For Small vB Forums: How To Hide Stats

[Ki Adi Mundi]

Useful little trick I picked up a while back. Owners of newer, smaller vB forums may want to hide their stats from guests, because sometimes, a forum's sub-par statistics can be a deterrent for new members. That in mind...

AdminCP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> Edit Templates -> Forum Home Templates -> FORUMHOME

Find:
<!-- end logged-in users -->
</if>

Add After:
<if condition="!$show['guest']">

Find:
<if condition="$show['birthdays']">

Add Before:
</if>

Click save, and that's it! Simple! You now have an index page that doesn't show your forums' statistics to guests. For forums with small post counts/membership/threads, this can be an invaluable tool, and is a bit more ethical than using something that boats the forum stat numbers.

 

[David]

Why not elaborate and post a tutorial here >> viewforum.php?f=81

 

[Ki Adi Mundi]

Ah, forgive me. I missed that forum completely, lol Mind moving the thread for me?