Structuring the Forum...

[Jo']

but I'm a bit daunted by all the permissions that need to be set for a new parent forum.

And it doesn't help that they repeat accessing the same options through different tab. But Permissions can be also copied across forums.

Could you create a new parent forum called 'Administration' and put the mod forum and the admin & support forum in there?

I shall give my best to archive this aim...

couldn't we just create a new user group that has permission to view the 'mature content' forum, then add users to that group when they request it?

Ah, that's an option I didn't consider (see: daunting permissions) I suggest just adding user to the forum itself. It's an easy way, and we still can set individual permissions for every user.

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On the guest "can I has reg?" You wanna write a litte eposé for potentially interested ppl what niché this forum addresses. Because I don't feel, this forum - should ppl register en masse - should stray into general mainstream stuff.

[Darkling]

Ah, that's an option I didn't consider (see: daunting permissions) I suggest just adding user to the forum itself. It's an easy way, and we still can set individual permissions for every user.

I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean adding each individual user to the 'groups' list and giving them access to the mature content forum? Or is there a way to authorise individual users to view a particular forum?

[Jo']

Or is there a way to authorise individual users to view a particular forum?

Yes.

[Permissions] -> [Forum Permissions] -> choose desired Forum -> left hand: "add users"

[Darkling]

That seems straightforward enough. We can do it that way, then, if the need for a mature content forum ever comes up.

[Jo']

BTW: anybody knows who kartosh is? Obviously no-one of you activated this registration.

[Darkling]

At TAP I got into the habit of Googling a new user's IP address if I was suspicious that they were a bot.

Searching for 109.67.252.145, I find that it's mentioned one time at stopforumspam.com, which is enough for me to delete that user's account. (Well, at TAP I only have the authority to deactivate accounts, not delete them. Kamajii or DarkCntry would then have to go through the list of deactivated users and purge it from time to time.)

[Arch Evil]

Clever habit =)

[Arch Evil]

New user account, "aceday". Someone from Latvia. Googled his IP adress: 80.233.196.71 appears in our database 947 times (stopforumspam.com).
DELETED

[Jo']

The forum is not yet officially linked in the web-world! So it's not possible yet to joint the forum by finding it e.g. via google. Clearly those spambots must have memorised this location from a couple of years ago where I once ran a forum under the same link. What an infestation...


@Dark - are you still considering to transfer topics?

[Arch Evil]

And another spambot tried to sign in...