New Posting Features - Allow URLs in posts only after a minimum number of posts (to reduce spam)

With the recent increase in CAPTCHA-beating bots spamming their URLs, I have a feeling this mod will be very useful. Inspired by this vBulletin 2 plug-in.

To install, first upload "bitfield_restricturls.xml" to "includes/xml", and then just install restricturls.xml via the product manager in the AdminCP. The plug-in should automatically rebuild the bitfields cache - as long as you upload "bitfield_restricturls.xml" first.

The amount of posts required is configurable in the usergroup manager, simply look for the group of settings with the header "Restrict URLs". The default is set to 5, however most bots tend to only make one or two spam posts at the most.

For obvious reasons, moderators and admins don't have this restriction, but if you want to add it, you can remove the group id from "bitfield_restricturls.xml".

If people find this useful, I may also update this to make an option so the posts containing URLs are set to be moderated rather than just completely restricted.

Enjoy

Update (13th Dec): Added code to rebuild bitfields, just re-install the .xml file. Also fixed a major bug. If you already have this installed... re-install it!

Note: This works by detecting the [url] tag and so it relies on vBulletin BBCode enabled and vBulletin to automatically parse URLs in to BBCode. If you have either of these disabled it will not work.


You're free to do what you like with this code, although credit is appreciated, it's not required.

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Update: If you're looking for a more advanced version of this, I recommend this or this. Because of these, this plug-in will no longer be updated unless needed. I recommend you use either of the first 2 if you're looking for more control.

[Bonus Paradise]

i did that
have the plugin in there
can see it
all seems fine
but i tested it out
and i as the new dummy user now
can still add url if i edit post.

Maybe this dont work on Vbulletin 3.7.3 PL1 ?

[sarahk]

I have it working with 3.7.2

I can't imagine that they've made huge changes to that part of the code in this release.

I'd check
* you have activated the plugin
* you have set the post count in the user groups

[Bonus Paradise]

Originally Posted by sarahk

I have it working with 3.7.2

I can't imagine that they've made huge changes to that part of the code in this release.

I'd check
* you have activated the plugin
* you have set the post count in the user groups

I def. did something wrong
sorry, but sometimes its really hard for me to understand all in english

in the usergroup i see this
Restrict URLs
Minimum posts required to post URLs? 5


In my Plugins i see now this:
2nd one is what i made,

Product : Restrict URLS
Check for URLs newpost_process [Edit] [Delete]
Restrict URLS edit posts editpost_update_process [Edit] [Delete]

both are active.

[sarahk]

Go to User Group Manager and select the usergroup that newly registered users go into. Scroll down to the section called "Restrict URLs" and make sure you have 10 (or something in there)

Send me a PM with your forum and I'll take a look.

[satam2k]

Thank you

[myown]

does it work with 3.8.x

[rrudeboy]

Originally Posted by myown

does it work with 3.8.x

ditto question here....

does it ?

[mdawg]

I really hate forums that make you have to post more than one thread in order to post URLs. I suppose if this were set to just 1, allowing URLs on the second post, might be something.

[Blade-uk]

Working here on 3.8.2

Thanks

Andy

[vinss]

Thanks