Age: 45 Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 457 Location: Cornwall,U.K.
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 1:46 pm
Why not give Kanta the ability to ban members ?
I run a forum using phpBB & all my moderators can ban people and have the option to remove all their posts in one go.
If this forum had at least 2 admins and 4 moderators who can ban members, which a forum of this size should have, then all new members could be subject to admin approval & people like this can be banned quickly.
Also they should consider upgrading to phpBB3, this forum uses version 2 which is obsolete, version 3 has some very good anti-bot plugins & the ability to report posts and members at the click of a button, and there is also a games arcade add-on with hundreds of free games !
I really haven't got a clue why there's still this outdated software on this server and why no-one ever thought of giving admin powers to more capable people.
Agreed with Dr_Jones: the forum software is so outdated that upgrading to a newer version of PHPBB would destroy the previous content (not that one should use PHPBB anymore to begin with), and the admin situation isn't going to change on this site (as seen in the past 12 months).
So the most obvious option would be to start a new forum, but who would really want to take all that effort (forum software, server upkeep etc.) for a new JMJ forum? After all, this site seems to require 0% attention from the admins, otherwise they'd actually be active, and that it doesn't appear to be a financial burden since otherwise they'd have pulled the plug years ago.
The only downside is the theme won't work & a new theme would have to be created from scratch which is very time consuming.
It can also be done offline using software called Wamp Server then if anything goes wrong the actual forum is not affected which is what I do when doing a major update then once everything is working as it should I upload the files & database to the server.
In other words, the administration of this forum (except for Kanta, who should have been the owner for 8 years already) is non-existent and ineffective. Even the poorest of subreddits have better control than this.
Seriously, Where are GeeJee and the other admins when you need them? And why is Kanta still not one of them?
The only downside is the theme won't work & a new theme would have to be created from scratch which is very time consuming.
It can also be done offline using software called Wamp Server then if anything goes wrong the actual forum is not affected which is what I do when doing a major update then once everything is working as it should I upload the files & database to the server.
Well phpBB 3.2 has just been launched. https://www.phpbb.com/com...?f=14&t=2398141
This forum is like an old uncontrolled satellite that is drifting around in cyberspace ready to be knocked out by space junk.
It's incredible that it still works as good as it does.
_________________ "The worst thing in any form of art is to be betrayed by your own habits." - JEAN MICHEL JARRE
Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 585 Location: Lodz, Poland
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 3:47 pm
So far it's being paid but when it suddenly stops... We have an incredible wealth of information here, it would be a damn shame if it would go to waste this way.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
