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Require Registration/Login - Mike - 01-25-2015
With the traffic coming in for the CoC Bot and Bytecode Viewer, I feel it would help the community grow if registration or login was required to view either threads or maybe links?
Just a thought. Thanks.
You probably have a good reason for not doing this
RE: Require Registration/Login - Konloch - 01-25-2015
There's a few reasons why I haven't blocked guests, and the main one is SEO and I've always enjoyed the concept of an open forum. I'm interested in the community's opinion on this however.
RE: Require Registration/Login - Explicit - 01-25-2015
Would be stupid as it would prevent search engines from caching the forum content and appearing in search results. Most people would see a required registration forum and turn right away anyway.
RE: Require Registration/Login - zooty - 01-25-2015
Maybe links in posts and attachments could be blocked for guests.
RE: Require Registration/Login - Explicit - 02-01-2015
(01-25-2015, 10:38 PM)zooty Wrote: Maybe links in posts and attachments could be blocked for guests.
This ^
RE: Require Registration/Login - Konloch - 02-01-2015
Good thinking, I'll implement this soon
RE: Require Registration/Login - Konloch - 02-01-2015
Just checked guest settings, it's already enabled.
RE: Require Registration/Login - Explicit - 02-01-2015
(02-01-2015, 10:41 AM)Konloch Wrote: Just checked guest settings, it's already enabled.
You should probably enable it for code blocks and spoilers as well. It would be a nice feature just to throw download links in a spoiler so people have to register to gain access to any downloads (such as the CoC bot).
RE: Require Registration/Login - Barr - 02-01-2015
oh yeah, and then you get an influx of registered users doing nothing but leeching and taking names.
Bad idea.
RE: Require Registration/Login - Konloch - 02-01-2015
(02-01-2015, 10:54 AM)Explicit Wrote:(02-01-2015, 10:41 AM)Konloch Wrote: Just checked guest settings, it's already enabled.
You should probably enable it for code blocks and spoilers as well. It would be a nice feature just to throw download links in a spoiler so people have to register to gain access to any downloads (such as the CoC bot).
Solid idea! I'll implement this soon.