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[Request] Having to approve first post of a user until further posting
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Kikkerking
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[Request] Having to approve first post of a user until further posting
Alright, this might be a little hard but I dunno, I'll just request it as I quite need it. What I want is, that if a new user signs up and posts at my board, I (admin) has to approve the first post they make before they can post anymore. That is a great way to determin if a user is going to be a spammer or not. I'd also like an option that makes an admin able to choose how many posts of a new user would need approval. Thanks in advance!
(This post was last modified: 03-20-2008 02:37 AM by Kikkerking.)
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| 03-20-2008 02:36 AM |
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ZiNgA BuRgA
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RE: [Request] Having to approve first post of a user until further posting
Would it be okay if, instead of that ^, have a specific usergroup, in which all posts are moderated, then you can manually move them out of the usergroup if they seem okay?
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| 03-23-2008 12:21 PM |
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Kikkerking
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RE: [Request] Having to approve first post of a user until further posting
That is okay too. As long as they stay in that usergroup when they register first.
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| 03-24-2008 04:59 AM |
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Kikkerking
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RE: RE: [Request] Having to approve first post of a user until further posting
Thank you, it's great so far. However, it's not very optimal yet because of the following reasons and I'd like a little extra plugin for that so it works perfectly.
This is the problem.
If new users join and active their account through email, they get in the Registered usergroup. Now I don't want to have to approve all posts of that group as I already have hundreds of active members in that group. So one solution is a plugin where you can create a new usergroup where people who activate their account go in first. Then when they post I have to approve posts from THAT group and I can move them to the Registered usergroup myself if they're good.
OR, what also could be a solution is that you ONLY have to approve posts from Registered members that are new, that have 0 posts except for that 1st post that has to be approved.
Thanks in advance, I really appreciate it.
(This post was last modified: 03-24-2008 09:47 PM by Kikkerking.)
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| 03-24-2008 09:46 PM |
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ZiNgA BuRgA
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RE: [Request] Having to approve first post of a user until further posting
Just make a separate group, and call it "Registered". Rename your current group to something like "Moderated".
Then, to move all your users in the Moderated group to Registered, run a query like:
(obviously, replace New Group ID etc with the appropriate values )
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(This post was last modified: 03-24-2008 10:06 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)
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| 03-24-2008 10:05 PM |
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Kikkerking
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RE: RE: [Request] Having to approve first post of a user until further posting
Aww crap I don't have access to my forum's database. =/ Well I guess I can do it 1 by 1. Thanks
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| 03-24-2008 11:20 PM |
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ZiNgA BuRgA
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RE: [Request] Having to approve first post of a user until further posting
How can you have a board set up without access to the DB???
If your host doesn't provide you with some front-end, you can always set up phpMyAdmin on your server, or use a MySQL client to access it (if the host allows it).
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| 03-25-2008 04:15 PM |
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Kikkerking
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RE: RE: [Request] Having to approve first post of a user until further posting
No, it's because I'm not the main head admin of the forum and because I get hosted on a server by a friend of mine, I don't get access to it because he hosts multiple sites on one server and he doesn't want clients to get access to everything. But I can inform him and let him do this with no problem, so there's nothing to worry about.
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| 03-26-2008 12:36 AM |
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