Hide links from guests

Description:
Most guests browse the forums without becoming registered. And why should they, everything?s lying and waiting just right before their fingertips - written informations and the most important: hyperlinks.
This plugin hides any link from guests until they became registered !

If guests are browsing the forums, all they?ll see is a link like this

( No link? )

with an alternate text "Please register first or login"

Installation:
Install the XML-file as Plugin.

Credits:
Andreas (KirbyDE) for porting the previous alpha code-modification over into a Plugin.

Notes:
In one of my meanwhile heavily hacked forums I wasn?t able to bring this Plugin to life. It seems that something messed up with the usergroup-settings.
On a fresh install I can?t report any bugs or errors.

Versions:
Tested in 3.5.0 and 3.5.1

Update:
November 02, 05 - File format corrected (Version 1.0.1)

Click "Install":
Please click the Install-Link, if you use this Plugin.

Note: Some copyrights reserved

Because of this proposal I disagree that anyone is using parts of this code to build a commercial hack upon. Everyone who wants to use parts of this code in his hack/plugin/product has to release it following the rules and terms of the General Public License (GNU) to the open source community!

[MioTraGusa]

Upsss ... your pluggin dont install, invalid format .. update xml whit the correct format

I corrected it and work ok

Thank .. nice and simple pluggin :squareeyed:

[lordofgun]

Is there an option to turn this on and off for certain usergroups in the admincp?

That would rock.

[lordofgun]

Oh, and maybe for a future version...allow internal links option.

[Snake]

All installed!

[Marv]

Originally Posted by MioTraGusa

Upsss ... your pluggin dont install, invalid format ..

*gnarf* - it?s a mess.. everytime I?m working with different versions of a file I can be extremly sure that I?m choosing the wrong one :nervous:
Thanks, MioTraGusa - the file is updated now.

Originally Posted by lordofgun

Is there an option to turn this on and off for certain usergroups in the admincp?
Oh, and maybe for a future version...allow internal links option.

Not yet - but I?m also not planning to add this feature. If you want to rewrite this Plugin & release it, feel free to use this code.

[akanevsky]

Is this compatible with vBulletin Post Cache?

[Marv]

Originally Posted by Dark Visor

Is this compatible with vBulletin Post Cache?

No, it isn?t. Otherwise guests could see links or vice-versa registered users couldn?t - depending upon who created the cache.

[akanevsky]

That means it IS compatible. Good job

[Marv]

Originally Posted by Dark Visor

That means it IS compatible. Good job

No plus no=yes ? Argh, who cares..
I can?t take the credit for that - I just did the hard-coded alpha part. It was Andreas who came up with the cache.