Links for Registered Users Only

Very simple hack, as requested here.

What does it do?
All links can only be viewed by registered members.

Time to install: 5 minutes, if not less
Files to edit: 1

Open up includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php, and find:

PHP Code:

return "<a href=\"$rightlink\" target=\"_blank\">$text</a>"; 


Replace with:

PHP Code:

global $bbuserinfo;
if ($bbuserinfo[userid] != 0)
{
return "<a href=\"$rightlink\" target=\"_blank\">$text</a>";
}
else
{
return "Guests cannot view links. You must <a href='register.php'>register</a> to see links.";
} 


Thats it .

NOTE:
If you are using Floris' standard URL hyperlink opening in same window, the first step is:

Find

PHP Code:

return "<a href=\"$rightlink\">$text</a>"; 


If you are using Postcache, you might need to rebuild it.

Please click install if used!

[Deaths]

Originally Posted by westpointer

Nice hack. One question on setting it with usergroups. I can only seem to get it to work if that is the user's primary usergroup. Can it also check "Additional Usergroups"?

Thanks!

Not sure whether this will work:

Replace

PHP Code:

$bbuserinfo[userid] != 0 


with

PHP Code:

!is_member_of(X,Y,Z); 


Where X Y and Z can be primary/secondary/anything groups.

[stinger2]

can this work on 3.5 RC2

[sajjid]

return "<a href=\"$rightlink\" target=\"_blank\">$text</a>";

in 3.5 RC2 this is in forums/includes/class_bbcode.php
it works but it hides links from everyone trying to figure conditions but so far no luck.

[xtreme-mobile]

great hack added to my second board

but 1 question!!!

it stopps you from seeing the link however before you go into the thread if you hover the mouse over the thread title it shows the link any fix for that?

regards

dean

[stan111]

Originally Posted by xtreme-mobile

great hack added to my second board

but 1 question!!!

it stopps you from seeing the link however before you go into the thread if you hover the mouse over the thread title it shows the link any fix for that?

regards

dean

i have no idea how to write code to fix that but you can turn off that mouse over thingy by going to Admin CP ---> Vbulletin Options -----> Forum Display Option (forumdisplay) -----> set "Length of Thread Preview Text" to be 0

i did that to my forum
btw: the mouse over is kinda annoying. it made me dizzy :lol: so turning it off is not a big deal to me

[xtreme-mobile]

nice one cheers for that

[stan111]

just have this installed and the img code wont work with this
i have to uninstall it now

very nice and simple mod :thumbup:

[Yorixz]

Hopefully someone will find out what the conditions in vB3.5 are supposed to be, I'd like to implent something like this for quotes/codes, just like on vB.org here

[omega332432]

What happens if theres a [url] around an [img] and this hack is installed?

[sajjid]

ok for this to work in vb 3.5 rc 3 do the following in
forums/includes/class_bbcode.php
find

return "<a href=\"$rightlink\" target=\"_blank\">$text</a>";

and replace it with

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'])   
{  
return "<a href=\"$rightlink\" target=\"_blank\">$text</a>"; 
}  
else  
{  
return "Guests cannot view links. You must <a href='register.php'>register</a> to see links."; 
}