This is something I have not been able to figure out.
I want to make it where new members have to make their first post in the "meet and greet" section of the board, before they can view the other forums on the board.

Also I want to make it where members have to have a certain amount of posts before they can access a certain part of the board. I tried making new user groups for these restrictions, but when I make a new user group it seems to override any additional user groups that they are apart of.

I also had a person who has their own board help me out with this, but even they couldn't get it right. I'm stuck on this, and I got n00bs coming in and not greeting because they don't have to...Any suggestions on this?

Good eveing m8
right you will have to go into your admin CP then on the left you will see Forums & Moderators click ion that then you will see Forum manager click on that, you will see all your foums open up to the right...so each forum that you donot want newbies to post in click on and look for (Cyb - Advanced Permissions Based on User's Post Count) in there you can set what you wish....10 posts to view or 15 posts before anyone can post and so on.....hope this helps m8

Regards Gary.

Thanks a lot buddy. I'm gonna try it now.

Hmmm...For some reason I'm not seeing (Cyb - Advanced Permissions Based on User's Post Count)

here ya go mate, Sorry I haven't been able to help much.. I have 175 questions to answer for class in the morning, and my back is killing me
Thanks Gary for helping out

here is the hack for 3.6.0

This product allows you to set permissions based on user’s post count for:
-viewing forum (threads listing),
-viewing threads content,
-creating new threads,
-replying to threads,
-viewing attachments,
-sending private messages,
-sending e-mails to other users,
-posting links.

Forum/Thread Permissions will disallow members with no permissions to view forums/threads/posts through normal view, printthread, search or archive*. Note that you can set these permissions for each forum/sub-forum separately. Screenshot shows additional options in Forum Manager and error messages shown to user when trying to view restricted area.

*-When you set in some forum "Minimum Post Count To View Thread Listing In This Forum" option to different value than "0" guests will not be able to see thread listing in that forum through Archive. For logged-in users this function works normally regarding user's post count.
-When you set in some forum "Minimum Post Count To View Threads Content In This Forum" option to different value than "0" guests will not be able to read threads in that forum through Archive. For logged-in users this function works normally regarding user's post count.

First of all it's very easy to use.

Forum is shown on forumhome but if you have no needed post count you'll see lock icon and predefined error message when try to access. When you set this via vB Promotions system forum is hidden on forumhome and you must create additional usergroup to make all this working.

When user collect needed amount of posts he will be able to access protected forum immediately. When you set this via vB Promotions system then user must wait until Promotions task is executed ... then he will be able to access protected forum. How much time user must wait it depends on settings in AdminCP/Scheduled Tasks... and if you set this to run every minute it pushes your server. If you set it to 2 or more minutes then user must wait more and more... and nobody like it.

grog6 - plugin was inspired by his original hack for vB 3.0.x.
macooper - for help with creating first version of plugin for vB 3.5.0.

1. Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]
2. Go to: AdminCP > vBulletin Options > Cyb Advanced Permissions Based on User's Post Count - set options here

-If upgrading choose "Yes" for "Allow Overwrite".
-If upgrading from version older than 1.2 please uninstall old version first!

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