Show Thread Enhancements - Limited Guest Viewing -- Motivate Guests to Register

With vBulletin, forum guests are able to view endless amounts of content without being directly asked or forced to register no matter how many times they come back. The purpose of the Limited Guest Viewing System is to drive in registrations [or membership upgrades] by limiting the number of threads guests [or certain membergroups] are able to view without interruption.

This plugin offers two options which can be used to drive in more registrations. The first option allows you to show a reminder message or advertisement after a guest has viewed a certain number of threads. The second option puts up a roadblock stopping guests from viewing threads altogether after reaching a certain number of views. Both options work together to encourage and ultimately force anonymous visitors to either register or login but can also be used separately based on your individual needs.

Install Instructions: Read the install file. Customize via admin settings & templates.

Customizing the content / messages: To customize which messages appear or what they say, go to vBulletin options, select the ?Limited Guest Viewing System? group and configure the options as desired. Each phase can be modified by adding translation text. Through the ACP you can enable or disable each option, specify the number of threads that can be viewed before the option is enabled and input any forums you wish to exclude from being blocked.

Search Engine Bots (Spiders): Anything that changes your forum viewing can impact how search engines treat it. The cookie approach used by this modification is bypassed by many bots and, since people can still view posts, cloaking should not apply. Users with IP logging may face more restrictions although a filtering system lets defined spiders pass. This plugin is intended to limit repetitive viewing and not restrict people from single views.

For a full explanation of the impact on bots read the install file before asking questions.

Usergroup Limitations:
Version 2.1 introduces basic usergroup limiting with the same rules & messages guests get. Based on demand this may be extended to a per-usergroup level restriction and messaging in the future.

Change Log:
- 7.21.2012 - Update to 2.1.0 which adds usergroup limiting, fixes mySQL 5.5 support, removes the need for template editing, cleans up install guide. Upgrading is optional.

Mod Philosophy -- Drive Your Own Success:
All of my mods are inspired by my work in the digital industry and are designed to drive registrations, interaction or other engagement activities the core platform does not address. Each is designed to fit a general need by providing a starting point but it's on you to decide how to make things work to their best possible outcome. Don't stay in the box.

[LowKey]

Totally Sweet Man, Nominated!

[gurler]

installed and nominated.
it looks like good. i am analysing now the pageview/registeration.

may it include "thread view count / per hour or per day" ?
it will be good.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by gurler

installed and nominated.
it looks like good. i am analysing now the pageview/registeration.

may it include "thread view count / per hour or per day" ?
it will be good.

Can you elaborate on what you're looking for here?

[gurler]

Originally Posted by Ted S

Can you elaborate on what you're looking for here?

i can`t understand what do you want to mean ?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by gurler

i can`t understand what do you want to mean ?

I am hoping you can further explain the feature(s) you would like to see added to this modification.

[gurler]

Ok. Thank you very much for coded this mod.
Its really thing what i need.

[Alibass]

Ted S

Okay I thought I had IP's older than a few days old yesterday, but apparently not. I checked them tonight and the IP's I wanted deleted were gone except for the newer ones from today and that's great, the mod is working fine.

I also downloaded the new php file and uploaded to my server and the log entries are working now too.

Great job and thank you. Nominated for MOTM.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Alibass

Ted S

Okay I thought I had IP's older than a few days old yesterday, but apparently not. I checked them tonight and the IP's I wanted deleted were gone except for the newer ones from today and that's great, the mod is working fine.

I also downloaded the new php file and uploaded to my server and the log entries are working now too.

Great job and thank you. Nominated for MOTM.

Awesome!

[meissenation]

Can you please explain the difference between take-over and block? Is Take-Over the warning message while Block is the force user to register? There's no mention of which is which in the add-on description or the install file.

Edit: Nevermind - reading the phrases made it more clear. Would be nice to have a better description explicitly defining both somewhere.

Edit Edit: I have this installed and it's not doing anything. I just viewed 30 threads even though I have Register Take-Over set to 10 and it's not doing anything. Link in signature if you'd like to try to recreate. And I do have the

{vb:raw lgvmessage} in my navbar template.

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by meissenation

Edit Edit: I have this installed and it's not doing anything. I just viewed 30 threads even though I have Register Take-Over set to 10 and it's not doing anything. Link in signature if you'd like to try to recreate. And I do have the

{vb:raw lgvmessage} in my navbar template.

What are all of your settings?