Solved IP banning in Kunena

We rarely, if ever, delete topics in this forum - topics are only deleted if they violate the terms of use (and your topics have not violated any terms of use). Sometimes people have difficulty locating where their topics are (because, in the interests of keeping like discussions together, we sometimes move things around) as >>> this <<< topic illustrates.

Ah, so perhaps they were just moved. If they are moved do they no longer show up in "my topics"? I had made two separate posts... one was about WYSIWYG. I posted it as a topic in this subforum. I figured it was probably answered elsewhere and deleted to reduce clutter or repetition.

I hate to repost the same question if I can't find it... I'm still sort of new to this new forum layout and working on a steep learning curve. Apologies if my newbiness is wearing you all out.

These questions are off-topic to "IP banning in Kunena".

jpfrancoeur wrote: Ah, so perhaps they were just moved.

Yes, your topics were moved and/or merged into other topics.

jpfrancoeur wrote: If they are moved do they no longer show up in "my topics"?

Yes, look at the My Topics menu item and you will see all the topics that you have contributed to. That is what I tried to explain in my last reply to you.

jpfrancoeur wrote: I had made two separate posts ...

... and a simple search of the forum would have shown you where do did this . Kunena has a wonderful ability to search for information.

Your "newbiness" is not wearing us out however, this topic (which is supposed to be about "IP banning") is inappropriate for dealing with these off-topic matters. I think we should now close this topic and move onto other questions.

sozzled wrote: There must be countless thousands of references on the Internet debating the effectiveness of banning by IP; I do not intend to add another one here. :laugh: The current conventional wisdom is that banning by IP is one of the least effective ways to counter spam attacks, for the simple reason that spammers use spoof IP addresses to launch their assault.

WYSIWYG is a different subject and we have an entire topic devoted to it. Please remain on-topic when using this forum.

The subject of this topic is "IP banning in Kunena". There is no banning by IP in Kunena, but there are possibly other extensions that can do that.

Kunena allows you to ban users by their Joomla username.

Circling back to the original post, I noticed that you guys used CAPTCHA for the first several posts I made, but that it doesn't appear anymore. I personally don't like CAPTCHA cos I just started needing reading glasses, and I have trouble reading that stuff even with them on. I do however like this little module I found on a blog I really like:



I am assuming that it is not currently an option, but would it be hard for someone to create an extension like it?

I spoke too soon. Perhaps it was some keywords in my last post, but a CAPTCHA screen popped up after I hit submit.

I have sent an email to you.