Affin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 2:59 pm
Now I do not mean banning a member to always say without shutting down a member in a week?
Using advanced deciphering tools, my educated guess is that your aim is to restrict a specific member to "reading only" for the duration of a a week.
Make a group with restricted permissions (NEVER) and add that member to the group, and remove him from that group when you feel the time is right.
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admin panel
manage users
enter their name
in the quick tools choose deactivate account
That will turn it off, the person can't log in and all of their posts will stay in place
If you want it back on again just select activate account in the same place
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Do not know how I can explain better, you do not have that kind of stabbing. You only ban people here, as I know, there are no shutdowns on time. But if I say this: I commit a violation here and get a shutdown for a week. Then I can not log in, but it should be possible to read the forum as a guest. Hope you understand what I mean.
Affin wrote: ↑Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:39 pm
You only ban people here, ...
That is not true.
KevC proposed a solution which will limit that member's possibilities to those of a guest.
My solution offers a way to give that member some more possibilies (e.g. reading a forum a guest is not allowed to view, reading PMs, it's up to you to decide on his permissions)).
Spelling is freeware, which means you can use it for free.
On the other hand, it is not open source, which means you cannot change it or publish it in a modified form.
Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.
Ok I understand, but while the member is turned off, I want to be "turned off" on his "title" when the shutdown ends, it will be a member again. I know it sounds strange in many ears, but it's on many forums, someone has probably seen it.
My take is the OP is asking to ban a member for a specific period, i.e. one week, and then have the ban automatically lifted. If that is correct, the functionality exists in Moderator Control Panel->Banning.
It looks like this (click for big):
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Affin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:00 am
Ok I understand, but while the member is turned off, I want to be "turned off" on his "title" when the shutdown ends, it will be a member again. I know it sounds strange in many ears, but it's on many forums, someone has probably seen it.
If it's on many forums, then give an example so that it's clear to us. Currently 3 possible solutions have been given, the last one being "banning for a specified duration". All three are standard functionalities of a phbBB board.
Spelling is freeware, which means you can use it for free.
On the other hand, it is not open source, which means you cannot change it or publish it in a modified form.
Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.
P_I wrote: ↑Sun Nov 18, 2018 1:14 am
My take is the OP is asking to ban a member for a specific period, i.e. one week, and then have the ban automatically lifted. If that is correct, the functionality exists in Moderator Control Panel->Banning.
It looks like this (click for big):
phpBB - 7 day ban example.JPG
Yes, I know that, but I wonder more, when you turn off the member, I want it turned off and not a member while the member is turned off. How do it this?
The person can then only visit as a guest. All of their posts and profile stays intact.
When you want to let them back in you just turn the account on again.
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