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hi all,


attention: Support questions from members who have not marked this as installed - as same as - who have marked as installed will be considered high priority. I believe that who 'mark as Installed' it will make it easy to him to get updates. ;)


About this add-on:
This hack find the advanced options to prevent copies of the topics easily - which I mean source code not easily way to copy threads - This hack leaves several disrupt things in the face when visitor wants copies topic - see characteristics.


why this mod:
may someone wondering why this hack? because it work only if javascript is enabled. so if any one disable javascript he/she will able to do every things this hack may prevent from them. every one want to use this have a reason, I guess you have an answer for this. :)

I really agree to not to insult human intelligence. Its never a good idea to fight with your users but I need to protect my content from kids?! beleive me! my society have many kids which they competing which one of them will steal new topics first. this hack helped me more than I expected.


characteristics:

• main options: Attachment 95523
  • prevent members you want them unable to copy texts.
  • prevent groups you want them unable to copy texts.
  • prevent newbies from quoting before x posts.
  • exclude or add forums from shading and selecting text.
• data protection options:
  • disable right click visitor will be prohibited to right click on text, graphics and links.
  • disable off-line page viewing vistor cannot view the webpage in offline status.
  • disable page printing, when printing the content of web page will be automatically hidden.
• prevent browsers options: Attachment 95524
  • prevent opera browser
  • prevent Mozilla firefox browser
  • prevent Apple safari browser
  • prevent Microsoft Internet Explorer browser
• meta tags options:
  • disable image toolbar
  • disable page caching
  • disable smart tags
  • disable search engine robots
• other features:
  • forcing to use Javascript, some intelligent people disable JavaScript in his browser and easily copies text. I do a meta refresh to redirect people not using JavaScript to page that tell them they need to activate it. this also by the way can be overmaster by someone. Attachment 95521
  • message to show to users who are prevented from using right-click. Attachment 95525
  • this hack work on 5 places: showtheard, printtheard, archive, showpost and newreplay templates.
  • we cannot completely prevent the visitors from copies if we want search engines archiving our sites, but if we cover up and hide entire text from visitors... this shortcoming will reduce the number of visitors and search spiders expelled completely and reduce archiving. so many of sites take off from the way that hide links and topics and start to think in prevent copying.

Installation:
Import XML file (as product): AdminCP > Plugin System > Manage Products > [Add/Import Product]


Versions:

• v1.0 -
  • first release beta.
• v2.0 -
  • correcting some phrase with wrong information about java and javascript.
  • add option to prevent users from quote before x posts.
  • add new javascript code and correct some bad code.
  • add option to exclude forums from prevent users.
• v2.1 -
  • option added: to choose either you want add forums or exclude.
• v2.2 -
  • option added: to choose user id you want to prevent them from copies.
  • new css code added to prevent users who disabled javascript.
• v2.3 -
  • correcting & enhancing some codes in plugins.
  • activate all options on archive.
  • option added: to disable print page.
  • fixed bug: this hack work now with showpost page.
  • coordinate options in ACP.
• v3.0 -
  • options categorize, some of them removed & others added.
  • options added to prevent browsers.
  • options added to use meta tags in thread pages.
  • option added to write message show up on thread page.
  • enhancing codes and security.
• v3.1 -
  • bug fixed: users can copy text from newreply page.
  • option added to choose the show type of prevent right click message.

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Nice one! Thanks for sharing....

This is very nice, exactly what I need.

If I enable this hack will it prevent my content from being searched by google or other search engines? In other words, will it have affect on seo?

Note that I have vbulletin archive disabled.

Same question here, for the rest great product!

You do realise Java and Javascript are two different things, don't you? If someone has disabled Javascript, there's no point in sending them to java.com as they're two different things entirely.

Javascript is built into most modern browsers, whereas Java is a third party platform and an entirely different programming language.

you are welcome! :)

No, this hack is content Javascript code and meta tag to prevent people from copies showtheards, printtheards and archive. search engines look page from source code, which that code is enable for me, you and google crawl spiders in every page we visited. becuase that I say "we can not completely prevent the visitors from copies" ..

archive is work as sitemap for your board, you really should think about enable it.


you know you're right .. thanks for your comment. :up:
I will correct this message in next stable version.

next verision:

• corecting messages.
• add option to prevent users from copying before x posts.
• some javascript codes will corected.

Thank you very much.

I have got a lot of good info on my site so ths will force people to link to it rather than copy and paste.

Just installed it so il see how it goes

Thankyou for your answer.

One more question: is it easy to apply this mod only to specific forums?

good luck ..
and you are welcome :)

nice idea, this option easly can add to this hack.. :up:
thank you..

This hack is updated..

please notify me for any point.

Thanks Man, I was waithing this

THanks, is it possible to have option for include forums and not only exclude? Because I have just one or two forums I want this hack enabled, and dozens of other forums :)

you are welcome..

I expect you will say that .. ok tomorrow 2.1 will be here :up:
any other suggestion to improve this hack? :rolleyes:




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thanks for this useful tool, but however they still can get the content by view source anyway..., right? Can you make it somehow not to display the content on source?

Blocking the right click might working on IE, but not on FF.

there is no way to prevent 'view source' because its simply html. And any browser need source code to show your site design.

right click option and other options work on all browsers (IE, FF, NC, ..etc) except opera browser; because that I add option to prevent opera. if you don't belive me try it .. :)

the benefit of this hack is to complicating the way for copying from users. This is prefect hack for users who steal topics from others sites, prefect for whom search to increase there registration and for whom try to keep special things for users and don't want to loss SEO profit.

.. thanks for you comment :)

This hack works good. Even on Google Chrome. Thanks much.

Thanks man for testing it on Chrome .. you are so welcome :)

2.1 release and hack updated..
Deer Defkalion, this version release for you .. :D

can we add an extra field for per user ID? because enable this, it will prevent lots of regular members. I do want to block guest, validating email, and per user ID.

Ah! This is great.

Thankyou very much mister al3bed :)

Edit: there must be somewhere something wrong with the div's because in the forum I enabled it, the template is all messed up, my header appears twice and I get a "/div>" floating around. :P

there is nothing wrong with the code. Must be from your custom template.

ok, I will add this option in 2.2
please tell me if you have any other idea you want to add it in the mod. :)

:)



best wishes

Ok guys thanks, I will try to figure it out :)

al3bed thanks for this mod i really like the options it has and it suits my site really well BUT ive just tryed this with firefox3 and i can still get the content.
Try it yourself browse to the page with the images on you want, then disable javascript in browser, then right click the image you wana steal !!
it will only let you grab the images though untill you refresh then you can copy and paste again ect,ect

Admitinly on refresh your redirect page pop-up comes up but if you simply dont allow the redirect the content is yours for the picking.

Maybe more research is needed for this mod to work 100% ?


Edit.... just reread thread again and i misunderstood this mod at first as i thought it completely stoped the right click ect,ect,
looks like this is WIP so i hope these little issues can be sorted in near future :)

mmm.. I will use css to solve this problem and release 2.2
thank you for this useful information .. :)

maybe some people is good text mugger :D by disabling javascript and stop meta redirect, but when he face to face with css he will can't disable it. And if he want to steal some texts is better to him go to source code with all codes there.

Cool i look forward to it as i think this mod has real potential, if you need any help with testing plz dont hesitate to ask :)

we can't prevent from taking screenshot right?

I will need your help surely to test it in all browsers & other operating systems if you can :)

we can disable print screen by using javascript code. I test it on IE its work but didn't work with FF. this code actually disable clipboard, when you open IE page use this code you can't copy anything in your computer :)

I will check it for a bit maybe I found some interesting things. also I test css code with IE&FF it's work prefect and now when smart users try to disable javascript they will shock when they see that they can't copy anything :p

I have some ideas rotate in my head to prevent caching and disabling off-line page viewing but I don't have anything now. next release will be here tonight or maybe :o

Yea sure Pm sent.

will this upcoming release have per user ID and block print screen?

any update on this?

sorry about delays this hack is updated.

• option added: to choose user id you want to prevent them from copies.
• new css code added to prevent users who disabled javascript.

next release I will try to add more new things:
- disable clipboard for IE.
- disable drop and drag.
- disable off line page viewing.
- add option to disable page printing

I will try not sure.

thanks much for this.

coming soon 2.3 :)

been waiting for this. Thanks.

woah this looks pretty good

al3bed, how is it going with 2.3?

so good so far .. but I have problem with clipboard disable. I can disable clipboard for IE6 only because IE7 and other browsers show message for user if he want to let website access to clipboard or not? and if he say no! we can't say clipboard is disabled .. now this hack cover showpost and have option to disable print but until now they can do 2 things if they are smart enough: enter source or print screen otherwise they will failure to copy anything.

I start thinking now about an option to encrypt source but I need some help from other coders.

I am sorry about delays, this hack is updated.

thanks for the update. However, if i use the Alt+Print Scrn, I am still able to get the screen capture.

Is it possible to disable the function?

rapidphim, this feature is not include in this hack yet :)
the new option disable print page not print screen!

Alt+Print automaticly will disabled when we disable clipboard, but the problem we can not disable clipboard without allow from the user him/her self.

• FireFox - Granting JavaScript access to the clipboard
• Internet Explorer - Prevent Web Sites From Obtaining Access to Windows Clipboard

I think it will be a silly option :o becuase this message work in IE7 immediately when page try to access your clipboard. if you want try create page and put this code with body like this:

after that upload your page to your site.. and see ..

I will try my best to solve these 2 things:
thank you
if you have any idea please tell me :)