When a guest user visit your forum they get a message that says:
Currently this only shows on the front page of your forums. Using Notices you can show this on every page.
First open your FORUMHOME template and remove the following code:
Now create a new Notice (Notices -> Notice Manager in the left navigation).
Enter this text as your notice:
For the conditions set "User belongs to usergroup" to Unregistered / Not Logged In.
Save the Notice at the bottom.
First open your FORUMHOME template and remove the following code:
Code:
<if condition="$show['guest']"> <!-- guest welcome message --> <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center"> <tr> <td class="tcat"><phrase 1="$vboptions[bbtitle]">$vbphrase[welcome_to_the_x]</phrase></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt1"> <phrase 1="faq.php$session[sessionurl_q]" 2="register.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[first_visit_message]</phrase> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- / guest welcome message --> <br /> </if>
Enter this text as your notice:
Code:
<p>If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the <a href="./faq.php"><strong>FAQ</strong></a> by clicking the link above. You may have to <a href="./register.php" rel="nofollow"><strong>register</strong></a> before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.</p> <p>To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.</p>
Save the Notice at the bottom.