Restrict Guest Viewing Threads in a Forum

I'm actually suprised that you can't stop guests from viewing threads themselves in forum and the only solution is to stop them Viewing others and that includes the thread titles on forumdisplay.

This lets guests see threads made by someone else on the forumdisplay page but not the thread itself, they'll get a nice error telling them to register.

Can be enabled on a forum by forum basis within the forum options.

I use this for a member forum on my board and I would rather show a guest what the thread title is, instead of showing no title at all

[Nam]

You're great PPN, thank you so so much.

I compared 2 files and saw that you've changed much of it, without you changing it, no way I could modify it myself.

Thanks again,

[kanima]

here is what i get when trying ot make a new forum after adding hack, so what is wrong ???


Database error in vBulletin Control Panel 2.2.1:

Invalid SQL: INSERT INTO forum
(forumid,styleid,title,description,active,displayo rder,parentid,
parentlist,allowposting,cancontainthreads,daysprun e,newpostemail,newthreademail,
moderatenew,allowhtml,allowbbcode,allowimages,allo wsmilies,allowicons,
styleoverride,allowratings,countposts,moderateatta ch,allowguestpostview)
VALUES
(NULL,'1','Request to join-|TKP|-','All your joining request go here.','1','1','-1',
'','1','1','30','dstinson@troycable.net','',
'1','0','1','0','1','1',
'0','1','1','0','1')
mysql error: Unknown column 'allowguestpostview' in 'field list'

mysql error number: 1054

Date: Friday 30th of November 2001 04:31:00 PM
Script: http://www.ip-subspace.com/forum/forum/admin/forum.php
Referer: http://www.ip-subspace.com/forum/adm...php?action=add

[kanima]

NeverMind

Too used to Perl and all teh #### at top
that i don't read lol

[Marc T Smith]

Originally posted by PPN

ok em sorted you had added the insert query into the doupdate part of the file.

Just reload this to the admin directory.

Scott

So - if I run the SQL query via phpmyadmin as prep:

ALTER TABLE `forum` ADD `allowguestpostview` SMALLINT(6) DEFAULT '1' NOT NULL

And then upload the file you posted for Nam (which is essentially forum.php already hacked), it will work.

Is this correct?

[Scott MacVicar]

won't advise it, i'm sure that was for version 2.2.0 and the latest is 2.2.1, the hack isn't hard to install so it would be simplier for you just to copy and paste.

[kanima]

Got the No view working, but it is not putting up the resigter page for guest to view ideas ?

[frozt]

Great hack!

[xug]

I have this hack installed and had no problems with it, see no errors etc.

But if I go to my Who's Online page I still see people browsing threads!

How is this possible?

[Scott MacVicar]

This has been addressed on vBulletin.com, I can't remember specific details but if they try to view the thread, it puts the page their at still into the session table which will give you the opinion that their viewing the thread.
Though all their viewing is the no permission page.

[xug]

Ok, than it must be all ok, because when I logged off and entered my site as guest I didn't see anything and thought maybe they have still some tricks to get in!

Wow, i'm happy now!

Thanks PPN for the fast reply.

Keep up the great work.