I want to display the following message in place of the Add Topic and Reply buttons if the user isn't registered.

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What is the best way to do this?

You can edit the resource (RESX) file to change this.

Steven,
I'm not seeing any special resource item for non-logged in users.
How would I do this in a way that the text would be different for authenticated vs. unauthenticated users?

David

IIRC the module hides the button and shows the message to users without access based on forum security. So an anonymous user would not see the button but would see the message. So the anon user and the registered user outside of the security role would see the same RESX message.

Am I understanding your need correctly?

On my portals I've copied it down and renamed it (SharedResources.Portal-0.resx) where the 0 is the portal id on a specific DNN installation. Then I can change the messaging on these three entries:

[RESX:NotAuthorized].Text You must be logged in to post a reply.
[RESX:NotAuthorizedReply].Text You are not authorized to post a reply.
[RESX:NotAuthorizedTopic].Text You are not authorized to create a new topic.

Thanks Steven. I've updated those items and it's working great for replies but I'm not seeing the text for the NotAuthorizedTopic. Do I need to add something to the templates to get that text to show?

Posted By David O'Leary on 29 Dec 2010 06:27 PM
Thanks Steven. I've updated those items and it's working great for replies but I'm not seeing the text for the NotAuthorizedTopic. Do I need to add something to the templates to get that text to show?

This looks like a problem with the template parsing.    We added some code in 4.3 to allow for better control of that text for unauthenticated users.  The token for the NotAuthorizedTopic text is being removed instead of replaced.  We are finishing up an update for AF which will include a fix for this.

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