ExpressionEngine® 3 User Guide

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Banned Members

Control Panel Location: Members ‣ Manage Bans

The User Banning section of the Control Panel allows you to ban users by IP address, email, or name.

Permission Restrictions

  • Access settings: Members
  • Members Allowed actions: Ban Members

Actions

Settings

This will take you to Member Settings.

Search Members

This will search members by id, username, screen name, and email, respecting the current filters. This will render the Member Manager.

Manage

The icons in the manage column perform actions on the member in its row.

Edit

This will take you to the member’s profile.

Bulk Actions

The checkbox in the right-most column of the table selects a button for a bulk action. When at least one checkbox is checked the bulk action dropdown menu and submit button will be made available in the lower righthand corner of the table.

Remove

The selected members will be removed. Removing a member will cause a confirmation modal to appear that will summarize the action.

Fields

IP addresses

Specify IP addresses to ban from site registration and login. Use wildcards to ban blocks of IP addresses. For example, 123.321.*. Each IP address should be placed on a separate line.

You also set what happens when a user with a banned IP address tries to access the site:

  • Restrict the user to viewing the site only. They will not be able to submit comments or do anything else except passively view the content.
  • Show the user a specific message.
  • Redirect the user to another specified site.

Email addresses

Specify email addresses to ban from site registration and login. Use wildcards for partial email addresses. For example, *@spammydomain.com. Each address should be placed on a separate line.

Restricted usernames

Specify usernames that cannot be used for member accounts, which can be handy for reserving certain usernames for your own use.

Restricted screen names

Specify screen names that cannot be used for member accounts, which can be handy for reserving certain screen names for your own use.

When a banned user attempts access

You can prevent access completely by forwarding them to another website, or show them an unavailable message, or allow them to access the website in view only mode.