A GREAT BIG "NEVER MIND" - I figured out the problem. I did not set the secondary level for each of the upgrades.
Like I said before.... I AM AN IDIOT.
PLEASE IGNORE THIS POST BELOW - LEAVING IT HERE SO PEOPLE CAN SE WHAT I'M SAYING "NEVER MIND" ABOUT.
The process I detailed out in this post...
I found the "Manually Upgrade User".
Admincp, then Users->User Upgrades, then click the Actions link on the level that you want to manually upgrade to.
don't see "List User Upgrades, nor Controls, nor Manually Upgrade User
I see Users -> User upgrades (not List User Upgrades)
Not sure where the Manually Upgrade User link is, or the List User Upgrades When I click User upgrades, I get this:
(btw: if I click "Downgrade", nothing seems to...
I'm struggling withe User Upgrades. I found a post where another admin was having problems too and a reply that said::
I tried by adding the secondary group (of a user upgrade level) to a test user but he doesn't show up as an Active or InActive account in User>User Upgrades
So, How do I...
I'm pretty sure I have been doing Account Upgrades incorrectly
I have 4 user groups that I have setup as secondary levels..
Basic (everyone gets put into this secondary group when they sign up)
Silver - 1st upgrade level
Gold - 2nd upgrade level
Platinum - 3rd upgrade level.
When they click...
The Ozzy registration has now caught 27 of the registrations - I have not had a single fake registration since installing the add-on.
I say "Problem Solved". Thank you Ozzy - If anyone is having any fake registration issues, I highly recommend his registration add-on - $30 is a cheap price...
i installed the Ozzy registration add-on and it seems to be doing the job of keeping them out - already had three that were blocked today.
Looks like he is able to detect a bot versus a human at registration
I have been getting a rash of fake registrations - only a very few complete the signup by validating their email but most are fake non-exiting email addresses and never complete the process by validating their email addresses..
100% of the fake logins answer questions like "Location" with two...
Mine too.... mostly bots until I added this to htaccess and they immediately dropped off like flies - courtesy AndyB
Added just below:
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RewriteEngine On