Show Thread Enhancements - Limited Guest Viewing -- Motivate Guests to Register

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 [or membership upgrades] by limiting the number of threads guests [or certain membergroups] 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.

Install Instructions: Read the install file. Customize via admin settings & templates.

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.

Search Engine Bots (Spiders): Anything that changes your forum viewing can impact how search engines treat it. The cookie approach used by this modification is bypassed by many bots and, since people can still view posts, cloaking should not apply. Users with IP logging may face more restrictions although a filtering system lets defined spiders pass. This plugin is intended to limit repetitive viewing and not restrict people from single views.

For a full explanation of the impact on bots read the install file before asking questions.

Usergroup Limitations:
Version 2.1 introduces basic usergroup limiting with the same rules & messages guests get. Based on demand this may be extended to a per-usergroup level restriction and messaging in the future.

Change Log:
- 7.21.2012 - Update to 2.1.0 which adds usergroup limiting, fixes mySQL 5.5 support, removes the need for template editing, cleans up install guide. Upgrading is optional.

Mod Philosophy -- Drive Your Own Success:
All of my mods are inspired by my work in the digital industry and are designed to drive registrations, interaction or other engagement activities the core platform does not address. Each is designed to fit a general need by providing a starting point but it's on you to decide how to make things work to their best possible outcome. Don't stay in the box.

[ArchAngelz]

Can I ask which StyleVar or Template governs the message box that appears asking you to register (the takeover). My current style renders the text and colours quite wrongly so I probably need to adjust them.

[Karushica]

Does this module influence search engine ?

[ArchAngelz]

Did you read the installation instructions?

Originally Posted by Karushica

Does this module influence search engine ?

[Ted S]

Originally Posted by ArchAngelz

Can I ask which StyleVar or Template governs the message box that appears asking you to register (the takeover). My current style renders the text and colours quite wrongly so I probably need to adjust them.

Take over uses the classes thread_controls lgvcontrol although you can edit the template limited_guest_viewing as you see fit.

[ArchAngelz]

Thanks for the input!

Unfortunately, I'm no coder, would you be able to guide me as to how I can change at least the text colour and the bar background colour? Right now on my style, somehow its set as gray text on gray background, resulting in the text being invisible :P

http://111.235.137.157/~reddotph/forums

Originally Posted by Ted S

Take over uses the classes thread_controls lgvcontrol although you can edit the template limited_guest_viewing as you see fit.

[Aramist]

Strange...

It works nice in FF , but not in IE8. The message is not displayed in IE8

Anyone knows Why?

Ty in advance

[nakedanvil]

I have Photopost vBGallery installed and a part of that needs to always be public. How will your mod affect (or not) that? Or does this only affect forums? What about CMS?

edit: Ah, I see the CMS addressed above.

And after reading the entire thread, all of my questions have been addressed. Guess I'll have to try this one. Thanks!

[Akuma2000]

We got a problem with Vbulletin version 4.0.5.

It doesn't show the warning message after 7 views.
We set the block page after 15 views, this does show.

What can we do to fix the warning message to show?

Thanks in advance.

[ArchAngelz]

I was hoping someone could teach me how to edit the templates to show change the text colour and background; right now the text can't be seen (I'm using VB.com's Bold Grey style)!

Originally Posted by ArchAngelz

Thanks for the input!

Unfortunately, I'm no coder, would you be able to guide me as to how I can change at least the text colour and the bar background colour? Right now on my style, somehow its set as gray text on gray background, resulting in the text being invisible :P

http://111.235.137.157/~reddotph/forums

[asus78]

Can this mod limit the views of album pictures?