I understand the concept.
My forum is not open to the general public as it is a proving ground for testing code and fixing exploits, among other things. As such, I do not concern myself with luring in members. My use of this method is in determining what members can see what areas of the forum, beyond the permissions settings.
Personally, if I went to a forum and could not see anything other than blurred out comments unless I registered, that would annoy me. I'd rather not see them at all. But to each their own.
Also, I have a completely custom theme and I do all my own coding on it so I don't worry about upgrade conflicts
And yes, is_member_of is functional in vB5x, which is what I currently host for my own forum.
One can also use the ! NOT function.
My forum is not open to the general public as it is a proving ground for testing code and fixing exploits, among other things. As such, I do not concern myself with luring in members. My use of this method is in determining what members can see what areas of the forum, beyond the permissions settings.
Personally, if I went to a forum and could not see anything other than blurred out comments unless I registered, that would annoy me. I'd rather not see them at all. But to each their own.
Also, I have a completely custom theme and I do all my own coding on it so I don't worry about upgrade conflicts
And yes, is_member_of is functional in vB5x, which is what I currently host for my own forum.
One can also use the ! NOT function.
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