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Thanks Marc - I do wish to bypass the normal registration BS necessary these days to avoid spam - CAPTCHA, security questions, email confirmation, and approving first post, etc. But I would never wish to bypass the legal requirements now necessary to run a website - namely making the Users aware of the Terms of Service, GDPR, CCPA, (opt in/out), etc. I only wish to create accounts for Users who I already know are legit, but I need to comply with legal regulations and have a record of their agreement to accept and comply. IMO, I would not be in compliance if I create New Users as an Admin as it is presently set up.

I was surprised to find that when I add a New Member manually (to prompt an interested party to register) that they get an email so they can complete their registration with a password and other profile information - but there is apparently no provision to have them Accept any Privacy and Terms of Use provisions - or Opt in/out in order to comply with GDPR and CPUU regulations. This has to be an oversight, and one that creates potential legal liability when using the manual registration option to help those having registration problems. Shouldn’t be too hard to port them to the original registration page (or similar) and complete (or update) their registration/profile and Acceptance as it appears on that page already. Thanks for your consideration.

When creating a new member manually from ACP an email is sent to the New Member with a link to select password, complete profile, etc. However, there is no prompt or boxes for them to accept Terms or Opt in/out. Is there an easy way (no template modification) to add those fields for this New Member to complete at the same time?

Thanks again - that sounded logical - I just wasn't sure - and thought I had seen a global setting for that. Might be a nice option to have. Reason being - I have a new, apparently sophisticated spammer using some AI I guess, that is bypassing all my safeguards. I switched reCAPTCHA to keyCAPCHA yesterday - and he managed to avoid it and post 40 topics quickly - apparently bypassing the new flood control I initiated at 70 seconds as well. Not sure about all that yet - but would be nice if I could just enable a first post approval for all new members site wide until I can get a grip on the situation.

Thanks for super fast reply. I saw that but was confused. It sounded as if after activation then one post had to be approved first, and then all content after that didn't need it be. Can I assume then that all Users that have already posted before this option was activated are considered to have one approved post already?? They have posts, but nobody "officially" approved them. I was afraid if activated, that would trigger all Users (new and old) to have at least one post "officially" approved after the option was activated.

I thought I saw this option somewhere and now can't find it. And I see similar options - but not exactly this one. Isn't there an option to require approval for a User's first post (site wide - in all forums) after he has successfully created his registration and posts for the first time? Then allowed normal posting after this first approval.

In the Full List of "Who's Online," there anyway to tell if Guests are people or crawlers/spiders??? Or to make it so crawlers are not listed?

Ok - thanks for quick reply. I thought there was some feature that would manage my Newsletters if I just uploaded them. Keep and display the old ones, and then automatically send a new one when uploaded. Something like that. I guess I was dreaming. 😀

Thanks - but I am really missing it then. I don't think I have anyone setup as a bulk mail subscriber - might that be it? Once a month I am to be given a .pdf Newsletter by a site's owner. All I see in the Edit for the "Newsletter Signup" is a "text reply" box. I don't see any settings for having it sent to Users on a schedule. Is there a place to upload the .pdfs and then have it sent to the Subscribers when done so? I don't see it as a Guest either.

I'm sure I'm missing something - and hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I have moved the Newsletter SignUp block to my sidebar. It says something like it will not be visible until I set it up. I have added text to the "reply box," but apparently I need to set something else up somewhere. Please Help.

Thanks Jim - was hoping to find some interested parties here first and field a few responses. If this doesn't work, I will certainly try reaching out via your referred list. Thanks again

Thanks for reply - Yes I understand there may be things like this, but that is one of the things I worry about - that is, would PHP 8 be compatible with V 4.4.10 if I upgraded to it before the IPS upgrade. Or should I go to PHP 7.4 first and then to PHP 8 after the IPS upgrade? Same concerns with MySQL and possibly Apache versions as well. Those are the main reasons I would prefer to hire someone familiar with such issues. It is a fully managed dedicated server so easy enough to get done. Would you be interested in doing the work?

I Admin/Moderate a large 15 yr. old "Community" (425 GB - almost all in the Forum) for an important customer, with important information and images. It is running V 4.4.10 on a dedicated server with Liquid Web. I wish to hire someone experienced to upgrade to the latest version. I don't want to take any chances. I previously paid Invision to do my upgrades via their "Premium Support" which I believe is no longer available. So, I have little confidence in my abilities in this area, or the "automatic" upgrade process when it comes to dealing with such an irreplaceable resource. I am more concerned with hiring experience before cost. There is a very simple skin with minor customization. A third party App that I believe will need to be eliminated (unsupported, and reason for no recent upgrades). And unsure about PHP and MySQL version compatibilities - see attached info. Website URL - www.palmtalk.org

Thank you - I appreciate your continued commitment.

Thanks - good to know you are still with us.