making some user group changes - please let me know if something gets weird!

[rickandcindy23]

can i get a hint on what said username might be to look into it further?

I was able to send him a PM finally. I don't know what I was doing wrong, but that never happened to me before. I would bet it was user error (me, all me).

 

[NOLA47]

Please help me understand why a guest would be allowed to make so many posts. Is there a benefit to allowing guests to stay on so long? After a maximum number of posts, should they not be forced into a paid membership mode? Do guests have access to all posts?

 

[TUGBrian]

the forums have always been and always will be a place for owners to come and get help and advice for free.

while we would certainly hope folks would find value and support the site with a membership, it wont ever be a requirement to join/participate on the forums!

 

[dioxide45]

Please help me understand why a guest would be allowed to make so many posts. Is there a benefit to allowing guests to stay on so long? After a maximum number of posts, should they not be forced into a paid membership mode? Do guests have access to all posts?

Another fact is, many people who show as "TUG Member" are in fact no longer members. Many that don't renew their membership still retain the "TUG Member" moniker. Of course, someone who has paid for a membership in the past and just not renewed is not likely a scammer

 

[NOLA47]

the forums have always been and always will be a place for owners to come and get help and advice for free.

while we would certainly hope folks would find value and support the site with a membership, it wont ever be a requirement to join/participate on the forums!

Thanks. Got it. Your first statement explains it very clearly. I was not looking at it as a site for owners to get free advice.

 

[dioxide45]

Looking at the different banners, it seems that "TUG Member" is the least interesting.

 

[pedro47]

Looking at the different banners, it seems that "TUG Member" is the least interesting.
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You are so funny at times and always upbeat. LOL

 

[TUGBrian]

Looking at the different banners, it seems that "TUG Member" is the least interesting.
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im fine with changing the color of any of them, what would you prefer the tug member box color to be?

would prefer the red newbie color to stay, the goal was to make that stand out in a post/etc especially for rentals.

 

[dioxide45]

im fine with changing the color of any of them, what would you prefer the tug member box color to be?

would prefer the red newbie color to stay, the goal was to make that stand out in a post/etc especially for rentals.

I think the old Guest had no color. I actually think the color for guest would look better on TUG Member. You know, you sign up and get "gold status".

 

[TUGBrian]

haha, i thought it was brown vs gold...

boxes can quite literally be any color in the CSS color chart!

these are the defaults

administrator/moderator/lifetime member take up 3 of them that id not want to duplicate...

 

[GetawaysRus]

im fine with changing the color of any of them, what would you prefer the tug member box color to be?

Well, that's pretty obvious. This is a timeshare forum. So Platinum, of course, since Red is already taken. I find it amusing that Newbies got Red.

 

[dioxide45]

haha, i thought it was brown vs gold...

boxes can quite literally be any color in the CSS color chart!

these are the defaults

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administrator/moderator/lifetime member take up 3 of them that id not want to duplicate...

I would agree with the plantim, or perhaps the one that looks orange/gold (last one on the right). Guest could go back to what they were before, first on the list (no color).

 

[TUGBrian]

platinum looks alot like silver!

maybe we should start a poll!

 

[Armada]

How is this going to affect first time visitors who just bought a timeshare and are looking for advice?

 

[TUGBrian]

wont impact them at all, it only limits the ability to send private messages until at least 3 posts are made.

 

[pedro47]

TUGBrian, does it costs money to run a website 24/7. True of False.

 

[TUGBrian]

very little is free these days. so yes it costs money to host the site.

im not looking for ways to force folks to pay for a TUG membership just to get help on the forums though. that goes against everything I feel my father and the other original tuggers were trying to do on the original BBS etc.

if someone finds value in the site, we hope they would support the site in one way or another (even if its just clicking the ads shown to guests)...however owners will always have a place to give and get help for free here as long as im around!

 

[callwill]

Just asking for a friend... Are you still a "newbie" if you are showing as a member for @ 5yrs but only have 1 post?
What are the points associated with your membership here?

 

[TUGBrian]

anyone who is a TUG member will not be impacted by these changes regardless of post count.

 

[dioxide45]

Just asking for a friend... Are you still a "newbie" if you are showing as a member for @ 5yrs but only have 1 post?
What are the points associated with your membership here?

I think this really should have been a new thread. As I understand it, even if you are a paid TUG member who has entered the Codeword, you will show as a newbie even if you have 1 post. You won't get out of newbie status until you meet the post threshold. Once met, you should then show as TUG Member.

 

[TUGBrian]

the newbie/guest title only applies to folks NOT in the TUG member usergroup. so if the member code word is in their profile a user would be promoted to the TUG member usergroup and not be impacted by this change.

its certainly possible there would be a delay if someone input the member code word into their profile before the script ran etc to promote them, but it should only be temporary.