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http://punbb.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7181

Actually I think it should have been posted at Punres but will move to troubleshooting anyway.

I think I already suggested that for 1.3 but I can't quite remember what the response was. Some boards go further and use no-follow for members with less than a certain number of posts or whose join date is less than x days ago. Personally I'm all in favour of it.

On a similar line of thought, what about blocking all posted links where the users last visit time/date is the same as there join time/date. Are bots clever enough to join, log out, log in again and then post?

I don't think there is any magic bullet for spam, its just a question of chipping away at it with a number of small steps. Though I still think we need to make it easier to remove spam that has got through.

I wonder if they've fixed this yet, though I doubt it.
http://www.post21.co.uk/files/Firefox_test.html

The other alternative is to find a way to apply the moderator controls to search results. It does nothing to prevent spam but would make it hell of a lot easier to clean up.

Thanks for the report and sorry you had trouble with the email.

I've copied the content of your post to the admins/mods private forum so Rickard can take a look at it.

Shouldn't it be
h2.classnamehere:after {
  content: url(whatever);
  }

I don't quite understand why you would want to use :after, it would be simpler to use a background image on the h2 which would also work in IE.

Why do you need a template engine, its just another language to learn and does nothing useful. Thats not to say you shouldn't template your project but why do you need something like Smarty on top of php.

As far as wysiwyg editors, they are not suitable for a default installation. First, they rely on javascript so what would the fall back be for users with javascript disabled. Second, I'm pretty sure none of them satisfy WCAG accessibility guidelines. Third, not all of the features work in all browsers. Fourth, storing html in the database is going to take a lot more room than storing straight text resulting in a database overhead.

I tend to think these systems are fine if you are running a cms where a limited numer of people will be making submissions but are not really suitable where the world at large can sign up and post. A forum is essentially meant for quick and dirty communication not well crafted submissions.

Of course, there may be forums where the nature and size of the of the membership means it would work very well so there is no reason it couldn't be a modification.

No, unless Rickard says otherwise.