Is there an option to dissallow guests too view the forums in anyway. Instead just have a login screen. I noticed theres too many on-lookers at my forums. I searched the admin forum controls.
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Originally posted by Martinone thing you should note, though. even if they are not allowed to view the board, they will still show up in the online users as guests because they will be viewing the board-generated "login" page.Fool's Gold: Discussion of rock 'n' roll, movies, A Song of Ice and Fire, Discworld, The Wheel of Time, The Lord of the Rings, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, literature, games, and more. It's ace.
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Originally posted by CruelBIs there an option to dissallow guests too view the forums in anyway. Instead just have a login screen. I noticed theres too many on-lookers at my forums. I searched the admin forum controls.
Suddenly I'm a member and all the posts are one lined replies or no one is posting.
I find forums that force you to be a member just to browse is the wrong way to go. Whenever I come across that, I register guest/guest so the next time I'm visiting, I can login with a guest account and view the forum.
You'll get more registrations by being an open forum. Closing it to guests tells me you're trying to hide something.
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by justonelookThe subject says is all. We have set the forums to be members only, but there is almost always several "Guests" with ip addresses in Who's Online. Could that be just because they are at the...
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