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RoundEye
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What’s this in my profile?

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I tried to play with my profile a bit tonight and got this when I tried to save it.
You did not enter the correct format for the What network is used to access websites ? field. Please read the field description for the expected format.

What’s up with that?
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YARDofSTUF
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What page were you on?
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RoundEye
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Post by RoundEye »

UserCP > Edit Your Details

I tried changing different details, but it won't save.
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Post by Indy »

I think it's just a spambot preventative measure...the answer is 'internet'
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Post by RoundEye »

That worked, somewhat. I got past that point then got this,
You did not enter the correct format for the How many months in a year ? field. Please read the field description for the expected format.
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Post by Philip »

Changed the spam bot prevention question to "How many months in a year" since people had troble answering "What network is used to access websites ?"

Were you able to go past it ok ?

I had to add this custom profile feild as an additional registration security measure since some recent spam bots were able to crack the vBulletin (and other) captcha images, causing a large number of spam registrations.
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Post by RoundEye »

Thats it Philip, thanks.
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