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OMG... ProSoundWeb'd forums are pissing me off...
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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Broughton" data-source="post: 42724" data-attributes="member: 318"><p>Re: OMG... ProSoundWeb'd forums are pissing me off...</p><p></p><p>First you have to start with real, paid (and supported) forum software. vbulletin (same software used here) is what I recommend. Next, make sure registration has a few question/answer items, with questions SPECIFIC to the topic of your forum. e.g. if your forum is about drums, have the question be something only a drum enthusiast can answer, and make sure there's several questions that randomly come up. If that's not enough, add a spam-rejecting addon. I use Glowhost's Spam-A-Matic (free) add-on and it's been pretty flawless. In extreme cases, if that's not enough, make a "new users" forum in your forums which is the only forum a new user can post to. Disable all abilities to create links for the new users and you only have to monitor that forum for new posts. Once they've made a post that seems reasonable, you can upgrade them to full status. In your case, with a low-volume forum, the question/answer should be all you need, as long as you're asking the right questions. Robots and human spammers can't answer industry-specific questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Broughton, post: 42724, member: 318"] Re: OMG... ProSoundWeb'd forums are pissing me off... First you have to start with real, paid (and supported) forum software. vbulletin (same software used here) is what I recommend. Next, make sure registration has a few question/answer items, with questions SPECIFIC to the topic of your forum. e.g. if your forum is about drums, have the question be something only a drum enthusiast can answer, and make sure there's several questions that randomly come up. If that's not enough, add a spam-rejecting addon. I use Glowhost's Spam-A-Matic (free) add-on and it's been pretty flawless. In extreme cases, if that's not enough, make a "new users" forum in your forums which is the only forum a new user can post to. Disable all abilities to create links for the new users and you only have to monitor that forum for new posts. Once they've made a post that seems reasonable, you can upgrade them to full status. In your case, with a low-volume forum, the question/answer should be all you need, as long as you're asking the right questions. Robots and human spammers can't answer industry-specific questions. [/QUOTE]
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