Limit guest based access to topics more than 2 weeks old

[jair101]

I am considering some actions to entice people to register/subscribe etc. based on the date availability of forum content.

In a simplest terms imagine that guests will be able to see only topics and replies from up to 2 weeks ago. A large banner will inform them that if they want to access the latest content and engage with the community they need to register/become premium member, etc. 

Does this sounds like something that is easy to achieve through third party app/plugin? Tagging @DawPi as it seems that you have dived in to guest limits area, though not exactly in this respect 🙂

 

Edited May 7, 2022 by jair101

[teraßyte]

It can be done, but wouldn't that also cause Google to not index the content properly? 🙄

[jair101]

1 hour ago, teraßyte said:

It can be done, but wouldn't that also cause Google to not index the content properly? 🙄

I think there is already a method for Google to bypass the restrictions, based on user agent. At least this mod have this functionality:

 

[teraßyte]

That modification is a bit different. It simply limits how many pages you can view per session so it's easy to add a bypass based on UA.

Unless I remember wrong, Google states that the content they index must be what a guest would see on your site (or they penalize the site). If you add a bypass for their UA they will notice the content guests normally get is different in this specific case.

[jair101]

OK, fair point. In this case I think I would take the hit of having the content indexed with 2 weeks delay. 

[teraßyte]

Well, as long as you're aware of that, all is good.