Seems that now that the forum is faster, the spammers are having less trouble doing their thing... =D 

could we just lock down posting to registered users for now anyway? this is getting out of hand :( 

Considering the amount of spam most people get in their inbox, this is pretty tame. 

to have at least 50 posts per page. :) They are usually very short on this board.

Thanks metl for fixing func, it now works pretty well! 

testes... 

maybe i should have a test thread for this shit... 

bleh 

why my code suck? 

okay, some thread paging changes:

* the URL behavior is now compatible with the old way. meaning, there's no automatic cap on the number of posts. start= and end= are required to limit the range of posts displayed.

* the title of the thread on the forum page will now link to the "last 25" posts.

* logged-in users now have an "all" link that really does give you all posts, just like the old days.

* logged-out users just see the thread title (links to the last 25 posts) and a post count (not a link.) This might not be final.

* if you post to a thread and you're not paged back, you will see the same post range plus your new post, like the old days. If you were paged back, you will just see your new post.

* eliminated the "viewing all X posts." message. If there's no page navigation UI, that means you're viewing all posts. 

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* added "first" and "last" links, and got rid of the numbers (it was too cluttered with them.)

* added "number of posts per page" as a user preference (check your account page!) 

Locking down posting priveledges to registered users only. 

then many (at least not me) wouldn't have ever joined this board... hmm..... 

. . . 

You could let any people read the post, but let them unable to post if not logged. Many forum act like this (i.e planetquake, QuakeOne, etc...) so why not here ? 

i do sort of agree with the original intention of the way things are set up atm, in that any one can drop in and leave a post without any hassle of signing up. it's just too bad that also makes the board a target for spam bots and such. :\ 

Add a captcha for guests posting...
I always say, if someone can't take the time to sign up, it's probably that what they want to say isn't so interesting. =D
And for those who like posting from somewhere where they can't log in, a captcha shouldn't be too big of a hassle. 

Maybe i should have mentioned it in this thread instead of the spam thread, but:

I made a slight change to the javascript code to discourage spam bots -- the "post a reply" form now does not have a valid "action" (the action is the URL of the target page to submit data to) until the javascript sets it right before submitting. So, assuming spambots don't execute the javascript the way a real browser would, this might stop them. 

I read it, than instantenously forgot about it. =)
Been any spam since then? Don't think there's been any these last few days...
Yay for metl! \o/ 

i had forgotten about that, but now you mention it, i haven't seen any spam so far, woot ^_^ (crosses fingers not to jinx it :P) 

Seen a couple of these today :( I'd hoped the problem was fixed... 

Func is very slow today? 

I didn't notice it was slower than usual... 

Hello:

I was attempting to download Derelect, Icepick and Concrete Dreams Quake 2 maps as seen on this page <http://www.celephais.net/cv/portfolio.htm> but ftp.celephais.net requires a login. How can I obtain these wonderful looking maps?

TIA! 

For some reason the URL I referenced in the previous post got cut off. Here it is:

http://www.celephais.net/cv/portfolio.htm