Disallow guests to view threads, must register first

Yes I know that there is already a a feature to stop guests from viewing threads, but then this also shows all the posts and threads counters to zero, and under Last Post it will say never (which sucks ). But, with my hack, it just asks guests to either login or register when viewing a thread and still shows all the right numbers

Instructions

Open archive/index.php and find

PHP Code:

    $title .= ' - ' . $foruminfo['title'];
}
else
{
    $do = 'index';
} 


Below, add

PHP Code:

if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] == 0 AND !preg_match("#(google|slurp@inktomi|yahoo! slurp)#si", $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) 
{ 
    print_no_permission(); 
} 


Open showthread.php and find

PHP Code:

globalize($_REQUEST, array('perpage' => INT, 'pagenumber', 'highlight' => STR, 'goto')); 


Below, add:

PHP Code:

if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] == 0 AND !preg_match("#(google|slurp@inktomi|yahoo! slurp)#si", $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']))
{
    print_no_permission();
} 


Open template threadbit and find:

PHP Code:

<td class="alt1Active" id="t$thread[threadid]" title="$thread[preview]"> 


Replace it with

PHP Code:

<td class="alt1Active" id="t$thread[threadid]" <if condition="$show['member']">title="$thread[preview]"</if>> 


Done!

[jzewatsky]

Where do add the code for showthread.php in vb 3.0.3? I've searched the php several times for the "globalize....." line and have not found it. Thanks in advance for the help.

[bamaster]

Originally Posted by Oreamnos

BTW, who has access to this forum on your site? all registered users? special usergroups? admins?

I am just about to install this and just wanted to check what you were doing.

Yes, all registered users. Actually, Registered and Imported users... since I imported my users from phpBB.

[bamaster]

Originally Posted by jzewatsky

Where do add the code for showthread.php in vb 3.0.3? I've searched the php several times for the "globalize....." line and have not found it. Thanks in advance for the help.

Read post #111 in this thread to see the altered code. He said it didn't work for him, but it did for me.

[rushabh]

Hi,

I have v3.0.3 too and really cant understand the part about the showthread. Am a beginner in .php so please understand.

What exactly do I find in the showthread and what do I add/replace?

Thanks much

R

[jzewatsky]

bamaster,

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it (post 111) and am still not working. Would you mind posting exactly how you got it to work? Are we working with different VB ver's?

[MauriceReed]

Hi we have got this hack installed on our forum www.gob++++es.co.uk and it seems to be working fine.

Question, does anybody know what impact, if any, this has on google spiders etc? I have submitted our site to google and some other search engines but vey little evidence of google spiders appearing. On another forum to which I belonged they were regularly visiting.


cheers

[boiboi]

no impact on yahoo whatsover.

[glock22]

Well, I installed the initial code on my 3.0.6 board that I just installed and it worked great.. I thought it was bulletproof... Well , there seems to be a problem. When users are logged in they do not have access to their subscription panel and they cannot use the drop down menu for subscribing to thread or forum. When they click they get a message that they do not have suffiecient privilages etc.... They can read and reply to threads... They cannot use the subsciption.php correctly. I even tried the fix that got posted for the subscription.php.. Still nothing

Nikos

This hack is integral to the success of my forum. ANy help is appreciated.

[glock22]

It seems like admin and supermoderators can access the

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/subscription.php? page

but normal users cannot.. I can't figure it out

Nikos

[boiboi]

Strange.. works ok on mine. you shouldn't have edited subscription.php

[Rambo]

Installed on VB 3.0.7 and works a charm

Good job.

[CavGsi.co.uk]

When i open the showthread.php i cant find

globalize($_REQUEST, array('perpage' => INT, 'pagenumber', 'highlight' => STR, 'goto'));

Any help please ?? ??

[CavGsi.co.uk]

Originally Posted by CavGsi.co.uk

When i open the showthread.php i cant find

globalize($_REQUEST, array('perpage' => INT, 'pagenumber', 'highlight' => STR, 'goto'));

Any help please ?? ??

am using version 3.0.7

[kadafi_alive]

Originally Posted by boiboi

no impact on yahoo whatsover.

Exactly, it seems that it's allowing the Googlebot but disallowing [Slurp] Yahoo.

[Onkel_Tom]

I'm using this line:

PHP Code:

preg_match("#(googlebot|slurp@inktomi|yahoo! slurp|lycos|ask jeeves|scooter|fast-webcrawler|turntinbot|msnbot|webcrawler|Infoseek|W3C_Val|Googlebot)#si", $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] 


and yahoo is working fine