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How to unbanned Bots ?

Posted: 05 Sep 2010, 09:32
by kevinviet
Hi Guys
A year ago one of the guy help maintenance my board and he said he had banned of the bots to come to my board, since that time to now i don't see any bots visit my board. Now i want to unban it, how do i unban all the bots ?
Thanks for your help

Re: How to unbanned Bots ?

Posted: 05 Sep 2010, 13:41
by Stoker
He has probably banned their IP addresses.
So you have to look up the bots IP and see if its banned.

Re: How to unbanned Bots ?

Posted: 05 Sep 2010, 13:51
by Steve
also goto phpbb.com and search for a bot install script adds over 100 bots to your forum ;)

Re: How to unbanned Bots ?

Posted: 05 Sep 2010, 22:02
by kevinviet
To Stoker : I don't think he banned bots IP address because I cleared all IP address banned for a while and don't see any bots visited.
To Steve : I still see 50 bots listed on my board is it mean they still in there ? but don't know how to make them active agian. :?

Thanks for the tips

Re: How to unbanned Bots ?

Posted: 05 Sep 2010, 22:08
by Steve
goto acp > general > spiders/robots >
on that page make sure there active ,if they are then stoker is correct the ip address has been banned.
pic:
bots.PNG

Re: How to unbanned Bots ?

Posted: 05 Sep 2010, 22:25
by kevinviet
Thanks a lot Steve ;) I just active them then 4 bots already on my board :D
Thank you Steve

Re: How to unbanned Bots ?

Posted: 05 Sep 2010, 22:36
by Stoker
kevinviet » 05 Sep 2010, 22:25 wrote:Thanks a lot Steve ;) I just active them then 4 bots already on my board :D
Thank you Steve
Then they were never banned but deactivated.
Deactivating bots doesnt ban them, it just makes them use the guest permissions instead of the bots permission.

Re: How to unbanned Bots ?

Posted: 05 Sep 2010, 23:02
by Steve
Stoker » 05 Sep 2010, 22:36 wrote:
kevinviet » 05 Sep 2010, 22:25 wrote:Thanks a lot Steve ;) I just active them then 4 bots already on my board :D
Thank you Steve
Then they were never banned but deactivated.
Deactivating bots doesnt ban them, it just makes them use the guest permissions instead of the bots permission.
Correct :geek:
kevinviet wrote:Thanks a lot Steve ;) I just active them then 4 bots already on my board :D
Thank you Steve
Make sure you re activate all them 50 BOTS not just 4 of them ;)

read this topic on phpbb.com : http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... &t=1195865
read it because irrc the 1st script gives an error but some one fixed it!
Done it for you > and heres the post : http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopi ... #p11060215
click on the here in the quote bubble ;)

Re: How to unbanned Bots ?

Posted: 06 Sep 2010, 04:13
by kevinviet
To Stoker : Yes you right Stoker, they never been banned just deactivate it. I got the word banned for the guy help me before that why I use the word banned. :D
To Steve : Thanks again Steve :thumb: I read the whole topic and d/l the one that been edited :D but not sure that I want to install this mod ? afraid to get error and don't know how to fix it :D
Thanks anyway Steve