Who Can View & Who Can Post

With ezboard you have the choice of adding a wide array of viewing and posting (membership) security settings to your board. We let you choose based on user-type who can post at and who can view your community. This help file details your options and helps you decide what type of viewing and posting restrictions are right for your ezboard community. Please click here to learn about the Gold Community security feature, Membership by Approval.

Key Information

• These settings affcect your entire community – to make security changes for a particular forum go under the Security Settings button for that forum and make selections there.

How to Use Registration and Membership Security Options

• Where do I access these options?
• What is Who can View?
• What is Who can Post?
• What is Membership by Approval (MBA)?

Where do I access these options?

1. Log in to your Control Center and click on the My Community tab.
2. Click the Security Settings button.

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What is Who can View?

There are 3 options available for you under this Security header. It defines what types of users are allowed to view your community

1. Anyone – This allows all unregistered and registered users to view your community.
2. Registered ezboard Users Only – This allows only registered users to view your ezboard community. If you are trying to keep your page views low, this is a good option for you.
3. Approved Applicants Only (MBA "Strict") – This allows only users that you have approved to view your ezboard community. They will need to apply for membership to your board to be able to view. See MBA for more information.

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What is Who can Post?

There are 4 options available to you under this header on the Security Settings page. This defines who can post on your community, and consequently who is allowed to membership.

1. Anyone – This allows all ezboard users, unregistered and registered, to post at your ezboard.
2. Registered ezboard Users only – This allows only registered users to post at your community.
3. Registration and Password Required - In this mode, users will not be able to post until they have received the community's password, either from you or from another member. Once they receive the password and post they will become a member of your community and will not need to enter the password again. Note: This will not prevent users from viewing your community. You can also restrict access to specific forums (Registration and Password Required is at the community level) by requiring forum-specific passwords.
4. Approved Applicants Only – This allows only users that you have approved to post at your community. The users can apply for membership at your community if they would like to post. See MBA for more information.

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What is Membership By Approval (MBA)?

This feature enables the administrator to approve a user before they can post, or in a stricter mode, view their ezboard. For those who run boards that are private in nature or simply want to keep spammers off their boards, MBA is a popular feature that only ezboard offers. More about MBA

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