Module: Terms of Service
Author: Oliver Riesen <oliver@riesen.org>
Adds a Terms of Service (TOS) agreement to the register and posting page and links to a separate page to display the Terms of Service.
Design for emerald template.
Tested on version 5.2.20
License:
Free to use, modify, or redistribute this code so long as I am given credit for the original development somewhere. This code comes with absolutely no warranty.
Installation:
1. Unpack the archive.
2. Move the directory "terms_of_service" to the directory "mods" within your Phorum installation. Don't change the directory name!
3. Move terms-of-service.php to your phorum-directory. Rename the file if you want to use a localized file name (in this case you have to change later the file name also in the settings).
4. Move the terms_of_service.tpl to your template-directory. You'll find a appropriate file for the various templates in /mods/terms-of-service/templates/.
5. You will want to copy or edit lang/english.php in this mod's dir and alter the TOS to be legal and appropriate for your site.
6. To show a link to the TOS on the index page, edit header.tpl. Add the following line just before the closing "div id=user-info" tag:
{IF URL->TOS}<a class="icon exclamation" href="{URL->TOS}">{LANG->TOS->Header}</a>{/IF}
7. Login as administrator in Phorum's administrative interface and go to the "Modules" section.
8. Enable the module "Terms of Service Module".
9. At the first time that this module is run (by visiting the forum), the module will automatically create a custom profiles field for storing the acceptance date of the TOS. You should be able to see the field in the admin interface under "Custom Profiles":
Field name: mod_tos
Field length: 8
Disable HTML: yes
Module settings:
1. Date of last change to the Terms of Service
Set the date of the last change to the Terms of Service. This date is used to force users to re-accept the Terms of Services after modifications. It's recommended to use a date in the future.
The default value is the date of enabling the module.
2. Default value for the accept-checkbox
Define the default value for the accept-checkbox on the posting-form. If you use "unchecked" the user have to mark the checkbox for each post.
The default value is "unchecked"
3. File name of the Terms of Service page
Change the file name if you want to use a localized name. Don't add the file extension ".php". Take care that you have to change also the file name in the file system!
The default value is "terms-of-service".
Language support:
This module supports multiple languages.
The following languages are included:
- English
- Estonian
- German (Sie)
- German (Du) male
- German (Du) female
If you want to translate the module to a new language, you'll have to do the following:
Copy lang/english.php to lang/yourlang.php (yourlang.php must have the same name as Phorum's main language file that you use). After this, translate the strings in lang/yourlang.php.
If you have created a translation for this module, please post a zip file containing lang/yourlang.php in the
module thread at phorum.org, so the translation can be added to the module package.
Sanity Checks:
If you have problems with this module login as administrator in Phorum's administrative interface and go to the "System Sanity Checks" section. Check for warnings or errors for the Terms of Service Module.
Todo:
- Extend sanity checks: Check if template file exists also in templates used by forum settings. For the moment it is only checked if the template exists in the default forum template.
- Use template file for extending register and posting page. For the moment the HTML code is included in terms_of_service.php.
Changelog:
[older changelogs removed]
2008/04/09 version 2.3.0 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Rewrite for Phorum 5.2
2008/04/10 version 2.3.1 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Estonian language file thanks to
Träm
- Using now phorum_date function and format mask from language file for formatting dates. Particular date format removed from module language file.
- Image folder removed since image is already included in emerald template.
2008/04/11 version 2.3.2 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Fix for undefined index.
2008/05/12 version 2.4.0 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- German language files renamed according to
structuring the language file and charset support.
- Added german language files with UTF-8 charset.
2009/09/04 version 2.4.1 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Bug fix in German language files causing sanity checks to fail; thanks to
Ryan.
2009/09/08 version 2.4.2 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Bug fix in template file causing undefined index; thanks to
Ryan.
2015/09/08 version 2.4.3 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Rewrite of install file.
2016/04/20 version 2.4.4 by Oliver Riesen-Mallmann (oliver@riesen.org)
- Obsolete assignment by reference (&new) removed; see: [
www.phorum.org]; thanks to
Fabian Bastin.
Using Phorum since 7/2000:
forum.langzeittest.de (actual version 5.2.23)
Modules "Made in Germany" for version 5.2: Author_as_Sender, CarCost, Close_Topic, Conceal_Message_Timestamp,
Format_Email, Index_Structure, Mailing_List, Pervasive_Forum, Spritmonitor, Terms_of_Service and German_Language_Files_Package.
Edited 8 time(s). Last edit at 04/20/2016 03:58AM by Oliver Riesen-Mallmann.
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