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peter nap
Starting Member
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 Posted - 24 April 2005 : 11:45:17
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Hello everyone. This is my first post here. I have just purchased a site that is using ver. 2000. I'm about as green as they come as far as web administration, but I'm working on it.
I want to have certain forums that only paid members can access. I don't see any way to do it using the membership ranking in 2000. I'm sure others have come up with a solution however I wouldn't know where to look except here.
I did a search and didn't find much on the subject. I plan on upgrading to the newest version in the fall. For right now, I just want to get the immediate changes done to the board. I tend to get wordy, sorry.
Can anyone point me in the right direction and thanks in advance. |
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Soar
Junior Member
USA
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Posted - 24 April 2005 : 21:55:54
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While it's a bit labor-intensive, one thing you can do is to edit the properties for the forums to which you want to allow access. Set them for Allowed Member Access only, and then add the names of the paid members.
To edit the properties, click the pencil icon in the forum or category. |
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taropatch
Average Member
USA
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Posted - 24 April 2005 : 23:38:22
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quote:
Originally posted by peter nap
I have just purchased a site that is using ver. 2000.
Just to make sure, FYI, Snitz Forums 2000 does not refer to the version number. The most current version, 3.4.05, is still Snitz 2000. |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 25 April 2005 : 08:17:48
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As Soar said, it is a bit labour intensive. One way of doing it is to create a new M_LEVEL in the database for paid members, assigning it a value of 2 and promoting moderators to 3 and administrators to 4. You'll need to make quite a few changes to the base code after you do this so the correct value is assigned to the mlev variable. Finally, you'll need to create a new, custom authorisation type for forums to check that the members M_LEVEL is greater than 1.
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peter nap
Starting Member
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Posted - 25 April 2005 : 10:41:51
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| Thanks Guys. I was hoping there would be a Mod to easily do it....but was afraid there wouldn't be such an animal. I can work it out from here. Thanks again, this is a great asset for us challenged Administrators. |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 25 April 2005 : 11:16:04
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If you get stuck anywhere, shout up; I've done this with Woo.ie without the additional authorisation type. Unfortunately my code is that heavily modified as to be useless when trying to make these changes to the base code.
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“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.” |
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