VBulletin 3 or something in .NET?

[Rob Weaver]

Thanks for that. I will get them to come in and have a look around.

[Rob Weaver]

Hi Zachery. I'm not a programmer, just a user, so I may not be able to answer the technical things. However, here goes ...

At the moment, we use vB2 which has been integrated into our...

[Rob Weaver]

For the last couple of years we have been using vBulletin 2 on our website and it has been excellent. This month, we are doing a total rebuild of the website - a total new look and feel. Our programmers...

[Rob Weaver]

No, I'm not. But our programmer is on holidays so I can't get him to check, As far as I can seek, everything is OK. Someone suggested the poster might have signed on then de-registered himself for...

[Rob Weaver]

This is more of a 'How could they?' question as will become clear but please bear with me ...

On our site, as on many others, you have to be registered to start a new thread or post....

[Rob Weaver]

Thanks - will do.

[Rob Weaver]

I don't know whether this is a bug or the result of our template tinkering but I would appreciate help in knowing where in the templates to look if anyone as come across something similar.
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[Rob Weaver]

Thanks, Steve. Too easy!

[Rob Weaver]

How do I ensure that all posts go into a 'queue' for approval before being manually posted onto the forum?

(I am not currently using the COPPA 'switch')

[Rob Weaver]

I've looked at the 'miserable users' hack and reckon whatever solution we arrive at, I'd like to install that, too. I fell about laughing for 15 minutes after reading the author's description of what...

[Rob Weaver]

I know you can ban certain email addresses, such as hotmail, but is there are quick way of zapping all existing users on hotmail other than calling up a list of them and removing them one at a time?

[Rob Weaver]

Thanks, folks - have done both and the problem appears to have disappeared!

[Rob Weaver]

There are people on our forums who post just for the sake of seeing their post count go up. Is there some way of removing all post counters?

[Rob Weaver]

Is there a way to turn off private messaging for some users and allow it for others - for example moderators only?

[Rob Weaver]

We have found that a number of users are making junk posts, just to get up their totals. How do I remove the 'number of posts' field from a user's profile?

[Rob Weaver]

Thanks, that's another good option.

[Rob Weaver]

Thanks, I'll give it a whirl....

[Rob Weaver]

This sounds like a strange idea, but let me explain ...

Some of my moderators want to set up a series of site awards (funniest post of the year, silliest post of the year, best posted suggestion...

[Rob Weaver]

Thanks Steve - both now working fine. Cheers, Rob.

[Rob Weaver]

1. I have not knowingly subscribed to any threads I get an email notification and a listing in my 'my vb home' every time someone responds to a thread. Where can I switch off the subscribe/unsubscribe...