Force Guests To Use One Style

Im using the default skin, This skin is very simple so bots should be able to spider your forum fast using it right? Also if all guests are stuck using the same simple skin there should be less server load right? Invision Power Board lets you choose what usergroups can see what skins. Vbulletin does not so lets fix this!

If you want all visitors/unregistered to be stuck with the same skin follow these steps.

1.Set the simplest skin you have as the default skin in Style and Language options in vbulletin options.

2.admincp>style manager>the skin you want to use>footer

find:

<if condition="$show['quickchooser']">

replace with:

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo,a,b,c)">

where a,b,c = the usergroup number of the usergroups you do want to see the style chooser.

This will remove the style chooser for unregistered guests and allow only who you want to see it. Best part is that you only have to do it to one skin.

[Bison]

Please read the purpose of this hack again...willya?

This hack is not designed to stop everyone from using styles.

[RaceJunkie]

I never understood why this is not a standard option in vb..

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[Exclusive Group]

That was nice, Thank you.....And I though I would have to delete the other styles!

[stomph]

Thanks for this, very nice!

I used the following condition instead:

<if condition="$show['member']">

It says here (in german) that is_member_of adds a query.

[madotds]

Top mod. thank you "installed"

[yeku]

Perfect, It sought this modification, is very necessary for the administrators.

thanks friend

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