Tiny hack: Custom nopermission message to unactivated users

Description: This hack prints a custom message to users that want to take an action they can't because they didn't activated their account yet. This probably saves you alot of emails from users who didn't properly read their activation-email asking you why they can't post while they did register.

VB-Version: Probably every version, certainly every 2.0 version

Instructions:

1. open (and backup first) admin/functions.php
2. Do a search for ###################### Start show_nopermission #######################
3. replace
   PHP Code:

     if ($bbuserinfo[userid]==0) {
    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nopermission_loggedout")."\");");
  } else {
    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nopermission_loggedin")."\");");
  }
  exit; 

4. with
   PHP Code:

     if ($bbuserinfo[userid]==0) {
    eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nopermission_loggedout")."\");");
  } else {
      if($bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 3) {
      eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nopermission_awaiting_moderation")."\");");
    }
    else {
      eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_nopermission_loggedin")."\");");
    }
  }
  exit; 

5. create a new template called error_nopermission_awaiting_moderation
6. add the following content in it:
   PHP Code:

   You have recently registered at $bbtitle but not yet activated your account. You can find the link to activate your account in your welcome-email.

<p align="center">
<table border="0" bgcolor="#555576" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" align="center">
$logincode
</table>
</p>

<p><smallfont>If you didn't received the activation-email <a href="register.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=requestemail">click here</a> to resend it. <a href="member.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=lostpw">Forgotten your password?</a></smallfont> 

7. save and upload admin/functions.php
8. enjoy

I installed it too! Thanks!

[Devices]

So far so good.

This should be very usefull. I am getting loads of emails at the moment from people who can not be bothered to read their emails or they may have not recieved it for some reason. Now they can help themselfs by getting the email resent.

I have added it in and tested it and all seems well.

One thing though which is not this hack but a problem with VB in general.

If you do not allow viewing to unregistered or users awaiting confirmation then they are asked to login when they come to your VB. So they are allowed to login but then get the above permission hack displayed.

When they go to the resend activation email link they just keep getting the same page as they do not have permission to view the remail page ?

Maybe i missed a setting.

[Devices]

So far so good.

This should be very usefull. I am getting loads of emails at the moment from people who can not be bothered to read their emails or they may have not recieved it for some reason. Now they can help themselfs by getting the email resent.

I have added it in and tested it and all seems well.

One thing though which is not this hack but a problem with VB in general.

If you do not allow viewing to unregistered or users awaiting confirmation then they are asked to login when they come to your VB. So they are allowed to login but then get the above permission hack displayed.

When they go to the resend activation email link they just keep getting the same page as they do not have permission to view the remail page ?

Maybe i missed a setting.

ok iget these erorrs after i installed it and now i try to access my board and here is what comes up

Parse error: parse error in ./functions.php on line 1805

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at ./functions.php:1805) in ./functions.php on line 1187

Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output started at ./functions.php:1805) in ./functions.php on line 1187

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: vbdate() in ./sessions.php on line 354

[Mas*Mind]

you backed up your functions.php right?

Then revert it and apply the changes again...You did something wrong (can't figure out what)

it works thanks

[Typhon]

I'm about to install it.. but I just wanted to let youknwo this is a nice hack... will certainly save me the trouble of resending them manually. Thanks!

Installed the hack. Went to test it, "clicked here" to resend it and got a 404

Any ideas?

dd

[Mas*Mind]

do the same as kdog316: revert and re-apply...

You probably did something wrong...

btw: Since I installed this hack I never got one of those emails again, so it definitely helps

DUH!

I didn't change the file extensions to .php3...

dd