• Registered: 2006-12-20
  • Posts: 107

Topic: Private Forums?

I want to make it so only members may view my forums.  I made it so guests cannot read, reply, or post but then when a guest visits the site it says "Board is empty."  How can I change "board is empty" to a message such as "You must register to view the forums"???


P.S - I dont know if this should go in "troubleshooting" or "mods"

  • From: Leuven, Belgium
  • Registered: 2005-06-14
  • Posts: 2,653

Re: Private Forums?

Make a guest-only redirect forum.

  • Registered: 2006-12-20
  • Posts: 107

Re: Private Forums?

elbekko wrote:

Make a guest-only redirect forum.

I'm not sure what you mean.  The whole point of this to to make it so only members have access.  I do not want guests to have any access.

  • Smartys
  • Former PunBB Developer
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  • Registered: 2004-04-30
  • Posts: 7,844

Re: Private Forums?

Bekko is suggesting that you create a new redirect forum (you can set a redirect URL for empty forums so that the link actually points somewhere else) that can only be seen by Guests. That way, guests only see the forum (which says something like "You must register to view the forum") and when they click on the link, they're taken to register.php