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#203420 - 07/10/05 07:18 PM [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
LK Offline
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Registered: 03/24/01
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Modification Name: Hide Private Forums

Author(s): LK

Description: Hides the private forums (from forum summary), only if you have access to those forums you can see them.

All-new code (nothing in common with the previous 6.5 version, besides the concept), now supports ultimatebb.php. Almost untested though.

Demo: none

Requirements: UBB 6.7, may work with others with little changes.

Download Link: http://www.ubbdev.com/ubb/upload/00004463/hide67.txt

Credits: Originally by wwb95

Note: it doesn't support password-enabled forums.
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#203421 - 07/10/05 11:52 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
AllenAyres Administrator Offline
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thank you! I can finally use a private forum on my personal site now rockon rockon
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#203422 - 07/11/05 07:21 AM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Updated ultimatebb.php (global $profile, chop), ubb_lib (make it repetitive in case you have more than 1 private forum)
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#203423 - 07/12/05 07:09 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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LK,
Thanks for doing this. I am unable to find the following code in ubb_forum_summary.cg:.

Code:
$msg_icon2    = qq!<img src="$vars_config{NonCGIURL}/icons/icon1.gif" align="middle" border="0" alt="$vars_wordlets_img{alt_icon} 1" /> !;
} else {
The closest I can find is the following
Code:
$msg_icon2    = qq!<img src="$vars_config{NonCGIURL}/icons/icon1.gif" align="middle" border="0" alt="$vars_wordlets_img{alt_icon} 1" />&nbsp;!;
}
I went back to my unmodded 6.7.2 file and still can't find it in there. Any ideas?

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#203424 - 07/12/05 07:27 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
LK Offline
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Oops, you're right.
It should be:
Code:
Find:
=====

			$msg_icon     = '';
			$msg_icon2    = qq!<img src="$vars_config{NonCGIURL}/icons/icon1.gif" align="middle" border="0" alt="$vars_wordlets_img{alt_icon} 1" /> !;

Add below:
==========

			$priv1="<?php echo Privates($x,"";
			$priv2=""); ?>";
		} else {
			$priv1 = ''; $priv2 = '';
(updating txt file as we speak)

Note that msg_icon and msg_icon2 should be indeed one after the other, since about 10 lines above there is another instance of $msg_icon = '' and $msg_icon2 = ..., but they have another variable ($last_post_number) between them.
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#203425 - 07/16/05 10:50 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
Tiger66 Offline
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Kewl hack, it looks like my board even loads faster now
Thanks thumbsup

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#203426 - 07/20/05 05:55 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Would it be possible to hide the wings as well? it looks weird for the members to see a wing with no rooms

And I just noticed that the rooms you set to be hidden still shows under the Hop To menu (even if you are logged out)

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#203427 - 07/22/05 11:12 AM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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By wings, you mean categories? If so you can just put the private forums in another category.

Hop To: I'll fix it if there is a need.

The point of this hack is not that they won't know you have private forums, but that they won't be disturbed by that forum every time they go to Forum Summary. I don't know of anyone who actually uses the Hop To menu, so it doesn't really matter.
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#203428 - 07/22/05 02:42 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
AllenAyres Administrator Offline
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one guy on the beta team does, I haven't seen him in ages wink
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#203429 - 07/22/05 09:26 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Yes by wings I ment categories, sorry, I did put it on another category just that when you have allot of staff rooms then you get a pretty big wing so was just wondering if it's possible to hide the categories too.

Thanks

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#203430 - 07/23/05 06:09 AM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Untested:
Open public_forum_summary.pl.
Find in sub CategoryStrip:
Code:
	return qq~
Replace with:
Code:
$abcdefg = qq~
Find:
Code:
} # end CategoryStrip
Add ABOVE:
Code:
if ($catarray->[2] eq "NUMBER") {
return '<?php echo Privates(NUMBER2,"'.UBBCGI::escape($abcdefg) . '"); ?>';
} else {
return $abcdefg;
}
Now replace NUMBER with your private category number (click on the category, the number after "category=" is the category number), and replace NUMBER2 with a number of one of your hidden forums.
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#203431 - 07/25/05 07:55 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Ok just tested it
If you set one room for mods and one for admins and log in as admin then it's fine

When you log as a mod then the room you see is merged with the category above, when you log as a member the only thing it shows is that :
Forum Topics Posts Last Post

line at the bottom of the last displayed category

And thanks LK

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#203432 - 07/25/05 08:02 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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1) You should change NUMBER2 to the number the mods can see.
2) That's odd.. What do you mean by "that line at the bottom of the last displayed category"? can I see a screenshot?
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#203433 - 07/26/05 08:23 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Sorry I choosed the wrong number for the NUMBER2, it fixed both issues , now it just shows this when you are logged out

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/tigerboy/softwares/cap2.jpg

That is my last public category on my board and there's nothing beneath it (except for a hidden wing which is working fine) The icon legend red X is not related, but somehow this gray line with the "0"'s started to appear after adding this mod (maybe something with my style settings?) , and this line at the bottom appeared after adding your modifications for the hidden wing (but both things shows only when you are logged out)

And another thing I hope it's ok to ask here, is it possible to set a different new posts icon for just one forum? for example on ubbdev something else instead of this lightbulb to appear on the new posts column next to just one forum
(I know there's an option for this on the Style Sheets I create but it doesn't change anything)

Thanks again smile

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#203434 - 03/30/06 11:11 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Registered: 12/17/03
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Loc: San Diego
Quote:
Originally posted by LK:

By wings, you mean categories? If so you can just put the private forums in another category.

Hop To: I'll fix it if there is a need.

The point of this hack is not that they won't know you have private forums, but that they won't be disturbed by that forum every time they go to Forum Summary. I don't know of anyone who actually uses the Hop To menu, so it doesn't really matter.


Actually, I have a secret forum that I'd like to keep secret. How would I hide the forum from "hop to."

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#203435 - 04/01/06 03:45 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Try the following:
in public_common.pl, find: (TWICE)
Code:
			next FORUM if $vars_forums{$f}->[3] ne "On";
Add below:
Code:
			next FORUM if $f == NUMBER;
Replace NUMBER with the number of the forum you'd like to hide, for example if you'd like to hide forum 3 add:
Code:
			next FORUM if $f == 3;
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#203436 - 04/01/06 04:13 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Wow. That works beautifully. Thanks! thumbsup

I did notice one other thing that happens with this hack. When I'm logged out, I can see a 0 directly below the Recent Visitors row. It doesn't show when I'm logged in as an Admin (and can see the hidden forum) or as one of my dummy accounts (who can't see the forum) - just when I'm not logged in at all.

http://www.legionworld.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

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#203437 - 04/01/06 04:19 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Where is the hidden forum located (if I could see it)? Is it under "Science Police Headquarters"?
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#203438 - 04/01/06 04:20 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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It's forum #6, so it shows above "Encyclopedia Galactica."

I can give you the log in details to one of my dummy accounts and give it permission to the forum, if you need it.

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#203439 - 04/03/06 09:16 AM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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That's odd... Try the following in ubb_lib.cgi:
Find:
Code:
sub check_private_access2 {
	my (@profile, $Moderator);
	&RequireVars("$vars_config{VariablesPath}/vars_mods.cgi");

	# since forum is private, user must be logged in

	# $_[0]: forum number
	# $_[1]: forum password (blank, if none)

	if (!$username) { return 0; }
Repalce with:
Code:
sub check_private_access2 {
	my (@profile, $Moderator);
	&RequireVars("$vars_config{VariablesPath}/vars_mods.cgi");

	# since forum is private, user must be logged in

	# $_[0]: forum number
	# $_[1]: forum password (blank, if none)

	if (!$username) { return ""; }
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#203440 - 04/04/06 12:04 AM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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Works great! Thanks again!

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#203441 - 05/24/06 05:57 PM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
Tiger66 Offline
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Registered: 03/31/04
Posts: 58
Loc: Israel
Quote:
Originally posted by LK:

Try the following:
in public_common.pl, find: (TWICE)
Code:
			next FORUM if $vars_forums{$f}->[3] ne "On";
Add below:
Code:
			next FORUM if $f == NUMBER;
Replace NUMBER with the number of the forum you'd like to hide, for example if you'd like to hide forum 3 add:
Code:
			next FORUM if $f == 3;


One small problem is that it hides the forum from admins too

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#203442 - 05/31/06 07:01 AM Re: [6.7] [beta] Hide Private Forums
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There's nothing (simple) to do against it, since it is cached, so whatever the average user sees, so does the administrator.
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