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Basically, I am hoping to force all guests to either login or create a new account no matter which page they view on my forums. Any ideas?

just set the permissions for all forums to not let guests view them. then all users will need to be logged into see what it there.

not really a good way to grow your forums though

Well my forums are currently invite only so I would prefer everything to be unaccessible to guests, including profiles, memberlist, etc. Everything.

can't block all that in a stock MyBB setup. need a plugin to modify the group permissions in the ACP and then that plugin should check/set permissions at the start hook of every page you want blocked.

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or if you want to block it completely, setup http authentication for the forums folder

Hmm. Thats a feature that should exist. Software like phpBB have this implemented.

Of course it is possible with a stock MyBB. Here are some example setting you could untick in group permissions for guests:

[ ] Can view board?*
[ ] Can view threads?
[ ] Can view user profiles?
[ ] Can view calendar?
[ ] Can view who's online?
[ ] Can view member list?
... (and many more)

* This setting may be what you want.

sorry, i missed some of the options in the group permissions sheet. there was a previous thread with similar content where the person did not want any access to the forums at all, even to see the board no permission message. http auth was the solution there.

if you want the board to be visible with a no permission message, then you can uncheck all the Can View options and see if it limits everything you want limited