What to people want in a "RESTRICTUSER" portal

Author

Message

Nick(NR)
Moderator

Virtual Cash: 7790

Joined: 06 May 2006
Posts: 4031
Location: Medway, Kent
Add Karma

rated by 30 members
Add Comment
Show Comments

Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject:

Zerathon wrote:

I put a limit of people needing 3 posts before links work. The thing is, it gives the "Users are not allowed to post clickable links when they first join" message even though I posted a link with my admin account. (I only have two posts because it's a new forum). Same thing is happening with PMs. I tried to PM myself/an alternate account and it said I couldn't.

I looked everywhere for a button exempt the admin from those restrictions, but nothing I did worked. So, I'm guessing that's not a feature, which means I'm requesting the ability to exempt users from those restrictions be put in.

My forum is http://austinlife.myfreeforum.org/index.php
I don't think I need to post it, and I'd rather wait until it's ready before I mention it anywhere, but the posting check list says to give the link.
-----

Admin accounts should be exempt unless they've been made an admin after being on moderation and you shouldn't be able to pm yourself in any circumstance.

Zerathon wrote:

One other thing I would like is the ability to restrict users to post links/PMs by how many days they've been a member, in addition to how many posts they make. A spammer could easily make a dozen fake posts to get past the restriction, but it could be an inconvenience for real members to have to make tons of posts before being allowed to use those features. By the time a spammer has had an account for a few days the nature of their posts should be obvious, allowing them to be detected/deleted before their links work, while only minorly inconveniencing members. So, that's my second request.

Setting this to work on days would be plain silly to be fully honest and I say this not at you, but the idea of it in that spam bots that may join will sit dormant and when the set number of days comes and passes they will start posting. hopefully a good admin will remove a spammers posts and deactivate the account, so members shouldn't feel inconvenienced for having to wait to say 10 posts before they can post a link, tis like a prove your worth period if you will.

_________________
CALM TIME: When calm time is called, all posters in a topic must take time out to calm down.

I'm better than Jose!