Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Tapatalk Signature ("Sent from my...") Remover for VB3 & VB4 [Archive]

BirdOPrey5

01-17-2011, 10:00 PM

Brought to you by BirdOPrey5
www.Qapla.com (http://www.qapla.com/mods/)

Version 1.1 - Updated to work with Tapatalk AND Tapatalk 2.

Tapatalk (www.tapatalk.com) is an add-on for vBulletin to allow uses with iPhones, Droids, Blackberrys, and other smart phones to easily view and post on your forum.

However Tapatalk has one annoying feature- It adds a "Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk" message at the end of each message if the user posting has enabled this feature.

NEW - As of April 2016 Tapatalk no longer allows Admins with free accounts to shut off the signatures from users using Tapatalk. This mod has become useful again.

This mod will hide or replace at your option all of the "Sent from my X using Tapatalk" messages giving you a cleaner looking forum.

At your option you can also replace the signature with something else, perhaps a small image or a link or whatever you want, HTML is allowed in the replacement.

This works for VB 3.7, 3.8, 4.0.x, 4.1.x and 4.2.x versions of vBulletin.

Full instructions in zip file.

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Please "Mark as Installed" if you use this. :)
Donations always appreciated. :up:
Nominate MOTM if you LOVE it! ;)]

BirdOPrey5

01-18-2011, 05:57 PM

Reserved

Trek

01-18-2011, 06:13 PM

Thanks for this!

jgt58

01-18-2011, 11:39 PM

thank god for this!

worried

01-19-2011, 12:32 AM

I actually use mine (customized) to let members know why my typing is so bad. :)

BirdOPrey5

01-19-2011, 01:06 AM

This won't remove any customized signatures, just the default ones most people seem to use.

yellowpeter

01-19-2011, 05:16 AM

Thanks.. we love it :D:D:D

BirdOPrey5

01-19-2011, 11:49 AM

Cool. Thanks all.

FYI I personally set a replace with a small tapatalk icon image that when you mouse over says "Posted with Tapatalk"

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/01/18.jpg

I put instructions on how to do this in the txt file, you can use this image or find/make your own.

Brandon Sheley

01-19-2011, 12:30 PM

u can disable this in the taptalk account ;)

125843

Taurus1

01-19-2011, 12:35 PM

Thanks, Awesome!

BirdOPrey5

01-19-2011, 12:46 PM

u can disable this in the taptalk account ;)

125843

I am aware but each user must do this and we often find people who don't disable it for whatever reason. This is a way to override that. I would suggest you still ask members to disable it on their own.

Brandon Sheley

01-19-2011, 04:28 PM

I am aware but each user must do this and we often find people who don't disable it for whatever reason. This is a way to override that. I would suggest you still ask members to disable it on their own.

ahh I see now
my bad, I thought there was a statement saying it couldn't be disabled

abqtj

01-21-2011, 11:04 PM

Cool. Thanks all.

FYI I personally set a replace with a small tapatalk icon image that when you mouse over says "Posted with Tapatalk"

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=125841&stc=1&d=1295444923

I put instructions on how to do this in the txt file, you can use this image or find/make your own.

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

BirdOPrey5

01-21-2011, 11:57 PM

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

I was wondering if you were going to see this. https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/07/29.gif

Krusty1231

01-22-2011, 08:27 PM

Nice. Works great. Thanks.

AdReNaLiN_PA

02-08-2011, 10:11 PM

I installed this but it didnt work for my forum:
http://www.preludeaustralia.com

BirdOPrey5

02-09-2011, 05:57 PM

I installed this but it didnt work for my forum:
http://www.preludeaustralia.com

Is it still installed? Did you enable it in options?

Link (http://www.preludeaustralia.com/forum/showthread.php?46426-Baz-s-Progress-Thread&p=701103&viewfull=1#post701103) to a tapatalk post for my reference later.

AdReNaLiN_PA

02-11-2011, 01:15 PM

Thats correct, I installed and enabled it in options.

Here's our tapatalk/android thread - plenty of signatures still here:
http://www.preludeaustralia.com/forum/showthread.php?48370-Android-users

BirdOPrey5

02-11-2011, 10:03 PM

I really don't know what it could be, this is a very simple mod, not much that could go wrong, it's just a few lines of code. My guess is something is conflicting with another mod... Is it possible to get a list of your other mods? If you go to Plugin Manager I'd be most interested in any mods that might have a plugin on the postbit_display_complete hook.

karabaja3

02-12-2011, 04:25 PM

Thank you so much for this mod

Is there a way to remove it from quotes?

text

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

BirdOPrey5

02-12-2011, 06:19 PM

Thank you so much for this mod

Is there a way to remove it from quotes?

It should remove it from quotes and posts as is... did you try?

karabaja3

02-12-2011, 07:17 PM

It should remove it from quotes and posts as is... did you try?

Nope, it does not remove it form qoutes. In post is hidden, but when I click reply to such post it shows up signature in quotes as I posted.

jimsflies

02-12-2011, 07:30 PM

I wished tapatalk would allow forum owners to disable the tapatalk signatures. My users have all customized there signatures into a myriad of dumb things which take away from the forum and ultimately waste bytes of database storage.

karabaja3

02-12-2011, 07:46 PM

This stupid Tapatlak's signature is forum disease. I am thinkig about uninstaling support for tapatalk.

BirdOPrey5

02-12-2011, 10:28 PM

Nope, it does not remove it form qoutes. In post is hidden, but when I click reply to such post it shows up signature in quotes as I posted.

Can I get a link to your a thread in your forum where it isn't working?

On my forum: http://www.juot.net/forums/showthread.php?t=54189
Post 12 in that thread has the signature and post 13 quoted it and they are both removed.

karabaja3

02-13-2011, 12:22 AM

Can I get a link to your a thread in your forum where it isn't working?

On my forum: http://www.juot.net/forums/showthread.php?t=54189
Post 12 in that thread has the signature and post 13 quoted it and they are both removed.

After cleaning cache, works fine. Sorry.

Did you think about adding option for complete removal of Tapatalk signature from database?

BirdOPrey5

02-13-2011, 12:36 PM

After cleaning cache, works fine. Sorry.

Did you think about adding option for complete removal of Tapatalk signature from database?

It's something I'm going to play with but honestly I hate risking database changes, if something went wrong I'd feel too bad. If I do get something together I'll be sure to post it here for people who want to use it at their own risk. I'm thinking a scheduled task that runs every 10 minutes maybe and looks for Tapatalk signatures...

karabaja3

02-13-2011, 06:53 PM

It's something I'm going to play with but honestly I hate risking database changes, if something went wrong I'd feel too bad.

your work, our risk. ;) Nothing to worry about. ;)

I'm thinking a scheduled task that runs every 10 minutes maybe and looks for Tapatalk signatures...

Yeah! Cron job would be great. If I knew how to do it, I would do it.
I saw some ideas about removing sig at the moment of posting. But that would take to many server resources. Cron job would be the perfect solution.

AdReNaLiN_PA

02-15-2011, 07:42 PM

If you go to Plugin Manager I'd be most interested in any mods that might have a plugin on the postbit_display_complete hook.

The only mod I have active on the postbit_display_complete hook is

Product : VB Pro Garage Timeslips

Could this be the conflict?
The only other mods I have installed are:

Product : AddonChat
Product : GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic
Product : vBadvanced CMPS

BirdOPrey5

02-16-2011, 01:25 PM

I looked at the code from VB Pro Garage Timeslips and I can't imagine it is causing the problem, but then again I can't imagine there is a problem to begin with. I don't suppose you have a test site setup I can get access to to play with some things?

karabaja3

02-24-2011, 06:05 PM

any news about cron option? ;)

BirdOPrey5

02-24-2011, 07:18 PM

No, if/when there is news I will post it here.

jbeam

02-25-2011, 01:51 PM

Doesn't work for me either. I have tried modifying the Tapatalk signature and then I tried just leaving the field blank to remove it and neither worked.

http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39487

jbeam

02-25-2011, 04:56 PM

Ok, I think I now see why it's not working. I assume that my default "Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk" string must not be listed in the mod.

yellowpeter

02-26-2011, 04:53 AM

Guys,

Due to overwhelmed response of this work, we will add a switch at the serverside so you will be able to turn it on/off for all members using Tapatalk, the app will not insert signature if you have it turned off.

We will roll it out for next iPhone and Android update. We will also update our Forum Owner Area so you can turn it to off explicitly. :D

BirdOPrey5

02-26-2011, 01:56 PM

Ok, I think I now see why it's not working. I assume that my default "Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk" string must not be listed in the mod.

This mod uses a regular expression to match any device name... basically it looks for:

"Sent from my XXX using Tapatalk" where XXX is any combination of letters and numbers, underscores, or dashes... the exact regular expression is:

Sent from my ([\w _-]+) using Tapatalk

and yes that should successfully match: "Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk" so I'm guessing it must be some other reason it's not working for you.

Guys,

Due to overwhelmed response of this work, we will add a switch at the serverside so you will be able to turn it on/off for all members using Tapatalk, the app will not insert signature if you have it turned off.

We will roll it out for next iPhone and Android update. We will also update our Forum Owner Area so you can turn it to off explicitly. :D

Awesome news!

karabaja3

03-01-2011, 07:47 PM

Guys,

Due to overwhelmed response of this work, we will add a switch at the serverside so you will be able to turn it on/off for all members using Tapatalk, the app will not insert signature if you have it turned off.

Thank god fot this! When can we expect update? I was thinking to delete Tapatalk option on my two forums becuase of that iritiating signature.

We will roll it out for next iPhone and Android update. We will also update our Forum Owner Area so you can turn it to off explicitly. :D

And what if user has an old app of Tapatalk installed at his iPhone?

yellowpeter

03-05-2011, 01:06 PM

Thank god fot this! When can we expect update? I was thinking to delete Tapatalk option on my two forums becuase of that iritiating signature.

And what if user has an old app of Tapatalk installed at his iPhone?

Majority of users will update the iPhone app within 2 weeks of our app update. Apple did a great job on making sure people upgrade their apps.

I expect this will happen within this month, pending for Apple approval.

yellowpeter

03-05-2011, 01:11 PM

karabaja3

03-10-2011, 05:11 PM

Is there a SQL query to remove Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk from all posts?

BirdOPrey5

03-10-2011, 07:40 PM

I don't believe you can do an SQL query to delete part of a message...

karabaja3

03-11-2011, 03:01 PM

So, there's no mass cleanup solution?

BirdOPrey5

03-11-2011, 04:53 PM

Not via an SQL query. I suppose a php script could be written to do the cleanup, certainly possible.

Phaedrus

03-18-2011, 05:18 PM

edit: members chose to remove tapatalk...

abqtj

03-24-2011, 03:42 AM

Works great, Joe

karabaja3

03-29-2011, 09:42 PM

yellowpeter

04-03-2011, 08:01 AM

This has to end. Signature is a mess. Have been wiated for the update, but it has not been relased yet so I had to uninstall Tapatalk. Sorry.

That sig is creating way much more damage regarding content than it's really worth it.

It has already been released. If you see signature from users it probably they have yet to update the app from the app store / market :)

karabaja3

04-14-2011, 09:11 PM

I would not install tptlk anymore even if you piad me to.

basilrath

04-24-2011, 10:38 AM

not working for me either ..................... are we missing something

basilrath

04-24-2011, 10:41 AM

normal siggy sends but no image .................... src code ok but no image be nice to have the fb layout like such

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/ sent via iphone

any ideas ?

newest tt app installed on iphone4

BirdOPrey5

04-24-2011, 05:30 PM

What is the exact wording (copy and paste the text here) that you are seeing as Tapatalk signatures?

I've started to see different sigs without the word "Tapatalk" in them, I want to know if this is the case.

basilrath

04-25-2011, 08:19 AM

sent via iphone

Thats the exact wording in my siggy on the iphone...............

however i have easily sorted the issue by the following for those who want the following
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/ sent via iphone

1 you add the image to generic smilies with the replacement name :iphone:
2 change siggy in your iphone to :iphone: sent via iphone

lol works and takes five minutes :)

BirdOPrey5

04-25-2011, 05:06 PM

sent via iphone

Thats the exact wording in my siggy on the iphone...............

however i have easily sorted the issue by the following for those who want the following
http://www.tabletennistalk.co.uk/image/iphone-logo.gif sent via iphone

1 you add the image to generic smilies with the replacement name :iphone:
2 change siggy in your iphone to :iphone: sent via iphone

lol works and takes five minutes :)

"sent via iphone" is not the default signature, it's something custom and therefore would not work with this mod.

This mod only removes signatures of the format:

Sent from my XXX using Tapatalk

Where XXX is the device name.

Sushubh

05-12-2011, 04:21 PM

not working on me on vBulletin 4.1.3.

BirdOPrey5

05-13-2011, 11:55 PM

Please copy and paste here an exact signature from a Tapatalk user not being blocked.

Sushubh

05-14-2011, 11:03 AM

Sent from my LG-P500 using Tapatalk

is one of the examples. i would post more as i find them.

BirdOPrey5

05-14-2011, 03:07 PM

That definitely should be picked up and removed by this mod, I just tested it. Are you sure the mod is enabled in the mod options? (Admin CP -> Options -> Tapatalk Sig Remover by BOP5 -> Enable Product -> Yes.)

If so there must be another mod interfering with this one but I can't think of how.

Sushubh

05-14-2011, 06:23 PM

here is the post.

http://broadbandforum.in/suggestions-and-complaints/60274-india-broadband-forum-now-accessible/4/#post493797

here is a screenshot of the backend.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2011/05/32.png (http://imgur.com/KbK5a)

i am confused myself. :)

Here is the complete list of plugins I am running.

Add additional css to your style
AME 3
BF-Recent Topics
Digital Point Spy
GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic
Gravity Insights
Lower Breadcrumbs
Miserable Users
My Threads & My Posts
Prevent Double Posts
Separate Sticky and Normal Threads
Skimlinks Plugin
Tapatalk Sig Remover by BOP5
vBH - Add new tabs 1.1
vBSEO
vBSEO :: Sitemap Generator

I am using the default vB theme.

Andyrew

05-14-2011, 10:23 PM

You can turn off or edit sigs in tapatalk settings.

BirdOPrey5

05-15-2011, 08:07 AM

here is the post.

http://broadbandforum.in/suggestions-and-complaints/60274-india-broadband-forum-now-accessible/4/#post493797
...
i am confused myself. :)

Here is the complete list of plugins I am running.

Add additional css to your style
AME 3
BF-Recent Topics
Digital Point Spy
GlowHost - Spam-O-Matic
Gravity Insights
Lower Breadcrumbs
Miserable Users
My Threads & My Posts
Prevent Double Posts
Separate Sticky and Normal Threads
Skimlinks Plugin
Tapatalk Sig Remover by BOP5
vBH - Add new tabs 1.1
vBSEO
vBSEO :: Sitemap Generator

I am using the default vB theme.

Thanks. I'm wondering if anyone else who has had this problem can comment if they have any of the above mods installed as well. I don't have ANY of them installed on my 4.x forum.

BGObsession

04-14-2012, 02:57 AM

Hi BirdofPrey - great mod...working perfectly for me. I used your substitute .gif and like it. Only issue I'm having is a couple of my members are using Tapatalk 2 (think it's a beta release?). So the substitute ends up looking like:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/04/5.gif 2

Is there a quick xml edit I can do to get rid of the numeral?

BirdOPrey5

04-14-2012, 12:23 PM

hmmm...

You know you can disable sigs now via tapatalk settings on their site?

But to answer your question find the line:

$find = "#Sent from my ([\w _-]+) using Tapatalk#";
And change it to:
$find = "#Sent from my ([\w _-]+) using Tapatalk[ 2]*#";

Try that. If it doesn't work give me a link to one of these posts on your forum.

BGObsession

04-15-2012, 01:31 AM

Worked perfectly - thank you sir!

nacaruncr

04-15-2012, 05:33 AM

Is there a way to change the position to appear the message?
Example, if I want to appear befor the signature, it is possible?
Thanks :D
5 stars + installed + tagged + MOTM + Like :D

BirdOPrey5

04-15-2012, 10:38 AM

Worked perfectly - thank you sir!

Thanks!

Is there a way to change the position to appear the message?
Example, if I want to appear befor the signature, it is possible?
Thanks :D
5 stars + installed + tagged + MOTM + Like :D

Can you please "Mark as Installed" - that would be the biggest thanks. :)

As for moving the location- no- this simply finds the text in the post and removes it. It wouldn't be possible with this mod to move the location.

I am kind if surprised anyone still uses this mod though- it was created back when Tapatalk didn't give the option of disabling the "Sent By" message - Now they do- All admins can go to their Tapatalk control panel and disable the "Sent by" message from there for all new posts.

MoDz

04-15-2012, 12:57 PM

Mark as Installed ;)
Nice Idea & Work :)

BGObsession

04-15-2012, 03:06 PM

Like I said BOP - it's kind of a nice way to continuously let folks know that your site is 'Tapatalk-enabled'. That's the only reason I haven't disabled it.

BirdOPrey5

04-15-2012, 04:12 PM

Updated to Version 1.1 to deal with the "Tapatalk 2" issue. :up:

warlord0

09-08-2012, 05:38 PM

Simple and effective - I like!

Skyrider

11-10-2012, 09:29 AM

Annnd for some reason it does not work. product is enabled, left blank to remove the entire signature of tapatalk, and yet I see it appearing normally in posts/threads.

BirdOPrey5

11-10-2012, 08:30 PM

Is "Enable Product" set to yes?

If so where is a link to a post?

datoneer

11-11-2012, 04:21 PM

Thanks man a lot it's working fine

Skyrider

11-12-2012, 10:13 PM

Is "Enable Product" set to yes?

If so where is a link to a post?

http://i.imm.io/Lqju.png

http://forums.sourceop.com/threads/129751-Test

As you can see, I'm using "Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9300 met Tapatalk"

Of which my Tapatalk mobile uses as a signature.

http://i.imm.io/LqjS.png

hsoen

08-07-2013, 12:07 PM

Updated to Version 1.1 to deal with the "Tapatalk 2" issue. :up:

How about update to deal with "Tapatalk 2" and "Tapatalk 4"?

Nirjonadda

08-07-2013, 12:52 PM

How about update to deal with "Tapatalk 2" and "Tapatalk 4"?

This modification is not required for "Tapatalk 2" and "Tapatalk 4" You can Disable Tapatalk signature via Tapatalk Forum Owner Area.

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hsoen

08-10-2013, 10:37 AM

This modification is not required for "Tapatalk 2" and "Tapatalk 4" You can Disable Tapatalk signature via Tapatalk Forum Owner Area.

145972

I have disabled it but there is no effect.

Ba'al

08-11-2013, 09:39 PM

This modification is not required for "Tapatalk 2" and "Tapatalk 4" You can Disable Tapatalk signature via Tapatalk Forum Owner Area.

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PyroChixRock

12-15-2013, 08:56 PM

We found that the plugin didn't seem to be working until we removed the

if ($vbulletin->options['bop5tt_en']){

part.

maybe the bop5tt_en option isn't being set properly? We're using VB 4.2.0.

BirdOPrey5

12-15-2013, 09:09 PM

That is the part that checks if you enabled the plugin in the mod settings.

Do you enable the mod in the mod settings? (Set it to "Yes" ?)

PyroChixRock

12-15-2013, 10:25 PM

Yes, it was set to yes. Enabled and still not working until we removed that part.

BirdOPrey5

12-16-2013, 12:10 PM

try adding

global $vbulletin;

To the very top of the plugin, the only other thing I can think of...

woodmj

12-18-2013, 09:34 AM

Hi. I have installed and enabled the plugin on my VB4.2.2. board but unfortunately it appears to have no effect when enabled. I had set it to remove the TapaTalk signature but the signature remains in posts. Is it maybe not compatible with VB4.2.2?

BirdOPrey5

12-18-2013, 09:48 AM

It works fine in all versions- however it hasn't been updated in a long time- my guess is the default Tapatalk signature has changed.

Honestly- I'm not sure why it is needed anymore since Tapatalk lets you (ad an Admin) turn off signatures in their control panel on their site. This was made years ago when this was not an option.

But if you want to use it- can you copy and paste a tapatalk signature exactly- or post a link to a post with one on your site?

woodmj

12-18-2013, 11:23 AM

Hi Joe,

There are a couple of examples of TapaTalk posts on this page http://www.snuson.com/showthread.php?17411-Tapatalk-Support-Added-For-iPhone-Android-and-Windows-Phone

Ultimately I was hoping to use your mod to replace the TapaTalk signature with a custom mobile phone icon or something along those lines once I got it up and running. Setting it to just strip the signatures was just a test on my end really.

Good work on your mods btw. I use quite a few of them.

BirdOPrey5

12-21-2013, 08:35 PM

The "Sent from my LG-E980 using Tapatalk" message should definitely be found and removed or altered by this mod. If it isn't working it is likely some other mod interfering.

Please try going to the Tapatalk Sig Remover plugin for this mod and changing the execution order from 5 to 0.

This is done in Admin CP -> Plugins & Products -> Plugin Manager