1$SectionName = "Forum_Moderator_and_Banning_Functions"; 2 3### Section 1 4############################################# 5$SectionSub1 = "Forum_Moderator"; 6$SectionBody1 = qq~<p>The Forum Moderator position is new to YaBB 2.6.0. As Forum Moderator, you have all the abilities of a Moderator extending over nearly any post on the Forum outside of the sections reserved for Admins.</p> 7<p>The Forum Moderator has an additional ability as well: You can ban users who break Forum rules, are disruptive or are spamming the Forum.</p>~; 8############################################# 9 10### Section 2 11############################################# 12$SectionSub2 = "Banning_Members"; 13$SectionBody2 = qq~<p>To begin banning a Member, access the Member's Profile. This page will give you three methods for banning a Member:</p> 14<ol> 15 <li>by IP address</li> 16 <li>by E-mail address</li> 17 <li>by User ID</li> 18</ol> 19<p><b><span class="underline">Banning a Member</span></b></p> 20<ul> 21 <li><b>IP Address</b> 22 <ul> 23 <li>The Member's last 3 IP addresses are listed on their Profile page. You have the option clicking on one of the IP addresses listed to bring up a page where you can choose which IP look-up service to use to determine where in the world the chosen IP is. This can be helpful in determining if the Member is actually a spammer or simply disruptive. You also have the option of banning that IP address for a day, a week, a month or permanently.</li> 24 </ul> 25 </li> 26 <li><b>E-mail Address</b> 27 <ul> 28 <li>This second method allows you to prevent anyone using that specific e-mail address (example: bad@user.com) from registering or logging in. As with IP banning, you have the option of banning that address for a day, a week, a month or permanently.</li> 29 </ul> 30 </li> 31 <li><b>User ID</b> 32 <ul> 33 <li>Finally, the simplest way to ban a user is by their User ID. Note that this is <i>not</i> their Screen Name. Again, you have the choice of making the ban for a day, a week, a month or permanent.</li> 34 </ul> 35 </li> 36</ul> 37~; 38############################################# 39 40### Section 3 41############################################# 42$SectionSub3 = "Un-Banning"; 43$SectionBody3 = qq~<p>Circumstances sometimes warrant un-banning Members who have been banned. To un-ban a Member, access the Member's Profile. Beneath whichever method was used to ban the member, you will see an “Unban” link. Clicking this removes that Member's information from the banned list.</p> 44~; 45############################################# 46 471;