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If you happen to see old spambot posts (esp. the Russian nonsense!) still on this forum let me know. Looks like we've succeeded in forcing all new attempts to get stuck in the moderation queue. But if any lurking accounts got their foot in the door by posting months ago they would still have ...

I modified the settings so that the first post coming from newly registered users will need to be moderated before appearing on the forum.
Also cleaned up most of the obvious spambot content from the last month or so.
Let me know any questions or concerns.

Another issue which cropped up in recent days has been fixed. Hopefully all is well on the forum once again.

That is a nice picture.

We had some technical maintenance issues arise on the site recently. Things seem to be back in working order now, with the exception of a couple features on the main homepage that haven't returned to the way they were because the code for that theme seems to be broken even though updates are current ...

MudDucker wrote: January 3rd, 2021, 4:18 am How about adding the feature where a user can delete their post.

Done, with two caveats:

1. "The user may only delete a topic or post if it has not yet been replied to."
2. "Moderators, who have the approve posts permission, can restore soft deleted posts."

Juan wrote: January 3rd, 2021, 6:39 amyou might consider making the Moderator's Forum invisible to everyone except Admin and moderators

Done.

Some people have recently had posts blocked due to Spamhaus IP checking. That problem should be fixed now, but let me or bman know if you run into such problems. If you are unable to message us here on the forum, my email username at hotmail.com is the following: zacharyharris.

Just a few hours after we completed Friday’s update of the site, the forum software released another minor upgrade. Such is the world of updates which never ends! Anyway, we’re caught up with the latest and as long as this initial test post goes through everything appears to be running smoothly ...

Tapatalk upgraded


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Forum itself updated and back up after momentary downtime. Mods and extensions such as tapatalk next to be upgraded...

We're making some updates to the backend of the website. Mostly behind the scenes stuff where the average user probably shouldn't even notice any changes. I plan to post some test messages in this thread just to make sure everything keeps running smoothly during transition.
If anyone was logged in ...