JShop E-Commerce Forums  

Go Back   JShop E-Commerce Forums > News And Announcements

If you are a license owner of JShop Server you can gain access to the restricted sections of the forums by opening an account here, activating the account from the activation email you will receive and then logging into your registered users area, clicking 'Account Settings' and linking your forum account (bottom right option). Only JShop Server license owners can access these forums.

Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes
Unread 05-05-2009, 10:22 AM   #1
JShopSupport
JShop E-Commerce Support
 
JShopSupport's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,187
Exclamation Forum Spam [UPDATED]

We are encountering a surge in the amount of spam accounts joining the forum, which started a couple of weeks ago. From what we can gather, this is something that's happening to many forums and would indicate a more concerted effort to post spam on forums recently. They appear to be manual sign-ups and postings, rather than by an automated means, and we're finding that the first post is now happening very shortly after joining, rather than what used to happen which was a delay between signing up the account and subsequently posting (which gave us a chance to ban obviously fake accounts before a posting happened).

We're going to keep a track on this for the next couple of weeks and if it does not ease up, we may have to alter the forums to avoid having the manual work of constantly deleting thread and posts and banning the users.
__________________
JShop E-Commerce Support
Web: http://www.jshop.co.uk/support
JShop E-Commerce - A better way to sell online...
JShopSupport is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 21-05-2009, 07:25 AM   #2
JShopSupport
JShop E-Commerce Support
 
JShopSupport's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,187
Default

Due to the rising tide of spam accounts and the associated time we have to invest in banning accounts and removing spam posts, on Monday 8th June we will be closing all public parts of the forum that allow posting. After this time you will only be able to post on the JShop Server forums once you have signed up and linked your forum account to your license account via. the registered users area (as is currently done).

We do not feel that this will make a material difference to those looking to purchase JShop Server as the number of posts on the pre-sales forum is very low and the vast majority of pre-sales is dealt with via. email or telephone.

The only forum that will remain on public view will be News And Announcements.
__________________
JShop E-Commerce Support
Web: http://www.jshop.co.uk/support
JShop E-Commerce - A better way to sell online...
JShopSupport is offline   Reply With Quote
Unread 08-06-2009, 09:31 AM   #3
JShopSupport
JShop E-Commerce Support
 
JShopSupport's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,187
Default

The forums have now been reorganised as we previously advised. There are no longer any open forums for posting unless you link your forum account to your license via. the Account Settings page in the Registered Users Area.

The forums have also been re-organised for consistency. If you are looking for the JShop Server versions 1.x forums, those can now be found in the 'Older Forums' section. They have been moved there as versions below 2.0.0 are no longer officially supported by us.
__________________
JShop E-Commerce Support
Web: http://www.jshop.co.uk/support
JShop E-Commerce - A better way to sell online...

Last edited by JShopSupport; 08-06-2009 at 10:51 AM.
JShopSupport is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 11:14 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
JShop, JShop Professional, JShop Server and DoublePadlock are ©1997-2009 Whorl Ltd.