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Well today ended up being a lot more work than I thought when I wrote the last post on updating the site for the menu fix.

I decided to update the main website software and that worked well. then I updated the forum software and that worked well also. Then a few hours later I got a spate of new user registrations. About 10 of them in a matter of minutes. This is not normal:) we tend to get a user or two a week. So I did some looking and determined that the spammer bots had struck and were registering fake users on the site to try and spam us.

I manually deleted all the new users and then installed a couple of new modules to block bots. For new people registering I apologize as it is a bit harder to register now. You have to add two numbers,fill in the captcha field and verify your registration to become a user. The captcha field is case sensitive so type it in just the way it is spelled. I tested it and it works and will let you register. If anyone has problems please email me a scott@scottcarle.com or use the form on the contact page to message me

So a lot of stuff has been done to the website and forums today. Lots of behind the scenes updates. It's important if anything isn't working correctly to let me know so I can fix it.:)

Thanks Everyone,

Scott