I have this hack installed, however, noticed that the search engines such as Google has the description of each thread as:

"Sorry, you must have javascript enabled to view this site. Proxies are NOT allowed!...."

Is this going to be a problem with SEO?

Can anyone comment?

Thanks.

Holy sh*t I just checked our cached pages in Google and they are completely blank! Is this because of the problem mentioned in the post above?

*Clicks uninstall until this is cleared up*

OMG it's true, Google caches the java page and the redirect.

People need to uninstall this hack asap it does mess up the SEO...

i see what you mean thanks man uninstall!

I Install this hack today and functioned perfectly to block the trolls with proxy connections :D, but if it breaks the SEO will have to uninstall. :(

Bye

Not compatible with Safari
does it mean every use who have safari cant visit my site

i installed this and it redirects everyone and says they are using a proxy and redirects.

I have a problem where it does not detect the proxy and it allows everyone to view the site regardless of where they are from...

It clashes with Zoints Profiles too.

I lolve this hack idea but it redirrects 99% of my non proxy users including me. So do you think you can fix this or tell me some code to edit to fix it.

I would think since the last time the author was on line was in September and the last update to it was in May, it's pretty much a forgotten and dead mod...

oh no that sucks do you know any other hacks like this but that actually function well?

na sorry mate. pitty about this hack it was good lol.

Not bad, i like it :D
1 flaw is that sometimes it blocks people that arent using a proxy.

For me, my board is a private one that only registered and approved members may read, so this doesn't bother me at all. Therefore I don't want search engines browsing the board and they can't.

So far this is working on a new install of vBulletin. Will see what happens when it is reopened for all members.

I wish I'd had something like this several years back when I had a year long problem with someone using masks to wrongfully access the board.

umm all of use go to the url that i put in not just proxys me 2

By the way... This block search bots such as Google. So don't bother installing. :p

Not on my site it doesn't. Works as listed, and still have 400 spider bots on my site at any given time.

Hm. Sorry, I think they updated this mod?

scan-pa, I just visited your site using a web proxy and I was not redirected. I had access to your portal and forum pages. Have you disabled this hack after all?

I installed it and it seemed to be working fine - I was redirected to a page I created when using a proxy, and I had access to my site using my regular IP.

However, I'm not willing to screw up access by Google etc (adsense is money LOL). Rather than take that chance I've disabled the hack, although I can't honestly see a problem with it.

Any more feedback here? I must have looked through a dozen pages of comments and people seem about 50/50 as to whether this works as it should.

I set this up on my site, So if they come in with a proxy, I will be redirecting them to the regular site.

I dont think spiders would have trouble.. why would they?

Well I hope your "regular site" isn't the one that was mentioned before the edit LMAO. Lucky for me I'd already heard of it, so no chance of going there!

Anyways, it does seem the hack was updated to take account of spiders - they do seem able to index my site. Unfortunately it appears to redirect all AOL users and I think there's a few other providers that use proxies as a matter of course.

Personally I think this hack is a great idea, and it's the providers who use proxies that suck. If this could be set up only to catch people who use proxies by choice, then it would get a MOTM nomination from me! Sadly, isosdcftp who released this hasn't been online here since last October, so unless anyone else can establish exactly what it redirects and what it doesn't, then it isn't worth the risk of alienating the few genuine people who may have no choice but to accept a proxy IP from their service provider.

Back to the bad old days of checking proxy listings whenever a new member signs up I guess. :erm:

I've re-enabled this and (so far) it seems to working as intended (now marked as Installed). It redirects web proxies, but none of my members has reported any problems. The site is still being indexed, and my Google Adsense appears unaffected. (I'm still using 3.6.5 btw).

I found I only have to check or uncheck the plug-in to enable or disable it.

I have this going after being trolled relentlessly of late, and so far so good. It's really creating a decent amount of work for the troublemakers trying to get in.

I never had any trouble with this hack till today, one guy cannot use the site. Its frustrating because I have to dump an otherwise great hack.... *sigh* It should have an "ignore IP" or something to let certain ppl in.

nightbloom : Out of interest, is it that you have one member who wishes to access your site via a proxy, or is that another service/IP provider is being blocked?

I ask because I've had no negative feedback (so far). The modification is catching web proxies, but I've had no reports of redirection from anyone using a genuine IP address. Although it blocks web proxies from using the site it doesn't prevent them sending Email if there's a problem with a genuine account.

If a regular IP service is being blocked, would you mind telling me/us which it is?

I dont know if this has been pointed out or not, I installed this worked nicely ez to install and everything. I checked a bunch of proxy sites and it works great. However if someone is searching for your website on google or stumbles upon an interesting post and wants to enter your site through google or any other search engine, it stopes them from viewing it saying proxies are not allowed on this site.... So i uninstalled it for that reason alone. Otherwise a great mod despite it blocking "honest" users using search engines and wherever else your site is linked.

hope that made sense :/

LOL, this mod rocks! Thank you!

Sorry to report, that didn't last long. On a small board with only 208 members, I didn't make it from 2am until 6:30am before it redirected a legit member not using a proxy. I had to disable it.

I'm so disappointed.:(

Awesome thank you !!!!!It's brillant. :D

In the admincp, do I just put something like:

mydomain.com|www.mydomain.com

Do I need to put anything else in there??

Any chance of this being ported to 3.7?

I'm using this with 3.7.1 and it seems to be working in the same way as it did on 3.6 before I upgraded. I'm still making a few changes to my board, so it's currently closed - but please feel free to try accessing with a web proxy. I've tried several and it redirects every time, but genuine IP's don't seem to have any probs and the spiders are still crawling ;)

Not working with Safari users, it says javascript should be enabled. Is there any other mod to block proxy users?

It's more likely to be the web proxy than the browser, some of them strip the scripts, and some let you choose. Try this one and uncheck the No Scripts box: http://www.guardster.com/subscription/proxy_free.php

Either way, you can't view with the web proxy whether it enables javascript or not. If javascript isn't enabled it stops the redirect though, which is unfortunate because people don't realise why they're being blocked - but then, if they're hiding behind proxies, who cares?

But I'm surfing without a proxy with my enabled Javascript Safari and it still blocks me from watch the forum. Not working fo any Safari users either. This is a shame, please fix it!!

If you read the original post made with this release, it states clearly that it's not compatible with Safari. Having said that, Safari is certainly a fast browser and its users are increasing. Obviously no-one wants to alienate people who use popular browsers, so unless further support/upgrades are offered for this hack, it could be on it's way to the graveyard. I'll be keeping an eye on my visitor configurations - this one may be heading for the bin if Safari continues to grow in popularity.

My mistake, just read Safari users are unable to use it, too bad!

Thanks for the replys mate.

Works like a charm....i tested with most proxy sites.....

what do i do wean i get this.

"Warning: Web Proxy Redirector is not correctly configured, and is therefore disabled"