How to Keep Your Forum Spam-Free: Top Tips That Work

Stop Spam

Tired of wasting time deleting spam from your message boards? You're not alone. Spam posts ruin the user experience, take time away from creating valuable content, and make your site look neglected - especially if you're behind on cleaning them up.

Let’s fix that.

Why Forum Spam Is a Problem

Spam doesn't just annoy you - it annoys your users too. And if they see too much of it, they might stop coming back. Prevention is key.

How to

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Get helpful website creating tips on the Support Forums!

Posted on June 5, 2015 by admin
website-tipsBesides posting your questions on the new Support Forums, you can also browse through helpful website tips!  So far, added tips include how to organize your drop down menus so that they are user friendly and how to make your YouTube video embeds responsive. Check out the new Support Forums under the Resources tab, direct link here!... Continue reading
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Which forum software is the best? phpBB vs vBulletin vs SMF vs UltimateWB

UltimateWB Forums
UltimateWB forums are built on the UltimateWB built-in Forum app.
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Why Add a Forum to Your Website?

You may want a forum section on your website to be the highlight of what you offer to users - a place to chat and share.  Or perhaps your website message boards are just one of the many features you want to offer to provide a rich social networking experience to your members and web visitors.  Either way you will benefit greatly from using forum

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New Ultimate Web Builder Support Forums!

Posted on May 26, 2015 by admin
Forum, Message Boards We have a brand new support forum!  Find it under the Resources tab.  We had to remove our previous message boards using the phpbb forum script due to spam issues.  Now we are using the UltimateWB Full 3.5 custom built-in forum app!  Easier management of spam, single sign on (interacts with other UltimateWB apps), and lots of features! Welcome! Check it out here! We used the UWB Styles Manager to customize the forums look.  Added custom forum category icons.... Continue reading
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UltimateWB 3.5 Upgrade: Listings App, Scrapbooks App, Forum App, and more!

Posted on May 26, 2015 by admin
UpgradesWe have recently released upgrades to UWB Full, Lite, and Essentials+. UltimateWB Full 3.5 includes new built-in apps: Listings Directory app, Scrapbooks app, and a new custom forum app. This new custom built forum app is a replacement for the phpbb forums app, which is planned to be removed in the next version (please provide your feedback on this!). This UWB custom forum app integrates with the UWB users management system/apps like the other UWB social networking apps. So everything... Continue reading
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Google To Favor “Mobile Friendly” Websites In Search Starting Tuesday

Google Top Search Engine Ranking Factors Is your website mobile friendly?  If your website is not by this Tuesday you could be dramatically losing traffic to your website from smartphone users!  This coming Tuesday Google plans on rolling out their new revised formula in calculating who gets ranked on top of the Google searches on mobile. What makes a website mobile friendly?  If your website looks good and works well on smartphones, it means it is mobile friendly.  Some key things that are considered: -Links should... Continue reading
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FileZilla Upgrade: new FTP settings to connect/upload files without repeat errors

ftp With the upgrade of FileZilla, it requires many of you to update your connection settings and avoid getting repeat connection errors.  Now, rather than using the host name ftp.your-website.com, you should be using sftp://ftp.your-website.com , and use port 22 (to open an SFTP session). We have created a new User Manual article topic for this, "How to upload/download files to/from your server using FTP, FileZilla".... Continue reading
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New Video Tutorial on Formatting with Divs – without coding required!

Posted on March 30, 2015 by admin
tutorial videoWe have added a new Video Tutorial, "How to Format Header with Divs (without coding)".  Check it out on the Video Tutorials page here or on our YouTube channel!     Topics Covered: -Creating Div
-Creating Div new line (Clear Both / Clear Right)
-Aligning Divs - Float Right / Float Left
-Adding Padding to Div
-Setting Width to Divs
-Setting Margin Top value for Divs
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Taylor Swift, Microsoft buy .porn and .adult domain names to protect brand

You probably know about .com, .org, and .net domain names.  But did you know that there are now over 547 new gTLDs, or generic top-level domains, on the Web, with new suffixes released every month?  And starting from June 1, new descriptive domain name extensions will be released in the x-rated adult section, including .porn, .adult, and .sucks. To protect their brand, a select group of people and companies, including trademarked brands, can take advantage of ICANN's (nonprofit Internet... Continue reading
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