[Discuss] Support Request Template Generator

MichaelC · Post by **MichaelC** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:19 pm

SHEFmanager wrote:I've used it only once and the spammers registering i recieved on my web page went from 0 and i mean 0, spam botters registering to over 6 a day from the day after i posted my url on the support form template.
There is no question in my mind spammers used this form / these forums and are now targetting my website. I won't be adding it again for this reason and i ask perhaps if it's possible to enter the website URL but only mods / admin on here can view it?
Bar that complaint i can see it being a valuable tool for you guys to help others quickly.

Support here is provided by the community and the phpbb.com teams and the link to your board is very important in providing support so the person helping you out can look exactly what the problem is.

If your having spam issue then I recommend that you take a look at this topic.

tbackoff · Post by **tbackoff** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:46 pm

SHEFmanager wrote:I won't be adding it again for this reason and i ask perhaps if it's possible to enter the website URL but only mods / admin on here can view it?

If you are uncomfortable posting the URL, feel free to type in "will provided to team members via PM if requested" (or something similar). Some issues don't require a URL at all. If it's needed, we can ask for it.

SHEFmanager · Post by **SHEFmanager** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:44 pm

Please don't feel i'm complaining harshly- i'm mearly pointing out an observation that's my own opinion. I do realise it's an important question in order to help others but just thought you may like to be aware of it for any updates in the future.
For what it's worth pit$bull solved my problem so was a small price to pay and yes today i included a simple question on registration through the custom profile with a drop down box answer as suggested in the link which i'd read last night - and this is the first day since forum template - i've not had a spammer register !!!

TWEagle · Post by **TWEagle** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:42 pm

So if I understand it right the Support Request Template isn't GPL then and isn't available for download??

Elias · Post by **Elias** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:47 pm

The_White_Eagle wrote:So if I understand it right the Support Request Template isn't GPL then and isn't available for download??

May i ask why you would need to download it?

If you are looking for something similar for your website/forum then you would need a MOD for it.

Thanks

Erik Frèrejean · Post by **Erik Frèrejean** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:58 pm

The_White_Eagle wrote:So if I understand it right the Support Request Template isn't GPL then and isn't available for download??

The generator itself indeed is written by the phpBB teams especially for this website and will not be released, as everything else on this site for that matter (its also pretty useless outside this site). The Support Toolkit however contains an SRT generator heavily based upon the one used on this site. You could use that code to create your own if you need one.

TWEagle · Post by **TWEagle** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:16 am

Elias wrote:
The_White_Eagle wrote:So if I understand it right the Support Request Template isn't GPL then and isn't available for download??
May i ask why you would need to download it?

If you are looking for something similar for your website/forum then you would need a MOD for it.

Thanks

If you mean the posting template,
I already use it but I am making a forum for my collega's on the work and they are a litlle bit lazy so they don't want to write a lot down so I have thought about editing the SRT to my needs

but as I understand in the Support Toolkit is the same supprt Request Template

MichaelC · Post by **MichaelC** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:28 am

The_White_Eagle wrote:
Elias wrote:
The_White_Eagle wrote:So if I understand it right the Support Request Template isn't GPL then and isn't available for download??
May i ask why you would need to download it?

If you are looking for something similar for your website/forum then you would need a MOD for it.

Thanks
If you mean the posting template,
I already use it but I am making a forum for my collega's on the work and they are a litlle bit lazy so they don't want to write a lot down so I have thought about editing the SRT to my needs

but as I understand in the Support Toolkit is the same supprt Request Template

Similar, most likely not the exact same.

5hocK · Post by **5hocK** » Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:00 pm

How about changing the "When did your problem begin?" to what is written in the [Help]?
Save staff a little time. ie: viewtopic.php?f=46&t=2192758#p13359844

moviehive · Post by **moviehive** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:27 am

Two things.

3.1.1 should be added to version list.

When you click 'help' nothing comes up. Is that a browser issue or an issue with the site?

Post by **KaileyT** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 12:59 pm

I would report those here so the teams don't forget about them.

Miker1029 · Post by **Miker1029** » Fri Nov 28, 2014 10:33 am

No option for Switching HOSTS had to click Fresh Install Which It Wasn't...

Mike

EDIT:And That's (I Think) Not the Problem, Was Just pointing it out....

P_I · Post by **P_I** » Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:17 am

It might be time to update Step1, which defaults the question "What version of phpBB are you using? [Help]" to phpBB 3.0-B1.

The drop down-list needs to cover many versions that might still be in the wild, but shouldn't the default list item be something more current, say phpBB 3.2.0, the earliest release in the recently EOL phpBB 3.2 family.

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