Restricting Forum Registration
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Printed Date: 08 April 2026 at 3:23pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Restricting Forum Registration
Posted By: ambitnewmedia
Subject: Restricting Forum Registration
Date Posted: 25 August 2006 at 1:01am
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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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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 25 August 2006 at 10:10am
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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. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: ambitnewmedia
Date Posted: 25 August 2006 at 11:24am
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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? |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 25 August 2006 at 3:47pm
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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 http://www.webwiz.net%20 - 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. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: nexus
Date Posted: 25 August 2006 at 4:18pm
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Another easy way of doing this is buying MyASPPageLock from this site: http://www.kattouf.com/mypagelock/ - 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
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Posted By: ambitnewmedia
Date Posted: 26 August 2006 at 12:32pm
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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. |
Posted By: Degnen
Date Posted: 15 November 2006 at 9:31am
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?
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