How can guests NOT have to enter email address?

[szybszy]

How can guests NOT have to enter email address?

Plz help...

Thanks!!!

[TheJkWhoSaysNi]

[Edit: i just re-read your post and realised you diddnt want to remove the thing completley]

I think you just need to not make it a required field in your mysql database.

[mediman]

edit your post.php this way that if guest not enter a email the email button in posts disappear!

medi

its a really usefull hack, cause most of my guests use fake email adresses!

[szybszy]

THat's what I thought but when I tried that a couple of days I only f...ed things up. Which piece of code do I exactly have to change?

Like I said in another post I suck as a programmer but I do learn so you don't need to give the exact instruction but a hint would be appreciated...

Thanks!!!

[szybszy]

DONE!!!

I had to remove the line:

$email_field = $realemail == '' ? "<tr><td align=\"right\"><font size=2><b>$txt[69]:</b></font></td><td><font size=\"2\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" size=\"25\"></font>" : '';

which existed in two places; and basically every other piece of code with "email" e.g. "posteremail," in "$request" line.

PERFECT!!! If I only knew how to let my guests use avatars...

[mediman]

in Post.php change

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# If poster is a Guest then evaluate the legality of name and email
   if ($username == 'Guest') {
      $name = trim($name);
      if ($name == '' || $name == '_' || $name == ' ')
         fatal_error($txt[75]);
      if (strlen($name) > 25)
         fatal_error($txt[568]);
      if ($email == '')
         fatal_error($txt[76]);
      if (!preg_match("/^[0-9A-Za-z@\._\-]+$/",$email))
         fatal_error($txt[243]);
   }
to

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# If poster is a Guest then evaluate the legality of name and email
   if ($username == 'Guest') {
      $name = trim($name);
      if ($name == '' || $name == '_' || $name == ' ')
         fatal_error($txt[75]);
      if (strlen($name) > 25)
         fatal_error($txt[568]);
      if ($email == ''){}
      else {
      if (!preg_match("/^[0-9A-Za-z@\._\-]+$/",$email))
         fatal_error($txt[243]);
      }
   }
and now in display.php you can use a if thingy to deactivate the button!

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if($muserID == '-1') {
   print "            <BR><a href=\"mailto:$memail\">$img[email_sm]</a>\n";
}else if ($userprofile[$mname]['hideEmail'] != "1" || $settings[7] == "Administrator" || $allow_hide_email != '1') {
   print "            $profbutton".$userprofile[$mname]['websiteUrl']." <a href=\"mailto:$memail\">$img[email_sm]</a>$sendm\n";
} else {
   print"    $profbutton{$userprofile[$mname]['websiteUrl']}$sendm \n";
} have to be changed to

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if($muserID == '-1' && $memail !='') {
   print "            <BR><a href=\"mailto:$memail\">$img[email_sm]</a>\n";
}else if ($muserID == '-1' && $memail =='') {
}else if ($userprofile[$mname]['hideEmail'] != "1" || $settings[7] == "Administrator" || $allow_hide_email != '1') {
   print "            $profbutton".$userprofile[$mname]['websiteUrl']." <a href=\"mailto:$memail\">$img[email_sm]</a>$sendm\n";
} else {
   print"    $profbutton{$userprofile[$mname]['websiteUrl']}$sendm \n";
}
more is not needed, and the email (so given) will be checked!
and guest have the choice email or not!

medi

[szybszy]

Mediman, thanks!

I've cut way too many stuff so just in case I restored post.php and removed only the lines you told me to.

However, I found that two lines just below the ones you showed have to be deleted also.

if (!preg_match("/^[0-9A-Za-z@\._\-]+$/",$email))
fatal_error($txt[243]);

Now it works just fine. Thanks!

[mediman]

look my edited posting this is the whole hack!

thx medi