View Limit for Guests?
- Thread starter DyNAMiiK
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You can edit them in the Permissions page in the ACP.
So they can't see certain pages etc.
So they can't see certain pages etc.
You can edit them in the Permissions page in the ACP.
So they can't see certain pages etc.
He means to restrict the number of pages a single IP address without logging in can view before being redirected to a registration page.
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Well you should be able to just go into permissions in the ACP, and change the permissions to "Guests Cannot View This Page" or something similar.
If not then when you create a category or forum you should also be able to see a setting which says "Who Can View This Page" (Or Something Similar). Just toggle the correct settings to turn off guests being able to view/write/reply.
If not then when you create a category or forum you should also be able to see a setting which says "Who Can View This Page" (Or Something Similar). Just toggle the correct settings to turn off guests being able to view/write/reply.
I think you are missing the intent. it is like a teaser. As a guest you can view all the forums a normal member can, but you can only view a set number of topics, or pages. Once you get to, say 5 topics, you are prompted to register to continue reading the forums.
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Hmmm. Yeah sorry. I don't know if phpBB has this mod? - Or if it does I think you need to pay for it.
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This might be SORTA what your looking for:
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=1697135
I noticed you can modify the code to say how many posts can be read as well.
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http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=1697135
I noticed you can modify the code to say how many posts can be read as well.
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I'd imagine that you'd either have to create a cookie that counts the number of threads they've viewed or add some hooks to the session handler in 'includes/sessions.php' to internally count the number of threads.
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Hey, this is an awesome question ^^
It was actually a member/ mod here at TAZ who I think got this entire concept going a few years back. I forget his name, but I'll take a look back through info here at this forum and pull it up for you guys.
We actually wanted to get that concept going at DarkMatters a few years back, but never took the time to get it going. We instead turned off Guest views for certain sections of our gaming forum that we only wanted registered members to read...but I have always felt that restricting Guests this way was not as successful as what Taz has here going... for example, peeps that used to give links to our gaming forums years back don't do it anymore because a first time view won't give them that "read" and satisfaction. Having the cookie setup here that TAZ has allows peep s to sent out the link have peeps across the world get that first read, then get a few reads, get enticed, "hooked" and then, after they get refused further reads makes them register.
It's a fantastic concept and you can really improve that wonderful feel of a busy and "successful" forum.
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