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12th Jul 2018 10:11 UTCDavid Von Bargen Manager
12th Jul 2018 13:55 UTCDavid Von Bargen Manager
If you click on the registration link, you will be led to a 404 page (ie page not found.) You can manually add another underscore between the underscore character and dot in the name/url, then hit the enter key and you will be brought to the correct page.
12th Jul 2018 23:55 UTCjeff yadunno
13th Jul 2018 00:38 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager
13th Jul 2018 01:18 UTCRuss Rizzo Expert
That's a good idea. But...
How would the new member know to e-mail Jolyon or one of the other admins to get registered? All they would see is the 404 error page. Would need to create a custom 404 page instructing them to e-mail Jolyon or one of the other admins in order to register. Which brings us full circle in that there would be no way to know that the the request to complete registration was legitimate and not a request by a spam bot. Wouldn't know until it was too late.
I remember that at one time in the past captcha software was used here to ensure that a robot was not posting messages. I know there were some issues with that program. My website host uses reCAPTCHA which is a vast improvement over the old version, It uses photos instead of numbers or an alphanumeric string of characters. Not sure how much the license for it would be.
13th Jul 2018 06:35 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder
Unfortunately this resulted in a deluge of spam so David had to disable things in a more basic way than I would have.
I will be back and able to work on the site by Wednesday next week.
13th Jul 2018 10:57 UTCDavid Von Bargen Manager
You only need to register if you want to participate in the messageboard. You can see most of the site without registering (there are some display options that you can use only if you are registered). Adding other information/pictures, requires "activating" your membership.
"Not sure how much the license for it would be." The program is Googles and they do not charge to use it. recently they have added the "I am not a robot" checkbox that can simplify things for users.
13th Jul 2018 19:00 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager
One does not need to become a member to see the majority of the site, only to add information/photos. David: could you have instead of the 404 page some sort of page that states the "r word" is closed temporarily and to check back at a later time?
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