Timed Usergroup

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Sorry to those that replied, I did not see this until now, I must have over looked them.

Originally Posted by ozzy47

I don't believe I have ever seen such a mod. I suppose it could be done. By clicking on the button, they would be put into a temp usergroup, that has the same perms as the Premium group, then via a cron job, set to X minutes, they would go back to the original group.

Now you would have to store some info into the DB in order to do this. First, the original group they were in, and then their userid, so they can not click on the button again.

IMO I think it would be more hassle to code it than it would be worth.

That all depends on what it would be worth to have it done.

Originally Posted by ShawneyJ

when i ran an active chat forum years ago, i had a custom vbulletin page with full screenshots of what the style looked like without adds. i had what they get as VIP at the top, then screenshots of everything, then a pay now/upgrade now image at the bottom which lead them to the usercp payment page. just an idea to throw out there. good luck.

Yes, I know of that addon/edit, but that's not the same as having full premium usergroup access to the site and all the functions the premium usergroup has to offer.
Giving a guest this type of temporary access instead of an image to see what they would get if they were to become a premium member would imo help gain more premium members thus creating more income.

Originally Posted by kmplex

Have never seen this done.. Been using VB for years and years.

You could setup a fake version of the site, HTML demo.. It wouldn't work, but would give them a better idea than a screenshot, or talking about it.

I have done this... A great deal of work and a huge pain in the Keaster... still not the same and imo looks generic...

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

I dig your "bada-bing" navbar style on your test site!

He's a member here... I did some editing on it for him... I have done many edits for members here over the years.