Why is the access for new topics in discussion automatically set to Private instead of the site default?

Working on new features for 2.0: The ability to customize the notifications emails.(done) The option to auto activate account after registration! (done) Debug mode for Walledgarden. (Allows for troubleshooting) (done) Walledgarden enabled no longer de-activates simple cache(done) I looke...

hey i have the default access level for the site set to public, so it should be publicaly viewable. However if i type the url to a profile page, i get redirected to my custom index page. If i am logged into the site already and type in a url to a profile it will go to that profile. Anybody know...

Our Elgg 1.5 site, UnionBook, is being hit by a massive wave of spammers who are successfully registering and validating their accounts despite the fact that we've enabled the site access plugin which has a kind of numberic captcha built in. I've just added a site-wide password in the hope that ...