Password Protect Boards

[Yağız...]

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Password Protect Boards

Written by: Thantos
Updated by: Dragooon
Updated to SMF 2.0 by: Yağız...

This modification allows you to set a password on a per board basis.  Users will be required to enter the password on the board index prior to being able to view any of that board's content.

Administrators and Moderators on that board (global moderators included) are exempt from having to enter the password.

This modification does not protect child boards.

v1.0:
-Original Version
v1.1:
-Made password protection improvements
v1.2:
-Updated to SMF 2.0 RC4
-Fixed an XHTML error at BoardIndex
-Improved language strings
v1.2a:
-Updated to SMF 2.0 Final

Please report all the bugs via the support thread.

[NanoSector]

Woot! Very nice

[revengelove]

Nice Mod 

confirm work with 2.0 RC3

[live627]

Just FYI, Yagiz, the template edits can easily be avoided by using your own. Reduces support queries for custom themes.

[Joker™]

Nice mod .

[Tapsa2]

This is the mod i've been looking for.
I'll just have to wait for it to be updated for 2.0 final. Or maybe it would work allready, since there was no big changes between RC5 and Final?

[Yağız...]

It should work if you emulate your SMF version to RC5.

[Tapsa2]

It should work if you emulate your SMF version to RC5.

Or if I modify package-info.xml to install for 2.0 also, would do the same thing, right?

[Yağız...]

It should work if you emulate your SMF version to RC5.

Or if I modify package-info.xml to install for 2.0 also, would do the same thing, right?

Yeap

[PaintChip]

It should work if you emulate your SMF version to RC5.

Or if I modify package-info.xml to install for 2.0 also, would do the same thing, right?

Yeap

Can someone explain to me how to do this.

I love the mod and use it on a couple of boards in older versions. I'd like to use in on my newest board in version 2.0 final.

Thank you!

[Spoogs]

go to... Admin>> Package Manager... scroll down, click Advanced, change 2.0 to 2.0 RC4, then install the package.

[Yağız...]

Updated to SMF 2.0 Final.

[akbora]

Thanks Yagiz, what about Google Tagged... waiting...

[Yağız...]

The new version of GoogleTagged will be with bug fixes and new features. But the other mods that I've updated are only version updates

[Calamita]

I was searching a long time for this Mod, but I have a problem..

I can´t install it, because there´s no button to install. I´m using 2.0 RC3

I think, that this Mod isn´t compatible with this version.. am I right?

[Yağız...]

I was searching a long time for this Mod, but I have a problem..

I can´t install it, because there´s no button to install. I´m using 2.0 RC3

I think, that this Mod isn´t compatible with this version.. am I right?

You're right, this mod is not compatible with SMF 2.0 RC3. You need to upgrade your SMF version.

[kuşlar]

slm 2.0 yükledim bölümlerdem şifre verdim ama herkes şifresiz girebilyor nerde hata yapyorum yardımcı olursanız sevinirim tşkürler
not sürüm 2.0 .b.pasport hata veriyor elle yüklenince site hata veriyor.

[live627]

English please?

[Neol]

I would like to include admins a moderators too. The board should be viewable only for those with the password, no matter what status they have. How to do this?

[stuttboksa]

go to... Admin>> Package Manager... scroll down, click Advanced, change 2.0 to 2.0 RC4, then install the package.

Sorry for the lack of knowledge on my part, but how do I install the package? 

[nixlike]

hi Yağız...
are you going to come up with a new version for SMF 2.0.1 as well? Im looking forward to it

[Yağız...]

hi Yağız...
are you going to come up with a new version for SMF 2.0.1 as well? Im looking forward to it

Done

[nixlike]

that was a very quick one, respect! if you dont see me in here again, everything worked out fine with the installation. if not I'll be back here. thanks for the quick reaction

[revengelove]

for 2.0rc3 in attachment


edit,

revengelove, Since this mod does not state any license, it is considered to be under a propietary/closed license, that is, you cannot redistribute the package without the mod's author permission.

[Kevin1]

Please for 2.0.2

[NanoSector]

The 2.0.1 version should work on 2.0.2

Just click "Advanced" in the Browse Packages screen, and enter "SMF 2.0.1", then click Save and install.

[Kevin1]

@Yoshi2889
Sorry for bumpning the thread, and it is working fine in 2.0.2 without changing the advance option..
great mod..
But any way to hide the total Posts & Topics of the password protected board from the members??

[NanoSector]

@Yoshi2889
Sorry for bumpning the thread, and it is working fine in 2.0.2 without changing the advance option..
great mod..
But any way to hide the total Posts & Topics of the password protected board from the members??

Try this:

In Themes/your_theme/BoardIndex.template.php, find:

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<p>', comma_format($board['posts']), ' ', $board['is_redirect'] ? $txt['redirects'] : $txt['posts'], ' <br />
', $board['is_redirect'] ? '' : comma_format($board['topics']) . ' ' . $txt['board_topics'], '

Replace all of that with:

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<p>', ($board['passwd'] && !$context['user']['is_admin'] ? '-' : comma_format($board['posts'])), ' ', $board['is_redirect'] ? $txt['redirects'] : $txt['posts'], ' <br />
', (($board['passwd'] && !$context['user']['is_admin']) ? '- ' . $txt['board_topics'] : ($board['is_redirect'] ? '' : comma_format($board['topics']) . ' ' . $txt['board_topics'])), '

Sadly, you'll have to do that in all themes

EDIT: Fixed a bug in which guests would get "1" displayed.

[Kevin1]

There is no such text in the index file of the albaanaigh theme..

[NanoSector]

There is no such text in the index file of the albaanaigh theme..

You did look in BoardIndex.template.php, right?

[Kevin1]

Bro there is no file named "BoardIndex.template.php"

There are

css
images
languages
Settings.template.php
Settings.template.php~
index.php
index.template.php
license.html
theme_info.xml

[Kevin1]

Sorry i found that file, it is under default theme..
Thanks alot.. it worked..

[NanoSector]

Sorry i found that file, it is under default theme..
Thanks alot.. it worked..

Oh of course, I should have said "If it's not in that theme, it's under  the default theme", my bad

Glad it worked though

[-=[Vyorel]=-]

Nice mod, but how to resolve this error?

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You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '.unapproved_topics, b.unapproved_posts FROM smf_boards AS b LEFT JOIN smf' at line 6

[Mishqa]

: Hi there. Well I installed the Passwd Protect mod to my forum/site but I dont know how to use it, I was reading Installation Instructions for 2.0. And all I see are codes. But I dont know how to use them. Where am I suppose to put the code? In a post or something? I don't understand how to use these codes or what I'm suppose to do after the Psswd Protect package is installed in my site. D

[NanoSector]

Hi Mishqa,

You can set a password for a board at Admin > Forum > Boards > (the board you wish to set a password for) > Modify (on the right).
Now regular members have to fill in that password when entering the board

[Mishqa]

Okay I think I got it now, I can only provide one password to all?  is there a way to hide certain post from the members who have the password to protected board? See I have consultants on my site and the board that is protected is for members who need to communicate with my consultants in a confidential way? Is that possible for a member to creat a topic and hide it from the other users on the board? Did I explain myself? 

[NanoSector]

Okay I think I got it now, I can only provide one password to all?

From what I've seen, yes.

is there a way to hide certain post from the members who have the password to protected board? See I have consultants on my site and the board that is protected is for members who need to communicate with my consultants in a confidential way? Is that possible for a member to creat a topic and hide it from the other users on the board? Did I explain myself? 

No idea, you could use the Approving system to mark topics as unapproved and then hide them from the members.

[Mishqa]

And how do I do that? 

[NanoSector]

And how do I do that? 

First, go to Admin > Core Features > tick "Post Moderation" so the On switch is green. Save.

Go to Admin > Forum > Boards. Go to the board you have password protected. there should be a new switch that says something about approving topics, tick that.

Then, unapprove any topic in that board you don't want certain people to see.

[Mishqa]

Will the member who started the topic be able to see and respond tho the unapproved topic if I do that? So that the member and I can post back and forth with out anyone being able to see it.

See I would like to have a confidential conversations with certain members who decide to use this password protected board. I would love it if these guys can talk about "personal" stuff to consultants with out feeling uncomfortable about others in the psswrd protected board being able to read them as well. 

[Arantor]

Well, if you want the whole consultants thing, password protected boards (unless it's one per person) won't really solve that for you.

Moderation will go so far (it will mean only moderators see all of them, while otherwise users only see their own) but it does mean people must not approve topics.

On the other end of the scale, SimpleDesk will achieve what you want (and be more rugged and reliable at it) but I suspect it's a lot more complicated than you want it to be.

[FireDitto]

We'd like to be able to password protect boards from everyone - admin, global and regular mods.

How would we go about this?

[Arantor]

Um, why?

The big thing, though, is that password protection is not really a measure of security, it's only as strong as the people who are being trusted not to give the password out. Experience suggests this is surprisingly low.

[FireDitto]

Oh, it's not for anything major.

Admin A, Admin B and Admin C all work together, but we'd like to be able to exclude each other from mini-plot boards; eg

Board 1 is for Admin A and Admin B
Board 2 is for Admin A and Admin C
Board 3 is for Admin B and Admin C

We just want to easily make it difficult to view the boards, without having to screw around with membergroups and stuff. It'd just make life that little bit easier.

[JTVaughn]

Is there any way to increase the session time? I plan on having quite a few passworded boards but it may prove annoying if I have to keep entering the password several times a day.

[Rain Forest]

Fatal error: Call to undefined function passwdBoardFailed() in /var/www/vhosts/website../httpdocs/forum/Sources/Load.php on line 856

[Rain Forest]

Bump

[eQuuS]

Hi,

I have a problem with the above. modification. I installed, I set the password in the departments and now I can not see the board / thread, as it receives this message:

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You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '.unapproved_topics, b.unapproved_posts, t.approved, t.id_member_started FROM ' at line 6
Modification uninstalled manually and with machine and nothing (after the first re-installed the automatic installation of thinking that something will). Removing went 100% correct code agrees with what is proposed parser, the board removed in a xxx_boards. When you add a query on the phrase "passwd" in phpMyAdmin there is nothing interesting except (I think) this (column data type text and not the value of the function below):

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The second value (based on the table above):

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In addition to this are the logs (and pretty acp) in phpMyAdmin.

Plug-ins do not emulate, worked without. Translated by Google.

[Vladimir Samoilov]

After installation this modification
"Show new replies to your posts" link don't work.
and "Quote" don't work too.

[Skaty]

This mod is not working with Tapatalk.  How can i hide a category in tapatalk or make it work with it ?

[UndergroundVol]

Well I tried what I thought would be an easy mod to try first since I had it on my site before transferring to a new server. Gonna have to copy and paste cause the snipping tool and print screen doesn't work here at work. Also, I was wondering if it might be a good idea to delete the two mods I have downloaded and start from scratch, in case there were some changes made to it due to the move? TIA


Error in Package Installation
At least one error was encountered during a test installation of this package. It is strongly recommended that you do not continue with installation unless you know what you are doing, and have made a backup very recently. This error may be caused by a conflict between the package you're trying to install and another package you have already installed, an error in the package, a package which requires another package that you don't have installed yet, or a package designed for another version of SMF.




Installations actions for "Password Protect Boards"
Installing this package will perform the following actions:
Type Action Description
* 1. Execute Modification ./Sources/Load.php Test successful
* 2. Execute Modification ./Sources/Subs-BoardIndex.php Test failed
1. Add After ./Sources/Subs-BoardIndex.php Test successful
2. Add After ./Sources/Subs-BoardIndex.php Test successful
3. Add Before ./Sources/Subs-BoardIndex.php Test successful
4. Replace ./Sources/Subs-BoardIndex.php Test failed
5. Replace ./Sources/Subs-BoardIndex.php Test failed
* 3. Execute Modification ./Sources/Subs-Boards.php Test successful
* 4. Execute Modification ./Sources/ManageBoards.php Test successful
* 5. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/ManageBoards.template.php Test successful
* 6. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/BoardIndex.template.php Test successful
* 7. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english.php Test successful
8. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english-utf8.php Skipping file
9. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english_british.php Skipping file
10. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english_british-utf8.php Skipping file
11. Adapt Database add_settings_20.php
12. Extract File ./Sources/passwdBoard.php
13. Extract File ./Themes/default/passwdBoard.template.php




Install in Other Themes
To use this modification in themes other than the default, the package manager needs to make additional changes to the other themes. If you'd like to install this modification in the other themes, please select these themes below.
Core Theme
Execute Modification ./Themes/core/BoardIndex.template.php Test successful
Orangeline
Execute Modification ./Themes/Orange_Line/BoardIndex.template.php Test failed
1. Add Before ./Themes/Orange_Line/BoardIndex.template.php Test successful
2. Replace ./Themes/Orange_Line/BoardIndex.template.php Test failed

[lastlight2703]

hi,

i got a group call 'premium member' group

how can i let them view all the board without keying in the password like admin

thanks

[jack_1985]

Hi everyone,

I stumbled upon the following problem:

I change the board passwords on a regular basis. But members that never log out of the forum, never need to re-enter a password... The boards just remains accessible for them, even if they didn't provide the new password. Does anyone have an idea how to force them to re-enter the password after it has changed (or just after a day or so)?

Thanks in advance. 

[ittiphol]

please help

error no enter board

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '.unapproved_topics, b.unapproved_posts FROM smf_boards AS b LEFT JOIN smf' at line 6

anything works fine 

[dougiefresh]

I change the board passwords on a regular basis. But members that never log out of the forum, never need to re-enter a password... The boards just remains accessible for them, even if they didn't provide the new password. Does anyone have an idea how to force them to re-enter the password after it has changed (or just after a day or so)?

Cache the password as a cookie on the user's browser, and check it before allowing them to access the board.  If password doesn't match, prompt for new password....

[ittiphol]

I change the board passwords on a regular basis. But members that never log out of the forum, never need to re-enter a password... The boards just remains accessible for them, even if they didn't provide the new password. Does anyone have an idea how to force them to re-enter the password after it has changed (or just after a day or so)?

Cache the password as a cookie on the user's browser, and check it before allowing them to access the board.  If password doesn't match, prompt for new password....

i can't open any board and i'm not use password before

sorry my english

[aegersz]

I use this on my 2.0.18 system and it protects child boards as well (as long as you set the password)

I had to install it without using Emulation mode.