A hodgepodge of questions,

[bobcosta]

All probably simple, so I did not want to create four threads.

How do I increase the size of each user PM mailbox? I have hunted for days.

I am under a spam attack. Can I block a range of IP addresses ? Where ? I did it in cpanel, but does VB have a better way ?

How do I approve new users once moderation is required for registration? Right now I am going into Admin panel but that is klutzy.

My admin screen now looks like the attachment, and the left panel is too small to use withought horizontal scrolling. How did I screw this up and how do I fix it ?

[kh99]

Originally Posted by bobcosta

How do I increase the size of each user PM mailbox? I have hunted for days.

Go to Usergroups > Usergroup Manager and press "Go" to edit the main usergroup (probably "Registered Users"). Scroll down to the Private Message Permissions secton and change the Maximum Stored Messages setting. That changes it for everyone in the usergroup, of course. If you mean being able to set it for an individual user, I don't think there is a way, but what we do is create new usergroups by copying Registered Users, and set Maximum Stored Messages for that group to a higher value. Then add that group as a secondary usergroup to each user whose mailbox size you want to increase.

I am under a spam attack. Can I block a range of IP addresses ? Where ? I did it in cpanel, but does VB have a better way ?

There is a place to add blocked ips in the options, but I don't think it's better than using cpanel. If you can block them before they access any vbulletin script, then they're not using any of your resources.

How do I approve new users once moderation is required for registration? Right now I am going into Admin panel but that is klutzy.

I don't think there is any other way, but you might look for a mod that adds a more convenient control. I don't know of any specific one offhand.

Sorry, I don't have any idea what's causing the problem with the left panel. I would have thought it should stay a fixed size.

[tbworld]

Originally Posted by kh99

Sorry, I don't have any idea what's causing the problem with the left panel. I would have thought it should stay a fixed size.

To at least narrow down the problem, disable the hooks/plugin system. Maybe he has a modification that is affecting proper displaying of the frame.

[bobcosta]

I will try disabling to debug. Only hack I have is 'Thank you posts"

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Originally Posted by tbworld

To at least narrow down the problem, disable the hooks/plugin system. Maybe he has a modification that is affecting proper displaying of the frame.

Disabling plugins did not help.

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Originally Posted by kh99

Go to Usergroups > Usergroup Manager and press "Go" to edit the main usergroup (probably "Registered Users"). Scroll down to the Private Message Permissions secton and change the Maximum Stored Messages setting. That changes it for everyone in the usergroup, of course. If you mean being able to set it for an individual user, I don't think there is a way, but what we do is create new usergroups by copying Registered Users, and set Maximum Stored Messages for that group to a higher value. Then add that group as a secondary usergroup to each user whose mailbox size you want to increase.




There is a place to add blocked ips in the options, but I don't think it's better than using cpanel. If you can block them before they access any vbulletin script, then they're not using any of your resources.



I don't think there is any other way, but you might look for a mod that adds a more convenient control. I don't know of any specific one offhand.

Sorry, I don't have any idea what's causing the problem with the left panel. I would have thought it should stay a fixed size.

I found the message limit setting. Thanks.

My concern with blocking an IP at the server is that it also shuts off email. If I make amistake, they will not be able to email me to tell me. But okay, I can live with it.

It seems odd that to moderate new registrations, someone has to be an admin and be given access to the entire admin system. And even as admin, I have to go into the admin panel. But I can moderate everything else right from the forum .

Left panel driving me nuts. Scroll panel left, find item. scroll right, click the arrow, scroll left to see the next level of options. PITA. If they made the click field the entire button instead of the arrow, I would not care so much.

Thanks for your help so far.

[kh99]

Originally Posted by bobcosta

My concern with blocking an IP at the server is that it also shuts off email. If I make amistake, they will not be able to email me to tell me. But okay, I can live with it.

OK, I hadn't thought of that. If you want to block ips just in vbulletin, look under "User Banning Options" in the settings.

Left panel driving me nuts. Scroll panel left, find item. scroll right, click the arrow, scroll left to see the next level of options. PITA. If they made the click field the entire button instead of the arrow, I would not care so much.

Well, I'll look for the file that sets the size of that panel. Maybe you're using a large font or something? But the logo seems to be cut off too.

[kh99]

OK, in file includes/index.php there's this:

<frameset cols="195,*"  framespacing="0" border="0" frameborder="0" frameborder="no" border="0">

which I think sets the width of that left panel at 195 pixels. I don't know why it wouldn't be wide enough for you. Are you using the latest IE by any chance? Maybe try switching to "legacy mode" (or whatever it's called) for your site. I think there's a toolbar button for that.

Regarding user moderation, in case you don't know there is an "Administrator Permissions" page that lets you choose which permissions an admin has, but I'm not really familiar with it so I don't know if it's fine-grained enough to do what you want.