I cant seem to find the option (or the path to the option), where new users can enable/activate their new accounts by clicking on an email link sent to them while registration. By default, my 3.0.4 forum has made activation enabled by admin. This is a problem since my users have to wait until I can activate. How to Install a RocketTheme Style for phpBB. These components work together to create a unique user experience for members of. You can activate it and set. 1 is inactive and needs to activate their account through an activation link references phpbb. (admin activation or user activation) or are already active members. Phpbb-web-setup-8.png Provide the wizard with credentials to configure the first admin user. Keep in mind to use an 'Administrator username' that already exists in the LDAP, if you plan to set up LDAP authentication afterwards and only have one admin user! PhpBB must have at least one admin user. Yeah, I installed the humanizer a few weeks ago. I don’t use it for changing profiles, though, don’t you think that can annoy users a tad?? I didn’t want to offend you by questioning the mathematical question whenever you simply change your profile. I found it a bit odd is all, the members are already registered and activated, spambots are hardly going to want to change their avatar and password I only use it for registration. Mine simply says “Are you 18+? If you are, type YES in the box” It makes sense, being an 18+ site. As for the member count, the admin userlist is a useful hack to install. That helps me keep the member count nice and clean. It may look all well and fancy having “200″ members as a new community, but if someone looks at the memberlist and sees 160 of those members have never posted, it’ll have a negative impact. The 1st of every month I go through the admin userlist and any accounts that says “Last active: never” or “Activated?: No” I delete. It keeps the member numbers down, sure, but it’s a lot more accurate and as you have emphasized yourself in past posts. It also keeps it -honest-! Aaron – I agree that if users are required to register in order to just read your content (something I do not recommend) then you shouldn’t delete them for not posting. On my forum though, all content is visible without the need to register. Therefore those that register but fail to post within three months can safely be pruned from the database. Patrick – You’re welcome; I have often turned to phpbbhacks.com when looking for forum MODs. Smiley – You are right that there isn’t really a need to retain the anti-bot question in the profile field once a member has successfully registered. The hack I published in this article is just a quick and easy way of stopping spam registrations. For a more thorough hack (which doesn’t include the anti-bot question when current members wish to update their profiles), I recommend the (which I think you are referring to). Team Building – I think this article is useful for both new and existing forum developers.
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