Hi,

I'm using Fireboard 1.0.4 Stable on a site not ready for the public. Ive setup Fireboard with some locked forums inside it, but going into these forums still displays the New Thread buttons. If you click on it, it does not work, it simply displays the message:

"The administrator has disabled public write access.
Only logged in / registered users
are allowed to contribute to the forum.

Click here to register."

This is even though I am logged in as a regular user. The same thing happens with Reply Topic buttons in Locked Threads. Anybody have a solution for this? Ive not been able to find one through searching. It is rather annoying to have these buttons visible but not usable.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi,

I noticed the same problem

I wonder how to lock forums in a way that people could only participate in open topics (to disable / lock new topic option)

Best Regards

Hi, i found some sort of solution

You can modify the code in a way, that only moderators and above see the "new thread button" - the register user won't

You can do that by modifying the
.../com_fireboard/template/default/showcat.php file

around lines 197 and 300 you will find the line

Code:

if ((($fbConfig['pubwrite'] == 0 && $my_id != 0) || $fbConfig['pubwrite'] == 1) && ($topicLock == 0 || ($topicLock == 1 && $is_moderator)))

You can comment it out by putting the "//" at the beginning of it.
Then underneath copy-paste this

Code:

if ($is_moderator)

Final result will look something like this

Code:

// if ((($fbConfig['pubwrite'] == 0 && $my_id != 0) || $fbConfig['pubwrite'] == 1) && ($topicLock == 0 || ($topicLock == 1 && $is_moderator))) if ($is_moderator) {

This code tells fireboard to show the button only if user is moderator. Don't forget to copy-paste this on both places (line 197 and line 300)

Hope it helps
Best Regards

Hi. I'm guessing this fix is more for your own problem than it is for mine, since now all my forums are locked for people who aren't moderators. i still want people to be able to create new topics, just not display the button to create a new topic in a locked forum.