Block Censored Words in Posts by BOP5 VB4
 

By BirdOPrey5 / Qapla.com

Version 1.3

For people who don't want to see censored text (******) in their posts this mod will prevent a user from even submitting a new post or thread that has any word that would be censored. They will be forced to change it or it simply won't post. (Now works on post edits as well.)

You can demo this by trying post in the Testing Forum at Qapla.com. You can try posting the "F" word or other major curse words which are censored here.

Options included to limit checking on thread titles or only post bodies, or both. Also option to use on specific forums instead of all forums on your site.

Works on all vBulletin versions out there, VB 3.6.x through 4.2.x and will work on 4.3.x I'm sure as well.

I'd like to thank kh99 for helping me find the right hook to use on this mod.


Please Mark As Installed if you use this. :)
Donations Always Appreciated. :up:

English - Downloaad Zip File - V 1.3

tagged

Does this work for the quick reply (ajax) or do you have to refresh the page first?

Works in quick reply too... if quick reply is used through when you "go back" to fix your message I see Chrome will erase your original message, where was from advanced reply or new thread your original message will still be there. I haven't tested other browsers.

5 stars

installed

translated to Arabic
plzz be nice and add the XML Arabic file to 1st orignal post

thank you

Nice mod will be handy for us in the next week or two with some planned changes we are making on our forum.
Thanks

Thank you for the translation. Added to first post. :up:

You're welcome. :)

this is great for elitestangs.com , were family oriented mustang club!

Updated to version 1.1.

Added a new option, "Additional Block Words" where you can block words not on your regular censor.

This was based on a user's suggestion for the VB 3.8 version of this mod.

Any chance you can make an option so that the post/thread is flagged for moderation?

That would really be a different mod...
I've used this one: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=129390 (and I believe it will work in VB4) to do that very thing...

Add words you want to trigger moderation for, set the post count to very high, like 999999 and it will auto moderate any posts from any users using any words you specify, except moderators of course.

Does this mod allow for users to turn it off/on?

No... that would kind of defeat the purpose of the mod.

Well no, not really. Some people (me) prefer not to see the bad language, and some do prefer to see it. I would like to have the choice. :)

Then you probably want this mod:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=253026

Thanks. I do have that mod, and it is not working properly. Even if a poster chooses to not have the filter on, it still filters the words.
That was why I came looking for another mod.

This doesn't filter words already in a post- this prevents someone from submitting a new post with bad words.

If you let a user shut it off then everyone would see the bad words they posted.

I understand. Thank you. I am looking for one that will allow individuals to choose whether they want to see the bad words.
The other mod that is supposed to allow for that does not work properly for my forum. :)

Does this block pms too or only threads? I'm looking for a way to block words of my choice from threads only so that users can pm things if they decide to. Can I add words of my choice to this?

Thanks.

It only blocks in posts and threads. Yes you can add your own words.

I installed this on 4.1.3 and found that if a member posts it says not to use the censored word. If they submit a post without a censored word then click on edit post, they can then add the word to the post without the censor kicking in and blocking it.

Thanks for this only tagged for now most likely will install in the next few days. Some may want this as they provide specific software support and may not want other (competitors) mentioned.

Does this work as well via PM's? Would be a nice addition.

At this time the mod doesn't block edits or work in PMs. I will consider adding these features in a future release.

Thanks BOP5. As soon as it does PM's and over on posts I seen users can post then edit and it seems to allow bad words? Well I thought I recalled seeing a user state that in this thread.

It doesn't censor PMs.

At this time it won't block edits.

Looks like another great modification, Joe. I am tagging this to install and test. Very cool. Thank you.

Kether

Tested and installed! :)

Question: Is there a way to make this not use my censored words list and just use the words I add into the space you provide in the settings?

Rational: If someone posts a message with the 'F' word, I would like the generic replacement of the "****" rather than asking the member to go back and remove the censored word. On the other hand, there are some words/URLs I want to block and notify the member to go back and correct the post before it is allowed to be posted.


Thanks,
Kether

I understand what you are saying but it would require almost a complete rewrite of the mod for it to work like that. The censored word list is fundamental to how this is currently coded.

I understand, Joe, and appreciate the quick response. Thanks for your consideration anyway.

Kind regards,
Kether.

Hello dear BirdOPrey5, does this mod work well with the CKEditor in 4.1.4 or 4.1.5? if not can you upgrade it please so i can upgrade my 4.13 forum. :)

I can confirm it works fine on 4.1.4.

Thank you for the suggestion. I will try to include it in a future version.

Thanks so much
installed and it works!!

Thanks. Please click the "Mark as Installed" link on the right side in the top post.:)

Hi there,

two things:

1. I'd find it quite nice if it shows the user all bad words he entered in the message.
Is it possible to implement this?

2. Further the mod doesn't seem to check edit functions because editing a post with bad words is possible.

Greetings
Bundschuh

Hello,

Unfortunately no, as it works now it cannot show the specific word(s) that caused the block.

The block om edits is something that will likely be in the next update.

Works well on 4.2PL1

Thanks! Marking as installed

Great help mate!

You could add one addition code in editpost_update_start to prevent already posted censored words from been edited.

Regards!

Sorry for the long delay.

I have just updated this mod to version 1.3- it now works on post edits. It also has options to work only on thread titles or only in post bodies, or both.

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