Restrict Post Count
 

Description:
Restricts posts counting if under a certain amount of characters/words.

Request:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=144459

Installation:
All the installation information is in the package.

Changes:
5 Plugins
9 Phrases

Change Log:
19/09/2007 - Version 1.2
- Streamlined Code
- Added Option To Enable/Disable Quote Stripping
- Updated ReadMe Style

11/04/2007 - Version 1.1
- Fixed Not Adjusting When Editing
- Quotes Now Don't Count

10/04/2007 - Version 1.0
- Initial Release

/me Reserves

I Love You!

that's the kind of code that is missing from vB from the start... you can control the minimum of words in a post, but not count them possibly...

good to have it coded .. :)

that's good man I Like it

I can use it that the member can't post more than 1 post if they submit two time :)


thanks man I'll use it ( installed )

Dismounted,

Thank you, this is very much needed. :)

[high]* Renada clicks install[/high]

This is absolutely brilliant :D well done!

Hey good work Dismounted, you have been bringing out a lot of good stuff lately.

Great work! :)

One comment though: when someone replies, and quotes a page-long text, saying "yes" at the end, it seems to get counted because of the huge quote. Would it be possible to only count what he has written, excluding the quoted parts?

Hack Updated!

11/04/2007 - Version 1.1
- Fixed Not Adjusting When Editing
- Quotes Now Don't Count

Ohhhh... I LOVE this!!! been wanting it for a while.. Thanks!!!! :D

Hack Updated!

19/09/2007 - Version 1.2
- Streamlined Code
- Added Option To Enable/Disable Quote Stripping
- Updated ReadMe Style

What does "quote stripping" mean?

Setting it to yes means that quotes will not count towards the total count of words/characters.

Cool, thanks :)

Is there a way to update existing user post counts in regard to the mod? I activate it, set the minimum to 5 words and ran the "update post counter" query, but apparently it didn't change anything.

There is no way (at the moment) to update existing posts.

Dang good Mod :)

But i have this little problem on my site.
I use vB 3.6.8, when i use Quick reply i get a note:
Attachment 70433

Also when i delete a post, i get to a blank white screen with nothing on it, same when i create a vote ve then get the blank screen.

The post is still submitted, but you just don't get the update.

I have the following Mod installed:

FlashChat Admin Panel
ibProArcade for vBulletin
Last Seen Online (Postbit)
Latest Post on Forum Home
Members who are using Flashchat
phpAdsNew Integration
Prevent Doubleposts
Radio Stations
Restrict Post Count
Separate Staff In User's Online
Who Has Read a Thread.
Yet Another Award System

Bold ones i tried to disable, and still same.

Hmm, I just upgraded, and I sometimes get this error:

Database error in vBulletin 3.6.8:

Invalid SQL:

UPDATE user
SET posts = posts + Array
WHERE userid = 1342
LIMIT 1;

MySQL Error : Unknown column 'Array' in 'field list'
Error Number : 1054
Date : Wednesday, October 3rd 2007 @ 06:45:03 PM
Script : http://forum.hodito.hu/editpost.php?...&postid=127822

It only seems to occus when the editpost.php file is called. There was no problem with this before.

I don't know how you got that error, as the value ($postcount) can only be 0, -1 or 1.

Figured out what my problem was... Paul's "Unread Posts and Reputation Comments (welcome box)" (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=123886) has the same variable name ($postcount), and these two mods conflict with each other. :(

I changed the variable name, it works fine now.

Ah! Okay. Thanks for telling me.

I am getting the following error on the Advanced Post Edit page with your hack enabled:
Are you aware of this error? Started happening only after the upgrade. Using 3.6.8 vB version.

I have errors to and unistalled. I would love this hack but it seems there are issues and conflicts. I will post my error later tonight don't want community to keep getting the errors.

Hmm, this is a weird one, as this error has nothing to do with vBulletin, so upgrading to 3.6.8 is irrelevant. I cannot find any malformed conditionals, so I'm clueless.

To make it sure there is no conflict with other mods, I unpublish them all, and error is still there. only after unpublishing the post count mod it goes away...

This should be nominated as MOTM :eek:.

The ultimate anti-spam tool.

Thanks for your great work :up:

I did this same thing and got same error.

vb 3.6.8 must be a conflict somehow with new vb no idea haven't looked at code yet.

Any update about 3.6.8 ? I like this mod, but afraid I screw up my forum if it's incompatible with the new release...(planning to update 3.6.8 Level 1 Patch in next few days)

I have this mod with 3.6.8PL1, and it works just fine. (Had a conflict with one of the other mods, see above, but that could be resolved quickly.)

Thanks for the info. I will install it now. This is a great mod !

Yes, I have the same prroblem as Ati2.....

I think I must wait until this problem is resolved : conflict between two mods

You can sort that out yourself pretty quickly. Just download this mod, and open it up in a text-editor (such as notepad). Search for "$postcount" (without quotes, with the $ sign at the beginning), and change it to something else and hopefully unique, such as "$rpcmodpostcount" (without quotes, with the $ sign at the beginning). If I remember correctly, you will find this variable in 3 places (I may not remember correctly, so just find and replyce in all places within the mod). Save the file, and you are pretty much done. Upload the mod, and enjoy. No more conflicts! :)

I got it. Thank you very much to all of you....Cheers....INSTALLED & WORKING GREAT !

Wonderful idea. I was wondering if there would be any way to make it so that this mod only affects specific forums, and not the whole board? (and I'd like to suggest that as an additional feature while I'm at it :))

Thanks,

Added onto a to-do list. :)

Dismounted.....any progress on updating this fine MOD to 3.7?

For me doesn't work on 3.8.1 :(