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Remove statistic information to increase registrations · **Released**: 06-02-2007

Introduction:

I came up with this idea when I thought about "what discourages me from registering with a forum I don't know when the topic interests me?"

Ask yourself what you do when you are searching for a topic and find a forum.
Where do you look first? What is it that turns you away?

Right! You/I first check to see how many threads and posts are in this forum and then I check the stats for how many registered members there are.
If these numbers are to low for me, then I most likely don't even start to read in the forum.
Does this sound familiar to you? If it does this hack is for you!

What this hack does:

It removes the columns "threads" and "posts" (count) for guests but leaves them for members on FORUMHOME and FORUMDISPLAY.
Optional it removes the whole "what is going on" box.
This way you get rid of unimportant information for guests and let them focus on your content.
These information are only helpful anyway if you are the top dog in your niche and want to show of what you got. If you have a smaller forum these information will most likely discourage guests more then it would encourage them.

Installation:

Templates to edit: 6

In Template FORUMHOME find:

Code:

<td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
      <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>

and replace it with:

Code:

       <if condition="$show['member']">
       <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
       <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
      </if>

find:

Code:

<td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>

and replace it with:

Code:

<if condition="$show['member']">
         <td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">6<else />5</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>
        <else />
         <td class="tfoot" align="center" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">4<else />3</if>"><div class="smallfont"><strong>
        </if>

In Template forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost

find:

Code:

<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">

and replace it with:

Code:

<if condition="$show['member']">
        <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">6<else />5</if>">
    <else />
        <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions[showmoderatorcolumn]">4<else />3</if>">
    </if>

In Template forumhome_forumbit_level1_post

find:

Code:

<td class="alt1">$forum[threadcount]</td>
        <td class="alt2">$forum[replycount]</td>

and replace it with:

Code:

<if condition="$show['member']">
         <td class="alt1">$forum[threadcount]</td>
             <td class="alt2">$forum[replycount]</td>
            </if>

In Template forumhome_forumbit_level2_nopost

find:

Code:

<td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">5<else />4</if>">

and replace it with:

Code:

<if condition="$show['member']">
     <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">5<else />4</if>">
    <else />
     <td class="tcat" colspan="<if condition="$vboptions['showmoderatorcolumn']">3<else />2</if>">
    </if>

In Template forumhome_forumbit_level2_post

find:

Code:

<td class="alt1">$forum[threadcount]</td>
    <td class="alt2">$forum[replycount]</td>

and replace it with:

Code:

<if condition="$show['member']">
      <td class="alt1">$forum[threadcount]</td>
      <td class="alt2">$forum[replycount]</td>
  </if>

In Template FORUMDISPLAY

find:

Code:

<td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
       <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>

and replace it with:

Code:

<if condition="$show['member']">
       <td class="thead">$vbphrase[threads]</td>
       <td class="thead">$vbphrase[posts]</td>
      </if>

OPTIONAL:

If you want the "What is going on" box to be removed as well:

In Template FORUMHOME find:

Code:

<!-- what's going on box -->

and replace it with:

Code:

<if condition="$show['member']">
<!-- what's going on box -->

find:

Code:

<!-- end what's going on box -->

and replace it with:

Code:

<!-- end what's going on box -->
</if>

If you install this hack, please mark it as installed. Thank you.

DEMO: http://www.patientenfragen.net

NOTE:

I have just installed this mod on my forum www.patientenfragen.net and can't yet say if it really increases the registration rate like I think it will. But we will see

Feedback is welcome

StarBuG

StarBuG · #32 10-21-2007, 12:31 PM

Redo all steps.

It seems you missed something then.

yoyoyoyo · #33 11-04-2007, 10:19 PM

Here is a TMS (Template Modification System) XML file, for those that have TMS installed. The XML includes the optional removal of the "What's Going On" area, so if you want to allow guests to see that edit the XML accordingly.

StarBuG · #34 11-06-2007, 04:05 PM

Thanks

I missed to attach the xml myself

AWJunkies · #35 11-25-2007, 03:00 PM

Hey there is an issue with the mod. On your site you seem to have only ONE Category. When you have multiple categories this mod doesn't work. It ONLY works in the first cat and not the rest. The other cats show blank for DATA but still have the template. Uploading pic now. I have done the edits manually and with the xml and get same issue. There has been no edits or mods effecting the area either. I am stumped why it would do this?

Side note where did you get the mod to remove the displayforum info stuff to show the thread title and forum title instead?

For instance it says this: http://www.elternfragen.net/chat-eck...een-t1351.html

StarBuG · #36 11-25-2007, 03:24 PM

It works with multiple categories, I have tested this.

You have modified your forumhome to put spaces between categories.
This is the reason for why my mod is not working on your forum.

You have to find the colspan part in your modified version and adapt my mod to your forum.

AWJunkies · #37 11-25-2007, 05:44 PM

Yeah I thought that might be it. But weird it works for first category. Not sure what mod I have for the spacing was looking all over this site and non of them is what I used. SO will look.

EDITED:

OK works perfect I found the template and product. Edited it and walla works perfect. Thanks so much a much needed mod.

StarBuG · #38 11-25-2007, 06:02 PM

You're welcome

ymy · #39 11-25-2007, 08:01 PM

Thanks a lot

I removed only "What is going on" one year ago

in this year the registration increases from about 3000 user to about 65000 user

* I don’t know if this was reason

YmY

AWJunkies · #40 11-26-2007, 05:59 PM

Side note where did you get the mod to remove the displayforum info stuff to show the thread title and forum title instead?

For instance it says this: http://www.elternfragen.net/chat-eck...een-t1351.html

StarBuG · #41 11-26-2007, 06:20 PM

The mod rewrite of my urls is done by vBSEO as well as a lot other SEO optimizations.
However vBSEO costs 149$

There are other free mods out there that do the mod rewrite of the url but not all the SEO options you get with vBSEO.

There is a big discussion about if it is worth the money or not. 50% say it is, 50% say it is not.

I bought 2 licenses mainly because of the mod rewrite of the urls and the total compatibility with mods and add ons.
I tried the free mods and they all had their flaws.
So I can say for myself, that for me it was worth spending the money.

But that is a personal choice.

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