[memobug]

I am not sure if this could be done in templates alone, but I would like to make it possible for guests to see thumbnails of attachments, but they would need to register to download the actual attachment.

I have prohibited guests from downloading attachments mainly for bandwidth reasons, but I don't see why they should not be able to see the thumbnails, like they can in PhotoPost gallery.

I don't mind the small bandwidth hit for thumbnails, plus, they are excellent 'teasers' to encourage registration.

Can this be done in templates or would it take a hack?

Regards,

Matt

[-=Sniper=-]

use this in the postbit_attachmentthumbnail template

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there other if conditions that you can use! but thats what I use! also theres hack like this if you do a search!

this however doesnt stop people from making a manual link to the image to view a larger version! e.g. http://www.hardwareforums.com/showthread.php?t=2267

I hope this helps!

[-=Sniper=-]

oh and heres the hack http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=67887

[memobug]

Originally Posted by -=Sniper=-

use this in the postbit_attachmentthumbnail template

this however doesnt stop people from making a manual link to the image to view a larger version! e.g. http://www.hardwareforums.com/showthread.php?t=2267

I hope this helps!

Thank you but this wasn't working for me. After changing the template, I still got the text links for guests. I even tried to enable downloads for guests. Then I got the thumbnails, but guests could get the large version too.

So there must be something I am doing wrong, or something else I need to do to make this work besides changing one template.

Thanks,

Matt

P.S. I have no problem if they can link around manually. I am doing this mainly for bandwidth limits, not security.

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try using this in the same template

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