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mayanktalwar1988
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i want to make my phpbb2 forum open to everyone

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hey i want to remove log in and registration completely in my phpbb2 forum so that anyone who visit my doesnt have to log in or register ,..and still can do anything..anything that a registered user can do......................................................in all how to make registered=guest
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A better way to get help is to edit your subject so it is something meaningful. 'How to Change login requirements for PHPBB2' might draw in someone who knows about it rather than relying on luck that person is going to click and read posts with desperate titles. But alas I'm not that person either.
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I run phpbb3, but I believe the permissions sets are close enough to the same. You should be able to accomplish this through the admin panel. "anything that a registered user can do" isn't going to work, nor is "registered=guest." Because a guest does not have a set account, he or she cannot access the user control panel to change things like their avatar and signature.

Again, it may be slightly different for phpbb2, but you should be able to set guest permissions to view, post, start topics, etc on a per-forum basis in the admin control panel.
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Re: i want to make my phpbb2 forum open to everyone

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I think this is a bad idea. Your forum is going to be flooded with SPAM if you open it up completely.
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
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i am asking how to do it i am not concerned it whether it is good or not i am asking how just how.......
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Skara wrote:you should be able to set guest permissions to view, post, start topics, etc on a per-forum basis in the admin control panel.
So that didn't work or are you just here to argue wiith people trying to help?
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pickle wrote:I think this is a bad idea. Your forum is going to be flooded with SPAM if you open it up completely.
True, but it won't necessarily be bot spam. You could pretty easily add in a captcha challenge.
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ok i got it from admin and i also got u eric
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What's the url of this forum? :twisted:
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Re: i want to make my phpbb2 forum open to everyone

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it is on localhost...currently in pipeline wna integrate it with site log in working on it.......i am new to php thts why finding it difficult
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