User Agreements

[Monkeytime]

I want a user agreement to popup for users. Not just when the user creates a new account, but every-time they go to submit a post, or reply to a post. Is there any feature like this in 2.2 or 2.3? Thanks.

 

[Paul B]

There is nothing built in which will do that.

 

[Suzanne O]

You could make a thread called User Agreement and tell them what the rules and that are if you wanted to.
But as for features go gotta trust what the staff have already said.

 

[Monkeytime]

There is nothing built in which will do that.

What is the best practice method for User Agreements with some basic legal mumbo jumbo? I've been using the "Communication/Notices" feature, but it's kinda kludgy for User Agreements. I'm on 2.1 and starting new forum on 2.2 soon. This is kinda key to our deployment. Thank you.

 

[FTL]

Forcing members to agree again and again to the same thing is a sure fire way to lose them all. Why do you want to do it?

 

[Monkeytime]

Lots of internal discussion around this right now. We have legal issues to deal with. If they only have to agree when they post, then it’s not that bad.

 

[James]

You can force users to agree to the terms though if you so desire.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Lots of internal discussion around this right now. We have legal issues to deal with. If they only have to agree when they post, then it’s not that bad.

We force an acceptance of the rules (only in one forum for classifieds where it seems important.

We do this by using a custom user field with a checkbox saying they agree to the terms.

However this only works for starting a thread not for replies.

For one or two specific members that constantly needed reminding of the rules I used this addon

[OzzModz] Force Users To Read Threads

They have created rules for your forum in a thread, but nobody reads them? Then use this add-on. It forces users to read a particular thread and only then can they view other threads/Forum etc.

xenforo.com

 

[Monkeytime]

Thanks for the responses. 2 questions.
1. What is the official way to present User Agreements? I can't find something in 2.1. When I search xenforo and user agreement, I get non-related hits for licensing questions.
2. @Mr Lucky Can you use that mod to force users to read the rules on a regular basis? For example, if I wanted to make everyone read once a month regardless if they post or not, do I have to do something manual once a month, or can it be automated?

 

[Mendalla]

What is the official way to present User Agreements?

If I understand what you mean by "User Agreements", as part of the "Terms of Use" they accept at registration as far as I know. I rewrote the default T&C to specifically reference our Community Values with a link to them (as we currently call it, used to be Code of Conduct). That's how I've always handled it.



Which leads here:

Terms of use

You must agree to these terms and rules before using the site.

www.wondercafe2.ca

And has a link to here:

Community Values

The values that guide us in our Wondercafe2 relationships

www.wondercafe2.ca

(I use the free Rules add-in from OzzModz to format and maintain the values)