Comments on: Enthusiast 3.1.1 released

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:55:09 +0000

Count me in among users who would like a mass-delete, perhaps with a required “are you sure?” confirmation page/button. Currently, the way I handle the spam (I probably get about 100 per FL every month or two) is to go through the list of pending members visually, and spot all the actual people who applied. I approve them, and then I go into myPHPadmin and search for all pending=1, then delete those.

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 30 May 2007 13:45:17 +0000

Currently, support for multiple answers for an additional field isn’t really supported. However, you could also add an additional field for every fanlisting you own, where they can tick/check each that they’d want to be listed under. :)

As for wishlists, you can probably use one category for it, but I think it would be rather overkill. :)

By: Saya

Saya — Wed, 30 May 2007 08:33:28 +0000

Hi,…

Firstly… thumbs up for your script, it has made my day, when I finally got it working (I sux at PHP).
Second, I was just only wondering, if it’s possible to create something like…. a Wish list and a Keep in mind list, for the enth?

Thank you!!!!!

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:34:39 +0000

Hello Kaye,

The only problem right now, really, is the lack of time. :( I’ve been meaning for a long time to do something pro-active about spam (like captchas, like Akismet, or just plain SOMETHING) but due to time… haven’t been able to code it in. It’s in the plans, however. :)

By: Kaye

Kaye — Wed, 23 May 2007 18:36:54 +0000

Any thoughts of including a captcha in the next update?

I just converted to Enth 3.1 from Fanbase, and though I love it and wonder how I went without for so long - the spam is actually worse. I’ve put in Jem’s javascript defense for now in hopes that will help, but captchas are the only way I’ve found to stop spam in it’s tracks (I have one on my guestbook that I couldn’t go without!)

Thoughts? I’m no scripter, of course, so I have no idea how difficult it would be to add something like this.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:21:37 +0000

Bridget–yes, that’s one thing that is keeping me from implementing a mass delete for Enth. Plus, it’s a “quick fix”, and doesn’t really get to the heart of the matter, which would be to actually stop the spam from getting in.

Ah, decisions, decisions!

By: Bridget

Bridget — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:11:41 +0000

A mass delete would be nice, luckily after I moved domains I haven’t had a problem with the spammers … yet.

However the whole “I don’t like all these people so I will delete them” is against TFL’s policies isn’t it? Sure you can’t really regulate something like that … but if enough people were rejected for no legitimate reason, wouldn’t somebody start to wonder what was going on with that FL?

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:46:32 +0000

Hello Manda,

Thanks for the heads up—I’ve known of the spam issue though for some time now (and experience it in some of my fanlistings). :)

By: Manda

Manda — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:07:30 +0000

Angela, this thread at the TFL boards talks about spam with Enthusiast. Just thought I’d let you know about the thread in case you are weighing the pros and cons of inserting a mass delete function for Enth :)

By: Angela

Angela — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:28:04 +0000

Thanks for your ideas, Susanna, Laney Marie! I’ll be weighing the pros and cons carefully. :)