@PaulGibbs – Still have problems with the Widget drop-downs. Guess you’ve not got around to this one yet, (which is cool).. No stress – just wanted you to know!
@Lynn I’m going to quickly check out this spam blocker plugin now:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/ban-hammer/
Will let you know how it goes.
PLUGIN: Ban Hammer does not display a ‘not tested’ warning if using WP 3.2.1
It’s a lightweight plugin that blocks repeat bot domains by manually added to a list.
It’s loaded on our site with no issues – will see how it performs. 
@fswd
The ‘Block Spam by maths’ seems to be doing the trick in stopping the robot members. I haven’t had any since I activated it last night, I’ve had legitimate members joining which shows it still allows humans to join. But I’m still cautious about widgets that show a ‘not tested’ warning, so I would be very interested in knowing if the one you are testing works out ok.
@paul Gibbs Thanks for reassuring me that I don’t have to keep changing browsers.
I just have to solve the problem of why I can’t have 3 columns back on my site instead of the two, it looks awful. Any suggestion as to where I post a troubleshoot question for this little problem. Take a look and you’ll see what I mean. http://clandestinecakeclub.co.uk/
@fswd
Bad Hammer looks better. I’ll delete the Block by Maths and use that as it gives a list of who is spammer etc and who isn’t. As you say, it’s also been tested.
@bakelady The issue is with your custom theme (https://wordpress.org/extend/themes/bp-columns), not BuddyPress itself. @modemlooper, are you still supporintg bp-columns?
@Lynn The issue with your sidebar on http://clandestinecakeclub.co.uk/ looks like widgets have just not been assigned to your left sidebar via your widget settings panel.
Just sent updates to repo but who knows if it gets accepted or when. 
@fswd
There is no option for a left sidebar. However, in the next couple of days the site is to change. Thanks everyone for your help. All robots have gone too.
@bakelady, got hungry just looking at those cake confections
@modemlooper I see them now in BuddyPress queue.
