Blogs (mostly) disabled

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  1. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Depending on your usergroup, the blogging feature of the forums has either been disabled / set to moderate all. It was pointed out to me today that there were a number of spam entries, and while I've dealt with a few of them, I'll need some time to investigate & figure out how to configure the blogs to prevent spam.

    The blogs are also not well-used, and seems to confuse a fair amount of people (a lot of first-time posters make entries there instead of in the forums, and so the questions get lost). I know in upcoming versions of the software, the blogs are more visible and easier to use. For now, though, I'm thinking blogs may be reserved for members of specific usergroups -- and I'll give it some consideration as to which ones once I've weeded out the spam threads / sorted out the first-time poster issues.
     

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