Add-On Releases - Forbid Users from Posting Links or Images if They Have Fewer than 15 Posts

Just as the title says - if a user has fewer than 15 posts, he will be unable to post a link or an image within a message. This includes e-mail addresses and the system cannot even be fooled by the old user[at]email.com, we also locked that down.

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It is a product. To install, simply import the xml via your Admin CP, Manage Products, Import New Product. No configuration is required.

Updated

12/05/2008 - Thankyou to Amykhar for allowing the future development of this modification.

Version 3.1

- Title re-created to make sense in Admin CP.
- Date updated added.
- Added protection so that users posting "user[at]user.com" cannot fool the system.

Please remember I did not create this modification, it was created by Amykhar and Erwin. Permission has been obtained for a re-release and future updates to be provided by myself. I will continue to support and update this modification as necessary in the future.

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Support: I provide support as and when I can, members are free to help each other although posting code is not permitted.

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Certain members have been suggesting code edits for this modification. I have tried them and they just make this product stop working. Please do not attempt any manual code edits as it may stop the product from functioning. I am open to suggestions and improvements for the further development of this modification.

Please send me any code you would like included via P.M, DO NOT post it here. I can do testing and you will be credited if your code addition is added.

Feel free to offer support, suggestions and installation advice.

[TitanJeff]

Has the issue of this shutting down the rss feeds been addressed yet? I'd love to use this if it has.

[aldamon]

I changed this to less than 1 post because 15 is too high for our board. Thanks for the hack!

[kevcj]

Does this add an extra query to the database or any extra server load?

[CtrlAltDel]

Thank you, one of my forums got slammed today and the clean up was a PITA.

[Keyser S?ze]

would it be possible to add a block to whats called ed2k links, i had this one little bastard flooding my forums with them to things i wont mention here

most of an ed2k link is gibberish but u can also see letters inside the gibberish and all ed2k links start out like "ed2k://"

[Charlie98902]

I am wanting to use this but I want to change the amount of posts before you can use either is this possible?

[Keyser S?ze]

Originally Posted by Charlie98902

I am wanting to use this but I want to change the amount of posts before you can use either is this possible?

yea i did the same, i changed it to fewer than 3 posts, just to take care of bots

admincp>plug-in manage>edit the plaug-n, i think ull see it the setting is clearly there and right near the top

[Charlie98902]

Originally Posted by Keyser S?ze

yea i did the same, i changed it to fewer than 3 posts, just to take care of bots

admincp>plug-in manage>edit the plaug-n, i think ull see it the setting is clearly there and right near the top

If I am right it is this that needed editing? Where it says 15?

global $vbulletin;
		$pagetext =& $this->fetch_field('pagetext', 'post');
		if (($vbulletin->userinfo[posts] < 15) and (stristr($pagetext,'[url') or stristr($pagetext,'[URL') or stristr($pagetext,'www.') or stristr($pagetext,'http://'))) 
    {
     		//eval(standard_error(fetch_error('error_nourlallowed')));
				$this->error('error_nourlallowed');
				$return_value = false;
    }

[Charlie98902]

Okay that works but I can't find where I can edit the default message. If I try to post links or a pic the first time posting it says :

1. You are only allowed to post URLs to other sites after you have made 15 posts or more.

I need to be able to edit that. Anyone know how? Thanks

[Keyser S?ze]

yea, the msg go to lang & phrases, its in global i think but i dont recall the exact name