custom permission error message for specific forum

[skor]

We have one forum on our site that restricts posting based on a promotion system. What we are trying to do is show a custom permission error message to the usergroup that is restricted from posting in that forum if they try to post.

Is this possible? I looked at the STANDARD_ERROR template but can't really make heads or tails on what I would need to do this.

I am trying to something along the lines of...

1) if is a member of usergroup 1
2) if the forum is forum x
3) if the member of usergroup 1 tries to post in forum x, then a custom error message saying why they are unable to post in forum x.

Thank you for any help you can provide!

[kh99]

If you look at newreply.php around line 110, there's the newreply_start hook location, and right after that it does some permission checks and prints error messages. So if you create a plugin using that hook location and do you own checks, I think you should be able to do whatever you want for an error message. Same with newthread.php (the but hook is newthread_start).

So for instance you could make a plugin using newreply_start and do something like:

PHP Code:

if ($threadinfo['forumid'] == x 
             AND is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 1))
{
    eval(standard_error(fetch_error('customerror')));
} 


where 'customerror' is a custom phrase you created (that you can name whatever you want, of course).

ETA: You'd also need a second plugin using newthread_start to handle new threads. The code should be the same, except using $foruminfo['forumid'] in place of $threadinfo['forumid'].

[tonjohn]

Similarly, I'd like to show a modified version of STANDARD_ERROR when users go to a specific forum (example/ forumid = 37).

I tried editing the STANDARD_ERROR template but $forum[forumid] doesn't seem to work. Am I missing something?

[kh99]

Originally Posted by tonjohn

Similarly, I'd like to show a modified version of STANDARD_ERROR when users go to a specific forum (example/ forumid = 37).

I tried editing the STANDARD_ERROR template but $forum[forumid] doesn't seem to work. Am I missing something?

Try checking $GLOBALS['forumid'].

[tonjohn]

That worked, thanks!