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Question on setting 'banned' IP addresses

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Awesome!

Case closed.

GROUP search to include group discussions code...?

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Sorry, I think I have not understood or described this all very well, as to what I'm needing. Let me try again better this time...

The general group search at site.com/group is fine. It gives you a search result of the group titles and decriptions. It's fine as is.

What I need is a search WITHIN each particular group- a search of that particular group's discussions. Yoiu'd be on a group main page, and then you'd click on the "view all' in the discussion forum block...which takes you to a page listing that group's forum discussions. That's where I would like a search box- to for example find all of that group's discussions that talk about "bass" dulcimers, "octave" dulcimers, or "baritone" dulcimers.

What complicates this is that the location of the page for the search box would be varied, depending on WHO created that group, like:
site.com/strumelia/group_discuss/group_id=57
site.com/dusty-turtle/group_discuss/group_id=56
site.com/val-hughes/group_discuss/group_id=44
updated by @strumelia: 03/13/15 02:22:03PM

Question on setting 'banned' IP addresses

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I'm assuming you mean putting "1" in there all by itself...not to do that. Gotcha. lol

Do you know the answer to this? :
am I to understand that the Banned IP list only stops them from joining or logging in? and does not stop them from merely browsing the site online, right? THUS- I can still expect to see them in the Who's Online list even after being on the Banned list, right?

Thanks!

Question on setting 'banned' IP addresses

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Ah, one last quick question-
A couple hours ago I banned 220.181 as the beginning of various Chinese IP addresses I often see lurking in my "Who's Online" list. Now I see another one there with the same first part of their ip address.
So, am I to understand that the Banned IP list onlny stops them fromjoining or logging in? and does not stop them from merely browsing the site online, right? Thus I can expect to still see them in the Who's Online list even after being on the Banned list, right?
Thanks for any clarification.

Featured discussions

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Don't you mean featuring forum THREADS or DISCUSSIONS? I know we can feature those in Ning, but not 'feature' individual posts. Am I mistaken about that?

Question on setting 'banned' IP addresses

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Hi Michael.
After some testing, I've found that not only should one not use an asterisk at the end of a partial IP, but also it won't work correctly if I used a period. That's where it was going wrong for me.
So for example, when dealing with an IP of 123.125.71.110, it would NOT work if I used the partials of either: 123.125. or 123.125* or 123.125.*
but it DOES work correctly by using a partial of simply: 123.125
(with no periods or asterisks at the end at all).
Putting in the decimal point at the end of my partials was messing me up.
So you might want to word it to include: "Do not put a decimal point or asterisk at the end of your partial IP submitted." Just a thought.

Anyway, it's nopw working great, thanks!
Thanks!

Question on setting 'banned' IP addresses

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In my Banned items module, I have various Chinese ip addresses of nefarious lurkers I see when I check my "who's online".
Over the period of days, I might see them with slightly changing ips, such as:
123.125.71.110
123.125.71.140
123.125.71.165
In the Help (?) for the Banned module, it says I can set 'partial' IP addresses.
So I added into the banned list: 123.125.
and I also put in one with the asterisk: 123.125.*

Then I punched in a 'test' for ip: 123.125.71.190
and I got the results that it did NOT fall under the banned category.
Is this a glitch?

Thanks

updated by @strumelia: 04/05/15 01:21:13AM

User Privacy Settings Don't Seem to Have Right Descriptions

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I did that, thanks.

I do still agree with Dave though, that an additional option more in the middle ground would be good. Personally, I'd vote for having members be able to select if site members ONLY are able to see their profile pages, or just viewable by everyone online.

2 simple questions about private messaging/following

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Great!

User Privacy Settings Don't Seem to Have Right Descriptions

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Gee, I don't want bunches of creepy hidden members lurking about on my site unseen. If they want to be members of my site they have to join in with everyone else, not hide in the shrubbery! =8-*