Topic: Disable public registration

[JeffGr]

I have a small 20 person forum I host for free. Daily I am getting numerous registration attempts from "undesirable" persons. How can I disable the registration so only I can register someone SMF 1.1.6, once they privately e-mail me.  I would prefer to be able to have a "Sorry this forum is private, for registration information please e-mail the webmaster" and a few other lines!
Thanks

[Mick.]

In the "registration" settings in admin,you can select wether you want to approve such members.   Once they register,youll get an email then you can approve them.

[JeffGr]

I understand that. What I want is not to have any  PUBLIC reference to being able to register anyone on the forum.. I want anyone registering to send me a private e-mail, then I would go into the admin and manually approve them. As it is now unless they are referred to me I won't register them.
I am tired of sexual content spam and all the Russian attempts to register.

[Jade Elizabeth]

Those bots can be fixed up easily!
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=297764.0

Check my reply at the above link

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

I understand that. What I want is not to have any  PUBLIC reference to being able to register anyone on the forum.. I want anyone registering to send me a private e-mail, then I would go into the admin and manually approve them. As it is now unless they are referred to me I won't register them.

Admin -> Registration -> Settings -> Method of registration employed for new members
Select Disabled.

After that you could probably edit the registration_disabled string in Errors.english.php.
It normally is "Sorry, registration is currently disabled." So you could probably just add to that, what ever info you want to show to those wanting to register.

[Jade Elizabeth]

Wow I didnt know there was a string for it

Awesome

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Wow I didnt know there was a string for it

And now to write a doc on the strings

[Jade Elizabeth]

Awww thanks for offering!

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Awww thanks for offering!

Actually would be quite pointless, as H has a pretty good doc on them already linked to his sig
That's where I go to cheat from

[Jade Elizabeth]

That's not a document, it's a script!

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

That's not a document, it's a script!

Works brilliantly as a cheat sheet though, no need for further documentation
Ok, I admit it might need some clarification to make it in to a doc, but you know..

[JeffGr]

I understand that. What I want is not to have any  PUBLIC reference to being able to register anyone on the forum.. I want anyone registering to send me a private e-mail, then I would go into the admin and manually approve them. As it is now unless they are referred to me I won't register them.

Thanks I think that will do. Can I still register new members manually? Or is all registration disabled?

Admin -> Registration -> Settings -> Method of registration employed for new members
Select Disabled.

After that you could probably edit the registration_disabled string in Errors.english.php.
It normally is "Sorry, registration is currently disabled." So you could probably just add to that, what ever info you want to show to those wanting to register.

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Thanks I think that will do. Can I still register new members manually? Or is all registration disabled?

You can always register new members through Admin -> Registration