FORUM Suggestions & Updates

[havinnoj]

All - it's been a process moving to an updated forum platform to avoid security vulnerabilities that vBulletin was plagued with.  I understand there is a learning curve as a user so thank you for your patience and support!


With that said, I want your feedback and suggestions for things you'd like to see changed or implemented.  Some items may just not be possible but would like to open up the discussion on this thread. 

Thanks in advance.

[Piney0]

https://stopforumspam.com database.  There should be an available SMF plugin to incorporate it.  That alone would majorly cut back on the spam here.

Thanks
Joe

[rablack21]

https://stopforumspam.com database.  There should be an available SMF plugin to incorporate it.  That alone would majorly cut back on the spam here.

Thanks
Joe

Good idea Joe.

[supernutt]

I can't seem to get the show unread posts since last visit to work. It always says no new posts but when scrolling through there are. 

[Skeans1]

How about a like dislike setup again

[havinnoj]

https://stopforumspam.com database.  There should be an available SMF plugin to incorporate it.  That alone would majorly cut back on the spam here.

Thanks
Joe

Thanks Joe.  Will look into this option.  In the meantime I've added a couple of additional authentication and verification questions upon registration and first posting. 

[croat1]

Ryan, any thoughts on a late night guy that could be a moderator?

Joe

[Piney0]

A Moderator who is typically on the site in the PM time would be a nice thing to have.  Another spam post today, but new spam registrants have stopped since you added authentication.

Can I suggest a purge of the member list?  there are quire a few registrants that are obviously spam posters / data miners that have registered within the past 2 months or so.  viewable here:  http://www.forums.trx250r.org/index.php?action=mlist;sort=registered;start=0;desc   all those new ones with website URL's are definately spam.    a little cleaning there would go a long way with  future spam posts IMO.

Thanks
Joe

[havinnoj]

Ryan, any thoughts on a late night guy that could be a moderator?

Joe

Joe - good suggestion.  Feel free to throw out potential moderator candidates, though you should be included for consideration as well.

[havinnoj]

A Moderator who is typically on the site in the PM time would be a nice thing to have.  Another spam post today, but new spam registrants have stopped since you added authentication.

Can I suggest a purge of the member list?  there are quire a few registrants that are obviously spam posters / data miners that have registered within the past 2 months or so.  viewable here:  http://www.forums.trx250r.org/index.php?action=mlist;sort=registered;start=0;desc   all those new ones with website URL's are definately spam.    a little cleaning there would go a long way with  future spam posts IMO.

Thanks
Joe

Joe - great suggestion.  I will get that on the to-do list.

[havinnoj]

Who asked the question about "new replies at the top?"  You can change this by clicking the "Profile" link at the top of the page --> under "Modify Profile" you want "Look and Layout" --> show most recent posts at top.  Or I believe you can access directly through this link: http://www.forums.trx250r.org/index.php?action=profile;area=theme

[Piney0]

Running in to a small issue,  wondering if there is a fix for this one.  When I go to check messages, it goes straight to the 10'th page.  I don't have that many messages, so have to click on page 1 to see the active ones.   http://www.forums.trx250r.org/index.php?action=pm   any fix for this?

Thanks
Joe

[havinnoj]

Running in to a small issue,  wondering if there is a fix for this one.  When I go to check messages, it goes straight to the 10'th page.  I don't have that many messages, so have to click on page 1 to see the active ones.   http://www.forums.trx250r.org/index.php?action=pm   any fix for this?

Thanks
Joe

Hey Joe I have not ran into that issue and can't reproduce it using IE.  What device and/or browsers are you using?  Anybody else having a similar issue with PM's?
A quick test would be changing (and then changing back) your PM settings here:
http://www.forums.trx250r.org/index.php?action=profile;area=pmprefs

[Piney0]

That fixed it OJ.  The box to show recent ones at the top wasn't selected.  All fixed now.  Thanks.

[havinnoj]

That fixed it OJ.  The box to show recent ones at the top wasn't selected.  All fixed now.  Thanks.

Great!