boblarson
04-30-2010, 08:15 AM
Jon -
Would it be possible to have a setting in the software to limit signatures to only those with 10 posts or more? I know of one site which I think uses vBulletin software which has it set to 30 posts and 30 days on the board. That basically eliminates all of the people who keep registering here to put links in their signatures and never post. They just want search engine material. Can you check that out? I think it would help with the maintenance of the site as well.
Kryst51
04-30-2010, 08:17 AM
Jon -
Would it be possible to have a setting in the software to limit signatures to only those with 10 posts or more? I know of one site which I think uses vBulletin software which has it set to 30 posts and 30 days on the board. That basically eliminates all of the people who keep registering here to put links in their signatures and never post. They just want search engine material. Can you check that out? I think it would help with the maintenance of the site as well.
I think it already does that.... I have seen several posts with something that says "NO URLS ALLOWED IN SIGNATURES UNLESS 10 POSTS OR MORE" or something to that effect.
boblarson
04-30-2010, 08:17 AM
I think it already does that.... I have seen several posts with something that says "NO URLS ALLOWED IN SIGNATURES UNLESS 10 POSTS OR MORE" or something to that effect.
No it doesn't do that. I do that - manually. :)
Kryst51
04-30-2010, 08:19 AM
No it doesn't do that. I do that - manually. :)
Oh..... I see:p... Thank you for doing that then!
boblarson
04-30-2010, 08:23 AM
What I'm thinking of is that the signature part doesn't even show up in the user's control panel until they meet the criteria. That is how it is done at several sites I've seen and it works great for keeping some of the bad stuff out. I know one of them doesn't even allow links (and somehow it does it) until you have 30 posts and 30 days on the board. I think that pretty much takes care of 95% of the spam and anything else is taken care of by the mods.
boblarson
06-16-2010, 02:35 PM
Jon?? Any possibility?? It would really help out...
vbaInet
06-16-2010, 05:21 PM
It would be really useful for you guys. You posted this in April, surely Jon logs in once in a while.
ajetrumpet
06-16-2010, 07:06 PM
what else does jon do for a living?
Never used vbulletin before but you should be able to set an auto promotion to a different usergroup at 10 posts. Then disable the signature for the new usergroup.
boblarson
06-24-2010, 01:35 PM
Never used vbulletin before but you should be able to set an auto promotion to a different usergroup at 10 posts. Then disable the signature for the new usergroup.
I would think so, but unfortunately only JON has the abiilty to do that. So we have to wait for him.
MSAccessRookie
06-24-2010, 01:39 PM
what else does jon do for a living?
I have no idea, but I have to assume that like most of the rest of us, he has a full time job or a full time contract and volunteers his time online here whenever he is able?
ghudson
06-25-2010, 04:18 AM
How about not allowing a new member to post any links until they have made at least 10 posting? That would help emilinate junk like this thread that was posted this early morning. http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=194996
vbaInet
06-25-2010, 04:22 AM
Good idea ghudson. There were actually two I reported this morning, could easily have been more.
Seems only Jon can effect those changes.
boblarson
06-25-2010, 09:25 AM
How about not allowing a new member to post any links until they have made at least 10 posting? That would help emilinate junk like this thread that was posted this early morning. http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=194996
I would LOVE to see that. But again - we have to wait for Jon to do it as nobody else has the ability to do so.