how can i prevent users from copying from certain forums, as i don't want them to take the text.

same wise, to lock save/save as/showing the text in print friendly page.

its java script rather than php.

but anyone has the instructions?

well if you don't want the print friendly page at all, just remove the link from the templates.

As for copying using the clipboard I'm not really sure :confused:
I know for images put them as a table background or put a layer with a transparant gif in on top of them makes it harder to pinch - but there'll always be ways around it.

take a look at this,

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/noselect.htm

only works in ie4+ & ns6

you'll also find other variations at the site, no right click on images, no right click, etc.


:water

My suggestion is don't bother trying. The no-select script doesn't stop someone from viewing the source of the page. No-right-click is even less effective - MSIE provides a way around it without even doing anything special, and in NS you just disable javascript to get around it.

There is no foolproof way that a semi-seasoned web surfer couldn't get around in about 30 seconds (save for maybe Flash or a quicktime movie).