Miscellaneous Hacks - Ban some words/links from using on the forum

Product was updated to version 1.2.1

Changelog v1.2.1 :

• Fixed bug, when guests was able to read posts (with parsed bbcodes) even after option - "Disable BBCodes in all existing posts, which already include denied words/links" was enabled.

Changelog v1.2 :

• Threads/Posts and Pm's titles will be checked for banned strings too.
• Now it is possible to customize your own error message for every banned word/link/string.

Changelog v1.1 :

• Now error message are provided with banned word/link which was used in users message. So users will know which word they must delete to continue.
• All links are urldecoded before checking, so trick with posting urlencoded links will not work anymore.

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In some time, every VB forum admin have an situation, when someone or some spam-bots, or groups of peoples starting writting every time same "bad" words or when they every time publishing a links on their web-sites. They think that referals from your site will help them to grow up in search systems and e.t.c.

Vbulletin have an normal autocensor, which can change some words to the "*****", but it allows to the users to write a post... Also after using autocensor, if sometimes we will want to disable it - all this links/words must be resaved in every post to see them again (because even after disabling autocensor - peoples will see same - "*******").

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So... With using "BannedWords" plugin, you can ban/deny some words/links(or their parts) from using in new posts/pm's. Users will see an error after trying to add new reply/start new thread or so... (error with text that he used banned word. To be clear - I am used "word" as any string which can be an part of users message).

This plugin allows you to specify banned words, users and usergroups which will be ignored by plugin (let's say - situation, when we want to leave possibility to publish forbidden links for moderators and admins) and others options.

Plugin options (screenshot) - vBulletin Options->Banned Words Plugin Settings :

Error which users will see after creating messages with denied words (screenshot) :

If you want to customize error message for every banned word, you must make new vbphrase (for needed banned word) in Languages & Phrases->Phrase Manager->Add New Phrase :

• Phrase Type=Error Messages
• Product=BannedWords
• Varname=AnyYourVarName
• Text=AnyYourErrorMessage (your error message can contain this word - "!bword!",which will be replaced by banned word which cause the error.

After you will make new vbphrase, you must go into this plugin options and type your banned word and phrase name as shown in Example #2 :

somelink.com,my_error_vbphrase1

(Banned Word/Link and Phrase/Var name must be separated by comma).

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If you will enable option with disabling bbcodes in all posts (with denied words), which was created recently, they (posts) will looks as shown in this screenshot (with disabled bbcodes) :

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Also you can disable this product in any time, and all recently blocked words will be allowed and bbcodes in old posts with denied words will works automatically.

Product was tested on VB 3.8.6 and VB 4.0.1, but must works also on every VB 3 or 4 version...

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How to install :

Just import xml file as usual VB product.

Uninstallation :

Just uninstall this product as any other VB product.

How to update :

Uninstall and then reinstall product (before that, it is recomended to save your old options into some place).

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For multilanguage forums :

After installing of "Ban some words/links from using on the forum" product, you will be able to find and edit needed vbphrases :

• bannedwords_error
• setting_bannedwords_onoff_desc
• setting_bannedwords_onoff_title
• setting_bannedwords_list_desc
• setting_bannedwords_list_title
• setting_bannedwords_exception_usrgroups_desc
• setting_bannedwords_exception_usrgroups_title
• setting_bannedwords_exception_users_desc
• setting_bannedwords_exception_users_title
• setting_bannedwords_use_in_pm_desc
• setting_bannedwords_use_in_pm_title
• setting_bannedwords_disable_bb_in_exist_post_desc
• setting_bannedwords_disable_bb_in_exist_post_title

[LordOfWAR_PC]

Originally Posted by MikeF

• Guests can still see the fully translated BBCode

Thanks a lot for your message . Bug is fixed now. I am updated plugin to v.1.2.1 :

Changelog v1.2.1 :

• Fixed bug, when guests was able to read posts (with parsed bbcodes) even after option - "Disable BBCodes in all existing posts, which already include denied words/links" was enabled.

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For others suggestions - I will think about them later. Maybe I will add some field, where admins will be able to write link to some image (or vbphrase with html support will be better ?), which will replace banned word in non parsed post.

[netiforum]

<a href="http://vbsupport.org/forum/showpost.php?p=342870&postcount=4" target="_blank">http://vbsupport.org/forum/showpost....70&postcount=4</a>

[harpreetxi]

dosen't work for me , can u help me ?

1) i imported
2) i went to settings> banned word > added domain.com on in 1st line
3) saved and went back to forum and created a thread
4) wrote domain.com in it and submitted and there was posted successfully.

[DeathRS]

I installed it and works fine.

I was wondering if there is a way to exclude specific forums?

Can you do that?

[LordOfWAR_PC]

Originally Posted by netiforum

http://vbsupport.org/forum/showpost....70&postcount=4

Russian chars must be supported too... but "strtolower" function which is used in my plugin, probably still not case sensitive for others codepages... In the next version I will try to use "mb_strtolower" with users codedpage, it will help with different codepages...

Originally Posted by harpreetxi

dosen't work for me , can u help me ?

1) i imported
2) i went to settings> banned word > added domain.com on in 1st line
3) saved and went back to forum and created a thread
4) wrote domain.com in it and submitted and there was posted successfully.

If plugin already imported, then you must go to it's settings and :

1. Enable it.
2. Add needed bad words...
3. Check users which will be not blocked (Users/usergroups exception lists). If you added yourself into exception list, then forum will not block you...
4. Save settings.

Originally Posted by DeathRS

I installed it and works fine.

I was wondering if there is a way to exclude specific forums?

Can you do that?

I don't understand... what means "exclude specific forums" ? If you don't want to block them, then just don't add them into a list...

[DeathRS]

I want to block in some of the forum some words and not in others...

Like the exclude the usergroups option...

I need exclude forums option...

[LordOfWAR_PC]

Originally Posted by DeathRS

I want to block in some of the forum some words and not in others...

Like the exclude the usergroups option...

I need exclude forums option...

Ah, I understand. Ok, I will think about this in next version.

[denman75]

Originally Posted by LordOfWAR_PC

Ah, I understand. Ok, I will think about this in next version.

is hoping on v2.0 cus i need that my admins can say everything in the admin sections
but i need restrictions on the open boards ,thank you and tagged! for future use

[LordOfWAR_PC]

Originally Posted by denman75

is hoping on v2.0 cus i need that my admins can say everything in the admin sections
but i need restrictions on the open boards ,thank you and tagged! for future use

It is already possible to exclude admin usergroups and they will not be blocked everywhere... Or you want to block them in others sections ?

[harpreetxi]

I did enabled it , No1 is in exception , i added word.com and word but still i can post thread with that word

Can you please check my forum ? i'll give u login in pm