How do I restrict any unregistered or unconfirmed users from seeing "What's going on"

[Royboy]

sorry, for vb3 forum

[Floris]

Moved to vb3:how do i.

[Dennis Olson]

Admin CP, USERGROUPS, PERMISSIONS

[Royboy]

Thanks Dennis. I've done that and set

- Unregistered / Not Logged In
- Users Awaiting Email Confirmation

to "All No."


Still, the What's Going On? section appears.

[Dennis Olson]

I created a test user, in order to check settings. I can assign him to any group, customize his permissions, etc. The What's Going On is the link just above and to the right of the who's online list. That shows, in detail, what each person is doing. Are you saying THAT is what's still working, or that guests can merely see the Who's Online list?

[Zachery]

Are you talking about the whos online page or the whos online on the forumhome?

[Royboy]

I'm talking about the Main Forum Home Page, and not specific forums, for which I've already restricted access to the usergroups in question, via forum permissions.

Look at the Vbulletin forum home page.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/index.php?

The stuff I don't want visible is whatever's under the What's Going On section, which includes:

1. Currently Active Users (have hidden, ok)
2. "X" Forum Stats (still visible)
3. Today's Birthdays (have hidden, ok)

Bottom line, I cannot find an option to hide everything that appears under "What's Going On" via Usergroups/Forum Permissions, OR anywhere via Vbulletin Options/General Settings.

Thanks in advance for your patience.

[Freddie Bingham]

You'll have to use a conditional in the FORUMHOME template to accomplish this.

[Royboy]

Thanks Freddie. That's what I suspected. Gave a quick check at vb.org, but didn't see one.

Shall I place a mod request?

[Zachery]

Find:

<if condition="$show['loggedinusers']">

change too

<if condition="$show['loggedinusers'] AND $bbuserinfo[userid] != 0">

This is in the forumhome template

Thats just to hide the whos online, if you want to hide the whole lot try this

find

<!-- what's going on box -->

Add before

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] != 0">

Then find

<!-- end what's going on box -->

and add after

</if>

[Royboy]

Thank you Zachery.

Would this coding override any settings via admin CP? Meaning registered users would see all info made visible on the Home Page through it, but those two other groups woudn't?

also, should that last bit look like this?

<!-- end what's going on box --></if>

[Zachery]

This will hide the that hole set of boxes underneath the forums listing from ALL unregistered users.

[Royboy]

Thanks Zachery. It worked, of course.

Similarly though, how and where could I modify the template to restrict viewing of member list to registered/moderated members, rather than disable it for ALL users, as I have currently done via the std admin CP setting?

TIA

Roy

[Royboy]

Template conditionals

Zachery, you gave me a small mod to restrict contents of the forum hompepage from unregistered/unmoderated users/guests. That was for the forumhome template.

However, if I copy the url for a particular forum's home page, i'm able to bypass the home page lockout. This leads me to believe I also need to add that new code to the forum template, or whatever it's called. Haven't found it yet.

Bottom line is I'm appealing to the generosity displayed here for someone to show me what to add and in what template.

TIA,

Roy

Here's the mod:

This is in the forumhome template

Thats just to hide the whos online, if you want to hide the whole lot try this

find

HTML Code:

<!-- what's going on box -->

Add before

HTML Code:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[userid] != 0">

Then find


HTML Code:

<!-- end what's going on box -->

and add after

HTML Code:

</if>

[Royboy]

Have fixed problem via usergroup permissions. just went back and read in permmissions quick editor that ug perms override those at forum level.

wondering why I needed to go through all that trouble through "Forums/Moderators/Forum Permissions" if

Unless I'm completely off base (please, tell me) Instructions could use a little more thought, as it seems to conflict with the user manual which reads:

"Managing your forum permissions is similar to editing global usergroup permissions, but allows more control."

can someone pls explain?