Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Restricting Forum Registration

Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Restricting Forum Registration https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:27:28 +0000 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:31:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=21133 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[Restricting Forum Registration : -boRg- wrote:You can setup...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post117067.html#117067 Author: Degnen
Subject: 21133
Posted: 15 November 2006 at 9:31am

-boRg- wrote:

You can setup the forum so that the forum admin has to activate new accounts.

This can be enabled through the admin area on the email configuration page, so that when a new user signs up the admin will get an email which they use to activate the users account. This way the forum admin can checkout new users first.

Hi boRg,

I would like to make use of this facility, but in my email configuration I don't see that option. Only I can check an option where new members recieve an activation email - but I can't see how I can get the email to go to admin instead?

]]> Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:31:54 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post117067.html#117067 <![CDATA[Restricting Forum Registration : Hi Guys,Oh dear! Password protecting...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113182.html#113182 Author: ambitnewmedia
Subject: 21133
Posted: 26 August 2006 at 12:32pm

Hi Guys,

Oh dear! Password protecting the directory is a simple and easy way of solving the problem. I have no idea why this did not occur to me - it just goes to show what a heavy workload will stop you seeing the wood for the trees.

We are our own web host so will have no complications in doing this.

Many thanks for your help in plugging the gap in my tired imagination!

Luke.
]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:32:19 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113182.html#113182 <![CDATA[Restricting Forum Registration : Another easy way of doing this...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113152.html#113152 Author: nexus
Subject: 21133
Posted: 25 August 2006 at 4:18pm

Another easy way of doing this is buying MyASPPageLock from this site: http://www.kattouf.com/mypagelock/

This is a easy script which will password protect your forum, and I believe this will be secue enough. Only 5 bucks so it's quite cheap, and it's easy for you to install and maintain it.

Kristoffer

]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:18:01 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113152.html#113152 <![CDATA[Restricting Forum Registration : Requiring a password to register...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113149.html#113149 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 21133
Posted: 25 August 2006 at 3:47pm

Requiring a password to register is not something that has even been requested in 5 years, and there have been hundreds of requests over the years, so it's not something that has even been considered.

I would suggest if you want/require this level of security that you actually password protect the folder the forum resides in. Your web host should be able to do this for you. If your web host can not do this then you can always host your site or forum with us and we can place a username and password on the directory containing the forum. Prices are available at www.webwiz.net

Another simpler, cheaper, option is do as I suggested in my last post, but your forum admin can do more checks before activating the account like sending the person an email asking them to conform who they are and giving the password.

You can also use the forum permission system to restrict access to forums so only registered users can access forums so unwanted users can not browse the forum.
]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:47:19 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113149.html#113149 <![CDATA[Restricting Forum Registration : Hi boRg,Many thanks for your reply,...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113145.html#113145 Author: ambitnewmedia
Subject: 21133
Posted: 25 August 2006 at 11:24am

Hi boRg,

Many thanks for your reply, however this option is not really suitable as an administrator of the forum would not be expected to know every person who ligitimately registered and then approve them.

However, if parents were given a password in say school newsletter this would be enough to stop random browers of the web signing up for the forum.

Have you any ideas about how the forum may cater for such a need or would extra development need to be done? Am i the first person to have this need?
]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:24:13 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113145.html#113145 <![CDATA[Restricting Forum Registration : You can setup the forum so that...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113138.html#113138 Author: WebWiz-Bruce
Subject: 21133
Posted: 25 August 2006 at 10:10am

You can setup the forum so that the forum admin has to activate new accounts.

This can be enabled through the admin area on the email configuration page, so that when a new user signs up the admin will get an email which they use to activate the users account. This way the forum admin can checkout new users first.
]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:10:12 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113138.html#113138 <![CDATA[Restricting Forum Registration : I have recently installed the...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/restricting-forum-registration_topic21133_post113122.html#113122 Author: ambitnewmedia
Subject: 21133
Posted: 25 August 2006 at 1:01am

I have recently installed the Web Wiz Forum on a site for a kindergarten school and they has raised a concern about the ability of "anyone" (they understandabley mean perverts) to be able to register on the forum.

The school wondered if registration could be dependant on entering a specfic password that could be given to parents.

Is there a way to restrict forum registraition in this way or any other method with the same effect?
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