Ok, might sound stupid, been looking for this for 45 minutes and I just cannot find in my control panel where to click to make it so people have to register to even see the forum. I do have it set up where they have to register to post, but I want them to have to register to even see it. Where is that?

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This code will replace the forum description of ANY forum you choose with a "You are not logged in, so you cannot view this forum" message of your choice.

It will also make that forum redirect to the Login page.

To make a forum Registered Only, just put "[reg]" (with the brackets, without the quotes) somewhere in it's Forum Description.

Here's the code:


<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">

/* Registered Only Forums code created by IceMetalPunk */


errorcode="Error Message Here, All HTML Allowed";

tds=document.getElementsByTagName("td");
for (i=0; i<tds.length; i++) {
if (tds[i].getElementsByTagName("span").length>0 && tds[i].getElementsByTagName("span")[0].className=="desc" && tds[i].getElementsByTagName("span")[0].innerHTML.indexOf("[reg]")!=-1) {

if (document.getElementById("userlinks").innerHTML.in dexOf("Logged in as")==-1) {

tds[i].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].href="Board_URL?act=Login&CODE=00";
tds[i+3].getElementsByTagName("a")[0].href="Board_URL?act=Login&CODE=00";
tds[i+3].getElementsByTagName("a")[1].href="Board_URL?act=Login&CODE=00";
tds[i].getElementsByTagName("span")[0].innerHTML=errorcode;
}
else {
tds[i].getElementsByTagName("span")[0].innerHTML=tds[i].getElementsByTagName("span")[0].innerHTML.split("[reg]").join("");
}
}
}
</script>

Replace the parts in RED appropriately.

Preview: Regdforumstest

Go there as a guest, and look at the "Reg'd Only" forum. Note the description, and try to go into it. Then log in, and note how the description has changed, and note that you can get into the forum.

Also note that wherever the [reg] tag is in the description, it is removed from it when the message (or normal description) is displayed, so no members will actually see the tag. It is only there to let the script know which forums to change.

Code by IcemetalPunk

I dont know if the html code work for Vbulletion

But if they allow html in vbulletion i guess you can try

um, don't do that ^ ?

At least, I don't think that is what you are after..
You can set the forum permissions in the acp > forms & moderators > forum permissions


You can set the user groups as far as who see's what.

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Thanks to both of you for the advice.

I will use brandons as he is a vbulletin owner but thanks for the response AngelicGodz!

Ok did it and I logged out..it is working.

However, the login area is justified to the middle of the table. Because of the right hand colum advertising area..it centers it in the other table. I need this to be at the top. The right hand column pushes the table out.

I also want it to say you must be registered to view AND post on this forum.

Any help greatly appreciated.

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I've seen a few "spoiler" hacks at vb.org ?
Have you checked them out ?

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Ok checking it out now..thanks brandon!

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Just wanted to chime in here.. Anything that non-registered users cannot see, search engines cannot see either. I only have 3 or 4 forums hidden from guests.

You want to give those spiders plenty of food!

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Ya, I JUST noticed the stop sign on all the spiders..is there a workaround this?

I have joomla on the front page ...but going to be converting to vbad--it probaly won't help the spider problem. :o anyone else have spider suggestions because it is critical for me to have this a registered seeing only forum.

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You don't want to show something to the spiders that you are not showing to guest. This is called Cloaking, You will get banned by google for this, I highly suggest Not doing this ;)

Sorry.

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Welp, so i would just be denpending on the meta tags and keywords to make it ? Or maybe could turn it on and off..IDK? Didn't know about cloaking. Or I should maybe work on SEO of reg pages and my directory because every one of those has a link to the forum?

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