Forbid Users from Posting Links or Images if They Have Fewer than 15 Posts
 

Just as the title says - if a user has fewer than 15 posts, he will be unable to post a link or an image within a message.

This mod was originally done by Erwin for VB 2.x, and is ported with his kind permission.

It is a product. To install, simply import the xml.

(please note Andreas's fixes below if you have problems with scripts that post automatically)

Amy

great mod :)

thanks amy

I'm installing this, thanks.

great idea, installing :)

Yes!!! The end of Free iPods as we know it!!

Amy, would there be a way to set this up with a setting for how many posts they must have, instead of the 15?

I had this on vB 3.0 and liked it but it didn't take long for spammers to find a way around it. Still, anything that cuts down on our work is great. Thanks! :)

All you have to do is change one number in the code and phrase Bob. It's not something that I think people will be changing often enough to warrant a control panel setting.

I agree with Boofo. It would be much better with a setting.

Heck, it would be awesome if it were usergroup based with how many links per post or per sig too.

Some n00bs like to sign up and put links in their sigs, and then spam. This could evolve into a sig link limiter too.

Just some thoughts. Good hack though.

*licks the install button*

mmmmm...

You have to edit 1 number in the XML. A setting for that would just add clutter to the ACP

What about the image thing? Is it possible to take that off? I've had alot of users at my website that post their avatars or sigs when they first join in thread...And as for the other guy who said spammers find a way around it by putting the link in their sigs, I think someone should make a mod, or possibly edit this one that censors the link with *15 posts needed to display link* when someone puts a link in their signature.

Not if it was usergroup based as well. ;)

Gang, I don't need bells and whistles. For a free mod, you get what I need. Other than that, tweak to your heart's desire.

I'll handle it, Amy. ;)

I'll say one thing about the phrase (by the way this is working great! :)): It only mentions that you can't post URLs.

No matter, phrases are easily edited. Fixed mine.

Amy, this is not working on RC3 for me. I installed it last night and 2 newbies have registered and posted link today.

It's working on RC3 for me. At least it did on my test account. Try it out on my site please. More testing couldn't hurt.

I wrote the plugin specifically for RC3. Before that, I had it as a code mod on my site. But, there could be ways around it that we might need to plug up.

Amy

I was able to post a link on your forum:
http://www.eaforums.com/forums/getti...tml#post446669

Yep. I saw. I wonder why it works for my test account?

Amy

I derno

it seems to work now on your board.

Amy, is there an update with a fix for this or is it working ok now? The last few messages are confusing. ;)

I'm releasing the update now. Wait for the email.

Amy

now this is a great thing i love this

/me clicks install

will it still work if i edit the xml and change everything 15 to 10 using the replace tool??

(sorry im new to all this)

Yes, it should. There aren't any other 15s in there.

Very nice, im sick of people spamming sites.

Yep, noticed that it doesn't work in the sig. It still helps. ;)

I think the sig thing should be a different sort of hack. It should be user-group based and apply to links, images, size of images, etc. I've never had a major signature issue on my board. If people post inappropriate sigs, they are reported and we handle them.

I don't care if somebody links to their site in their sig. That's what networking is all about ;)

Amy

I just installed this on a fresh copy of vb and as an admin I can't post a link to another thread on the forum, within the same domain. Not really a bug since as the admin, 15 posts isn't hard to come by.. (lol), but still something that might be worth putting a conditional in for.

that's not a bug an admin is in most cases the site owner ... or a verry trusted person it isn't that hard to edit somebody's postcount ey ... also carefull with installing copys of vb 1 licence == one forum (and a password protected /testvb)

improvement suggestion:

what about excluding the forum in which the postings are done from the link prohibition?

Go ahead if that's what you want it to do Pipin. My goal with this was just to prevent spam.

Amy

Spammers often target certain forums. :)

Thank you Amy this is PERFECT. Nice to meet ya too, I've seen a few of your works before and I was impressed. :)

So I downloaded and imported the XML file into the product manager... Is there anything else that I need to do? or is it all set ready to go?

very helpfull.

thanks

Wooo Hooo *claps*

I bumped mine to 50 from 15.

I would like to allow new users to post images though, can anyone show me what to edit? Thanks again for the awesome mod Amy, you're the bomb.

Nice work