SystemLogic
Thu 27th Sep '01, 4:21am
This hack was done by FireFly (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=5755) and I am just re-posting it here just in case anybody needs it.
This hack is a very simple idea, yet can be very useful in getting new members to register.
When you go onto a VB board, there is a welcome message for unregistered users, right? Well what I wanted to do was setup like a personal features box like www.sitepointforums.com, but I didn't want it to show up when you are an unregistered user. So basically I needed the same sort of thing, a "welcome message" that showed up only to registered users.
Here's the hack:
In index.php, replace:
$unregwelcomemessage='';
if ($bbuserinfo['userid']==0) {
eval("\$unregwelcomemessage = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_unregmessage')."\";");
}
with:
$welcomemessage='';
if ($bbuserinfo['userid']==0) {
eval("\$welcomemessage = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_unregmessage')."\";");
} else {
eval("\$welcomemessage = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_regmessage')."\";");
}
Then in your forumhome template, replace $unregwelcomemessage with $welcomemessage
Then make a new template called forumhome_regmessage.
Then just use the forumhome_regmessage template for your message for registered users and your forumhome_unregmessage template for unregistered users.
You can view a live demo at http://www.systemlogic.net/boards, notice the top when you are unregistered, and then feel free to register and notice the top now has a "Your Personal Features" box (Which is the code in my forumhome_regmessage template).
Here's a screenshot of both just in case you don't feel like taking the time to register:
This hack is a very simple idea, yet can be very useful in getting new members to register.
When you go onto a VB board, there is a welcome message for unregistered users, right? Well what I wanted to do was setup like a personal features box like www.sitepointforums.com, but I didn't want it to show up when you are an unregistered user. So basically I needed the same sort of thing, a "welcome message" that showed up only to registered users.
Here's the hack:
In index.php, replace:
$unregwelcomemessage='';
if ($bbuserinfo['userid']==0) {
eval("\$unregwelcomemessage = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_unregmessage')."\";");
}
with:
$welcomemessage='';
if ($bbuserinfo['userid']==0) {
eval("\$welcomemessage = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_unregmessage')."\";");
} else {
eval("\$welcomemessage = \"".gettemplate('forumhome_regmessage')."\";");
}
Then in your forumhome template, replace $unregwelcomemessage with $welcomemessage
Then make a new template called forumhome_regmessage.
Then just use the forumhome_regmessage template for your message for registered users and your forumhome_unregmessage template for unregistered users.
You can view a live demo at http://www.systemlogic.net/boards, notice the top when you are unregistered, and then feel free to register and notice the top now has a "Your Personal Features" box (Which is the code in my forumhome_regmessage template).
Here's a screenshot of both just in case you don't feel like taking the time to register: