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Redirect Banned Users To Another Site · **Released**: 12-15-2008

This is my first modification to be posted. However i did not create it as it is actually a part of vbulletin. a friend of mine pointed it out to me. So i posted the idea. Thanks WM.
This modification will redirect Banned Users to www.theybannedme.com. Banned users will not be able to access your forum and create new user id's. Only after a bann is lifted and they clear their cookies then they will get access again.

This modification is endorsed by theybannedme.com website, they put a link on their front page to this post...

Confirmed working on vB 4.0.0 if you use a replacement variable - <head>
Thanks for the contribution icarusforde

Instructions:

Admin CP->Styles and Templates->Style Manager->Your Skin Style->Edit Templates->header->Paste this at the very top..........

Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 8">
<meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=http://www.theybannedme.com">
</if>

If your banned usergroup id is something other than 8, change the value to what yours is........

Also, you can change the url to anything you want, in case you ever want to change it............

Updated>>> slightly changed version, thanks to DungBeetle= This will redirect a particular user

Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['userid'] == X">
<meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=http://www.theybannedme.com">
</if>

This modification can also be used for a wide variety of creative purposes.

Tested on VB 3.6.x, 3.7.x, and 3.8.x

Confirmed working on vB 4.0.0 if you use a replacement variable - <head>

Please click INSTALLED if you use this

Phreakwars · #32 02-07-2009, 10:50 PM

You could always redirect them to one of my domains as well www.newsucks500.com It's even more nasty and less restricted then theybannedme.com

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/The_Suckage
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ti07shadow · #33 02-15-2009, 05:08 AM

I would like to add to this to make it even better. Why fuss with users and make them think they were permanently banned? Why not trick them into thinking the sites down? Be creative.

first off in the header put this code

Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['usergroupid'] == 8">
<meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=./updates.php">
</if>

Create a new file and save it as updates.php

and in that file, well be creative but put this

Code:

<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style3 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}
-->
</style>
<title>put your forum title here</title>
<span class="style3">The forums are currentley down for maintenance, please check back later.</span>

upload that file to your forum root directory.

and walla! instant trick. OR!

you can fake a database error. that seems to work even better

y2krazy · #34 02-16-2009, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonspin

i redirected them to vbb's original "database error" page ..
that way "banned" dont get much suspicious and/or encouraged to "try"
something else ..

How do you do this? It'd be nice to make them think there's always a database error. Thanks!

~ Sean

markusv3000 · #35 02-24-2009, 11:45 PM

I like this idea

WildFire.ca · #36 03-01-2009, 07:37 PM

Read theybannedme.com's Home Page before you make it your redirect page.

beerhead · #37 03-04-2009, 01:45 AM

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=162722" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=162722</a>

RocCityDad · #38 03-20-2009, 06:17 PM

anyway to redirect an IP address?

RocCityDad · #39 03-20-2009, 09:56 PM

btw, just gotta say this is great..hahahaha

alexkohler · #40 04-14-2009, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkie79

So, here is one issue that I have noticed...

I have tried using this for unregisted/not logged in and forwarding it to a pseudo welcome page within vbadvanced...but once it redirects them, it goes into an endless redirect loop

This can kick your forum out of google or kill your ranking (meta refresh for guests)

perhaps no good idea

MARCO1 · #41 04-14-2009, 11:26 AM

Good Work
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