I put out a plea 2 days ago for help in getting 2 PHPBB mods installed on the forum here. Ok, ok, you got me. When I said “help”, I meant not “assistance”, but “I tell you what I want and hand over my passwords in a real trusting fashion and you do all of the work”.

I had 3 offers for help, and went with the first guy who replied. Bucky, also known as The West Virginia Blogger, installed those mods in record time for me, one on his lunch break, and the other in the wee hours while I was still sleeping. He even included screen shots for me so I could find everything easily enough once he was done. What a guy!

I’m now the proud user of 2 little mods designed to combat spam on the forums. The Admin Userlist allows you to view a long member list, and sort by name, url, # of posts, etc. Next to each name is a checkbox so that you can delete (or ban) a group of accounts at once. Much quicker than deleting accounts one by one.

The Only Active Members Can Post URL’s mod allows you to force members to belong to your forum for a set # of days, and have a set # of posts, if you wish, before they can post a URL. Since most of our spammers registered and then immediately posted their naughty, dirty spam messages, this is another great too.