sonichedgehog360 Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 In what I mean by a closed forum, I want it to NOT to be open to viewing by the public, and it requiring a password for registration that must be given by the site owner (maybe a rolling code and DEFINITELY ENCRYPTED) so not anyone can register. In short, I want it to be safe message board that is just for certain people in the organization I belong. If this doesn't exist, maybe then someone can help an existing PHP forum design into such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 PHPBB2 Forums already do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickstream Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 erm how about admin aproval and all forums private thus you need people to be invited into a group to view them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooldude832 Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Well you could mod BB to do it, basically make a table that is called Board Viewers, and people are invited to it and if you aren't in it your not allowed to see. basically you would have ThreadID, UserID and it just would be select conut(*) from `table` where ThreadID = ''.$thread."' and UserID = '".$userid."'"; and if you get a match its good to view otherwise error it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonichedgehog360 Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 PHPBB2 Forums already do that. So, visitors can be specified to no access and an additional security password (w/ rolling code and only available via word of mouth) with a PHPBB2 forum, correct? I'm a newbie to this whole forum game so explanation would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 No need to even make a new table, PHPBB2 already does all of this, you just have to add 1 MOD that's already designed to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 Yes, try to register at my forums: http://sad.bdcpaging.com If you don't know the Keyword, you can't register. PHPBB2 Forums already do that. So, visitors can be specified to no access and an additional security password (w/ rolling code and only available via word of mouth) with a PHPBB2 forum, correct? I'm a newbie to this whole forum game so explanation would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonichedgehog360 Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 No need to even make a new table, PHPBB2 already does all of this, you just have to add 1 MOD that's already designed to do this. Good. Is there any guide on the net instructing how to implement PHPBB2 with Dreamweaver? I want to understand the whole process. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revraz Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 I don't know anything about Dreamweaver, but if you have FTP access to your host, it's pretty simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonichedgehog360 Posted November 2, 2007 Author Share Posted November 2, 2007 I don't know anything about Dreamweaver, but if you have FTP access to your host, it's pretty simple. Yes, I got that. Well, the forum is going to be a sub-site to a new Sonic the Hedgehog web site on putting on the web. This sub-site won't have much to do with it, but I want to have the theme and navigation in harmony with the main site. I also plan on linking secondary sites. The idea is that the main site is a navigation or "subspace" page to a host of sub-sites. I just need to get a development plan made so things work right. I may seem annoying on the php freaks forums for a long while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonichedgehog360 Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share Posted November 3, 2007 From what I can see, the Simple Machines forum design (what this site I guess uses), supports the same: http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=861 http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=237 Anymore information would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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