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Limited Guest Viewing -- Improve community registration rates
Version: 1.0.6, by Ted S Ted S is offline
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Category: Add-On Releases - Version: 3.6.x Rating:
Released: 11-18-2006 Last Update: 11-14-2008 Installs: 691
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Note: This addon works with the 3.6.x series only. Click Here for the 3.7.0 version of this addon.

With vBulletin, forum guests are able to view endless amounts of content without being directly asked or forced to register no matter how many times they come back. The purpose of the Limited Guest Viewing System is to drive in registrations by limiting the number of threads guests are able to view without interruption.

This plugin offers two options which can be used to drive in more registrations. The first option allows you to show a reminder message or advertisement after a guest has viewed a certain number of threads. The second option puts up a roadblock stopping guests from viewing threads altogether after reaching a certain number of views. Both options work together to encourage and ultimately force anonymous visitors to either register or login but can also be used separately based on your individual needs.

Because this plugin uses cookies, few if any bots will be impacted when it comes to spidering your site.

Modifications/ Instructions:
Template edits: 1
Plugins: 1 (adds 1 template and several settings)

This template hack should take under 5 minutes to implement and customize.

Customizing the content / messages
To customize which messages appear or what they say, go to vBulletin options, select the ?Limited Guest Viewing System? group and configure the options as desired. Each phase can be modified by adding translation text.

Through the ACP you can enable or disable each option, specify the number of threads that can be viewed before the option is enabled and input any forums you wish to exclude from being blocked.

About spiders/bots
This plugin works by setting a cookie to track the number of visits from a particular user. As bots do not tend to accept cookies, they should not be blocked. To further insure there is no spider accessibility issues, there script identifies major bots (google, yahoo, msn, aol) and explicitly lets them through -- you can easily add to this list by editing the plugin code should you so desire, however, unless a bot starts taking cookies this should not be necessary.


Welcome headers compatibility
The Limited Guest Viewing is designed to work with the Welcome Headers system without any conflict. To insure that welcome header messages do not show up at the same time as the limited guest viewing message, please be sure you are running welcome headers version 4.1.3 or greater (released 11/19).

Updates
5/9/2008 - Released update to prevent installs on 3.7 boards.
2/18/2007 - Minor update to fix register link. Updates optional.
11/20/2006 - Minor update released to fix error with links in some messaging. Updates recommended.

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  #202  
Old 03-10-2007, 09:50 PM
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*installed* great addon! Great job Ted..
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Old 03-10-2007, 09:51 PM
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Why is this any different than setting the unregistered guest usergroup "Can View Thread Content" setting to no?
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Old 03-11-2007, 01:08 AM
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I like the hack thank you!
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Old 03-11-2007, 01:09 AM
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Why is this any different than setting the unregistered guest usergroup "Can View Thread Content" setting to no?
It gives them a taste of the forum. Setting to "no" makes people just click away pissed.
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Old 03-11-2007, 02:32 PM
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Why is this any different than setting the unregistered guest usergroup "Can View Thread Content" setting to no?
And besides. What message pops up again with doing it your way? I completely agree with marcsmith73. :up:
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Old 03-12-2007, 04:49 AM
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Why is this any different than setting the unregistered guest usergroup "Can View Thread Content" setting to no?
A "access denied" message is not very motivating when it comes to getting people to register and in the case of a search engine, it doesn't index very well either.
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Old 03-12-2007, 07:36 AM
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Hello!
Could yoy please help me?
I've installed LGV for my forum. But Register Take-Over Message doesn't work for me but it's enabled. Register Block Page is also enabled and it works fine. The settings are the following:
Register Take-Over Message Count: 1
Register Block Page Count: 7

P.s. I'm running Russia version of VB, but all other mods work fine!
Thank you!
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Old 03-13-2007, 01:07 AM
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What is the URL of your forum?
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Old 03-13-2007, 09:24 AM
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What is the URL of your forum?
www.forum.cayenneclub.ru
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Old 03-13-2007, 11:28 AM
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ok. I've just fixed the problem. I forgot about template modification :-)
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