DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
---------------------------------------------------------
Create A Forum - Support Forums
HTML https://support.createaforum.com
---------------------------------------------------------
*****************************************************
DIR Return to: Guides and Tutorials
*****************************************************
#Post#: 679--------------------------------------------------
[Tips] Safeguarding Your Forum
DIR By: Alex P.
Date: August 5, 2010, 4:28 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
[center]Safeguarding Your Forum[/center]
---------------------------------------------------------
[b]Contents:
[iurl=#Staff]Choosing Your Staff[/iurl]
[iurl=#Permissions]Permissions[/iurl]
[iurl=#Recycle]Recycling[/iurl]
[iurl=#Spam]Protection From Spam[/iurl]
[anchor=Staff]
---------------------------------------------------------
Choosing Your Staff
---------------------------------------------------------
Staff is a very important thing. Your staff has power to
moderate your forum and to make permanent decisions. With that
in mind, the following tips can help you make a good decision in
the case that you want to make a staff team consisting of people
other than yourself
- Don't take applications for staff, anyone can post anything on
the internet without proof.
- Do not give staff positions as a prize or to someone just
because they join your forums or win a contest.
- Give staff positions to dedicated members, chances are someone
isn't going to give hours of their time into your forums and
countless posts just to become a mod and destroy your forums.
- Don't give staff to someone just because they claim to be
someone else. In the event of someone claiming to be someone you
know from elsewhere, contact that person on the site where you
met them before giving them a staff position.
- If you can avoid it, do not give anyone administration
privileges on your forum.
- Finally, make sure you know and trust anyone that you give a
staff position to on your forum.
[anchor=Permissions]
---------------------------------------------------------
Permissions
---------------------------------------------------------
Permissions are something to look at carefully. They determine
who can do what on your forum. When people have more and more
options, accidents can happen. for this reason, try and limit
what users and/or staff on your forum can do.
- Don't give the ability to anyone to delete accounts.
- Don't allow members to remove/lock their posts.
- Don't allow anyone to access bans other than the admin(s).
- Don't allow anyone other than yourself to change permissions.
[anchor=Recycle]
---------------------------------------------------------
Recycling
---------------------------------------------------------
You can protect your forum from losing it's topics. To do this
we have to create a new board. Do:
Admin>Forum>Boards>Create new
Name it whatever you want.
I personally made mine Admin only, by unchecking all boxes,
because this way, I am the ultimate decider in whether posts go
back or not.
Now on the same area (Boards) go to settings and check "Enable
recycling of deleted topics" The choose the board you just made.
This will send all user deleted topics to this board, which only
you/mods can view. Once again making it so you are the only one
to view the board can protect all of your topics from rouge
mods, because you can take the topics and move them back.
[anchor=Spam]
---------------------------------------------------------
Protection From Spam
---------------------------------------------------------
Another way your forums can be taken over is through spam. Spam
is the worst, especially when it is through advertisements for
products or websites through an automated message and links. It
stinks. I use these measures to protect my forums.
- Make it so members must activate their account in order to log
in.
- Do NOT allow guests to post ANYWHER unless you put them on
post-moderation.
- Make board-specific moderators if you have moderators so that
they will see spam on their boards and fix it right away.
- Require administrator approval for accounts. If a member
really wants to join, they'll wait the few hours it may take for
the registration to be accepted.
- Require members with less than 10 posts to put in verification
to post/send messages.
- Make members familiar with features to get moderation
attention, such as the Report to Moderator function, and the
ability to PM you.
---------------------------------------------------------
Overall, you can protect your forum. If you can handle all the
work, then there isn't even a need for moderators. Follow these
steps, and your forum will be secure.
---------------------------------------------------------
[b]Have something to add? Post here and it will be considered!
*****************************************************
Page 1 of 1