Prevent SHOUTING and Posts With Annoying UPdown Text Like This

Long time ago I posted a mod written for 3.0.7 to stop SHOUTING and "Jumpy" text. Since I upgraded to 3.5.x my forums became once again full of posts in FULL CAPS and let's be honest, the bultin anti-shouting functionality sucks.

With vBulletin bultin anti-shouting, you have to choose between SHOUTING TEXT or Annoying Jumpy Text (caps on first word of each letter), which makes large blocks of text difficult to read.

Essentially, what this mod does is:

1) Switch SHOUTING from the body text and from title into "normal" text.

2) Switch "Jumpy" text from both the body and title into a more readable form. Example of "Jumpy" text is the following sentence:

"This Sentence Is A Example Of 'Jumpy' Text. The Reason Why Some Users Like To Write Sentences In This Way Eludes Me. I Just Know That After A Few Lines, It Becomes Difficult To Read. This Sentence Is A Example Of 'Jumping' Text. The Reason Why Some Users Like To Write Sentences In This Way Eludes Me. I Just Know That After A Few Lines, It Becomes Difficult To Read. I Think By Now You Are Aware Of My Point."

Known behaviour:
a) For shouting text, the mod detects it if ALL the text is in caps. This behaviour will be changed on a next release to trigger it if 80% or more of the text is in caps.

b) For "Jumpy" text, the mod is triggered if at least 2 sets of 3 words are Wrote Using Jumpy Text. This 'could' also be changed to make it trigger based on a percentage of the text.

Installation:
STEP 1
Disable vBulletin bult-in anti-shouting by going to Admin CP => vBulletin Options => Message Posting and Editing Options

STEP 2
Download the included file: product-pst_reynaldovb.xml

STEP 3
Go to Admin CP => Plugin System => Manage Products => Add/Import Product
Click the Browse button and browse to where you downloaded the file.

STEP 4
Voila! from now on your forum should be SHOUTING free.
Now take a moment and click INSTALL :-)
Please keep in mind this plugin only applies to future posts. It does nothing against posts already in the forum. If interested let me know and I could post a MySQL line that will "fix" past posts.

[Reynaldovb]

Originally Posted by TeddyKGB

Hmmmm I received this error so I had to uninstall. I disabled the vB default by setting it to 0 and then installed the xml file with the Manage Products screen.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: myremoveshouting() in /home/XXXXXXX/public_html/forum/includes/functions_newpost.php on line 360

Any ideas? Thanks

What version of PHP you got? Do you know?

[TeddyKGB]

I am on a Linux Server with Apache v1.3.34 (cgi) and PHP 4.4.2

[Reynaldovb]

Originally Posted by TeddyKGB

I am on a Linux Server with Apache v1.3.34 (cgi) and PHP 4.4.2

Really weird, can you try with the version attached to this post? (product-pst_reynaldovb_test.xml )
All I did on this one was move the function to the beginning, before the call, although your PHP version is not supposed to be affected by things like that.

[TeddyKGB]

I didn't receive an error but it only correct shouting in the title bar, it did nothing for the message text.

[Reynaldovb]

Originally Posted by TeddyKGB

I didn't receive an error but it only correct shouting in the title bar, it did nothing for the message text.

1.- You got to disable vBulletin built-in antishouting feature.
2.- Your whole message have to be in caps, otherwise the filter wont be triggered.
3.- If testing with 'jumpy' text, make sure you are using at least 10 words.

[Neal-UK]

I just installed this and turned off the vb default setting and i posted this message:

JUst teStIng the ShouTing ModIFICatIon to make SURE PEOPLE caNt sHOuT likE thIS

[Reynaldovb]

Originally Posted by Neal-UK

I just installed this and turned off the vb default setting and i posted this message:

And let me guess... it didnt work. Thats not a shout, THIS IS A SHOUT!

Also 'jumpy' text is defined as capitalizing the first letter of every word. For a reason I dont understand, some people enjoy writing like that.

In my opinion, if you have people writing like this: "JUst teStIng the ShouTing ModIFICatIon to make SURE PEOPLE caNt sHOuT likE thIS", you need more than a simple mod to correct it. Or just modify the mod to always convert text to lowercase.

If you installed it and intend to keep it, please click the INSTALL button.

[futuredood]

installed this hack, tested, and works like a charm

[readjono]

Amazing product.

[zylstra]

Originally Posted by Reynaldovb

if you have people writing like this: "JUst teStIng the ShouTing ModIFICatIon to make SURE PEOPLE caNt sHOuT likE thIS", you need more than a simple mod to correct it.

Yeah, you need a more complex mod.