Show only XX posts in thread to guests..

if in your forum you allow guests to see the threads you can now set a limit on them

Requested by 006 Here

[wolfe]

the $guestsposts bit don't work in the error message so replace it with your maximum posts limit

[wolfe]

sorry does not work i can't figure out how to do it this only shows the the posts of postid 1-5

[007]

Well thanks for trying dude. :ermm: If you can't do it don't worry about it. The big part works just fine and that's the most important thing about this hack. I think it's definately still pretty sweet just how it is. Thanks

[D|ver]

no problem. i also want to thank you for trying

maybe somebody else can help here at this point

[Jim Mayhugh]

All you really need to do is the following:

1) Install Bira's Post Counter and Direct Link Hack.

2) Do the insert as outlined in the instructions.

3) In admin/functions.php, find:

PHP Code:

  // user
  global $bbuserinfo,$session,$ignore,$cookietimeout; 


add the following line before it:

PHP Code:

// Guest View Limit Hack
  global $guestposts,$postcount;
// Guest View Limit Hack 


4) Now find:

PHP Code:

$post[message]=bbcodeparse($post[pagetext],$forum[forumid],$post[allowsmilie]); 


and replace it with:

PHP Code:

// Guest View Limit Hack
if ( ($bbuserinfo["usergroupid"]=="1") && ($postcount > $guestposts) ) {
$post[message]="<center><b><font size=\"+2\"><br><br><br><font color=\"red\">SORRY</font><br>You are not permitted to view more than ".$guestposts." posts without <a href=\"http://yourforumhere.com/register.php?action=signup\">registering</a>.<br><br></font></b></center>";
}else{
$post[message]=bbcodeparse($post[pagetext],$forum[forumid],$post[allowsmilie]);
}
// Guest View Limit Hack 


Make sure that you replace the "yourforumhere.com" in the above snippet with your forum address, or remove the address reference altogether.

That's it

If you want to add other user groups just OR in additional usergroups.