Moderation
Posts waiting for approval, flags, spam, banning, closing reasons, blocked words, limits and the spam check.
Open Moderation in the menu. The number next to it is what needs a look.
The queues
- Waiting - posts that wait for approval before they show. Approve, Reject (with a reason the member is told) or Spam + ban.
- Flagged - posts members flagged as spam, rude, off topic or something else. Choose Nothing wrong, Delete the post, or Spam + ban.
- Comments waiting - comments with a blocked word.
- Removed - deleted, spam and rejected posts. Restore any of them.
- Closed - closed questions. Open again when needed.
Admins and Moderators get a bell (and an email) for new posts waiting and new flags. Turn this off in Settings > Email notices.
When a post waits for approval
- Links and pictures from new members - members under the links points (30 to start) wait for a look. Turn this off in Settings > Moderation.
- A forum that checks new members - in Forums > Edit, Check new members' posts holds every post from members under the post without approval points (100 to start).
- Blocked words (Professional) - posts and comments with one of your words wait for approval.
The member sees their post with a Waiting for approval note; nobody else does.
Spam and banning
Mark as spam removes the post and takes the spam points from its writer. Ban stops a member from signing in, posting and voting; they can still read public forums. Their posts stay. Let them back from their member page.
Stopping robots
Every sign-up and post is guarded by a hidden trap, a speed check and a limit per network. From Standard add Cloudflare Turnstile (free, no picture puzzles) in Settings > Moderation. From Professional set how many posts a member may make an hour, and how many questions a new member may ask a day.
Moderators on the site
Members with enough points (1,000 to start) see posts waiting for approval on the forum site and can approve them, as can your team when they are signed in to Ellibo.
Reasons for closing
Edit the list in Settings > Moderation > Reasons for closing.