Genestoy Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 How do you set which member group the new/validating registrations go into until they are manually validated by the admin? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 All new members Unless you literally meant how, then it's under Login & Registration --> Registration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genestoy Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) I have a group set up under Member> Groups called "Validating" which I have certain permissions set so they can't post etc. Whenever a new registration comes in it always goes into the "Members" group but I need them to go into the "Validating" group until they have been manually validated and at that time they would then be in the "Members" group? Is this possible? There is a tab in the ACP> Members that says "Validating" and the new registration are actually in there and in the "All" also. Basically I just want it so that any validating members can not post until approved by an admin Thanks Edited October 17, 2021 by Genestoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Does this allow them any advantages? View hidden posts, or something else? I approve every member manually. They go to the Validating Members section and I get an email when they join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genestoy Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) Yes, I have mine the same way. This appears to have been a bug for a very long time. I found posts here from back in 2017 with the same issue that validating members are able to post on the forums BEFORE they have been approved manually by an admin. I have the same problem and apparently the issue has never been resolved. Validating members should have no more posting rights than a guest until approved! Thanks Edited October 17, 2021 by Genestoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 9 hours ago, Genestoy said: Yes, I have mine the same way. This appears to have been a bug for a very long time. I found posts here from back in 2017 with the same issue that validating members are able to post on the forums BEFORE they have been approved manually by an admin. I have the same problem and apparently the issue has never been resolved. Validating members should have no more posting rights than a guest until approved! Thanks Do you allow external log ins such as Facebook? I do not believe those are validated. One of the reasons I turned all of the off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genestoy Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: Do you allow external log ins such as Facebook? I do not believe those are validated. One of the reasons I turned all of the off. Nope, none of those are allowed, like you all are turned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Sorry, hopefully someone else can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genestoy Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 Hey no problem, thanks for trying to help. I think this is a serious bug in the software as validating members should not be able to post etc until approved! Any comment IPS since this issue has been reported for years now with no resolve that I could find???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted October 18, 2021 Share Posted October 18, 2021 I would need some examples of this happening on your site in order to investigate. I have created a ticket for you so that we can go through in more detail to see what is happening. Please respond to the email notification of this with some members and example posts where they are not yet validated. This isnt something that should be happening, and I have not seen happening elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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