Forum configuration: can't set user's Location, etc.

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Forum configuration: can't set user's Location, etc.

Post by asavage »

This will be my first post on this site.

I've run my own phpBB board since 2007, so I know my way around them. When I join a new forum, I set up my email preferences, my avatar, and my signature. But, I noticed others on this forum have their Location (country, city, etc.) set, and when I went to set my own, there is a missing field in this site's user configuration.

User Control Panel|Profile tab|Edit Profile is missing:

No "Edit Profile"
No "Edit Profile"



Screenshot from a different site that's also phpBB-based:

Edit Profile
Edit Profile

Are you running an extension that suppresses this menu item until a new user has achieved some threshold?
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Re: Forum configuration: can't set user's Location, etc.

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Check again, on this forum you have limited rights until your first post is approved. That has proven to be a good armor against spammers
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Re: Forum configuration: can't set user's Location, etc.

Post by asavage »

Indeed, now that I have one post approved under my belt, so to speak, the "Edit Profile" menu item is now visible/accessible.

I kind of suspected something like that would happen, but there's no way of knowing beforehand. Thanks.
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