Name: Post Count-Restricted Forums

Description: Allows Administrators to restrict access to a forum by post count. Restriction is via Forum Settings section in Control Panel, and an unlimited number of forums can be set in this way. Administrators and Moderators of the post count-restricted forums can bypass the post count limit, in the same way that they are able to bypass other forum restrictions. Fully Wordlet-ised for easy modification and translation.

Link: TXT File

Requirements: UBB.classic 6.5.x (May work on older 6.x versions - Unsupported by me if used on versions older than 6.2.x, since that's as far as my UBB backups go)

Release Notes: Yes, this is the hack UBBDev's been waiting for for years (avoiding all possible exaggerations ). Almost completely foolproof; in other words, you can't log out and access the protected forum, Mods of other forums can't make topics and move them into the protected forum, you can't search through the forum without access to it, etc. However, as is the nature of my hacks, there will be bugs. Saying that, it has been tested intensively as far as possible. Any bugs (and their fixes if possible), problems, questions or anything else you'd like to moan about in this topic, please. I'd also appreciate any posts from Charles Himself regarding safety/code sanity and so on.

nice one, i gonna try it thx. !

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

this is really marvelous... i have been searching for this a DAMN long time...

thnx alot... when it is working i will soon let ya know... and give you one big hell of a kiss... if not then thnx for the try...

but now first lets try this MF

@Q#%@!% the link ait working....

now what?

Sorry, I'll shove it in my modspace, or upload it to the server or something...

See, this is what happens when a static IP isn't actually static.

Okay, this address will also work:

http://www.ubbdev.com/ubb/upload/00014798/postcount_restricted_forums.txt

God bless FlareUpload *Sniffs*

tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

i guess alot of work is waiting for me when i get home... you are really the best man!

ooohhh... i think my head is spinning around like hell on this hack... i get crazy!... you make me soooooo happy on this...!

THNX ALOT!

well i have installed it... and it is working REALLY good...


you really have made yourself king by making this hack man!...

thnx alot!

Question:

suppose a user should have 200 posts before it can access a forum. The user now has 210 posts.

then i go my CP and prune about 50 posts of this user, will he still be able to get access to the section then?..

of course, post counts don't go down when you delete a post

If a member's profile post count is changed when posts are pruned (which I don't think it is, IIRC), then yes, they will still be able to access the forum. But you could always change the post count back down to whatever you want it to be via FTP, or the CP if you have that hack installed...

thnx for the help man... marvelous hack!

although something is not 100% right in this hack

when i set the forum to have at least 200 posts and i press the "update forum Settings" button then it is being saved like it should be.

but when i ask for the same forum again, the amount of 200 i just submitted is not being displayed anymore..

Have you installed any hacks that edit individual forum properties in any way (like the Upload Hack)? If so, PM me and I'll sort out a modified version for you. If not, make sure you modified cp_forums.cgi correctly and try again.

As I said, this has been fully tested on 6.5.0 (the version you're using), so it should work fine...

I found a bug,

If you go to active topics you can still get into a restricted forum

I knew there'd be one in there somewhere

Thanks jlm, I'll be updating this tonight

thanks, be looking forward to that!

just a question, if an unregistered member goes to a post restricted forum should they be able to get in? Because sometimes they can and sometimes they can't, and I don't know why it would change?

I've installed this hack but I had to take it out because while it does a great job keep registered members out of a forum, it does not prevent unregistered members from viewing the forum. Any chance someone could update this hack?

Ouch, that is a bad error lol... and to think i was about to install it .

is it updated yet?... and if so then where can we find the link?

cheersz!

Sorry to all, hospital appointments have dragged me away from the computer for the greater part of this weekend... Providing I'm okay following today's appointment (should be the last one for a while), this'll be done by tonight. Sorry about the wait.