I unchecked guest permissions to "can view threads' because I want them to register first in order to view threads, but now they can't see any threads in a section. Now I only see a - at every section. I want them to see the thread title only, but not the content... How do I do that?
You need a plugin, there's one available at MyBBCentral, but it's for subscribers only.
Here's an alternate. Open up forumdisplay.php
Find:
if($fpermissions['canview'] != 1)
{
error_no_permission();
}
Replace it with
if($fpermissions['canview'] != 1 && $thread['tid'])
{
error_no_permission();
}
This will allow the groups that don't have permissions to see threads, but not open them.
There's also
this plugin for free.
The editing of the forumdisplay.php did not work. There was no difference. The plugin worked though. Thanks.
Will Google still index threads though?