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Guests before being validated
Topic Started: Nov 5 2008, 06:13 PM (369 Views)
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How do I restrict guests from viewing the forums until I have validated them?
I am not secure with them reading all of our posts before I have accepted them onto the board.
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litalinkisextreme
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Admin Control Panel, Security & Privacy.
There should be something that says "New registration email validation?" Choose which ever one you want.

I hope this helps.
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ACP>>System Settings>>Security and Privacy>> Force guests to log in before allowing access to the board? [Yes/no]
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Thanks to both of you for your responses. My new members do have to be validated before they can post, but after they register, and before they are validated, they can log into the board and view all threads.I do have the "Force guests to log in before allowing access to the board?" checked yes.

I would like them to be validated before they are allowed access to the board because I have had some people to register and then read what my members have posted and take it to other boards. :'(
That doesnt give me much control over who views my board.

Is there some way to hide the forums to anyone that hasnt been validated?
Thanks,

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Tcor123
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Well I dont work here, but I know how to do this:

ACP >> Manage Forums

For each forum, click the "Permissions" link, and make sure that the boxes are unchecked under the "Validating" section. I would also suggest unchecking the boxes for "Banned" and the "Guests", so that no one can read or post in your forums unless they are validated by an admin.
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sheelz321
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What I did was to create a 'Guest' page with a welcome screen. This page is visible to only persons awaiting validation or who have not yet logged in. That way, guests can't actually view Forums or topics until they've been approved or have logged in.
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Tcor123
Nov 6 2008, 10:50 PM
Well I dont work here, but I know how to do this:

ACP >> Manage Forums

For each forum, click the "Permissions" link, and make sure that the boxes are unchecked under the "Validating" section. I would also suggest unchecking the boxes for "Banned" and the "Guests", so that no one can read or post in your forums unless they are validated by an admin.
This is exactly what I needed to know. Thank you so much! :)
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