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!

[VirtualBurn]

 if ($bbuserinfo['userid'] == 0 and $forumid != X)  
{  
    print_no_permission();  
}

Originally Posted by Gary King

Replace

PHP Code:

$forumid != 102 or $forumid != 103 


with

PHP Code:

$forumid != 102 and $forumid != 103 


I've found this thread to be really interesting and it has helped out with a lot of things. I've added the code to dissalow guest to view a couple of non vb pages but these pages should be only accessable by a certain user group.

Usergroup (id:9) are the only members that should have access to these pages, how can I modify this code to enable this feature?

Thankyou.

[VirtualBurn]

Ok, after scanning back through all the replies to this thread I finaly sussed it also added something else on

This code stops guests (ID:0) and registered users (ID:2) from accesing the non-vb pages but with let the 'Premium Member' group (ID:9) walk right in.

For the users who aren't allwowed in a custom notice will appear telling the user to subscribe to access these areas.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=93253

Thanks greg and all who replied here.

[swa]

awesome, works on 3.07!

[Bozkurtum]

Works on 3.5.x?

[stan111]

thanks a lot
i will try to get this installed when i get home

[mkdevo]

great hack!

i have a question as far as spiders go:

i have Kanoodle and TargetPoint ads on my board. after installing this hack, the TargetPoint ads (in threads) still show up, but the Kanoodle ads do not (because you now need to be logged in to view threads, etc.).

is there something i can add to this line in order to allow the Kanoodle ads in?

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'] 


?

[etaslim]

Originally Posted by Bozkurtum

Works on 3.5.x?

same here, pls inform if there's any. thanks

[99SIVTEC]

I got it to work with 3.5, but it took a couple modifications. The code that you paste in showthread should now be

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == 0 AND !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']))
{
    print_no_permission();
}

and should be done right after:

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

[Zachery]

Originally Posted by 99SIVTEC

I got it to work with 3.5, but it took a couple modifications. The code that you paste in showthread should now be

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] == 0 AND !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']))
{
    print_no_permission();
}

and should be done right after:

// ################################################## #####################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// ################################################## #####################

Yo, stock feature in vB 3.5, nice job hacking a feature thats already in the system

[99SIVTEC]

and how is this a feature in the system already? The stock system doesn't allow search engine spiders while blocking guests.