Terms of Service Module 2.2 (5.1 and 5.2 ready)
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.
Tested on version 5.1.17 and CVS (till revision 1468)
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 the file name also in the module settings).
4. Move the terms_of_service.tpl to your template-directory. You'll find a appropriate file for version 5.1 and 5.2 in /terms-of-service/templates/.
5. You will want to copy or edit lang/english.php in this module's directory and alter the TOS to be legal and appropriate for your site.
6. To have the TOS show up in the register form, just put {TOS} in register.tpl. I recommend just after the closing </table> tag and before the submit button.
7. To have the TOS agreement show up in the posting form, just put {TOS} in posting_buttons.tpl. I recommend just at the beginning of this file before the first line.
8. To show a link to the TOS on the index page, edit index_classic.tpl and index_new.tpl. Add the following line just behind the {INCLUDE "loginout_menu"}:
{IF URL->TOS}•<a class="PhorumNavLink" href="{URL->TOS}">{LANG->TOS->Header}</a>{/IF}
9. Login as administrator in Phorum's administrative interface and go to the "Modules" section.
10. Enable the module "Terms of Service Module".
11. 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
- 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.
Known issues:
Because of a bug in Phorum database installation (till 5.1.17) you can get an error messages similar to this:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your
MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''20061026')' at line 1:
insert into phorum_user_custom_fields (user_id,type,data) VALUES(2,,'20061026')
In this case:
1. Login as administrator in Phorum's administrative interface and go to the "Custom Profiles" section.
2. Delete mod_tos field
3. Add a new profile field:
Field Name: mod_tos
Field Length: 8
Disable HTML: yes
Changelog:
2005/12/15 version 1.0.0 by Brian Moon
- Terms of Service agreement for register page.
2006/04/11 version 1.1.0 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Added TOS agreement for posting page for guests.
- Added display page for the TOS (with language support for file name of the page).
2006/04/13 version 2.0.0 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Changed TOS agreement link on posting page.
- Added custom profile field to store the date of acceptance.
- Added date of last change of the TOS in the module settings.
- Added reforcing TOS agreement after modifications of the TOS.
2006/06/25 version 2.0.1 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Changed TOS display on register page; thanks to
Patricius.
2006/08/30 version 2.0.2 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Changed how to
determine the number of custom user profile fields in use; thanks to
Maurice Makaay.
- Documentation extended.
2006/08/31 version 2.1.0 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Prepare
status of TOC so that other modules can use this information; thanks to
freedman.
- Registered users can renew there agreement also on the terms-of-service page.
2006/08/31 version 2.1.1 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Some small fixes.
2006/09/01 version 2.2.0 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Added sanity checks. See "System Sanity Checks" in Phorum administration.
- Default settings are stored automatically on first usage of the module. So the admin don't have to go to the settings page.
- Module language strings now uses own sub-array.
- Correcting error:
whenever someone posted a message their TOS accept date got updated to the current date; thanks to
freedman.
- Correcting error: a
TOS version date in the future forced a renew for each post; thanks to
freedman.
- Including template for version 5.1 and future 5.2.
2006/09/26 version 2.2.1 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Optimizing auto-installation of default settings.
- Bug fix: missing profile field when calling settings just after enabling the module; thanks to
BBSNewbie.
2006/09/29 version 2.2.2 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Small bug fix in sanity checks; thanks to
BBSNewbie.
2006/10/02 version 2.2.3 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Show TOS also on read page with posting form; thanks to Avdoshyn Andrej
(http://www.phorum.org/phorum5/profile.php?16,713).
2006/10/26 version 2.2.4 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Bug fix in storing custom profile field.
2006/10/26 version 2.2.5 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- Revert bug fix from 2.2.4. It was a
bug in the Phorum core, corrected in
changeset 1456 and
1459.
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 13 time(s). Last edit at 12/01/2006 09:11AM by Oliver Riesen.
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