Force new mebers to make post in "initiation" forum

[arurcard]

I want to make it where each new member has to have at least one post in our initiation forum before he/she may post in other forums. Also I would liek to have a message appear soemwhere on the forum letting them know the other forums are not yet available because they haven't posted in initiation. Anyone have any ideas how to do this or is there a modification available?

[Paul M]

You could do this with default vB using promotions.

i.e. When they join the default usergroup can only see the one forum - and once they have posted, a promotion looking for 1+ posts promotes them to another group that can see all forums.

[arurcard]

Originally Posted by Paul M

You could do this with default vB using promotions.

i.e. When they join the default usergroup can only see the one forum - and once they have posted, a promotion looking for 1+ posts promotes them to another group that can see all forums.

Yeah I thought so, what about the notifications?
I would like to add a note on the registration page or on the page after they register.

[Paul M]

Just add the message to a template, and suround it with a usergroupid based conditional.

[arurcard]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Just add the message to a template, and suround it with a usergroupid based conditional.

Ok I will do that, I will do this for users awaiting confirmation, will they get an email when they're account is activated (usergroup promoted)?