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Prevent Threads with Certain Titles

Hello,

I have vb4.2.2 installed and after some updates, most of our spam is under control. We require captcha and do not allow urls for users with under 3 posts and that prevents a lot of spam bots.

However, the bots are getting around this by pasting the url in the thread title like this:

Title: http://theirdumbspamsite.com/some-page/
Post: garbage spam

Is there anyway to block new threads, or queue them for moderation, if they contain "http://" or something similar in the thread title? No normal users use "http://" in the thread titles, 100% of the time it's spam.

Thanks

Create a plugin hooked at "newpost_process" with the following Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:


		
			
$title = strtolower($post['title']);

if (strpos($title, 'http://'))
{
    $post['message'] = '';
    $minchar = intval($vbulletin->options['postminchars']) <= 0 ? 1 : intval($vbulletin->options['postminchars']);
    require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_misc.php');
    $errors[] = construct_phrase(fetch_phrase('tooshort', 'error'), $minchar);
}

What this does is if "http://" is embedded in the thread title, the content of the post will be erased, and the user will be told their post is too short. :)

--------------- Added [DATE]1475698223[/DATE] at [TIME]1475698223[/TIME] ---------------

A more complete solution can be found here:

Block Censored Words in Posts by BOP5 VB4

This product will allow you to check post titles/content for additionally censored words/strings. You can specifiy which forums in which it is active too. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkFL (Post 2576633)

Create a plugin hooked at "newpost_process" with the following Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:


		
			
$title = strtolower($post['title']);



if (strpos($title, 'http://'))

{

    $post['message'] = '';

    $minchar = intval($vbulletin->options['postminchars']) <= 0 ? 1 : intval($vbulletin->options['postminchars']);

    require_once(DIR . '/includes/functions_misc.php');

    $errors[] = construct_phrase(fetch_phrase('tooshort', 'error'), $minchar);

}

thanks for your reply, but i've never created a plugin so your post is a bit over my head.

i tried the BOP5 plugin, but it censors both thread titles and posts since it uses the vB built in censorship list, and therefore doesn't work to just censor titles.

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