grover.

[aldamon]

Please make sure this works in 2.2.0! This hack is fabulous!!!

[ixian]

I have tried this over and over and I keep getting an error in functions.php:

Parse error: parse error in /home/httpd/www.mysite/xxx/forums/admin/functions.php on line 2232

Yes, I replaced my actual site with "mysite"

I am using 2.21. I have cut and pasted the code exactly (I use PHPCoder Pro as my text editor, so no extra breaks/crap is inserted) but no go.

Has anyone gotten this to work with 2.21?

[stilger]

Does anyone know if the hack works in 2.2.1? I have tried to install it but when going to the page after registering to test and see what it would do to a user awaiting registration it automatically activates my account.

[cfscfs]

It works for me under 2.2.1
So far I havent had any problem at all with it.
(less than one day)

[stilger]

Did you try and register a user then try to log in without activating your account and see if you get the message to click to resend activation code etc?

[cfscfs]

Yep.
Everything works the way it should.
Created new user and did not activate account.
Than I tried to create a new thread or post a reply, the new message is shown. After clicking on the link I enter my email and I recive a new email with my acctivationcode and I am still listed as"User Awaiting Email Confirmation"