Membership By Approval (MBA)

Membership by Approval (MBA) allows administrators to have total control over who has access to their community. With the two modes of MBA you can chose between having users apply when they post or blocking all non-members from viewing your community until they are approved. When a user applies you can approve or deny their application under the My Community tab in your Control Center and an email will be sent to the user with your decision.

Tips for using MBA

• Local users that were not members before turning on MBA will not be able to apply for your board.
• When you turn on MBA your current members will not need to apply – only new members.
• Use the Application Message for a description of your community and any information you would like conveyed to applicants. The message is shown on the MBA screen the users see when they apply.
• MBA applies to your entire board and cannot be used per forum.
• To approve or deny a user – enter your Control Center from your community to make sure you are on the same pub as your community.

How to Use MBA

• How to turn on MBA
• How to approve or deny users for Membership on your community
• What will the users see when they try to post or view your community?

How to turn on MBA

1. Log in to your Control Center.
2. Click on the My Community tab and manage the ezboard you would like to add this feature to.
3. Click on the Security Settings button.
4. Under the Who can Post header - fill in the circle next to Approved Applicants only (MBA).
5. If you would like to block the users from reading your ezboard before they are approved - check the box under the Who Can View header to Approved Applicates Only (MBA "Strict").
6. You can add your own MBA Application Message in the field provided. (A default message has already been provided) Users will see this information when they first view or try to post on your community. Use it to relay requirements for users to become members or instructions on how to contact the administrator of the community. This description is separate from your community description used for Forum Find.

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How to approve or deny users for Membership on your ezboard

1. Go to the MBA Applications located under the My Community tab.
2. Click on the View Applicants link inside the box.
3. Check the boxes next to the users that you would like to approve or deny.
4. Click on Accept or Deny.
5. When you are finished, click on the red arrows at the top of the page.

When you deny a user, the username will then appear in the column on the right hand side. You can track, as well as accept users you have previously denied.

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What will the users see when they try to post or view your ezboard?

• If you do NOT have strict mode on when the users try to post they will see an application screen with either the default message or a custom messsage if one was entered.
• If they click on the button to Apply, their user name will show up in the MBA Applications box in the admins' Control Center under the My Community tab.

If you DO have on the blocking feature, the users will not be able to view any part of your community. They will see the screen with the Application message and will have to apply in the same manner.

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