SMF shows members emails on their profiles by default. How do I disable this so the email is hidden from other members? In other words, when a member registers, the "Hide email address from public?" box should already have a check in it. And just "why" the SMF designers made the email address visible by default I do not know.
Never mind, I found it. Regardless of what theme you are using, the changes have to be made in the default template. http://webhostingreality.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-hide-email-from-public-view-in.html It seems kinda silly that the SMF developers could not make this a default setting? Or at least provide a check box in the admin control panel. Its been almost 2 years since I have set up a SMF forum and I remember having this same problem back then, but I could not remember how I fixed it. I just wonder why the designers of SMF have not fixed this problem.
Thanks for this information, I myself was looking for this for 2-3 days now. I disabled profile view temporarily due to this. Thanks again