[quote="Ron Warris"] #1 I had a look around in the board setup, but I don't see anywhere where I can change the confirmation after message posting, so I suspect it is doing that for some sort of security reasons.
#2 By the way, the current look of the forum is just one of the default 'templates'. I am not sure I really like it that much and might look around for something a bit better. Personally I would like to have something with a larger and darker font and with a full width screen layout. (Web software developers and designers seem to be in love with teeny tiny text for some reason these days.)
#3 So far the new upgrade has stopped the robots dead in their tracks. Not a single spam registration so far. Wonder how long before they figure out how to crack this software....[/quote]
#1 I don't have much experience with modding phpBB, but I kow that with Ikonboards if you can't find something in the Admin control panel, then you generally need to download a file from the server to your PC via FTP access and modify the file/folder that way. You also may need to use a file editing program, I used to use Jen's File Editor. If you are unsure, just post a question at the phpBB support forums. Hopefully you will be able to get helpfull advice from there.
#2 AFAIK, there should be a few alternative templates available for phpBB 3.0. Once again if you're unsure ask a question at the support forums on where to edit things to alter colours, fonts, screen width etc. Although it appears you have already found out how to do some changes.
#3 The spam bots are still having a field day with plenty of other outdated and unsuppoerted forum software, but I'm sure there are those who are working on a way to work around it.
[EDIT] Despite the fact I used the "quote" button in Ron's post, it doesn't seemed to have worked as I had hoped. Probably because I have noticed that BBCode is turned off.
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