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Forum Crashers Hack..... · **Released**: 10-03-2002

Forum Crashers Hack.

I didn't used to have to approve members.
But it seems as though some of the folks I've banned started showing back up with nasty user names that
would bash the forum or other members, so now I approve all members before they can post.

THIS HACK ONLY APPLIES TO YOU IF YOU APPPOVE NEW MEMBERS BEFORE THEY CAN POST WITH "Verify Email address in registration" and "Moderate New Members"

Unfortunately some of the forum crashers are AOL users so I could not block them by IP address since you never know what IP address an AOL user will visit with and you don't want to block legitimate users.

This hack is pretty simple and involved making three changes in just two modules since I display the name of the most recent member on the home page and it was embarrasing to log on and see user names such as "thisforumsucks" as the most recent member, etc....

So, there were three things I had to change.
a) Only display the most recent APPROVED member as the newest member ($newusername)
b) Do not display 'NON APPROVED' members in the list of folks on-line on the home page ($activeusers)
c) Do not display usernames of NON APPROVED folks in the list of members on-line in (online.php). Instead, I display 'Awaiting approval' as their user name, because I still wanted to see their IP address.

ps: I am running 2.2.5 and can only vouch for these changes working properly in 2.2.5

happy hacking!

- jeff

Chris M · #12 10-18-2002, 09:30 PM

There is no forum

<--Its all in the "TeckTrix"

Looks good

Satan

jeffj · #13 10-19-2002, 09:46 PM

it's a virtual forum...

Diva · #14 12-02-2002, 10:21 PM

Hi. I have 2.2.7 and desperately need this hack. I tried it and for some reason it is not working. Any help would be very appreciated!

jeffj · #15 12-05-2002, 09:43 PM

email me at webmaster@fastboats.info and we'll compare notes...

perhaps it's just a setting in the admin module.

- jeff

Erwin · #16 12-06-2002, 02:10 AM

Diva,

To download hacks or receive support you will need to go to this page and enter your email address, to show you are licensed. (you will need to use your customer number and password to access that page)

Thank you.

brandy · #17 04-21-2004, 12:55 AM

Does anyone know if this hack works for 3.0 or 3.01? I want to install it, but don't want to mess things up.
Thanks,
Brandy

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