Banning
To help keep out unwanted lurkers and posters we have created several ways for you to ban a user from your ezboard community. You can ban by IP address, email address or username in your Control Center.
Key Information
- Banning a user from your community also prevents them from viewing it (when that user is logged in).
- When you ban a username, it also bans the email address associated with that username (the email address is kept private).
- Banning an IP address or IP range can prevent more than just the banned user from posting and viewing. Often users share an ISP (AOL) and also an IP address when connecting to the Internet so you will need to be careful of this when using the IP ban.
How to Ban Users from your ezboard Community
How to ban by username
- Login to your Control Center.
- Click on the My Community tab.
- Click on the Member Management button.
- In the Ban by Username field – enter the username to be banned.
- Click on the Ban button.
If you do not know the username you can look it up by viewing all members or entering part of the username. When you find the name – check the box next to it and then scroll to the bottom of the screen and select Ban from the drop down menu. Then click the DO IT button.
topHow to ban by email address
- Login to your Control Center.
- Click on the My Community tab.
- Click on the Member Management button.
- In the Ban by Email field – enter the email address to be banned.
- Click on the Ban button.
Remember when you ban by username – the email address is also banned. This will ban all linked accounts of that user as well.
How to ban by IP address
- Login to your Control Center.
- Click on the My Community tab.
- Click on the Member Management button.
- In the Ban by IP Address field – enter the IP address to be banned.
- Click on the Ban button.
You can also ban a range of IP addresses by using an (*) like this: 66.119.34.*