How to Ban Members in PHPFox

With each community, we always have the need of restricting the access to our websites for certain people. There is a good feature in PHPFox that will allow you to do just that. To ban a member on your website, you need to access your website as administrator and then click on the AdminCP button at the top-right corner.

Step 1 Ban Username

Click on the Tools button at the top menu and then Ban Filters > Usernames.

Edit the following options:

• Username - Enter the username that you wish to add. Note that you can enter parts of the username and then add (*) asterisk in order to ban the different variations
• Ban User - Activate/Deactivate the ban filter
• Reason: State the reason for the ban
• Ban for how many days - Set how many days the ban will be effective. Enter 0 for indefinite
• User group to move the user when the ban expires - Self-explanatory
• User groups affected - Set the user groups to be checked by the system for ban filter violation

Click on the Add button to create the actual filter.

Step 2 Ban Emails

Click on the Tools button at the top menu and then Ban Filters > Emails.

Edit the following options:

• Email - Enter the email address that you wish to add. Note that you can enter parts of the email and then add (*) asterisk in order to ban the different variations
• Ban User - Activate/Deactivate the ban filter
• Reason: State the reason for the ban
• Ban for how many days - Set how many days the ban will be effective. Enter 0 for indefinite
• User group to move the user when the ban expires - Self-explanatory
• User groups affected - Set the user groups to be checked by the system for ban filter violation

Click on the Add button to create the actual filter.

Step 3 Ban Display Names

Click on the Tools button at the top menu and then Ban Filters > Display Names.

Edit the following options:

• Display Name - Enter the display name that you wish to add. Note that you can enter parts of the name and then add (*) asterisk in order to ban the different variations
• Ban User: Activate/Deactivate the ban filter
• Reason: State the reason for the ban
• Ban for how many days - Set how many days the ban will be effective. Enter 0 for indefinite
• User group to move the user when the ban expires - Self-explanatory
• User groups affected - Set the user groups to be checked by the system for ban filter violation

Click on the Add button to create the actual filter.

Step 4 Ban IP Address

Click on the Tools button at the top menu and then Ban Filters > IP Address.

Edit the following options:

• IP Address - Enter the IP address that you wish to add. Note that you can enter parts of IP and then add (*) asterisk in order to ban the different variations
• Ban User - Activate/Deactivate the ban filter
• Reason - State the reason for the ban
• Ban for how many days - Set how many days the ban will be effective. Enter 0 for indefinite
• User group to move the user when the ban expires - Self-explanatory
• User groups affected - Set the user groups to be checked by the system for ban filter violation

Click on the Add button to create the actual filter.

Step 5 Ban Words

Click on the Tools button at the top menu and then Ban Filters > Words.

Edit the following options:

• Word - Enter a word that you wish to add. Note that you can enter parts of the word and then add (*) asterisk in order to ban the different variations
• Replacement - Enter a replacement word for the one you want to ban
• Ban User - Activate/Deactivate the ban filter
• Reason - State the reason for the ban
• Ban for how many days - Set how many days the ban will be effective. Enter 0 for indefinite
• User group to move the user when the ban expires - Self-explanatory
• User groups affected - Set the user groups to be checked by the system for ban filter violation

Click on the Add button to create the actual filter.