Hide Posts To Unregistered Users - Posting Option

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This hack allows your users to specify if they want their thread only viewable to registered users. You can set this priviledge on a usergroup basis.

The only limitation is the same as the "Tachy Goes Conventry" issue where the post title will be shown as the last post in the forum home, but will not be displayed in forum view. If a user happens to click on the link on the forum front page (as latest post (forumhome)) it will give them a no permissions message instructing them to login or register. This is a limitation of VB, nothing much I can do about it. When the VB team fixes the TGC feature, then I can probably do the same with this extension.

Installation:

Upload xml file to includes/xml folder.

Install product file.

Edit two templates.

CLICK INSTALL!

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[Jafo232]

Perhaps your MySQL user does not have drop permissions?

[utw-Mephisto]

I am working with that user on MySQL since vb 2.x and since vb introduced plugins I have never had a problem with uninstalling products ...

So no, there is not a permission error .. the error doesn't even say it does not have the permission .. it says there is a duplicate hence it does not remove the tables (or whatever) when uninstalling and there was no error when uninstalling anyway

[Jafo232]

Dunno what to tell you.. Doesn't happen to me and I have tried it on three different servers myself.

You will have to manually remove these COLUMNS from these tables:

usergroup -> phide_permissions

thread -> phide

user -> phide_optionsfield

[rob30UK]

Thanks for this mod.... however, it isnt exactly what I'm looking for.

It is *almost* though.

I need to be able to say which groups can use this feature (ok, we got that), but I do not want a global switch which applies to all user threads....

I want it selectable on a *per thread* basis (Not posts, coz some convos would end up not making sense)

Hope you can help.

[gingery]

From the readme:

Edit usergroups you want to have this priviledge in the admincp

Exactly how/where do I do this?

[Jafo232]

Originally Posted by gingery

From the readme:

Exactly how/where do I do this?

AdminCP -> Usergroups: Select a usergroup. Check the box to give the permission.

[gingery]

Hmm...I must have screwed something up because that is not an option in my usergroup manager.

*off to retrace my steps*

[gingery]

I figured it out. Thank you!

[txsbmw]

**Nevermind, I figured it out**

But I do have a question. Is there anyway to have this as a univeral option instead of a per thread basis? In otherwords an option in the UserCp where they can choose to hide all their posts from guests?

[Jafo232]

Not as it stands, no.