New Posting Features - Advanced Guest Posting & Registration - Get more members!

Advanced Guest Posting & Registration allows guests to post a reply or a new thread in the forums, then register to publish their reply. This system encourages participation by calling on the user to write something before the option of registering even enters their mind.

Similar modifications have been made previously, but none as feature packed as this that are sure to bring new registrations to your forum. With the modification installed on cellphoneforums.net there was a 9% increase of new registrations (Results will vary depending on your traffic and subject matter).

Features:

• Compatible with vBulletin 4.1.4 +
• Works with quickreply & advanced reply
• Settings to change which editor is displayed, including a basic text box (without loading large CKEditor files) to cut down on page load time for guests
• E-mail verification compatibility
• When guest post is published (before or after e-mail verification)
• Human Verification on/off for quick/advanced reply & post
• User is only asked to enter one Human Verification/CAPTCHA - they will not have to enter another one on the register page
• Default subscription options for quick reply, or the option they pick on the new thread/reply is saved automatically
• Works with Facebook registration
• Compatible with the default vbulletin mobile style
• Message after user registration to tell them their post has been posted with a link, or that it has been put in the moderation queue if determined to be spam by a spam system (akismet)
• If a user posts, creating new posts is disabled until they register - notification of this is in the header
• Guest posts are saved in the moderation queue under 'unregistered' until the system automatically removes (admin setting) the post or the user registers. This allows admins/moderators to see what is being posted.
• Header message to users that they have a 'saved post', even if they come back later (cookie based)
• (Pro Only) Reporting feature that tracks total posts / replies, abandonment (guest creates a post but never registers), posts marked as spam, and successful posts / replies (register)

Some sites that have this installed:

• cellphoneforums.net
• nikonites.com

Installation

• Unzip the package
• Upload all files in the upload directory to your forum root
• Install the product.xml
• You'll see a new admincp menu item for the modification - click it to choose your options

Notes:

• New threads or replies posted by guests will be seen by admins and moderators as moderated posts - they should not approve these posts if you do not want them to potentially be removed by the system if the user does not register.
• A message is added above the message editor "If you are already a member, please login above." - If you find that your logged out members are getting confused you may want to edit the phrases "vbpagr_if_member_logic_above" & "vbpagr_if_you_are_a_member" to stand out more in order to prevent confusion.

Release Log

• 1.2.1 - 6/21/14 - initial release
• 1.2.2 - 6/24/14 - fixed "Post Pending Post/Thread..." not saving - only a reimport of product xml required

This modification adds a link to ForumSetup.net in the footer of thread pages only. If you wish to remove this link and get the reporting feature, please see this page for details.

[Morrus]

Just installed and tried it. After hitting submit no a etst thread while not logged in I get this error:

Errors

The following errors occurred with your submission
That username is already in use or does not meet the administrator's standards. If you are Unregistered and you have forgotten your password, click here.

[tpearl5]

Originally Posted by Morrus

Just installed and tried it. After hitting submit no a etst thread while not logged in I get this error:

Submit on posting a thread or registering? Do you have any other modifications installed that modify the register form?

[cric2k]

This looks very promising - unfortunately on my 4.1.9 installation it breaks showthread.php - when I turn it on only a blank page is rendered in all threads (with absolutely no html upon source inspection).

[tpearl5]

Originally Posted by cric2k

This looks very promising - unfortunately on my 4.1.9 installation it breaks showthread.php - when I turn it on only a blank page is rendered in all threads (with absolutely no html upon source inspection).

Other mods installed that modify showthread? What version of PHP? You should see something in your error logs if you're getting a white screen.

[cric2k]

Originally Posted by tpearl5

Other mods installed that modify showthread? What version of PHP? You should see something in your error logs if you're getting a white screen.

PHP Version 5.3.3.

It's most likely some change I've made to showthread.php - I've heavily modified it myself (which is why I'm still on 4.1.19), as well having a few plug ins. The white page happens on both logged in and logged out showthread.php. I'll start hoking through trying to find where my php logs are and maybe do a bit of trial and error disabling other custom plugins.

Thanks for your help.

[cric2k]

ah, got an error

PHP Code:

Fatal error: Class 'vB_Types' not found in /var/www/vhosts/****.com/httpdocs/vbpagr/hooks/showthread_query_postids.php on line 17 


any ideas?

[Morrus]

Originally Posted by tpearl5

Submit on posting a thread or registering? Do you have any other modifications installed that modify the register form?

On posting the thread. No other mods to modify reg form, except BoP's register.php rename, but it never makes it as far as register.php.

[tpearl5]

Originally Posted by cric2k

ah, got an error

PHP Code:

Fatal error: Class 'vB_Types' not found in /var/www/vhosts/****.com/httpdocs/vbpagr/hooks/showthread_query_postids.php on line 17 


any ideas?

Do you have the suite?

Originally Posted by Morrus

On posting the thread. No other mods to modify reg form, except BoP's register.php rename, but it never makes it as far as register.php.

Hrm, It uses register.php, so it may be throwing that error because it's not finding it.

[Morrus]

Originally Posted by tpearl5

Do you have the suite?

Hrm, It uses register.php, so it may be throwing that error because it's not finding it.

I changed all the references to register.php as you said earlier.

Ah, never mind. I'm not planning on turning this into additional work. Nothing to see here.

[cric2k]

Originally Posted by tpearl5

Do you have the suite?

Yes, I do.