Word Censor enabled/disabled by user in 3.6.10?
 

Is there a way to have users toggle the word censor on or off via the user cp for VB 3.6.10? I have been looking through the mods and have not been able to find what I am looking for.

Thanks in advance. :up:

I've never seen a mod like that. But what would be the point? You either censor language or you don't.

This type of modification would require a lot of 'overhead' within the code. The way the word censor works is that it scans posts for words. Say I censor the word 'jerk'. A user tries to post this:
It is not stored in the database, or the cache, that way. It is actually stored as:

Now, if I wanted to allow users to turn this feature on / off, it would have to store both copies of the message. Thus doubling the size of both your cache and your database.

Well, word censoring is a touchy subject in the paintball community. Some sites do it, some dont. The ones that dont do not like to have links back to sites without a filter. If I was able to use the filter for non-registered users, it would be beneficial.

There is a major PB forum that has this ability. I suspected it was something custom, but I figured I would ask around regarding it.

:) :up:

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Wow, way too much effort and trouble to do this. Thank you for the information.

Ah, but you didn't ask for a usergroup-specific word filter. You asked for the particularly odd ability for individual users to switch their own filter on and off. As if they might want to post a bad word today, but not tomorrow.

But as you're discovering, I don't think the vb filter works this way at all. It works when text is posted, not when it's viewed.

Regardless of how you want it - per user or per usergroup - you would still be required to store two different versions.