Gettin Back to Start Page

Back In 11-2009, JRS1939 posted

“I now have a lot of vBulletin figured out, but I still have a long way to go.

Is there a way to set up a section specifically for guests to see when they click on our forum? Hopefully, this could be a place where I could add a thread or two with posts from the moderators. We could show how things work and what we are all about."

I received a lot of good info, but in the end, the owner asked me to close the board. Somehow, I accomplished that. Now he wants me to open the board and I do not know ow to get back to the Default Start Page.


Any assistance would be appreciated.

 

ok...i dont understand what your trying to ask?

 

Very simple, he wants to know if there is a way to make vB automatically send you to a specific thread when you visit the forum as a guest.

Example - type adminaddict in the url, hit enter, shows this tread/forum. However normal board funtionality would remain unaffected.

 

You can use the Notices feature to give information specifically to guests.

 

Since notices allow you to enter HTML, can't you just create a notice that displays only to guests, and contains a meta-redirect to the specified location? This would automatically redirect guests to the specified URL after a certain amount of time.

This code should do it:

Code:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="[COLOR=Red][B]2[/B][/COLOR];url=[B][COLOR=Blue]http://WWW.ENTER-YOUR-URL.COM/WHERE/GUEST/GOES[/COLOR][/B]">

Replace the red code with the amount of time (delay) between the page load and the refresh to the target destination. Replace the blue code with the URL to the page that you want visitors redirected to.

 

It seems as though I have not explained myself very well.

When you click on Admin Addict as a guest, what you see is what I call the start page. You can see the threads and posts. That is what I call an open board. Using the AdminPanel, you can shut off the open board and require a guest to register before being able to see the open board.

About 3 months ago I was asked to close the board so a guest could not see threads or posts without registereing, and I did so. Now I am being asked to use the AdminPanel to change the board back to its original dafault state and allow a guest to see the open board. Unfortunately, I have not been able to figure out how.

That is where I need help.

 

It sounds like you have user group permissions for unregisterred guest set to not to be able to view the forum or threads..

 

In the beginning, I thought that was the problem. However, unregistered guest is set to be able to view forum and threads everywhere except in the Private area which includes sections for Problem Threads, Admins and Mods. These areas are set aside for the Admins and Mods only. I think I will play a little with the default area and see what I can do.

Thanks for the reponse.

 

Check your permissions for the Unregistered group for each individual forum.

Admin CP > Forums and Moderators > Forum Permissions

 

I checked every forum. They are all set just as you suggested and as i tried to explain in my previous post.

Thanks for all the answers that I received. It just doesn't look like this thread is going anywhere for me. All I get are responses that are telling me to do what I have already done.

I think I will give it a rest for awhile.

 

I can take a look if you want, it's either going to be the forum permissions or you have some mod to restrict access via the usergroups.

 

yea same here..^^