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I've had a few ideas bounced around and one that seems popular is that a site visitor who is not a member of a certain group can only view x-number of pages on the forum in a 24 hour time period before being presented with an error type page informing them how to access more pages.
Basically the requirement would work something along these lines:
Is this do-able ?
Edit: Fixed typo
Basically the requirement would work something along these lines:
- A visitor or member who is not already part of the group can view a set number of pages ie 5 within a 24hour period
- Once 5 pages have been viewed the visitor/member sees page asking them and informing them how to join a particular group to get unlimited access
- Existing members of the group get unlimited access
- Ideally number of pages allowed should be accessable for change by the admin
Is this do-able ?
Edit: Fixed typo
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I don't think there's a way to limit by pages, but by topics, yes.
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Topics seems to be a better idea actually Carefree as otherwise pages such as post.asp register.asp etc would be counted - good one
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it would be doable, but the only way to track it would be with a cookie, so it would be pretty simple to get around by simpley deleting your cookie
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Just thinking out loud....If a check was made to see if the visitor/member was in a group, and only members of that group were allowed unlimited access, then if the visitor/member deleted their cookies then wouldn't access still be denied?
I suppose the topic count would have to be written to a visitor/member by way of a cookie and if that person had cookies turned off or kept deleting them then they would have unlimited access
so would the way to go be to have a check made initially to see if the visitor had a forum cookie and if not then write one. If the visitor can not accept cookies then they are redirected elsewhere?
Cookies are not my strong point so i'm a bit at a loss as to what can be acheived or not acheived using them
I suppose the topic count would have to be written to a visitor/member by way of a cookie and if that person had cookies turned off or kept deleting them then they would have unlimited access
so would the way to go be to have a check made initially to see if the visitor had a forum cookie and if not then write one. If the visitor can not accept cookies then they are redirected elsewhere?
Cookies are not my strong point so i'm a bit at a loss as to what can be acheived or not acheived using them
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Originally posted by HuwR
it would be doable, but the only way to track it would be with a cookie, so it would be pretty simple to get around by simpley deleting your cookie
the only other way is to only allow members to view the site/forums.
so...
visiters - must sign up to vew site but restrict access to forums? members - can view x ammount of forum topics
paying members - gets full unlimited access
this way, a cookie isnt the deciding factor on how many pages can be viewed
another way would be to filter ip addresses, but we all know how un reliable/flawed that would be
