How to make a page that looks like the forum but doesn't use forum permissions?

[Looking]

I give up.  Long live fakebook.

I don't think swearing is allowed in this community.

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

I would think a portal would be the easiest way to do this really, I seem to remember more than one of the existing portals allowing this through their own settings.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

^ See my previous post.  There may be a mod that does this, wouldn't know.  It was a custom job.

[anidea]

I give up.  Long live fakebook.

I don't think swearing is allowed in this community.

Well, I didn't exactly swear.  Maybe I made an oath to a false idol?  LOL

[anidea]

I would think a portal would be the easiest way to do this really, I seem to remember more than one of the existing portals allowing this through their own settings.

I know I tried a few in the past that didn't work.  I just tried TinyPortal and that didn't work.  So if a portal is the answer, I don't know which one or how.  I think it's pretty much a lost cause, so I'm just going to let it go.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Ok, basically you place your custom page in function template_kick_guest() in Login.template.php.  Instead of seeing the login window, guests see the custom page between the index template header and footer.
You have to add a header login if your theme doesn't have one, but that's easy.

[anidea]

Ok, basically you place your custom page in function template_kick_guest() in Login.template.php.  Instead of seeing the login window, guests see the custom page between the index template header and footer.
You have to add a header login if your theme doesn't have one, but that's easy.

Thank you!  I will try that tomorrow, when my eyes are a little fresher, because that sounds like things could break pretty easily.

[Kindred]

Ok, basically you place your custom page in function template_kick_guest() in Login.template.php.  Instead of seeing the login window, guests see the custom page between the index template header and footer.
You have to add a header login if your theme doesn't have one, but that's easy.

That is a TERRIBLE way to do what the user is asking for.
It's a messy hack, at best

[lurkalot]

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Function name must be a string in /home/public/smf/Sources/ScheduledTasks.php:1194 Stack trace: #0 /home/public/smf/Sources/Load.php(2008): loadEssentialThemeData() #1 /home/public/smf/Sources/TPortal.php(23): loadLanguage('TPortal') #2 /home/public/smf/SSI.php(67): require_once('/home/public/sm...') #3 /home/public/index.php(6): require('/home/public/sm...') #4 {main} thrown in /home/public/smf/Sources/ScheduledTasks.php on line 1194

I give up.  Long live fakebook.

Strange. So obviously it doesn't like the way you have your existing landing page set up, or perhaps a conflicting mod. Because out of the box TP runs fine on 2.0.15   I have reverted my test site for now.  

[Sir Osis of Liver]

That is a TERRIBLE way to do what the user is asking for.
It's a messy hack, at best

Actually, it's worked quite well for years.  All you're doing is replacing the login window with the custom page.  It's simple. it's neat, but like anything else in coding, if you do it wrong it breaks things.