Registration

Post by **Fan** » 05-13-2011 04:09 PM

I am trying to open up registration at the moment. I am coding a bot-killer into it since vb2 has basically no protection against spammers. Ah the good old days, when spam was still something you got in your email.

Anyways, don't hold your breath, but if I can figure something out, I will open it back up.

Dude111 · Post by **Dude111** » 05-13-2011 05:56 PM

You can enable registration FAN just dont allow the member to use the account UNTIL YOU VERIFY THEM (Thats how linnea did it)

This is the BEST WAY to keep spam off here and she did a good job..

Just assign someone on Staff to verify new members .. Check the email address they used,check thier handle,etc and if they are OK,enable thier account for posting on all the bases...

Sometimes a handle with #'s in it is a spammer and i think thats why i was refused for so long..... (I registered but wasnt approved and i understand why) I am glad i got her to trust that i was OK

BTW: The /ubb directory seems to be gone!! (I dont see any smilies)

Post by **Fan** » 05-13-2011 06:32 PM

hmm yeah there are way too many registrations to verify, and some of them are impossible to tell just from email/username.

I'll figure it out, I have a very good method that works for 95% of them right away.

I fixed the smilies again grr sorry about that.

HB3 · Post by **HB3** » 05-13-2011 07:10 PM

Here's a question I've been wondering about, and probably has something to do with people's hesitations about the new status of the forum (if they've thought it out that far) -- what about the people who've been banned? Quite a group, now that I think of it.

Raggedyann · Post by **Raggedyann** » 05-13-2011 07:29 PM

HB3 wrote: Here's a question I've been wondering about, and probably has something to do with people's hesitations about the new status of the forum (if they've thought it out that far) -- what about the people who've been banned? Quite a group, now that I think of it.

I think Linnea let most people always come back if they wanted to. She was pretty darn forgiving. And those that she didn't well, I'll say no more.

Dude111 · Post by **Dude111** » 05-13-2011 08:32 PM

Fan wrote: I fixed the smilies again grr sorry about that.

Thank you my friend

Post by **Fan** » 05-13-2011 08:55 PM

HB3 wrote: Here's a question I've been wondering about, and probably has something to do with people's hesitations about the new status of the forum (if they've thought it out that far) -- what about the people who've been banned? Quite a group, now that I think of it.

I am not against it. They should email me at [email protected] and tell me their username and approximate banning date. I'll check it out and am open to giving second chances. I would like to be able to confer with a team about this, but I am not sure I will have that luxury, so... let's just see

HB3 · Post by **HB3** » 05-13-2011 11:42 PM

Raggedyann wrote: I think Linnea let most people always come back if they wanted to. She was pretty darn forgiving. And those that she didn't well, I'll say no more.

I'm not sure about that. There was one guy who kept contacting me trying to get me to get Linnea to let him back in. As far as other posters who were banned, I don't know if they asked or not -- maybe they were so upset they didn't. I'm not sure how that all shook out. I do know that IW in part positioned itself as the place for banned FF posters. Since Fan is associated with that website, I was just kind of wondering what was up, if anything. Like I said, I wouldn't mind if banned posters were allowed to come back (if they wanted to).

Raggedyann · Post by **Raggedyann** » 05-14-2011 12:21 AM

You make a good point HB3. Who the hell am I to judge anyhow?

Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours reading old posts from 2003 to now and there were many posters I had forgotten about. Read some good posts from some good folks that I have not seen for years. Reading them gave me some really good laughs too.

Dude111 · Post by **Dude111** » 05-14-2011 12:47 PM

Dude111 wrote: Thank you my friend

I dont know if you realise it or not Fan but the avatar directory is not showing avatars..

Examples:
http://fantasticforum.com/1res/avatar.php?userid=4456 (Thats Raggedyanns)

http://fantasticforum.com/1res/avatar.php?userid=15968 (This is mine)

Post by **Fan** » 05-14-2011 03:02 PM

Dude111 wrote: I dont know if you realise it or not Fan but the avatar directory is not showing avatars..

Examples:
http://fantasticforum.com/1res/avatar.php?userid=4456 (Thats Raggedyanns)

http://fantasticforum.com/1res/avatar.php?userid=15968 (This is mine)

Yeah I saw that, but they were working at one point, and some people's are working... weird wonderful stuff. I'll check it out.

Post by **Fan** » 05-14-2011 03:03 PM

ok seems to work now, sorry!

VelvetMask · Post by **VelvetMask** » 05-20-2011 04:28 PM

Thanks for fixing me up, FAN! Looking forward to participating more on the site!

JimWest · Post by **JimWest** » 05-20-2011 06:50 PM

Registrations appear to be disabled now.
This message appears: "Sorry. Registration has been disabled by the administrator."

Is there a reason why?

turtle101 · Post by **turtle101** » 05-20-2011 09:35 PM

hes working on it.