Disable viewing by Guests

[ktmtalk]

I realize that the actual viewing of the ads can be disabled for Guests and I've done that, but is the Guest can still click the Members menu item?

Allowing a Guest to click that Members link allows the Guest to see things that I'd rather they not be able to see.

[Chuck S]

Well you may be able to see a list but you cant actually view the ads

There really is no way to alter that unless you remove that link yourself from the topmenu function in pp-inc.php

See there is no query to grab to get category viewing permissions so nothing we can set to hide that. Maybe in future versions another global switch can guests view members list link.

[ktmtalk]

just viewing the member list is not really that bad, it's the being able to view comments, feedback etc that I'd rather not display. I went ahead and added a permissions function to the member list and it works fine now

thanks for your reply

[Chuck S]

?? what comments etc are you able to read.

[ktmtalk]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

?? what comments etc are you able to read.

my bad... you are correct... a "guest" cannot view the actual comments.

[Chuck S]

I was wondering about that because as long as there is a category to query category permissions on you will have category permissions applied.

There is also a global permission that enables you to leave your categories open to view by guests without actually seeing the full ads or comments. That being the setting in admin => registration settings

Require users to be registered to view images?

If you set that to yes then guests trying to view the actual ad or comment are given the message they need to register.

This is my preferred setup because it allows guests to see there is content on the site to view etc but simply gives them a message saying they need to register. Marking guests as not viewing categories hides everything which of course can be a hinderance to your site. You want to tease people not drive them off. Just my 2 cents.