Guests may only view first page of thread

i use a small template modification in my forums, so that guests may only view the first page of a thread. otherwise they will get a (error) message
maybe someone want to use this, too


in the following,
XX is the number of posts shown in a thread
(i think default was 25)
you need to replace this 2 times in the first 2 lines according to your posts/page

postbit legacy
add to the very beginning:

<if condition="$post[postcount] > XX and !$bbuserinfo['userid']">
<if condition="$post[postcount]%XX == 1">
<!-- Start Error Message -->
<if condition="$show['spacer']">
    $spacer_open
    <div id="edit$post[postid]" style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">
    <if condition="!$post['islastshown']"><!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --></if>    
</if>
<table id="post$post[postid]" class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr><td class="alt1" id="td_post_$post[postid]">
<div><b>Guests may only view the first page of a thread. You need to register to get full access. <a href="register.php" rel="nofollow">Click here to register.</a>
</b></div>
</td></tr>
</table>
<if condition="$show['spacer']">
    </div>
    $spacer_close
</if>
<!-- End Error Message -->
<else /></if><else />

and add to the end of the template:

</if>

this modification saves traffic and it should increase your registrations rate

its my first release to please be kind

[amykhar]

For the guy who wanted one error message to show after post 3, I have NOT tested this and do not know if it will work, but you could try this:

<if condition="$post[postcount] > 4 and !$bbuserinfo['userid']">
<else />

<if condition="$post[postcount] > 3 and !$bbuserinfo['userid']">
<!-- Start Error Message -->
<if condition="$show['spacer']">
    $spacer_open
    <div id="edit$post[postid]" style="padding:0px 0px $stylevar[cellpadding]px 0px">
    <if condition="!$post['islastshown']"><!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --></if>    
</if>
<table id="post$post[postid]" class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr><td class="alt1" id="td_post_$post[postid]">
<div><b>Guests may only view 3 posts of a thread. You need to register to get full access. <a href="register.php" rel="nofollow">Click here to register.</a>
</b></div>
</td></tr>
</table>
<if condition="$show['spacer']">
    </div>
    $spacer_close
</if>
<!-- End Error Message -->
<else />

You'll need an extra </if> at the end of the postbit though.

[karlm]

Works for me on 3.5.4 test board...

[mano1.com]

*install*

thanks

[Jim O]

FWIW, it works in 3.6 RC3 (no real surprise there). Installed.

[karlm]

working also on 3.6 gold...

[AndyA]

Using the code as shown in the original mod post, does this still create an error for each post ? I'd like to clarify that before I install.

Thanks
Andy

[AndyA]

Anyone ?

[dxguru]

Does anyone have a solution to the printthread.php issue? This hack can simply be bypassed by using the printthread script.

[dxguru]

Actually, don't worry. I've fixed it mayself.

For those interested ...

printthread.php needs to be changed first -
Find:

PHP Code:

$postbits = '';
while ($post = $db->fetch_array($posts))
{ 


and Replace with:

PHP Code:

//PostCounter
    $postcount = ($vbulletin->GPC['pagenumber'] - 1 ) * $vbulletin->GPC['perpage'];
    if ($postorder)
    { // Newest first
        if ($totalposts > $postcount + $vbulletin->GPC['perpage'])
        {
            $postcount = $totalposts - $postcount + 1;
        }
        else
        {
            $postcount = $totalposts - $postcount + 1;
        }
    }
    $counter = 0;
// PostCounter

$postbits = '';
while ($post = $db->fetch_array($posts))
{
// PostCounter
            if ($counter >= $vbulletin->GPC['perpage'])
            {
                break;
            }
            ++$counter;
            if ($postorder)
            {
                $post['postcount'] = --$postcount;
            }
            else
            {
                $post['postcount'] = ++$postcount;
            }
// PostCounter 


Then make the same changes to template 'printthreadbit' as you do in 'postbit/legacy'

[bigfraggle]

Does this hack works with vB 3.7?