Very nice style. Many of my users like it a lot.
I noticed that if you add a new post to a thread, the "new" indicator in the thread seems odd, and I don't know where to find the settings.
Moving an ad from Forum Overview: Top to an html widget in the sidebar got my cls from .1 to .07
The ad was 115 x 70 pixels.
FWIW: I still have a 350 x 55 pixel ad in the Container header ad position, and turning that ad off gives me a cls of 0 in Lighthouse, but .07 is enough to give me green...
In the ACP Setup, under Public Navigation, about half way down (above What's New), toggle the view on.
Then, under User Group Permissions, click on Admin (or whatever).
At the bottom of the list, allow viewing.
It's a two step deal.
I don't know if this helps, but I run WordPress for the front end with WordFence installed. XF is in a subdirectory and I get blocked notices of sql injection attempts regularly on the XF installation through wordfence.
I doubt they would have been successful, but thought it was interesting.
I've kind of been watching his forum's number of posts per hour, and on a forum that's a little over 2 months old.
Impressive.
Wondering if he might be on to something.
If it keeps on building, I'm thinking he's going to be on a VPS before very long.
True, the contact form is a big help, and also the login form (for peace of mind).
Since mid September, my login count is currently at 11,198 bots stopped.
This isn't the same thing, but it is a htaccess question.
I'm trying to get rid of specific useragents, mainly from China and this is what I've came up with for .htaccess so far. There's SO many IP's.
# Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
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It's hard to say, I keep doing clean installs. My memory at 70 years old isn't what it used to be, but I think I started beta with you guys back in May of this year.
I've had 4 burst attacks like this one, so I'm figuring around 24-25,000 so far. Maybe more.