Version: 3.1.2, by Simon Lloyd
Developer Last Online: May 2023
Category: Miscellaneous Hacks -
Version: 4.x.x
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Released: 08-08-2011
Last Update: 12-17-2014
Installs: 491
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What this mod does
With this mod you can enter User Agents to watch or ban, you can also recieve emails or have an Output.txt created and updated with time and date of visits. It doesn't just have to be spiders, you can watch, log or ban any useragent!
How to install
Simply import the product ban_spider, the mod is active by default but none of the other options are turned on.
Tested on vb3.7.x, vB3.8.x , vB4.x.x but should work on any version.
__________________________________________________ __________________ Special thanks to:
Lior
KH99
BoP5 for helping me sort out a few issues
...and beta testers
ForceHSS (Special thanks to Force for latest testing)
ozzy47
GreyHost
If you use this please mark as INSTALLED
History
9th June 2011 Orginal xml added
12th June 2011 Added both email notification and text file logging
22nd June 2011 Version 2.0.0, Added create thread on activity
Added match facility you can now use something like Yandex and it will match MOZILLA/5.0 (COMPATIBLE; YANDEXBOT/3.0; +HTTP://YANDEX.COM/BOTS)
Added clickable link to visited thread
22nd September 2011 added user redirect url selection
08th October Beta testing started for thread creation.
20th October Beta testing started for emailing.
21st October Beta testing complete Ver 3.0.0 uploaded
29th October minor fix added to cope with empty userid on thread creation
30th October Beta testing automatic redirection to spiders/bots IP
31st October New xml uploaded with automatic redirect to IP
25th November Minor fix for blank forumid fixed
26th November 2011 Fixed version check & create thread Off by default
17th December 2014 Version 3.1.0 uploaded, Hook changed extra logging and statistics added by Ozzy47 (Chris)
18th December 2014 Version 3.1.1 uploaded, prevented spiders being counted when mod turned off.
17th December 2014 Version 3.1.2 uploaded, due to rogue code from another mod The Bad Bots list is now included in the product Please prune out all those that you wish to be able to see your site (i suggest you definately prune out "DA" and "Custo" :
Support will now only be given to those who have this mod marked as INSTALLED
Simon, it would be nice to add a text file with the bad=bots listing in a zip for the mod. That way the users of this mod have it on hand locally.
I'll just add another attachment, i gave the list openly like that so folk could just either copy it or pick out the ones they wanted to ban, plus its no mystery as to what they're getting but i'll definately do that tomorrow
It seems that if the option for "Ban spiders in list" is checked then the spider is taken care of before the thread is created, if that option isn't checked then a thread is created, i will of course work on getting both to work together, i must have tested them one by one when creating the mod
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09-09-2011, 09:04 AM
