Unwelcomed and invisable members

[teestorms]

Forum URL: Terristorms.proboards52.com

Hi...We were having some problems with our board, so I opened it up for a brief period so the admins could access it. But now, our board lists an unknown person on the "most recent member" list. This person doesn't show on the member list however. Our board is a private family board, so some of our members are rightfully concerned about unwelcome intruders opening up accounts on our board.

I am not sure why this name shows as the newest member, yet their name doesn't appear on our member list. I have the board closed again so visitors cannot access it. I have a few questions about this situation, namely: How was this person able to open up an account without showing on the member list? How do we get rid of them? And how do we prevent intruders from opening up accounts in the future? I want to be able to make the board avaiable for the mods to check code, etc..but without any unwelcome intruders opening up accounts on our board.

Thanks

[🎶Sossity🎶]

Hi

If the mysterious member is called 'Janna', i'm afraid that was me. I joined briefly to check something in order to see if i could help you out, when you made a query a few days ago. I then deleted the account, so, that's why i'm not om the members list.

The name will only be moved as the newest member when someone else joins.

If it wasn't 'Janna', then, someone else may have also joined then deleted their account.

*See SwordGrunt's advice (i forgot to include it here) You can also choose limited registration, so that a new members have to be approved by a staff member. That'll be handy if you decide to extend membership to a wider field*

[SwordGrunt]

Go to the Admin area. From there, you'll be able to do everything you want.


1. Click on "General Settings".

2. Set "Disable Signups" and "Guests Must Login" to yes.

Now, noone will be able to acess the foprum except for those who already registered. If you accept a new member, make an account for him/her, since Staff will be able to.


Is the 'intruder' name in the color of the text (and not link)? If yes, then he deleted his account. If you follow the 2 steps above, no new accounts will be made by anyone but Staff.

[teestorms]

Yes it was "Janna"! ;D I'm glad to see that it was a respected support board veteran that joined our board..and not some hacker.. If I need anymore coding help, I will open the board again, so you or one of the other board "wizards" can access it. Thanks for your help!

Mar 3, 2008 10:03:55 GMT -8 🎶Sossity🎶 said:

Hi

If the mysterious member is called 'Janna', i'm afraid that was me. I joined briefly to check something in order to see if i could help you out, when you made a query a few days ago. I then deleted the account, so, that's why i'm not om the members list.

The name will only be moved as the newest member when someone else joins.

If it wasn't 'Janna', then, someone else may have also joined then deleted their account.

*See SwordGrunt's advice (i forgot to include it here) You can also choose limited registration, so that a new members have to be approved by a staff member. That'll be handy if you decide to extend membership to a wider field*

[🎶Sossity🎶]

Mar 3, 2008 10:36:04 GMT -8 teestorms said:

Yes it was "Janna"! ;D I'm glad to see that it was a respected support board veteran that joined our board..and not some hacker.. If I need anymore coding help, I will open the board again, so you or one of the other board "wizards" can access it. Thanks for your help!

Mar 3, 2008 10:03:55 GMT -8 🎶Sossity🎶 said:

Hi

If the mysterious member is called 'Janna', i'm afraid that was me. I joined briefly to check something in order to see if i could help you out, when you made a query a few days ago. I then deleted the account, so, that's why i'm not om the members list.

The name will only be moved as the newest member when someone else joins.

If it wasn't 'Janna', then, someone else may have also joined then deleted their account.

*See SwordGrunt's advice (i forgot to include it here) You can also choose limited registration, so that a new members have to be approved by a staff member. That'll be handy if you decide to extend membership to a wider field*

Hi

No, i'm not a mod' ;D
The admins here have full access to all boards, so any big problems can be sorted out. If it's a coding issue, then the 'view source' option can be used to see your headers and footers, so no worries, your board will be secure.