Is it possible to restrict shoutbox visibility?

[alexandra1]

Forum URL: christiangirls.freeforums.net

I would like to make the shoutbox visible to only members in certain member groups. Is this possible?

I found the code to prevent guests from viewing the shout box but I’m not clever enough with coding to do what I want with the member groups. 

Thanks for the help.

Alex

[Craig]

Hi

This is possible, yes. If you open up your Forum Wrapper template and look for the $[shoutbox] tag. If you put an if statement around that tag, checking for which group the member is in, it will only show to those groups:

{if $[current_user.group.id] == 1  || $[current_user.group.id] == 2} $[shoutbox]{/if}

Change the 1 and 2 to the ID of groups you want to view the shoutbox. Let me know if you want it to include more or less groups, or if you don't know how to obtain the group's ID.

Craig

[alexandra1]

Jun 1, 2023 3:16:21 GMT -8 Craig said:

Hi

This is possible, yes. If you open up your Forum Wrapper template and look for the $[shoutbox] tag. If you put an if statement around that tag, checking for which group the member is in, it will only show to those groups:

{if $[current_user.group.id] == 1  || $[current_user.group.id] == 2} $[shoutbox]{/if}

Change the 1 and 2 to the ID of groups you want to view the shoutbox. Let me know if you want it to include more or less groups, or if you don't know how to obtain the group's ID.

Craig

Thank you for the prompt reply Craig.

Do you mean the code in the link that says “forum wrapper” (because I can’t find the shout box tag in there, or do you mean what I get when I click the link on the template page for the shout box? Apologies if I’m being really dense here. 

I would like 3 member groups to be able to view the shoutbox. I am assuming that as long as members are in one of those groups they will be able to see it, even if they are also in other groups. Is that correct?

The groups I would like to have access are:
Member
Parent
Adult

Where do I find there group numbers?

Thanks
Alex

[Nscalerr 🐺]

Hi alexandra1

Go to Admin Home > Themes > Layout Templates > Forum Wrapper template and look for $[shoutbox] to do the change that Craig is talking about.



To find the groups go to your profile on the forum and click on the Groups tab, when you hover over each one you will see the id for that group. For example Administrator is 1 - group/1

[alexandra1]

Jun 1, 2023 23:51:16 GMT -8 Nscalerr 🐺 said:

Hi alexandra1

Go to Admin Home > Themes > Layout Templates > Forum Wrapper template and look for $[shoutbox] to do the change

Thanks for that. When I look at the forum wrapper template I don’t see the $[shoutbox] tag anywhere.

[Craig]

Jun 2, 2023 2:56:21 GMT -8 alexandra1 said:

Jun 1, 2023 23:51:16 GMT -8 Nscalerr 🐺 said:

Hi alexandra1

Go to Admin Home > Themes > Layout Templates > Forum Wrapper template and look for $[shoutbox] to do the change

Thanks for that. When I look at the forum wrapper template I don’t see the $[shoutbox] tag anywhere.

Check the Home template instead.  If you still can't find it, let us know     

[Scott]

Jun 2, 2023 2:56:21 GMT -8 alexandra1 said:

Jun 1, 2023 23:51:16 GMT -8 Nscalerr 🐺 said:

Hi alexandra1

Go to Admin Home > Themes > Layout Templates > Forum Wrapper template and look for $[shoutbox] to do the change

Thanks for that. When I look at the forum wrapper template I don’t see the $[shoutbox] tag anywhere.

You will find it on line 72 of the Forum Wrapper layout template.


I will note that because this is a template modification it will only apply to the theme where you make this change. If you have more than one theme for members to use, you will need to make the same modification to those themes as well.