The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

RitaW · #1 08-15-2009, 06:43 PM

I would like to restrict my new registered members to an introduction thread before they can access the rest of the forum.

Does anyone know how to do this?

flowermama · #2 08-15-2009, 06:55 PM

One way I can think of would be to use the Cyb - Advanced Permissions Based on Post Count mod and make it so that members with less than one post can't view the rest of the forums.

Another way, which I think might be a lot more difficult, but possible, would be to set it up based on promotions. Like you could make it so that at first all members are put in a membergroup that can only see the intro forum. Then you could set up a promotion that would make it so that after one post everyone is promoted to a different primary membergroup that allows them to see all the forums. Access wouldn't be instant, though, since it'd be using the promotions system.

Those are the two ways I can think of. I'm new to this, though, and I'm curious to see what others say.

--------------- Added [DATE]1250366202[/DATE] at [TIME]1250366202[/TIME] ---------------

p.s. I hope I understood your question right. Now that I re-read it I'm not so sure I did. lol I hope you get the answers you are looking for.

RitaW · #3 08-15-2009, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flowermama

One way I can think of would be to use the Cyb - Advanced Permissions Based on Post Count mod and make it so that members with less than one post can't view the rest of the forums.

Another way, which I think might be a lot more difficult, but possible, would be to set it up based on promotions. Like you could make it so that at first all members are put in a membergroup that can only see the intro forum. Then you could set up a promotion that would make it so that after one post everyone is promoted to a different primary membergroup that allows them to see all the forums. Access wouldn't be instant, though, since it'd be using the promotions system.

Those are the two ways I can think of. I'm new to this, though, and I'm curious to see what others say.

--------------- Added [DATE]1250366202[/DATE] at [TIME]1250366202[/TIME] ---------------

p.s. I hope I understood your question right. Now that I re-read it I'm not so sure I did. lol I hope you get the answers you are looking for.

Thanks flowermama,

I will check both of those tips out now :up:

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.03253 seconds Memory Usage 2,177KB Queries Executed 13 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (1)ad_showthread_firstpost (1)ad_showthread_firstpost_sig (1)ad_showthread_firstpost_start (1)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)navbar (3)navbar_link (120)option (3)post_thanks_box (3)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (3)post_thanks_postbit_info (3)postbit (3)postbit_onlinestatus (3)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_postinfo_query fetch_postinfo fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
Messages:

The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy!