New anti spam mod has been implimented at this site. We will see how it goes, but basically, the forum is now reopened for new members. If the MOD is not effective enough it will be amended again and the sign up process tightened much more.

A second anti spam mod has also been added. Sign up as usual implimented.

Hope this has worked? but has it put new/old members off??

Yes it most assuredly has put people off the forum because no-one can sign up (easily). However, that is okay for now as the forum is basically a sandbox at the moment. I.e. I am using it as a test bed at the moment for mods and technologies prior to rebuilding and re-releasing a fully workng version down the line. Hence the shape and colours and capabilities keep changing for those who wonder. However, the anti spam mod is not wholly effective, it might reduce the amount of spam accounts I get a day from 100's to 5 or 10, but each needs time to deal with. Hence I have taken registration offline until the forum has been rebuilt to such a degree that it is viable to deal with such a load. But rest assured the registration will be back up again.

Ah, that explains a few things.

Do you want me to continue to put up posts?
As I am learning a bit more about fora etc here, and I can do with the practice.
(judging by the view count, some at least are being viewed)

Regards
StoneRoad

yes all posts welcomed. None will be deleted but the various parts of the forum will change as will the design and so forth.