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luke2kz71
06 Oct 2004, 16:28
I made this for our for-sale section..... thought someone else may want it... it has no user friendly control pannel or anything.... just plain code.


Open your newthread.php file in your forum directory...

find this line:


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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right before it add this:


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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This simple hack is extreamly simple, and there is nothing special about it.... but it may help someone who wants to limit access to a forum or 2... to make it work for only 1 forum... use this:



Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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73 being the only forumid

or for 2 forums:



Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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73 and 100 being the forum ids...

If you do not know how to get a forum id, just copy and paste a link to your forum.... like this:
http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3

the number after the equal sign is the forumid .... which in this case... is 3 :)
Xenon
06 Oct 2004, 16:41
i suggest to replace


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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with


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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way easier to read or change :)
luke2kz71
06 Oct 2004, 17:39
i suggest to replace


Code:
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Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
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with


Code:
---------------
Code is only visible to licensed users, and only when logged into the forums.
---------------



way easier to read or change :)

Thanks, i am still a php noob :D

I also just realised i put 1 equal sign instead of 2 up there on the third forum, which would have changed the forumid to 80 everytime a new thread was started :o
Colin F
06 Oct 2004, 17:46
I would edit your first post, to reflect the fix for that one =, as some users don't read past the first post...
AN-net
06 Oct 2004, 18:27
am i just missing something cant you just use the promotions system....
Colin F
06 Oct 2004, 18:42
am i just missing something cant you just use the promotions system....
now that you mention it, yes you could.

Still, this might be helpful for users that already have tons of usergroups, which would make an implementation of the promotion system rather hard...
luke2kz71
06 Oct 2004, 18:43
now that you mention it, yes you could.

Still, this might be helpful for users that already have tons of usergroups, which would make an implementation of the promotion system rather hard...


well we allready have a dozen usergroups, and 19,000 members...
Mephisteus
06 Oct 2004, 20:28
I believe this already exists, http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=64607

Nice work anyway :)
kall
06 Oct 2004, 20:52
am i just missing something cant you just use the promotions system....
AFAIK, default Usergroup Permissions doesn't allow for per-forum posting restrictions.