No guests on specific category

[Armadillo]

I would like to allow guests to read, but not post in, a specific category. They would have normal access in other areas. The "Only access for membergroups" thing does not do this. It will only recognize admins and mods.

I am an amature at PHP, but do you believe this code will work in the post.php?

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if ($board=="Restricted Area" && $username=="Guest") {fatal_error($text[1]);}
Also, is there a way to remove some of the ubbc buttons, but keep others?

[Armadillo]

I guess no one cared about my idea, so I developed it my self.
If anyone is interrested, here it is.
In the Post.php file find this line....

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$bcinfo = mysql_fetch_array($request);
$curcat = $bcinfo['cid'];
$cat = $bcinfo['cname'];
$currentboard = $bcinfo['bid'];
$boardname = $bcinfo['bname'];
And add this code after it....

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if($username == 'Guest' && $cat == 'Members Only' ) { fatal_error($txt[1]); }
Replace the text 'Members Only' with the name of whatever category you want to be restricted.
Now, guests can read topics in the boards contained in the category but they can not reply or start a topic.
Purhaps this will give guests some incentive to join.

The hard-core PHP coders here could easyly turn this into a true mod with an admin option to enable, disable, or add restricted categorys.