Limit guests to viewing 5 threads max.

This hack allows a guest to view 5 threads within the forums. After the 5th
thread, the hack will bring up the error_nopermission_loggedout template
to force them to register with the board.

This hack was requested by frozt and jjj0923.

Templates affected: 0
Files affected: showthread.php and admin/sessions.php
Tables affected: session

How to install this hack:

You need to alter the session table using the following command:

alter table session add visitcount smallint(5) unsigned DEFAULT 0;

The rest of the instructions are in the attached file.

Your comments will be greatly appreciated.

[007]

Hey would there be any way to base this on an IP basis? So instead of checking for cookies, it would check if the IP had already viewed 5 threads?

[Zzed]

These visits are remembered per session. A guest does not use a cookie since cookies are given to registered users.
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And to keep track of visits per IP address, you would need to create a brand new table to keep track of individual IP's and increment their visit count..