I have a question

[Compactc9]

My problem is that I have users on my site who are copy/pasting what people say on the forums and sending it to other people who I don't particularly care to know what is being said. Is there a way to put something in the site that records who does what in the forums? Or some other way to find out who is doing this?

[Bellardia]

So you want to know when people copy & paste your content?

[Compactc9]

Yes. I'd like to know who, when, and what they copied if possible.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Not possible.

[UncoderMom]

You can install who has read a thread (search it). It will at least give you a common denominator. :)

[Bellardia]

Seems silly :)
Why talk bad about people in your forum when it seems to be pretty easily accessed? If you want to talk about it then restrict the people viewing it to the people you trust.

[UKBusinessLive]

You could always use a no right click hack and perhaps place your sensitive threads only accessable to a more higher
usergroup ;)


<SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
<!--
var message="Right-mouse click has been disabled.";
function click(e) {
if (document.all) {
if (event.button==2||event.button==3) {
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
if (document.layers) {
if (e.which == 3) {
alert(message);
return false;
}
}
}
if (document.layers) {
document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);
}
document.onmousedown=click;
// -->
</SCRIPT>


Just add it to your Header, should work forum wide

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/01/48.png

[Compactc9]

Ok, will try that.

Basically whats happening is that there are certain people out there who are wanting to make my life running my site miserable (its a long story why). Regardless of what they say, they take a certain pleasure in being able to read everything said on my site and continue to rub my face in it. And someone on my site is forwarding them everything everyone says to these people. I just wanted to know if there was some easy way to get to find them out with something so I could dispose of them easily. It's a vacuum collector's forum, so the content isn't the least bit sensitive, its just these people...

[punchbowl]

tbh I'd try not to worry about it.

[Dismounted]

Javascript right-click "protection" is about as useless as it gets, TBH. It's not very hard to get around, and those who want to get to the information they need will get it.

[UKBusinessLive]

Javascript right-click "protection" is about as useless as it gets, TBH. It's not very hard to get around, and those who want to get to the information they need will get it.
To me and you perhaps, But the average man in the street or one with little programming knowledge :erm:

Its the only solution thats viable so far and a site about vacuum cleaners, i'm sure you'll want to catch a glimpse of the newest Dyson model :D

[Digital Jedi]

To me and you perhaps, But the average man in the street or one with little programming knowledge :erm:

Its the only solution thats viable so far and a site about vacuum cleaners, i'm sure you'll want to catch a glimpse of the newest Dyson model :D
Actually, it has nothing to do with programing knowledge. Disabling right click just disables right click. It doesn't have any affect on say, the copy/paste buttons already in their browser window. If they copy content that way, they won't even notice you've added the script. Also, the script is not acknowledged by all browsers.

[Bellardia]

Place an invisible div over the post, this would keep people from selecting the content but still allow them to read it. While they still could view source/highlight it other ways it's a bigger pain in the ass.

[Dismounted]

While they still could view source/highlight it other ways it's a bigger pain in the ass.
View > Page Source Sauce (;)) - in FF

That's wasn't so hard, was it? :D

[Bellardia]

But how many people want to scan through the source of a page?
By the sounds of the content it could make some people mad, but I doubt they'd go through any extra work just to copy it.

[Dismounted]

If you wanted to copy the content, just highlight and Ctrl+C... Right-click "protection" doesn't stop this. :)

[Digital Jedi]

Or click your browser's copy/paste buttons, as I mentioned. And in browsers like Opera, the right click script doesn't even work.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

And it would make users like me leave the site without ever looking back. My browser uses Mouse-Gestures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_gestures) to navigate. Use right-click->open in new tab a lot. Disabling right mouse button has nothing to do with copying content (don't need a mouse for that) but all with normal navigation.

PS The only people you might stop are real web-novices, and i think it is unlikely these are the people that would copy&paste things to other sites to start with.

My conclusion: It won't stop anyone from copying, but it will drive away more experienced users from your site.

[punchbowl]

There's a handful of forums dedicated to talking about what's going on with my forum. I take it as a compliment.