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Post by Nortube on Jul 20, 2017 9:00:30 GMT
Welcome sallam99 It can be a bit quiet here at times, but good discussions can pop up at any time
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Post by Nortube on Aug 7, 2017 8:59:03 GMT
Jut catching up. I have deleted the post from guest "AP" from a few days ago. This was spam with an advertising link within the post. I have also deleted the guest comment to that post only for the reason that as the original post has been deleted, there is nothing for the comment to link to and so wouldn't make sense on its own.
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drico
Station Inspector
Thank you driver, off clips.
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Post by drico on Aug 8, 2017 9:40:02 GMT
Why are guest permitted to post on this forum ?
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Post by Guest Speaker on Aug 8, 2017 13:33:03 GMT
Why are guest permitted to post on this forum ? As I mentioned once before on here, the people who set the forum up have long gone and the one remaining moderator doesn't really understand what he's doing. You need to get some experts in, perhaps from within your own ranks. With the technical knowledge displayed there must be somebody who knows what they're doing?
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Post by dave1 on Aug 8, 2017 14:02:35 GMT
Why are guest permitted to post on this forum ? Because that is how it is set up, the facility needs to be disabled.
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Post by dave1 on Aug 8, 2017 14:03:17 GMT
Why are guest permitted to post on this forum ? As I mentioned once before on here, the people who set the forum up have long gone and the one remaining moderator doesn't really understand what he's doing. You need to get some experts in, perhaps from within your own ranks. With the technical knowledge displayed there must be somebody who knows what they're doing? Would you not consider joining the forum and helping the only moderator?
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Post by Guest Speaker on Aug 8, 2017 14:30:32 GMT
As I mentioned once before on here, the people who set the forum up have long gone and the one remaining moderator doesn't really understand what he's doing. You need to get some experts in, perhaps from within your own ranks. With the technical knowledge displayed there must be somebody who knows what they're doing? Would you not consider joining the forum and helping the only moderator? It's not really my cup of tea Dave. From the five or so people who still log on, one must be capable of promotion surely? Seriously, from what I remember of software similar to this forum's basis it really is very easy to sort out. Assuming the administrator forwarded the passwords on to the current moderator when he left it should be fairly simple following on-line guides. Obviously, if the administrator password is not known or has been withheld, then there's not a lot anyone can do aside from deleting spam as it's noticed.
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Post by railtechnician on Aug 8, 2017 22:31:20 GMT
Before anyone suggests inviting me to take on such a role, forget it! I have spent the last 18+ months of my life being webmaster for an unrelated club and have just managed to pass on a newly created site for which I was creator, content proofreader, editor, publisher as well as logo designer, membership card designer and manufacturer. I still reluctantly wear the Membership Secretary and Treasurer hats which I have trying to get shot of since my health has worsened over the last three months, none of the members are interested and I can understand that for anyone with a full time job and or hobbies. While I still can I would like to return to my hobbies before I snuff it. I have many uncompleted hobby projects that I haven't been able to work on for months due mainly to my club commitments in support of a long term friend with plenty of passion as club secretary but no technical knowledge beyond basic computer literacy. I was only supposed to be a caretaker for a few weeks while the original whizkid webmaster was at uni taking his exams but I was left holding the baby as it were when he lost interest in being webmaster while pursuing the hobby the club supported. He then left the club and I can understand how he felt because it's how I have been feeling since March and am relieved to have got rid of one of my three hats, I know the other two will be much harder to ditch, especially the Treasurer role which takes the bank up to two months to organise once a change mandate is submitted to get the ball rolling. I expect I will still be in charge of of the funds for several months at least. I have always said never work for a friend but that was never do paid work for a friend, now my thinking is never do unpaid work for a friend either!
I have neither the time not the inclination to be webmaster, moderator or any related role for anyone but myself and I let my last website go about three years ago because I didn't have the time to keep it fresh then. These days I am tied up pretty much one week in two with chemotherapy, blood tests, clinical appointments at two hospitals and visits to my GP surgery. The side effects of my chemotherapy also rob me of time with my hobbies in several ways.
So I guess that leaves perhaps three regulars who might consider the job but somehow I doubt it!
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Post by Nortube on Aug 9, 2017 9:14:29 GMT
I've had a further dig around and managed to find out how to restrict guests posting (they can still read the pages). It appears that I have to do this to each board individually. At present, I have set this up on the Bakerloo line and it seems to work. At some time during the next few days, I will go through all the other boards and do the same.
I'm not sure whether to create a new board for guest posting or whether that would just complicate matters by risking splitting up a thread from an existing board when a guest wants to comment.
On this board, I deleted a test message that I created, but had a slight hiccup in the process!. Apologies if I deleted any member's post at the same time.
Regarding what powers I have as a mod, I believe that the way the Proboard forums work, there is the originator who sets up the forum at the top, with overall control. The mods are next, with their powers set by the originator. It may be that I have full power to do everything, but I'd only find that out when I went to do something and find that I couldn't.
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Post by railtechnician on Aug 9, 2017 15:32:09 GMT
I've had a further dig around and managed to find out how to restrict guests posting (they can still read the pages). It appears that I have to do this to each board individually. At present, I have set this up on the Bakerloo line and it seems to work. At some time during the next few days, I will go through all the other boards and do the same. I'm not sure whether to create a new board for guest posting or whether that would just complicate matters by risking splitting up a thread from an existing board when a guest wants to comment. On this board, I deleted a test message that I created, but had a slight hiccup in the process!. Apologies if I deleted any member's post at the same time. Regarding what powers I have as a mod, I believe that the way the Proboard forums work, there is the originator who sets up the forum at the top, with overall control. The mods are next, with their powers set by the originator. It may be that I have full power to do everything, but I'd only find that out when I went to do something and find that I couldn't. Why should there be any guest posters at all? Anyone that interested in what is posted here should become a member in order to comment. Allowing guests to post comment is simply inviting forum abuse. On sites where I have been webmaster and where comment was allowed from guest readers I have seen no end of spam and some abuse of content providers but that was in the past. The last website I created I took the decision to allow members only to pass comment and I believe that is the only way to be in control particularly on a forum. I am wondering why you cannot consult the Originator unless it was someone other than GJ.
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Post by dave1 on Aug 10, 2017 7:09:03 GMT
Would you not consider joining the forum and helping the only moderator? It's not really my cup of tea Dave. From the five or so people who still log on, one must be capable of promotion surely? Seriously, from what I remember of software similar to this forum's basis it really is very easy to sort out. Assuming the administrator forwarded the passwords on to the current moderator when he left it should be fairly simple following on-line guides. Obviously, if the administrator password is not known or has been withheld, then there's not a lot anyone can do aside from deleting spam as it's noticed. If Nortube completes what he has started then you will not be able to post which would be a shame. So if you don't want to help at least join the forum?
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Post by dave1 on Aug 10, 2017 7:12:12 GMT
I've had a further dig around and managed to find out how to restrict guests posting (they can still read the pages). It appears that I have to do this to each board individually. At present, I have set this up on the Bakerloo line and it seems to work. At some time during the next few days, I will go through all the other boards and do the same. I'm not sure whether to create a new board for guest posting or whether that would just complicate matters by risking splitting up a thread from an existing board when a guest wants to comment. On this board, I deleted a test message that I created, but had a slight hiccup in the process!. Apologies if I deleted any member's post at the same time. Regarding what powers I have as a mod, I believe that the way the Proboard forums work, there is the originator who sets up the forum at the top, with overall control. The mods are next, with their powers set by the originator. It may be that I have full power to do everything, but I'd only find that out when I went to do something and find that I couldn't. If you complete what you have done with the Bakerloo then we will be free from willy nilly posts. This is the only forum that I belong to which allows guests (at the moment) I know of one other forum where a guest can not even read the post. If you need any help I will help as requested.
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Post by Nortube on Aug 10, 2017 9:40:58 GMT
I've now gone through all the boards (it was quicker than I thought it would be!) Unless I've screwed up, anybody access to all the boards to view the contents, but only members can post. I think that there may be a restriction where non-members cannot open attachments (they can only see the thumbnails on the page). I'll look through the settings and see if there is an option to remove that restriction. Any problems, please let me know. Regarding a separate guest board. I agree that there shouldn't be one. it's something that would defeat the object and I don't even know why I mentioned it at the time - I hadn't had my second coffee, so I wasn't fully awake The originator (who knew how Proboards worked) set up this forum on behalf of GJ, but that shouldn't be a problem. One of these days I must remember to set some time aside and have an in-depth look at how Proboards work.
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