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.

Hey Chris, can those of us that did update it also get a copy of what changes to make for the update? lol... cas a re-install really would suck lol...

The hack doesn't seem to produce this kind of behaviour on the UBB versions I've tested this on (6.4 - 6.5), since it checks for the existence of a user profile before allowing access to the restricted forum, so please rehack all files and try again...

Before I go installing this hack, did someone get the "back doors" to the restricted forum fixed?

1) The Today's Active Topics link
2) The links found in the Recent Visitors section

Thanks!

Well, any support with this hack? Or is it dead?

i am not sure if the backdoors are fixxed

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

you see that it is a version of 2 month ago... so i am not really sure about it..

Modification Update: Version 2.0.0 (August 18 2003)

» What's New?
No new features in this version.

» What's been fixed?
The following bugs have been fixed in this release:

• Topics from post count-restricted forums will no longer be included in any Content Islands.
• Topics from post count-restricted forums will no longer be included in the Today's Active Topics list.
• "Number of posts required" option in Forum Settings (CP) will now no longer reset when a forum is added, updated or deleted.

» To-Do List

• Investigate Recent Visitors bug - In the meantime, this can be worked around by restricting access to the Recent Visitors feature. Version 3.0.0 will be released very soon to fix this.

» Downloads
Post Count-Restricted Forums v2.0.0 - Upgrade Version - Download this if you have already installed and use Version 1 of this modification.
Post Count-Restricted Forums v2.0.0 - Clean Install Version - Download this if you have not already installed and used any version of this modification.

in my cp_forums:
$newvarsforums .= join("|^|", ( split(/|^|/, $_) )[0 .. 17
change that 17 to 19 right?
but mine was 19 already (guess from doing every other hack available. So I made it 21. does this mess anything else up or do i need to update anything else to 21 also?

Changing it to 21 should also be fine.

well i did but it still allows anyone even guest to see the forum
and also, now my 'upload hack' radio buttons in the control panel (forum) dont stay checked
???

Make all the others 21 too, that should let it work with the Upload hack.

should be
$this_forum[21])
??????????????

also, any special instructions for 6.3.1.1 ??

First question: Yeah, it does, to make sure everything matches up with the contents of vars_forums.cgi.

Second question: I think this should work on 6.3.x with little or no modification, since there's not too much of a code difference between 6.3 and 6.5...

damn, I did that and rechecked it 5 times and the postcount 'box' still doesnt rememeber the figure i enter in the control panel(forum)

Some arrays that need checking aren't always @this_forum, if I remember correctly... Check through again to find any remaining references to the number "19" inside an array and change them all to 21...

btw when i said ALL instances of $thisforum[19]
I meant in ALL the modified files. was that correct

Yes, that was correct.

Example of what I posted above:

Here, the array name is @thisforuminfo, not @this_forum. They both need to be changed. If you want, I can give you a complete list of arrays that you'll need to change...

thanks man, i figured it out.
i used the handy control-F throughout all the files and changed every 19 to 20
though I was lucky enough to spot the upload hack stuff and left that at 19
i did '20' instead of '21' to be safe

i also had grammatical error from cut and pasting from the .txt file
the carraige return didnt copy and alot of code was thus commented out

Glad it worked out okay.

I'm trying to install this hack for version 6.2.1. It all seemed to work fine in testing, and I posted a test message in the new count restricted forum, and all was good. Then I posted a message in a regular forum and I get this error message (though some of the posts are appearing anyway)

Undefined subroutine &main::update_tat called at /home/cgi-bin/atestboard/ubb_new_topic.cgi line 558.

On the ubb_new_topic.cgi file, in 6.2.1 there's nothing about a tat. (I went ahead and replaced some of the similar code with the hack code, but obviously I screwed it up)

For example, supposed to find:

Find:
=====

# index:
# create promo edition of message
$mess_truncated = &promo($message);
&append_index($in{f}, $new_topic_number, $this_forum[6], "000000", $message, $in{topic_subject});

# Update the CI & TAT indexes
&RequireCode("$vars_config{CGIPath}/ubb_lib_ci.cgi");
my @td = &GetThreadData($in{f}, $new_topic_number);
&update_tat($in{f}, $new_topic_number, @td);
&refresh_recentmeta($in{f}, $new_topic_number, "000000", "add", @td);
&update_cis($in{f});
&update_cis("ALL");

but here's what's there:


# index:
# create promo edition of message
$mess_truncated = &promo($message);
&append_index($in{f}, $new_topic_number, $this_forum[6], "000000");

# take viewer back to forum
%vars_style = &LoadStyleTemplate($template_match{transition});
&set_page_elements;
&Transition("$vars_config{CGIURL}/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=$in{f};t=$new_topic_number", "$vars_wordlets{thanks_for_posting}", "$in{topic_subject}");

Any ideas on what I should do? (If I can get this fixed, this is a COOL hack, perfect for what I want!)

Thanks,

Ang

This hack is meant only for 6.5+ series boards, though it should work in 6.4... The oldest "modern" code is considered 6.3.1. Porting hacks meant for later versions to versions older than 6.3.1 is going to be a major task...

I suggest you upgrade.

Hi,

I use the Upload-Hack too, and changed everything from 19 to 21, but it will not be saved.... what can I do...

In that case, I suggest using only the forum info fields which are not currently in use... I'm fairly sure no other hacks are using field #22, so try that instead...

Let me know how you get on

Hi CTM,

22 also did not work, the value of Post will not be saved, if I go back to a forum I have changed, the Post-Count-Restricted field is empty....

Can you have a look to my files?

Thanks
d-talk

Sure... It'd probably be best if we carried this on via PM

Hi CTM, PM does not work here...

Please can you send me a mail to:

webmaster@d-talk.tv

Thank you verry much!!!

You've got mail

Hi, have you send it to webmaster@d-talk.tv ?


I have no mail yet...

Hi again, another bug!

When you click at the forum-summary site at last post (direct link) every user can read the last post at this post-count restricted forum...

What can I do?

Thanks
d-talk

Any chance of this being ported for 6.6?

Hmm, 6.6... I'll take my best shot, but it might not be me who ends up porting it. The UBB side would stay the same, but the CP side would be turned upside-down... Nevertheless, I'll have a go.

Any word on 6.7?

6.7... I'm working on finishing the 6.6 version of this (I've decided to move the "enough posts" check to a separate subroutine so it can easily be changed for future versions), but the CP interface is still throwing me.

I'll need to talk to Al about that. Give me a couple of days

Won't be online much today, gimme a PM or IM me before Sunday night

Will do, thanks Al

any updates?

I was thinking of skipping from 6.6 straight to 6.7, would that still be okay for you Gizzy?

That's sweet .

yes, 6.7 would be great

:sighs and goes back to taping foot:

painful foot?

Yeh, it's been tapping for about 2 months now... I have hangnails so it sucks ...

I need to speak to Charles. There's only two parts of the API that I don't understand at all right now, and that's the Search and PNTF APIs. The rest is all written out and documented. I've put this on hold for way too long, sorry for that. I'll do my best to get it out before the end of the week.

Good! my lil feetsies are gettin restless :x...

Thank you