VB force guest to register

[grim]

Isn't there a plugin for this? I am having problems finding it

GRIM added 1 Minutes and 49 Seconds later...

Think I found it

[iowadawg]

Got to be a mod for this.

So many forums now will let you view the main page, but not the inner pages.
Instead a page pops up to register to read.

Terrible way to get members, and lose visitors to a forum.

[grim]

You can edit it so that guests can read X amount of posts before they are forced to register

[iowadawg]

Really?

Have yet to see that implemented on forums.

Just went by a new forum earlier as the owner has a blog I read all the time.

BAM!
You must register on our forum to be able to read any of the threads and posts.

Sent him an email about this....replied that either I want to join the forum or I do not, it does not matter to him!

I replied back...then as I do not matter to you, you sure do not matter to me and all references to your blog will shortly be removed from my blogs.

[grim]

It depends on the forum, you can set them out of the box so guests can not read certain forums, topics, etc.

What I installed is an add on, allowing 10 post views before registration is required.

[Purple Rain]

Yep there is a force guests to register mod. I have it somewhere. Ill find it and post it when i find it.

CompuSupport added 7 Minutes and 37 Seconds later...

There is this one

Limited Guest Viewing -- Motivate Guests to Register - Page 4 - vBulletin.org Forum

It limits guest viewing and forces them to sign up. There was another one I used but I cant seem to find it sorry

[grim]

NP, I already have it installed and running

[i13]

what about spider and bots? If they are blocked after certain page views then ur forum will suffer further....

[grim]

what about spider and bots? If they are blocked after certain page views then ur forum will suffer further....

I believe many of the plugins allows spiders to view more pages, some people actually want to block spiders from using up too much bandwidth

[Big Dan]

Hey Grim, if you up for it let us know how this works out in the long run. I've always been curious about if it has a positive effect on active membership number.

[Halobitt]

Re: VB force guest to register


Why not automatically, after 10 page reloads flash up a picture of you Grim, with a snarl, accompanied by the message:

[MENTAL]Register!
Or else this big geezer
will come round your house
and twist your arm. [/MENTAL]

[c0r3]

can you link us to the vbulletin mod you are talking bout?