Close registrations?

I have an old Phorum board that I want to keep for archival, but that is inactive.

It was also getting a lot of spam, which I deleted. I’m also getting several signs-up a day from bot users.

Is there a way to close registrations all together? (right now they are at “Verified by a moderator and via email” but that is not enough.

I also put the forum read-only but it seems like it’s still possible to register.

Thanks!

Rename

http: //  yourforum.xxx/ForuM/ register.php   (spaces added)
You could also rename the login.php

You could delete it, however if you need it later for some reason, the file is still there.

Edit>> Most bots go directly to register.php
You can change the contents of the register.php to send/redirect the bot to someplace else...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/2025 07:55AM by Scott Finegan.

Ah yes that’s definitely a way thanks! :) I was hoping for something from the admin, but maybe I should just do that.

I have lost the FTP credentials a long time ago though, let’s see what I can do ^_^

If you rename it, it should get a 404.
If you put in a substitute file you could redirect to the list page.
OR add it to a .htaccess as a redirect.

That register link is built by the phorum code
see phorum_get_url.php search on register.