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whitewolf
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 Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: Memberlist - 'new users' and links... |
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To reassure folk - registration is not automatic on this site - someone can sign up (and will then appear in the memberlist) but can not read or post in anything other than 'The Garden Gate' section until I authorise them.
However, as already mentioned, they will show up in the memberlist - for your own protection PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THE WEBSITE LINK OF NEW 'MEMBERS' [unless said member has been welcomed in the Garden Path forum or has introduced themselves and are obviously not 'spammers'].
Stay safe - don't press buttons  |
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jadewolf
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Location: Chelmsford, Essex
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: |
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 well well well i wonder what daft garden member clicked on one of them them ey. 
*walked off backwards v quietly* |
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Dragonlady
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Location: In the forests of Rivendell
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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| jadewolf wrote: | well well well i wonder what daft garden member clicked on one of them them ey.
*walked off backwards v quietly* |
hehee it wasn't that naughty one was it? not that I clicked but someone I know rather well did the same and got a bit of a shock methinks 
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jadewolf
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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it was a bit naughty yeah.. im not that shockable thoug  |
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whitewolf
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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You weren't the only one Jade - the Garden gets several of these spam members every day and night... I'm usually around to delete them before everyone sees them, but I was away (trying to have a mini holiday!! grrrr)  |
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jadewolf
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| Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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awww cant be easy looking after a forum esp now its grown like this n all.
still ya do a fab job hun, its been years and thats the first spam thing i ever came across. |
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whitewolf
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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Bless you Jade  
Zenwind is busy helping clear the unwanted spammers off the board too... (Thank you lovely one!!)
You may also noticed that I've 'closed' the Garden Gate for now (as in only registered members can post, although it is can be read by non-registered members... unlike the rest of the site which is completely closed to non-members) This will stop the spammers posting in the Garden Gate forum, then it's just the unwanted members to delete... by that I mean the porn and general spam linking 'new members'... and as I mentioned before, they can't read or post in the forum anyway... so just don't click on their links
Also... and I know you all mean well... but there's really no need to pm to let me know there are unwanted members joining up - just ignore them (they can't do anything) and enjoy your time in the Garden
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jadewolf
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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ey?? so unregistered people can read postings on here or do they need to be registered. sorry im having a blonde moment.
gotta be a hard job keeping all the spammers off. I had enough hassles with my guestbook on my website so i just closed it ... got too annoying. |
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whitewolf
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Location: Wales
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| jadewolf wrote: | | ey?? so unregistered people can read postings on here or do they need to be registered. |
The general public can read (but not post) in 'The Garden Gate section' ONLY - they can not read or post in any other part of the forum...
New users can also read (but not post) in 'The Garden Gate section' ONLY - and can not do anything else until I activate their account.... (obviously if they are not 'real members' I do not activate their account, they are just deleted)
Only activated accounts / members can read and post in the main parts of the Garden forum...
Try it - next time you visit, don't log in but click on all the forums in turn and you will notice that whilst you can get into 'The Garden Gate' to read, you won't be able to post... and if you try to get into any of the other forums, 'The Garden Path' for example, you will be asked to log-in...
Hope that answered your question |
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Wolfsdream
Joined: 10 Dec 2007
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Location: In the deep forest.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| You can still see the memberlist without logging in though WW...with some folks email addresses for all to see....but maybe I'm just a suspicious wolfie...... |
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whitewolf
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| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:53 am Post subject: |
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You shouldn't be able see the actual email addresses - members and non-members will see the 'email' button, but once clicked it takes you through to a page where you can send an email to that member, at no point will it display the email address.
Unfotunately, yes, you anyone can see the memberlist... I don't think it's possible to hide that with this version of PHP Forums.... I'll look into updating to the next version, but it may wipe out all existing posts  which I didn't really want to do... |
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Wolfsdream
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Location: In the deep forest.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: |
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Ah well WW...I try not to go clicking on any buttons these days.....never know where you'll end up!  |
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whitewolf
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| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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| whitewolf wrote: | | members and non-members will see the 'email' button, but once clicked it takes you through to a page where you can send an email to that member... |
Correction - if a non-member clicks on the 'email' button it will ask them to log-in - so only members can use the onboard email link (and even the members still won't see the actual email address).
Just to clarify - non-members can NOT use the email facility.  |
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whitewolf
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There are a few non-members who, for some reason, I can not delete from the memberlist.
* PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THEIR WWW / WEB LINKS *
Rest assured that these 'members' can not actually get into the forum, their accounts are not active.... so if you see a member on the list with a posting number of 0 just ignore them. They're not real |
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