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Aviation Forum
Fri 12th Jul '02, 1:28pm
You'd avoid a lot of hassle if you set it up so that in REGISTRATION, there was a field for license info to confirm you have a legal copy. If you put correct info in there you'd be put in a User Group "Licensed" which could post in support boards. Users who didn't put the correct info in the reg. form would be put in "Unlicensed" and therefore couldn't post in "support" forums. That would save a ton of trouble.
tubedogg
Fri 12th Jul '02, 1:41pm
We used to do that. People really didn't like it and it caused more headaches than it's worth. We feel it is much easier the way it is setup now.
Aviation Forum
Fri 12th Jul '02, 4:12pm
OK. :confused: :p :D
MUG
Fri 12th Jul '02, 5:26pm
People were afraid to put it in their profile because they thought that everybody would have access to their Customer ID and Password.
JamesUS
Fri 12th Jul '02, 5:37pm
Originally posted by MUG
People were afraid to put it in their profile because they thought that everybody would have access to their Customer ID and Password.
(actually it was only visible to Staff but people were worried anyway. There were various problems with that system and overall the current one seems to work better).
MUG
Fri 12th Jul '02, 5:39pm
Originally posted by JamesUS

(actually it was only visible to Staff but people were worried anyway. There were various problems with that system and overall the current one seems to work better). People were afraid to put it in their profile because they thought that everybody would have access to their Customer ID and Password.
Fiyah
Thu 1st Aug '02, 7:41pm
Is this why only the person who has the licensed can post?
How can other people who are admins for the same site post a question in those areas?
iFly
Thu 1st Aug '02, 8:21pm
You can allow 3 people
okrogius
Thu 1st Aug '02, 9:22pm
Originally posted by Fiyah
Is this why only the person who has the licensed can post?
How can other people who are admins for the same site post a question in those areas?

See attachment for an idea...
Fiyah
Fri 2nd Aug '02, 10:59am
Thanks......
Floris
Fri 2nd Aug '02, 11:39am
Even though it is in the eye-sight on the members area, and in bold. It still is not really obvious what or why it is there, nor that it is a link. especially if you are new. Ofcourse, after wondering about a bit in that members area, you understand it could be a link. Maybe it should have a little title/announcement before the bold text. or maybe underline it to make it more obvious.
okrogius
Fri 2nd Aug '02, 1:28pm
Originally posted by xiphoid
Even though it is in the eye-sight on the members area, and in bold. It still is not really obvious what or why it is there, nor that it is a link. especially if you are new. Ofcourse, after wondering about a bit in that members area, you understand it could be a link. Maybe it should have a little title/announcement before the bold text. or maybe underline it to make it more obvious.


A link to the page in my screenshot is in bold in the no_permissions error message on the forums. Eventually if your username isn't in the form you'll get the error, then if you read it you know where to go and what to do.
mrbean
Tue 6th Aug '02, 9:04pm
Originally posted by tubedogg
We used to do that. People really didn't like it and it caused more headaches than it's worth. We feel it is much easier the way it is setup now.

Well, I donīt own a vb licence, our board is hosted freely by a big games network in Germany - they provide the forum software, they own the licences. Does that mean there is no way for me to post in most of the forums here?
Steve Machol
Tue 6th Aug '02, 9:07pm
What big games network are you hosted by?
mrbean
Tue 6th Aug '02, 9:13pm
http://gamigo.de/ is the network. I never asked, but I canīt imagine that they would run illegal vb software.

Our forum is at http://civ2-forum.gamigo.de/
Steve Machol
Tue 6th Aug '02, 9:19pm
If they are supplying forums to their customers, they need to have a valid license for each one they provide.
mrbean
Tue 6th Aug '02, 9:21pm
Ok, Iīll ask them, I hope they give those data (customer number) away...
John
Wed 7th Aug '02, 6:48am
They do have valid licenses, not sure how they handle the details though.
Fiyah
Tue 13th Aug '02, 2:39pm
Originally posted by xiphoid
Even though it is in the eye-sight on the members area, and in bold. It still is not really obvious what or why it is there, nor that it is a link. especially if you are new. Ofcourse, after wondering about a bit in that members area, you understand it could be a link. Maybe it should have a little title/announcement before the bold text. or maybe underline it to make it more obvious.

Took me awhile to find it, I ended up opening 2 screens just to find the one that looked like the screenshot above, but I didi finally find it and updated the authorized users