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Making 'read more' accessible to registered users only

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 10/01/06 03:19pm (Read 1,432 times)  

Gush

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How do i make 'read more' accessible to registered users only? such that guest users are prompted to register when the click on 'read more'

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 10/02/06 08:28am  
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LWC

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Two guys have tried it in the past.

The first attempt is here and thanks to yours truly it also links to the former one.
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 10/03/06 04:26pm  
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lbpp

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After reading what has been done in the past, are these hacks still good for the current release of GL? I think this is one of the best ways to "entice" viewers to register for your site. You lure them in with the intro text and then make them register to read the good stuff.
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 10/05/06 01:48am  

Gush

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Is there an easy way of doing it guys?
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 10/05/06 09:02pm  
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jmucchiello

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Here's a 1.4 compatible method. Problem really is that GL is not really designed for hiding stories. It's designed for getting information out there.

In public_html/article.php replace
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        $story_template->set_var ('story_introtext',
                PLG_replaceTags (stripslashes ($A['introtext'])));
        $story_template->set_var ('story_bodytext',
                PLG_replaceTags (stripslashes ($A['bodytext'])));

 
with
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        $story_template->set_var ('story_introtext',
                PLG_replaceTags (stripslashes ($A['introtext'])));
        if (isset($_USER['uid']) and $_USER['uid'] > 1)
        {
        $story_template->set_var ('story_bodytext',
                PLG_replaceTags (stripslashes ($A['bodytext'])));
        }

 
And insert
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        if (!isset($_USER['uid']) or $_USER['uid'] <= 1)
        {
            $show_comments = false;
        }
 
After this comment
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        // Display the comments, if there are any ..
 

In /path2GL/system/lib-story.php, modify these lines
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    $bodytext = '';
    if( !empty( $A['bodytext'] ))
    {
            $bodytext  = stripslashes( $A['bodytext'] );
    }

 
to look like this
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    $bodytext = '';
 // someday add a $_CONF['anonmustregtoread'] or even better a $A['regusersonly'] != 0 to this
    $hideregonlycontent = (!isset($_USER['uid']) or $_USER['uid'] <= 1);
    if( !empty( $A['bodytext'] ))
    {
       
        if ($hideregonlycontent)
        {
            // move this into a $LANG array
            $bodytext  = '<a href="' . COM_buildUrl($_CONF['site_url'] . '/users.php?mode=new') . '">Register</a> to read the rest of this story.';
        }
        else
        {
            $bodytext  = stripslashes( $A['bodytext'] );
        }
    }

 
And this line:
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    $show_comments = true;
 
becomes this
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    $show_comments = !$hideregonlycontent;
 

And that should do it.
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