Usergroup Permission Issue

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Hi -

I am currently having a viewing permission with one of my usergroups. The usergroup is set up to not be able to "view whose online", however, that usergroup is still able to see other members currently online.

Example:



And with those settings listed above, this usergroup can still see this:



Do i need to change something else somewhere? Let me know as I am terribly perplexed.

[Trevor Hannant]

From Admin Help:

This permission allows members of this group to view the online.php page. This page shows a detailed list of currently active users, their locations, etc. This permission only applies to online.php, not the "Currently Active Users" list on the forumhome page.

If you wish to hide that part of the FORUMHOME page, you'll need to look into using a conditional statement to only show it to certain usergroups. There's more information available here regarding what you could use:

http://forum.vbulletinsetup.com/f18/vbulletin-template-conditionals-list-2185.html

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i took a look at that link and im not sure if anyone knows or not, but this is what i determined, i needed to use:

If Usergroup Is or Is Not X
--------------------------------------------------
If the user is not show it to the x usergroup but show it to everyone else

<if condition="$post['usergroupid'] != 6"></if>
does anyone know where i would place this statement and if it is perhaps even the right one.

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bump.

[DoE]

Styles &Templates -> Style Manager -> Edit templates -> Forum Home Templates -> FORUMHOME

Find: <div>$activeusers</div>

Replace with: <if condition="is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, array(6))"><div>$activeusers</div></if>

This will show What's going on to admins only. If you want to add other groups, add to the array and seperate with a comma. example: <if condition="is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, array(6,5,2))

Personally I would use a plugin that would handle this; saves editing templates. Besides, why populate $activeusers with a long list that won't be displayed, if you do not have to?

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thanks for the reply,

does anyone know of a plugin that would do this?

[DoE]

Plugins & Products -> Add New Plugin

Product: vBulletin

Hook Location: forumhome_loggedinuser

Title: Hide Active Users from Specific Groups

Execution Order: 5

Plugin PHP Code:

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] != '6')
{
$loggedin = '';
}

Plugin is Active: Yes

Then save it.

This will hide the active users from anyone who is not an admin.

As you will most likely hide it from most groups, just add AND..... to allow another group to see the list, eg Super Mods:

if ($vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] != '6' AND $vbulletin->userinfo['usergroupid'] != '5')
{
$loggedin = '';
}

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this is awesome thank you so much. this has worked wonderfully. quick question in addition to follow up on this, i dont mind opening a seperate thread, but if i wanted to hide statistics too, would this be similar to what i would add as well?

thank you again for this.

[DoE]

I haven't looked at the stats, but a template conditional like the one above would work easily.

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thanks for the heads up. would this be a plugin id create in the forumhome? if so, are you familiar with which hook location? thank you.

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bump

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[Trevor Hannant]

Follow DoE's post when you're creating the plugin and it will work fine.

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thank you for the response, however, what i dont understand is which hook location to select to put this in to hide the statistics. this is the help i am seeking and the follow up question i was inquiring about in post #10. Thanks!

[Trevor Hannant]

You don't - he's told you to create a plugin which will add the code to the relevant template for you without editing the template.