Due to an amazing increase in ignorant spam accounts, we have had to change our sign-up process. This unfortunately happens once a site is popular, it gets into Google’s search results, and the spammers find the registration URL’s and hit them with automated registration submissions. This has meant we are weeding out a dozen or [...]
Member Profile Pics – “Gravatars”
Rather than everyone having a blank gravatar (profile image) we have turned on a setting that allocates everyone a random silly pic of a “monster”. so if you are wondering, that’s why you suddenly have a profile cartoon picture! You can change your gravatar by: 1. From the top user menu (top of every page [...]
MEMBERS: What We Do To Minimise Spam
UPDATE ON SPAM PREVENTION. We have now implelmented several things that should help reduce the spam all blog networks get. This is now the “nuclear option” in place. These are outlined below: 1. In your “comments” page, where you can approve/delete/spam comments, there is a new button called “check spam”. When you click that [...]
Using MiniPics
What is MiniPics? MiniPics is like FLickr, but exclusively for wargaming images. So by using MiniPics on 6Sided you can get your images seen by, commented on, and shared by more wargamers. How Do I use It? 1. Create a 6sided account and login. You will see a menu at the top of the [...]
New Spam Safeguards in place on 6Sided
We have today moved from using “captchas” (numbers/letters you enter to submit a form such as a comment) to a more “under the hood” method. It has been obvious monitoring the network that the captchas are being bypassed by spammer software. This, in conjunction with some blog owners simply not managing their comments, is putting [...]
New To Blogging – Try Easy Blogging!
As part of our recent major upgrade we have added a new version of “easy blogging”. This replaces the full wordpress blog interace with a much simpler one. It allows you to create content and manage themes but hides all the other options that appear in the full admin panel. You can select [...]
Usage & Feature Guide
Welcome to 6Sided. This is our quickstart guide which will explain what we offer, and how you can join the community. The 6sided site contains several different areas: 1. Blogs. Members can create a blog and have their own myblog.6sided.net web address for people to visit. For more details on using blogs and [...]
Major Upgrade – Latest News
We are currently in the middle of a massive upgrade to the 6Sided site. As well as adding a load of new features and relaying out the whole site, we are also upgrading old features. Due to day jobs and bugs this is going to take some time so please be patient. Latest updates: 1. [...]
6Sided Help Page
This is a general help page for using the main site features. Help specific to using blogs is inside your blog dashboard under the “Support” Menu by clicking on “FAQ’s”. You can also view a quickstart guide to using the main features of 6sided here. Where can I get help with/access my 6Sided Blog? [...]
wargaming sites
LINKS TO WARGAMING SITES WE LIKE! The WAB Forum The Miniatures page Tabletop Gaming News Fire And Fury Games – Home of Fire and Fury Games. Authors of Battlefront:WW2 and Fire and Fury Miniatures Rules Wargaming Terrain – Miniwargaming.com Prince August Toy Factory has the largest selection of toy moulds in the world. Our ranges [...]
