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EE Insider Tip: Hide Member Profiles

Following up on my post from last week about member profile spam, user “johnniefp” posted a tip that I think is worth highlighting here: remember to turn off your memberlist access if you’re not using it.

As an additional step you can name the member area of the site something random and nearly impossible to guess. These tips along with Purple Dogfish’s Member Utilities add-on should have you on your way to more easily controlling member profile spam.

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Posted on Apr 06, 2010 by Ryan Irelan

Filed Under: Development Tools