Question: Online yet banned?

This person is someone I have seen on the "Online list" today... with a strikethroughed name. He's banned, but accessing the forum.

How? Is this a bug or something?
(note- this is not asking why he was banned, it's fairly obvious)

most likely because they are still on the index (home) page and are just idling...

레트로 said:

It's quite possible they're using magic.

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lol'ed.

Thanks Rukario and Alinthea.

I have been banned from a vBulletin forum before, so I could tell you from my experience they cannot access anything. Not even PMs, VMs, personal profiles. Unless if there is a settings change or something. They get a message saying they are banned or something and they get added to the online list.

I don't know if they are idling or not, doesn't the forum add users who have been on the site for the last 15 minutes to the online list? I'm sure Rukario knows this topic better than me.

If someone is banned, everytime they login, they will see this:

User Blocked
Please note that you have been banned from The PokeCommunity for the following reason: (reason for ban here)
Your ban will lift on: (date ban ends here)
Then follows info about discussing your ban, and ban evading

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Spey said:

If someone is banned, everytime they login, they will see this:

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Thanks Cpt. Obvious, but he was referring to how they are shown on the online members list.

PC must save a cookie on a member's web browser in order for the "Remember Me" option to work. If this is checked on, then each time a banned member visits the site, they will still be logged in until they manually remove the cookie from their computer.

Oops, sorry. :o
I'll not post in this thread again

C'est si bon said:

Thanks Cpt. Obvious, but he was referring to how they are shown on the online members list.

PC must save a cookie on a member's web browser in order for the "Remember Me" option to work. If this is checked on, then each time a banned member visits the site, they will still be logged in until they manually remove the cookie from their computer.

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I'm pretty sure what Spey's main point of his reply was that banned members still have the ability to log in, but they don't have the ability or permissions to allow them to see anything other than the ban message left by whomever banned them. So, not really Cpt. Obvious due to the fact that the question wasn't was how it's shown on the member list more so of why he had access to the forum still, despite being banned, but okay. :|

Ok, I think this thread is done..... Thanks for all the replies, but this thread got pointless after like the 2-4th post....

*Closed*