Registration is set in the General tab of the administration control panel, User registration settings screen. Each forum has its own members: an account on your forum does not work on the platform’s other forums.
Main settings
- Account activation: No activation (immediate access), By user (email verification), By admin, or Disable registration.
- Minimum required strength: the strength a password must reach; it is checked at registration, password change and password reset.
- New member post limit: the number of posts during which a member stays in the Newly registered users group, whose rights you can restrict.
- Allow email address re-use: whether several accounts may use the same address.
Terms of use
After changing your forum’s terms of use or privacy policy, set “Ask members to accept the terms of use again” or “Ask members to accept the privacy policy again” to Yes, on the same screen: each member will have to accept them again on their next visit.
A forum without activity
As long as the forum has no activity, registration stays closed, whatever the setting: post a first topic (see First steps). Protections against bots are described in Spam protection.