Mini Mods - New way to force guests to register

ABOUT THIS MOD

My idea was to place a fix characater on the bottom right, wich forces guests to register an account, because i was sick of those standard "hello guest, register" mods.

So with this little modification, you are able to display a nice and flashy character to all guests - forcing them to register

All examples on the bottom are free to use.

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LIVE-DEMO: http://www.srowned.org

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IF YOU RUN VBULLETIN 3.X.X CHECK THIS THREAD

1. Upload your desired image to "/images/misc/register.png" (if you want my symples, feel free to use them, they are all attached below)

2. Open your "additional.css" and add the following lines:

div.forcetoregister {
background:url(images/misc/register.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width:300px;
height:200px;
padding:0 5px 3px;
position:fixed;
right:1px;
bottom:0px;
z-index:1;
}

3. Open your "header" template and add the following line on top:

To show it on EVERY PAGE add this:

<vb:if condition="$show['guest']"><a href="/register.php"><div class="forcetoregister"></div></a></vb:if>

To show it only on FIRST PAGE (forum home) add this (thx @ Whity):

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT == 'index'">
<vb:if condition="$show['guest']"><a href="/register.php"><div class="forcetoregister"></div></a></vb:if>
</vb:if>

To show it on every page EXCEP THE REGISTER PAGE, add this code:

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'register'">
<vb:if condition="$show['guest']"><a href="/register.php"><div class="forcetoregister"></div></a></vb:if>
</vb:if>

If you want the image to show up only for SPECIFIC USERGROUP(S), for example User who need to verify their e-mail adress - use this code:

<vb:if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 3)"><a href="/register.php"><div class="forcetoregister"></div></a></vb:if>

Make sure to check your Usergroup ID in the ADMINCP as these may differ!



4. Mark as installed

5. You are done!


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NEW FEATURE: RANDOM IMAGE ON EVERY PAGERELOAD

Since some one at the forum came up with the wish, to have random images on every pagereload, i can now provide you a solution:

1. Add this code to your "additional.css" instead of the code provided on top:

div.forcetoregister {
background:url(rotate.php);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width:300px;
height:200px;
position:fixed;
right:1px;
bottom:0px;
z-index:1;
}

2. Download the file "rotate.php" wich is attached below

3. Upload the file "rotate.php" to your FORUMROOT

4. Open "images/misc" via FTP and create a new folder called "ftr" (Complete path should look like this: /images/misc/ftr)

5. Upload your desired images to the "ftr" folder (supported file extensions are: PNG, GIF & JPG)

6. Your done!

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If you like my Mod feel free to check my fiverr.com gig: http://fiverr.com/dszuecs/create-a-c...d-implement-it

[badcarb]

excellent add on brotha'

[Alibass]

Originally Posted by ringnews24

The image is now showing, but when you click the image it takes you to a page that says

Not Found

The requested URL /register.php/ was not found on this server.

Apache Server at ringnews24.com Port 80

Fix this string <a href="/register.php">to point to the root of where your register.php file is located. You can also try to remove the / in front of register.php first and see if that fixes it. Once you get it to working you will need to make the correction in all skins if you're using more than the vb skin.

[dszuecs]

Originally Posted by ringnews24

I've been having a few problems with this mod, it broke my blog and it stopped guests registering on my forum.

Help Topic from Vbulletin.com https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/show...join-the-forum

Hi there, check your PN please.

The script is working as expected now. Please check your blog and give me feedback if there are any errors.

Cheers

[ringnews24]

Thanks dszuecs, no current problems with the blog.

Thanks a lot for fixing this for me.

[JamalFree]

Originally Posted by abonk

great trick

:up::up::up::up::up::up::up::up:

[Spadow]

Hi there,

I've been looking for something like this, but is there a way to add an 'x' to close the image?

Thanks,
Spadow

[Alibass]

Originally Posted by Spadow

Hi there,

I've been looking for something like this, but is there a way to add an 'x' to close the image?

Thanks,
Spadow

Dunno why you would want to close image, the mod was designed to stare your guest in the face with a constant reminder so they will join.

[Spadow]

Originally Posted by Alibass

Dunno why you would want to close image, the mod was designed to stare your guest in the face with a constant reminder so they will join.

That is correct, but this modification can be used in forum events as well, which I'm sure of that my registered members don't want to see the same image every single time they visit a certain page. Because it might be annoying for them.

[dszuecs]

Originally Posted by Spadow

That is correct, but this modification can be used in forum events as well, which I'm sure of that my registered members don't want to see the same image every single time they visit a certain page. Because it might be annoying for them.

It wouldn't be a problem at all to add a close button to the image with jQuery. The problem is, that the image will reappear on every page reload.

[whitetailworld]

OK, I have never claimed to be a "programmer". I have installed VB myself and it works. I am REALLY trying to get this mod in and am having NO luck.

I have done the following...
1. placed my register.png file in the images/misc/ folder

2. placed this code in (what was my empty) additional.css file:

div.forcetoregister {
background:url(images/misc/register.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
width:300px;
height:200px;
padding:0 5px 3px;
position:fixed;
right:1px;
bottom:0px;
z-index:1;
}

3. Included the code in bold to my header file. This is not all of the header file, but just the top part...

<vb:if condition="THIS_SCRIPT != 'register'">
<vb:if condition="$show['guest']"><a href="/register.php"><div class="forcetoregister"></div></a></vb:if>
</vb:if>
<div class="above_body"> <!-- closing tag is in template navbar -->
<div id="header" class="floatcontainer doc_header">
<vb:if condition="$stylevar['titleimage']"><div><a name="top" href="{vb:link forumhome}" class="logo-image"><img src="{vb:stylevar titleimage}" alt="{vb:rawphrase x_powered_by_vbulletin, {vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle}}" /></a></div></vb:if>
<div id="toplinks" class="toplinks">
<vb:if condition="$show['member']">
<ul class="isuser">...
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Am I missing something?