Easier editing of the forum rules upon registration

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Easier editing of the forum rules upon registration</font>

Now this isn't much of a hack but what always annoyed me about the forum rules is that they were in a template. Being lazy it was just a pain navigating through the ACP to the signupadult template. So i wanted a way of editing it via the vbulletin options section of the ACP. This hack basically gives you a new option in the ACP to edit the forum rules. It is compatible with all your html and by default uses the standard forum rules set in the signupadult template. However one advantage is that you only edit the text. There is no html tables or anything to muck up if your a html newbie.

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[ZenithRS]

Yeah, same for me... and same solution. Just changed it manually

[Dean C]

Darn forgot to match the query's up

I've updated the text file. If any one could englighten me as to why $bbtitle which is a global var is not being parsed correctly i'd be most interested?

- miSt

[Kars10]

This is exactly what i was looking for!!!

Thanks Dean

[high]* Kars10 licks install![/high]

[Dean C]

Your Welcome Karsten !

- miSt

[Holidazed]

Where do I go to edit the forum rules now? There is not a link in the ACP that refers to rules. There is nothing in the instructions that refers to making the link or how to edit the rules.

[Dean C]

You go into the 'vbulletin options' section of the Admin CP and its right down the bottom of the page

- miSt

[Holidazed]

Well, I see the section, but I do not have a field to type into. It just says "Forum Rules".

What did I miss?

[Dean C]

Sounds like you didn't run all the queries

[Holidazed]

According to the instructions, I had to run the following queries.

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INSERT INTO settinggroup (settinggroupid,title,displayorder) VALUES (NULL,'Forum Rules','78');

and

INSERT INTO setting (settingid,settinggroupid,title,varname,value,desc ription,optioncode,displayorde r) VALUES (NULL,42,'Rules','forumrules',' <p><normalfont>Registration to this forum is free!
We do insist that you abide by the rules and policies detailed below.
If you agree to the terms, please press the Agree button at the end of the page.
Note: By pressing the button you declare that you are over the age of 13.
If you are 13 or under, please use
<a href="register.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=signup&who=coppa&url=$url">this registration form</a>.</normalfont></p>

<p><normalfont>Although the administrators and moderators of $bbtitle will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum,
it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author,
and neither the owners of $bbtitle or Jelsoft Enterprises Limited (developers of vBulletin)
will be held responsible for the content of any message.</normalfont></p>

<p><normalfont>By clicking the Agree button, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene,
vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.</normalfont></p>

<p><normalfont>The owners of $bbtitle have the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.</normalfont></p>','Here is what the guests on your forum will see upon registration. They have to read this page and agree to the terms before registering.','textarea','1');
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I did not get any errors. Was there a query I missed?

[Areku]

You probably missed the incorrect field number... Instead of 42 it might be 41, like in my case.