Administrative and Maintenance Tools - New Registrant Analyzer

Description:
At the forum I maintain these are the general measures taken to determine if a new registrant is a spammer:
- google username see if it has been used elsewhere and if it has been banned, if there are a lot of results, try searching using: $username vbulletin, or, $username phpbb, or $username forum
- go to domain of email address if unfamiliar
- google first part of email address
- google second part of email address if unfamiliar
- check IP on DNS Stuff

So, to make it easier for the other admins to check this information I wrote this which basically has quick links to get this information. Refer to the screenshot for more details.

In the contained zip file, import the product via 'Manage Products' and upload the rest of the file to their appropiate locations

After installing, you'd need to refresh the admincp/modcp area with your browser then look under 'Users' in the admincp, otherwise look under 'New Registrant Info' if in the modcp

changelog
0.1 - initial release
0.2 - make it work for both mods and admins (shows in admincp and modcp)
0.3 - use dynamic modcp/admincp variables, move 'New Registrant Info' under Users menu

NOTE: remember to look under Users when browsing in the admincp

[nascartr]

Love this! Exactly what we need. Works for 3.8.1!

[Mrdby]

it doesn't work for mew. it only shows up in the mod section

[Mrdby]

I want it under admin not the modcp. Can this be done?

[stubby1274]

Originally Posted by Mrdby

I want it under admin not the modcp. Can this be done?

Open the includes/xml/cpnav_newregistrants.xml file and replace this line:

<link>../{$vbulletin->config[Misc][modcpdir]}/newregistrants.php</link>

with this

<link>../{$vbulletin->config[Misc][admincpdir]}/newregistrants.php</link>


Then open up the modcp/newregistrants.php and replace all instances of modcp with admincp, save the file. Copy the newregistrants.php file to your admincp directory, and copy the newregistrants.xml file to your includes/xml directory. Go to your control panel and import the main xml file and this will then show up in your admin control panel. This worked in 3.8.2.

[Cyburbia]

DNSStuff no longer allows free searches as of today. The IP location function ("Lookup IP") is now broken, click on it, and this is the result:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/where-are-my-results/

[Fungsten]

Originally Posted by Cyburbia

DNSStuff no longer allows free searches as of today. The IP location function ("Lookup IP") is now broken, click on it, and this is the result:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/where-are-my-results/

I noticed that too.

[blaize]

You can replace the lookup link in the modcp/newregistrants.php with one that is free. The link to replace is on line 95.

[alfaowner]

Does anybody want to reccomend a free site?

[digicom]

just edit the line in modcp/newregistrants.php on line 95 where it says

PHP Code:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ipall.ch 


just remove .ch so it just says

PHP Code:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/ipall 


and it works fine

Originally Posted by blaize

You can replace the lookup link in the modcp/newregistrants.php with one that is free. The link to replace is on line 95.

[BigDog56]

Worked for me!