on/off lock .gif

[Floris]

So,
When a guest browses my forum, they are allowed to only 'browse' the forum, in order to participate in discussions or use any of the features, then registration is required. Said that,
when a guest browses my forum, the frontpage shows two type of images "onlock.gif" and "offlock.gif". In what conditions are they shown? Because they look the same (maybe because over time the icons changes with the design).

[Floris]

25+ views and no reply yet :) Maybe a tough question :P

[Steve Machol]

Maybe the question was confusing - at least to me.

[Floris]

Originally posted by smachol
Maybe the question was confusing - at least to me.
When does vBulletin display the onlock.gif and offlock.gif images on the frontpage? And what do they represent?

[Steve Machol]

If 'Show Locked Forums' is set to 'Yes, and...

...the forum is open to posts, it will diplay 'onlock.gif'

...the forum is closed to posts it will display 'offlock.gif'.

[filburt1]

Nonsense!

If the forum is locked or you don't have permission to post and:

There's a new post: onlock.gif
There are no new posts: offlock.gif

[Steve Machol]

My bad - you are right. I didn't test this out throughly. :)