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Hi guys and gals,
I've upgraded the forum to the latest version of the forum software and have done a big change in user permissions.
The forum obviously looks quite different, and some things have moved around a bit and some things work a little differently. Please have an explore and get in touch if you can't get anything to work or can't work out where something has gone.
As part of the upgrade, I've also made a significant change to the operation of the forum. The old user titles of "New member", "Member" and "Senior Member" have gone. These were simply titles that increased based on your post count.
They have been replaced by three groups with different permissions.
This is in an effort to:
The new usergroups are:
After a "new member" has posted a minimum of 5 posts, AND has been a member for over 10 days, they will be automatically promoted to...
Membership of the last group is by invitation only. Users who are deemed by the moderators and administrators to be giving that bit extra to the forum and being very helpful etc will be promoted to this group. There are currently no members in this group - we are going to have a think over the next week and start promoting some users soon.
Firstly, I've done a lot of changes to the permissions and groups. I'm bound to have messed something up somewhere, not least because I managed to crash the whole forum site during the upgrade (oops!). If you spot anything amiss, please let me know.
Secondly, If you disagree with any of the above criteria and think anything should be changed, I'm all ears - please post your thoughts. I'm happy to change the above if needed.
Enjoy the upgraded forum. Many more features are in the pipeline, such as add-ons to spell check, save as draft, and a panic button, but for these you will have to wait a little longer. It's 1.15AM and I'm getting up again at 6.30...
Cheers!
I've upgraded the forum to the latest version of the forum software and have done a big change in user permissions.
The forum obviously looks quite different, and some things have moved around a bit and some things work a little differently. Please have an explore and get in touch if you can't get anything to work or can't work out where something has gone.
As part of the upgrade, I've also made a significant change to the operation of the forum. The old user titles of "New member", "Member" and "Senior Member" have gone. These were simply titles that increased based on your post count.
They have been replaced by three groups with different permissions.
This is in an effort to:
- Make the life of spammers and time wasters as hard as possible,
- Reduce the workload of the moderators and administrators,
- Stop people registering on the forum then asking for help via PM instead of posting - Sorry, but this is a support forum, not a support team or organisation.
- Reward those users who contribute that bit extra.
The new usergroups are:
- "New member". Everyone is placed into this group when they first register. Also, everyone who does not meet the criteria for auto-promotion to the next group (see below) will now find themselves in this group.
- Private messaging is disabled.
- Visitor messaging is disabled.
- Attachments are disabled.
- Profile pictures, albums and avatars are disabled.
- Signatures are disabled.
- Most profile customisation is disabled.
- User notes are disabled.
- The ability to email other members is disabled.
- Groups are disabled.
- Users cannot post events to the calendar, although they can see what's on it.
After a "new member" has posted a minimum of 5 posts, AND has been a member for over 10 days, they will be automatically promoted to...
- "Full Member". All existing members who do meet the criteria for auto-promotion (see above) will now find themselves in this group.
- Private messaging is enabled. Maximum stored messages allowed = 100.
- Visitor messaging is enabled.
- Attachments are enabled. Maximum permitted storage for all attachments posted by one user = 2MB.
- Profile pictures and avatars are enabled.
- Albums are enabled. Maximum permitted images allowed = 200.
- Signatures are enabled. Maximum permitted images allowed in a signature = 2.
- Profile customisation is enabled.
- User notes are enabled.
- The ability to email other members is enabled.
- Groups are enabled.
- Users can post events to the calendar.
Membership of the last group is by invitation only. Users who are deemed by the moderators and administrators to be giving that bit extra to the forum and being very helpful etc will be promoted to this group. There are currently no members in this group - we are going to have a think over the next week and start promoting some users soon.
- The last group is "Senior Member".
- A new chat forum for senior members and mods/admins only is accesible.
- The limit on stored private messages is increased to 300.
- The limit on images in a signature is increased to 10.
- The ability to use HTML in posts is granted.
- They appear as a "forum leader".
- They can modify their user title to anything they wish.
- The limit on attachments is removed.
- The ability to close their own thread is granted.
Firstly, I've done a lot of changes to the permissions and groups. I'm bound to have messed something up somewhere, not least because I managed to crash the whole forum site during the upgrade (oops!). If you spot anything amiss, please let me know.
Secondly, If you disagree with any of the above criteria and think anything should be changed, I'm all ears - please post your thoughts. I'm happy to change the above if needed.
Enjoy the upgraded forum. Many more features are in the pipeline, such as add-ons to spell check, save as draft, and a panic button, but for these you will have to wait a little longer. It's 1.15AM and I'm getting up again at 6.30...
Cheers!
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