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Discussion in 'vBulletin' started by fryman, Jan 23, 2006.

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    I just bought a forum and for some unknown reason it doesn't allow new registrations. How do I enable them?
     
    fryman, Jan 23, 2006 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    What message does it give exactly?
     
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    fryman Kiss my rep

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    vBulletin Message

    Sorry, registration has been disabled by the administrator.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    vBulletin Options -> User Registration Options -> Allow New User Registrations [Yes/No]
     
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    ajnin Well-Known Member

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    hey frymany, try this:

    logo into your admin control panel
    click vBulletin Options on the left, then click "vBulletin Options" again when the menu expands.

    next in the main area you will scroll down a bit until you find "Registration Options" click and open. you should find what your looking for in there.

    good luck, i am still new to vb but here my first try www.pocketpcer.com
     
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    That did it... no wonder I hate forums, complicated as hell!
     
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    its way more complicated than any other forum software i have found.
     
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    It really isnt. Its comprhensive, but not complicated. Spend a few days playing with the admin cp - and you'll see its very logical and simple -- just looks daunting.
     
    joeychgo, Jan 26, 2006 IP
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    Well... it has loads of options... add that to my basic HTML knowledge and very basic PHP knowledge and you end up with some scary stuff :D
     
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    and my point is, its not that scarey really.
     
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    i am actaully kinda upset that it pulls its template from the database... and i think its gonna be a pain in the ass to fix that.. :(
     
    ajnin, Jan 26, 2006 IP
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Uh why would not *not* want it in the database? It's faster (no need to stat the disk for every template file), more scalable (centrally located if you have multiple web servers) and easier to manage on an upgrade (especially with vBulletin 3.5.x's DIFF system).
     
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    Exactly!!


    Why be upset? Its the best way.
     
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    the only reason would be to reduce the db calls of course. theres another person on these forums that get in the are of 10k uniques a day. he had stated that his mysql mem usage was through the roof and that a gig of ram wasnt enough. now i can understand that if you have 10k traffic a gig prolly isnt enough, but isnt it better to reduce server load where ever possible?

    if i am wrong in my concept i would love to be corrected :)

    so is there actually less strain on your server using the mysql method of templating, or by switching over to a static template system?
     
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    It's actually less strain on the server to do a single SQL query for the templates (which for the most part is going to be memory resident because of how MySQL caches stuff). Reading static template files from disk is going to be more stressful to the server. phpBB's default template uses ~50 files. But even if a single page uses *only* 10 of them, that's 10 unique calls to the disk which is going to require the server to do various underlying things for each file... stat, check permissions, read, etc.

    Under low load you aren't going to notice much of a difference either way (disk based or database based), but under high load the database based templating system is going to have the advantage.

    As far as someone needing more resources for their forum, it's most definitely not because of templates in the DB. If anything, that would make the resources required less than disk based templating.
     
    digitalpoint, Jan 26, 2006 IP
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    thank you very much shawn, i will take that into consideration for future projects.
     
    ajnin, Jan 26, 2006 IP