Way to force "I agree" checkbox before posting in specific forums?

[RedTurtle]

You're extremely helpful. Thank you again.

I did get it working. I did have one more question however.

If I am specifying a lot of different usergroups in my template and plugin and don't want to have to individually go back and change each template anytime I make a change in my usergroups, is there a way I can define an array in place of the usergroups?

Something like: <vb:if condition="in_array($GLOBAL['forumid'], $MyUsergroups)"> ?

How would I create a plugin that would then feed $MyUsergroups to the templates?

Thank you again.

[kh99]

What you could do in that case is set a variable in the plugin to true, then in the template condition just check the variable. In fact you could use the $show[] array that exists already, as long as you choose a name that you're sure would be unique.

For example, in the plugin you could do something like:

$MyUsergroups = array(1, 3, 5, 57);
if (is_member_of($bbuserinfo, $MyUsergroups))
{
    ...some code..
    $show['some_unique_name'] = true;
    ... more code
}

then in the template

<vb:if condition="$show['some_unique_name']">
// show something
</vb:if>

[RedTurtle]

My Plugin Code:

//This plugin controls users accepting the rules on each post until they are promoted to Registered Users Plus.
//Template edits for this plugin have been made in SHOWTHREAD, NEWREPLY, and NEWTHREAD
//A custom phrase called spelling_checkbox was added

$SpellingUsergroups = array(2, 3, 4, 6);
if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, $SpellingUsergroups))
{
   $show['spelling_checker'] = true;

   $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'accept_rules', TYPE_BOOL);


   if (!$vbulletin->GPC['accept_rules'])
   {
       $errors[] = "<span style='color: #ba0000; background-color: #FDFD65;'>Please scroll down and accept the highlighted rules before submitting your post.</span>";
   }
}

My Template Code:

<vb:if condition="$show['spelling_checker']">
<div class="spelling_checkbox">
			<ul class="checkradio">
				<li><label for="rules">
					<input type="checkbox" id="rules" class="bginput" name="accept_rules" value="true"/>
					{vb:rawphrase spelling_checkbox}
				</label></li>
			</ul>
		</div>
</vb:if>

It doesn't show up however on the page.


Am I making a mistake by putting the $SpellingUsergroups = array(2, 3, 4, 6); and $show['spelling_checker'] = true; in the same plugin as the other code? Does it need to be in a different plugin at a different hook location? Right now all of this is at newpost_process...

--------------- Added [DATE]1352047913[/DATE] at [TIME]1352047913[/TIME] ---------------

Ok I added a new plugin, using this example of yours:

$MyUsergroups = array(1, 3, 5, 57);
if (is_member_of($bbuserinfo, $MyUsergroups))
{
    ...some code..
    $show['some_unique_name'] = true;
    ... more code
}

but used $vbulletin->userinfo instead of $bbuserinfo and put it to work at parse_templates. Seems to be working...going to test some more though

[kh99]

You say the plugin is using newpost_process but your template change is in SHOWTHREAD? That's probably the problem because newpost_process isn't called before SHOWTHREAD.

[RedTurtle]

Thanks again.

I have 2 plugins now and then 3 template edits (in showthread, newreply, and newthread)

My first plugin which is called at parsetemplates:

$SpellingUsergroups = array(6, 7);
if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, $SpellingUsergroups))
{
$show['spelling_checker'] = true;
}

My second plugin which is called at newpost_process

//This plugin controls users accepting the rules on each post until they are promoted to Registered Users Plus.
//Template edits for this plugin have been made in SHOWTHREAD, NEWREPLY, and NEWTHREAD
//A custom phrase called spelling_checkbox was added

if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, $SpellingUsergroups))
{
   $vbulletin->input->clean_gpc('p', 'accept_rules', TYPE_BOOL);


   if (!$vbulletin->GPC['accept_rules'])
   {
       $errors[] = "<span style='color: #ba0000; background-color: #FDFD65;'>Please scroll down and accept the highlighted rules before submitting your post.</span>";
   }
}

And my template edit:

<vb:if condition="$show['spelling_checker']">
<div class="spelling_checkbox">
			<ul class="checkradio">
				<li><label for="rules">
					<input type="checkbox" id="rules" class="bginput" name="accept_rules" value="true"/>
					{vb:rawphrase spelling_checkbox}
				</label></li>
			</ul>
		</div>
</vb:if>

Now the plugin that works at parse_templates is working properly. It will show the template edits to the proper usergroup and the checkbox shows up.

However if I see the checkbox and try to make a post without clicking on the checkbox, it still allows it...making me think the plugin at newpost_process is not correctly getting the $SpellingUsergroups definition that is being defined in the plugin at parsetemplates.

Thanks for sticking with me through this -- I am learning quite a bit but am still hitting a few speed bumps. Thank you.

[kh99]

Yeah, I think the problem is that the newpost_process hook is being called before parse_templates. If that's all the code you have in your parse_templates plugin, try moving it to global_setup_complete (or whatever it's called - I can never remember).

[RedTurtle]

Tried it at global_setup_complete and global_bootstrap_init_start and neither seem to work.

[kh99]

Oh yeah...try it again, but add "global $vbulletin, $show;" at the beginning.

[RedTurtle]

Ok it still allows me to post without having the checkbox selected.

Here's how I have it now:

global $vbulletin, $show;
$SpellingUsergroups = array(6, 67);
if (is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, $SpellingUsergroups))
{
$show['spelling_checker'] = true;
}

at global_setup_complete

[kh99]

OK, try changing the newpost_process plugin to:

global $show;
if ($show['spelling_checker'])
{