How to disable the ability to use the print version

**Jake Bunce** · Tue 17 Aug '04, 1:53pm

The printable thread pages use the same permissions as regular thread pages. If a user has permission to view a thread then they can also view its printable version.

If you don't want anyone to be able to view printable threads then you can edit this template:

Admin CP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> « » -> Printable Thread Templates -> printthread

Remove the red code:

Code:

$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>$vboptions[bbtitle] - $threadinfo[title]</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=$stylevar[charset]" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin $versionnumber" />
<style type="text/css">
<!--
td, p, li, div
{
	font: 10pt verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.smallfont
{
	font-size: 11px;
}
.tborder
{
	border: 1px solid #808080;
}
.thead
{
	background-color: #EEEEEE;
}
.page
{
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	color: #000000;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body class="page">

[color=red]<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="bottom">
	<td><a href="$vboptions[bburl]/"><img src="$stylevar[titleimage]" alt="$vboptions[bbtitle]" border="0" /></a></td>
	<td align="$stylevar[right]">
		<div class="smallfont">$pagenav</div>
		<if condition="$show['pagenav']">
		<div class="smallfont"><a href="printthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&amp;pp=$maxperpage"><phrase 1="$maxperpage">$vbphrase[show_x_posts_on_one_page]</phrase></a></div>
		</if>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

<br />

<div>
	<a href="$vboptions[bburl]/$vboptions[forumhome].php" accesskey="1"><strong>$vboptions[bbtitle]</strong></a>
	(<span class="smallfont"><em>$vboptions[bburl]/$vboptions[forumhome].php</em></span>)
</div>
<div>
	- &nbsp; <a href="forumdisplay.php?f=$foruminfo[forumid]"><strong>$foruminfo[title]</strong></a>
	(<span class="smallfont"><em>$vboptions[bburl]/forumdisplay.php?f=$foruminfo[forumid]</em></span>)
</div>
<div>
	- &nbsp; - &nbsp; <a href="showthread.php?t=$threadid" accesskey="3"><strong>$threadinfo[title]</strong></a>
	(<span class="smallfont"><em>$vboptions[bburl]/showthread.php?t=$threadid</em></span>)
</div>

<br />

$postbits

<br />

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="top">
	<td class="smallfont">$vbphrase[all_times_are_gmt_x_time_now_is_y]</td>
	<td align="$stylevar[right]">
		<div class="smallfont">$pagenav</div>
		<if condition="$show['pagenav']">
		<div class="smallfont"><a href="printthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&amp;pp=$maxperpage"><phrase 1="$maxperpage">$vbphrase[show_x_posts_on_one_page]</phrase></a></div>
		</if>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

<p class="smallfont" align="center">
	$vbphrase[powered_by_vbulletin]
	<br />
	$vboptions[copyrighttext]
</p>[/color]

</body>
</html>

And replace it with something like this:

Code:

<div align="center">Printable threads disabled.</div>

Now when some one tries to view a printable thread they will only see the above message.

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