Permissions for guests

[merleh]

Currently, guests can see my categories and my boards but they can't enter them, e.g. they don't see any threads or posts. I don't want them to read any threads but they should be allowed to see the last post column. At the moment, it's empty when you view the forum without being logged in:



Is there any way to change that without giving them permission to actually read the threads? They should just see the name of the recently bumped thread, the latest poster and the time.

[pawl]

Perhaps if you were to give them permission to enter the boards and read the threads in the admin panel, but then add an {if !$[current_user.is_member]}ERROR MESSAGE/LOGIN OR REGISTER{/if} around the templates for boards and threads, so that while the forum thinks they're allowed access (thus showing the last post), the templates stop them from being able to read anything.

[merleh]

Thank you, Paul, but where in the templates do I put this in?

[pawl]

May 9, 2013 3:55:42 GMT -8 merleh said:

Thank you, Paul, but where in the templates do I put this in?

I'll make a proper reply once I'm back from work and not on my phone =]

[pawl]

Okay, here goes.
(this was done on a rough test, but it should work okay)

In your Thread template, the first line should read <div class="container posts">

After that line, add in the following;

{if !$[current_user.is_member]}<div class="title-bar">
<h2>ERROR!</h2>
</div>
<div class="content" align="center">
To read this thread, please <a href="https://login.proboards.com/login/XXXXXX" target="_parent">login</a> or <a href="https://login.proboards.com/register/XXXXXX" target="_parent">register</a>.
</div>
{else}

Then right at the bottom, before the last </div> (should be the second to last line), add in {/if}.
That should get your threads to work.



For the boards themselves, head to the Board template.
Look for the following lines;
{if $[display_thread_list]}
<div{if $[viewing_bookmarks]} id="bookmarks"{/if} class="container threads">

Immediately after, add in the following;

{if !$[current_user.is_member]}<div class="title-bar">
<h2>ERROR!</h2>
</div>
<div class="content" align="center">
To see the threads in this board, please <a href="https://login.proboards.com/login/XXXXXX" target="_parent">login</a> or <a href="https://login.proboards.com/register/XXXXXX" target="_parent">register</a>.
</div>
{else}

A little further down look for the following, and add in the red;

<tbody class="$[list_class]">
$[thread_list]
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
{/if}
</div>
{/if}



You'll have noticed that the links have XXXXXX in them. You'll need to find the number that works for your forum. Simply right click and copy the link to the login/logout/register button on your forum, and work it out from there. They're unique to each forum, so you'll have to find it for yourself.


That should get you sorted. =]