How to ban/give a break

To ban someone, you go here to the mod panel. Otherwise known as the blue screen. [url]http://forums.adoption.com/modcp/index.php[/url] Password is whatever you use to log in with normally. Once in there, you will see in the center of screen "Quick user finder". Enter the username. It will bring up anyone with similar names, so make sure you have the correct member. There are options to ban, change info on their MyPage, Siggy, avatar, & profile pic. So this is the short cut way to get to the options you need. "Ban User". Click on that. It'll ask for the username, type of ban, length of ban, and reason. Click on the drop down arrow to select the appropriate ban. A permanent ban is "Banned Users" and the length of time to choose is "never". For reason you just put something simple. "Spam not allowed" "Solicitation is not allowed" etc. The email that goes to the member will NOT have your name or email address on it, as it goes through the site. If they email to complain, it comes to me.:) If you need to give someone a break, you choose 24 hour or 72 hour. Then choose the appropriate time for the "lift ban after" (1 day, 3 days) Typically the reason would be something like "you have been warned via pm about agency discussion". Keep it simple because when we do give a break, they get a pm to read after they get back on the site that explains in detail. Spam users do NOT need a pm or a user note. Just delete and ban. Minor users also just get a delete and ban. (reason - "sorry, but our site is not open to minors) Members getting a break for reasons of violating forum rules DO get a pm and user note. Perma bans for forum usage violations other than spam/minor do not need a pm (can't view it) but you do need to put in a user note.