[MarkDavid]

Currently, if a Super Moderator is signed on to the forums, their name appears in bold in the Who's Online box and everywhere else. And thats fine, but I wish to make the same thing happen for Admins, as well.

Can someone help me. At some point, I know I came across it but now I cannot find it again.

Thank you!

[Max Taxable]

Why do you want to let crackers and script kiddies know what accounts have "powers" on your board, and why do you want your users sucking up to the same?

[MarkDavid]

Point taken Max, but if I knew how to change the font style, I might decide to remove the bold entirely. Or I might decide to leave it be.

I just want to know where this is controlled from.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by MarkDavid

Point taken Max, but if I knew how to change the font style, I might decide to remove the bold entirely. Or I might decide to leave it be.

I just want to know where this is controlled from.

I don't know about vB4... Sorry I really can't help you at all, just thought I would bring up reasons for NOT having special font styles for staff accounts.

One other reason: Spammers also look to see if any of these specially marked accounts are online before they do their deeds. In fact I know of NO good or productive reason at all to mark your staff.

[HMBeaty]

AdminCP > Usergroups > Usergroup Manager > [Edit Usergroup] > Username HTML Markup

As an example, the code I have in mine is....

First box:

Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

Second box:

Block Disabled:      (Update License Status)
Suspended or Unlicensed Members Cannot View Code.

[MarkDavid]

Thank you, that helped!!

[Mooff]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

In fact I know of NO good or productive reason at all to mark your staff.

Are you kidding me?

Users need to know if a moderator just gave them a warning or someone else is imposing. And that goes for PM and posts on the board. Also posts where staff members set the tone of a thread need to be recognized as such - f.e. "guys please get back on topic."


It is not a good idea to make the life for your users harder just cause that might help vs spambots and script kiddies. In addition, if you worry about the latter i would worry more about the security of the adminpasswords. Like, force your admins not to use simple passwords like "god, dogname, love, hate, admin, power".

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by Mooff

Are you kidding me?

Users need to know if a moderator just gave them a warning or someone else is imposing. And that goes for PM and posts on the board. Also posts where staff members set the tone of a thread need to be recognized as such - f.e. "guys please get back on topic."


It is not a good idea to make the life for your users harder just cause that might help vs spambots and script kiddies. In addition, if you worry about the latter i would worry more about the security of the adminpasswords. Like, force your admins not to use simple passwords like "god, dogname, love, hate, admin, power".

Most all forum board users know that not just anyone can issue infractions or give warnings. But all this really is just a difference in philosophy - on my board, we're not ticky-tacky, never worry too much about any "rules" and therefore, never much issue with warnings, infractions, etc. It's not a armed camp or a nanny state with word police, "offense" police, and the like. People are expected to take personal responsibility for their posts and for the overwhelming majority, they do.

I understand why folks would want to mark their staff, and many boards do it. But it's more of a "me too" type of deal than anything else, people do it on reflex because everyone else does. Not even thinking about it. Like lemmings.

[MarkDavid]

I think the benefits of clearly marking the authority far outweigh the detriments. I have made sure that my Admins are using complex passwords.

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by MarkDavid

I think the benefits of clearly marking the authority far outweigh the detriments. I have made sure that my Admins are using complex passwords.

Yes I have no such security concerns either... All of my admin accounts are also unalterable users in the config file.

I merely believe there's no compelling reason to identify the backend accounts for those who would intend harm. Let them figure out which accounts to focus their efforts on, themselves. Just adds a annoying step to their pursuits, before they fail miserably anyway...