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[abinidi]

I'm using phpBB 2.0.15 (I got it installed, finally), and I have a question. I want to make a page that works like an Acceptible Use Policy page that users must agree to before they can create an account.

 

Does anybody know of a phpBB hack or setting that would allow me to do this?

[TCH-Bruce]

Isn't that what the FAQ section is for?

 

Check out this mod:

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=149259

[abinidi]

Isn't that what the FAQ section is for?

 

Check out this mod:

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=149259

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Thanks, Bruce. That is a handy mod, and it is helpful, however it doesn't do exactly what I was wanting.

 

I wanted to change the Registration Agreement Terms -- the text that users see and have to click "I agree" before they can create an account on the system. I thought that was a good place to put my AUP, so users would be required to see it before they joined the forum.

 

I figured out how to do it, though. In phpBB 2.0.15, you go to the following file:

 

forumname/language/lang_english/lang_main.php

 

and modify line 634.

 

You can add whatever text you want there. You can even use HTML formatting. However, users should remember that there are certain reserved characters (like apostrophe) that will cause the file to break if they aren't escaped! For example, if you want to put the phrase

 

Don't do that

 

in your Registration Agreement, then you would need to write add it like this:

 

>Don\'t do that

 

If you are going to mess with this file, make a backup before you begin, so if you break it, you can fix it easily.

 

Hope this info helps somebody else along the way.

 

-Paul