Private Forum - Make Homepage redirect to Login.php page If not-logged in

[warmarks]

Hi,

We have a Private forum, and every forum is hidden in case user is not logged-in.

I want to make homepage show login.php login form if user is not logged in...

I tried to set .htaccess directory index to login.php but it redirects back to forum.php!

Looking for some help in this regard.

Thank you!

[nhawk]

If all of your forums are already hidden, you can re-direct users that aren't logged in from the forum home page to the login page with a plugin...

Go to ACP->Plugins & Products.

Click Add Plugin

Product: vBulletin
Hook Location: forumhome_start
Title: Force Login Page
Execution Order: 5
Plugin PHP Code:

global $vbulletin;
if(!$vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])
{
	print_no_permission();
}

Plugin is Active: Yes

Click Save

[warmarks]

Hi,

Thank you very much for your assistance.

I created and activated a plugin as above but its not working,
i mean it is still showing me homepage when not logged in, instead of the login page.

Can you please see what i maybe missing?

I followed exact steps as you have kindly explained above,
everything worked fine in the admin side.. Plugin is active..

but in the front-end it does not redirect me to login page when not logged in.

Thanks again for your help!

[nhawk]

Are you using vBulletin Forum Classic or vBulletin Publishing Suite?

If you're using the Publishing Suite, create a second plugin with exactly the same content but change the Hook Location to: vbcms_content_populate_start (vBulletin CMS)