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More PHPBB help
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:31 pm
by joyride
I am running my student organizations web page that includes a forum on it similar to this one. It has been running smoothly until lately. I seem to be getting a lot of spam on there, and it is getting irritating. Is there any way to reduce the people registering and posting?
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:41 pm
by Bfowler
Welcome to the board.
Stipud is the go to guy on that one.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:42 pm
by gridracer
should be able to have an image verification enabled to stop spammer bots
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:56 pm
by dedlyjedly
Welcome to the Phorum. Unfortunately not nearly as many of us are familiar with the php coding as we are car audio. As Bfowler mentioned, Stipud would be your man for that. Hopefully you stick around for the audio and other discussions too.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:02 pm
by Francious70
Damnit, people changing their names
Just kidding mang, good to see ya over here. As everyone else had said, Tom's the go-to guy for phpBB stuff.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:42 pm
by VW337
Welcome to the Phorum.
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:47 pm
by bdubs767
welcome stipud is the one to know
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:24 pm
by stipud
Administration Panel
General Admin
Configuration
Enable account activation -> User (if damn near nobody joins, set it to admin, which lets you pick and choose who gets to join, rather than them simply having to click an email for validation)
Enable Visual Confirmation -> Yes
If there are any problems after that, check out the PHPBB forum for a "better captcha" mod (there are many), and other various anti-spambot mods.
Here's an example of a mod you need:
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=382890
I would also download and set up "Easymod" to make installing mods much easier (still a few tweaks if you run different themes than the standard one, but these minor edits beat installing stuff yourself).
http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?sid=&f=15
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:47 pm
by joyride
thanks tom...And yes, I did change my name. I've been here for a while, just havent posted anything. But thanks for the welcome
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:09 pm
by stipud
I just installed this captcha:
http://www.phpbb.com/styles/forum/viewt ... p?t=473222
We'll see how it works. I've already had three spambots registered so far (only one of them that validated the email correctly). Hopefully this will keep it at 0 for awhile. If I find any more, I will look at a more drastic change.
No more Integra? What are you driving now?
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:05 am
by joyride
I've had an 01 Impala for several years now. The Integ was gon in the days of the old PG forum, I just never switched my name when going to SB.