Topic: Bans don't affect extern.php
People who are banned can still "read" the forums somewhat by using extern.php, because bans are never checked
Re: Bans don't affect extern.php
If I understood it right the concept behind extern.php is to spread the word outside of your forum, and of course yu cannot check users there.
I think you just shouldn't show things through extern.php that not everybody should see....
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Re: Bans don't affect extern.php
Well, if you're banned you can't see the forum 
It's easy enough to add the lines so that banned people can't view it
Re: Bans don't affect extern.php
The problem with that is that if people included extern.php for use on their front page and someone was banned from the forums, it would look a bit funky.
"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."
Re: Bans don't affect extern.php
What if you're trying to ban someone because they do something like check extern.php on every pageview, rather then caching it?
The only way in that situation someone would be banned is if they were banned by IP.
And if I understand 1.3's extern.php correctly, you'll be able to view threads through it (correct me if I'm wrong): wouldn't it defeat the point of banning if they can read the forum anyway?
Re: Bans don't affect extern.php
You're right. I'll put it on the list.
"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."
Re: Bans don't affect extern.php
Though banning is done mostly because the user writes something nasty on the forums. In some cases taking away writing permissions is sufficient and even desirable. An option perhaps?