Miscellaneous Hacks - Stop Spam Links 1.2 Gold

Stop Spam Links 1.2 Gold

As of 3.8 this mod seems to have lost some/all of it's functionality depending on your vb settings. If anyone wishes to build on this mod, please feel free to as I do not have the time anymore.

What does this hack do?

This hack will replace a users entire post with a predefined message that you can edit in the adminCP should the user's post contain a TLD such as .de .com etc. This will only affect people in usergroups of your choice. By default only usergroup 1 is selected (Meaning Guests).

If you enter a usergroup ID, those user's will never be able to post links as long as they are a member of that group.

If the user's usergroup ID is not entered, then you can use a minimum postcount value which all users need to meet in order to post links.

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Example: You enter usergroupID 2 (registered members). All registered members will not be able to post links.

You enter 5 for the postcount. Registered members will not be able to post links. Everyone else will need 5 posts before they can post links.
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Example2: You enter 1 for usergroupID (guests). No guest will be able to post links.

You enter 5 for the postcount. Everyone, except for guests, will need 5 posts before they can post links. Guests will never be able to.
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Installation Stats:

• 1 Product
• 4 Plugins

Installation Instructions

• Import the Product file via the AdminCP
• Go into Vbulletin Settings > Stop Spam Links
• Suit to your needs

Install Time: 1 min


If you like this hack, please click INSTALL ----->>


UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS

Simply go into the AdminCP > Manage Products > Find Stop Spam Links > Remove

Then reinstall the new product.

MAKE SURE TO COPY YOUR PERSONAL MESSAGE, USERGROUP ID's, AND DOMAIN ENDINGS YOU'VE ENTERED TO NOTEPAD SO YOU CAN COPY/PASTE THEM BACK IN AFTER THE UPGRADE. OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE THE DEFAULT VALUES AGAIN.


Updates:
1.2 Added Restrictions for Editing posts, PM's, and Quotes1.1 Added the use of Postcount
1.0 Initial Stable Release
Attached are 3.6 versions in English and German.

Special Thanks go out to extremeTim.

[adwade]

Originally Posted by Smoothie

yes, unfortunately that's the downside.(i.e. post is lost) Whatever you put in the no spam message is what will apppear if they try to add links and they have not met the min post req.

Out of curiosity, how do others using this MOD let users know of this fact? Do you just have it in your Registeration Agreement, or in a Welcome PM to them, or what?

I ask, because how is a user to know they can't post a new message with links in it yet? Seems if they're unaware of this restriction, the first they'd learn of it was when their post was lost and replaced by the no-spam notice. Just seems like there is a more user-friendly way of letting new users know this.

[adwade]

Having installed Cyb - Prevent Newbies from Posting to Wrong Forum at one time, I just happened to remember it has a feature wherein the new user MUST click on a CONTINUE button before their new post is processed.

Since Cybernetec allows one to customize the phrases used for that MOD I was able to put a NOTICE in there to New Users that they are not able to have LINKS in their posts right off the bat. Not perfect, but it'll work and serve my needs to insure a new user is aware of the fact.

[Smoothie]

Originally Posted by adwade

Having installed Cyb - Prevent Newbies from Posting to Wrong Forum at one time, I just happened to remember it has a feature wherein the new user MUST click on a CONTINUE button before thier new post is processed.

Since Cybernetec allows one to customize the phrases used for that MOD I was able to put a NOTICE in there to New Users that they are not able to have LINKS in their posts right off the bat. Not perfect, but it'll work and serve my needs to insure a new user is aware of the fact.

We need that in this mod....

I had a member pm me to ask about updating his email address because he forgot his password and since his email had changed he could not get a new password. So, he repeatedly tried to send me his new email address in the pm, but because his post count wasn't sufficient, I kept getting the no spam message. I was like WTF?

The bottom line is he's a legit member, not a spammer. But because of the way I have this setup, he couldn't give me his new email, he had to register a new account.

[amcd]

We use this hack and are quite happy with it. Instead of banning .com or http:, we ban specific domains, such as roguedomain.net

[NoCo7]

LMAO, this is awesome!

Great plug-in, just what I've been looking for... Keep up the good work! Will definitely shoot you a contribution once I get some dough in the old paypal account for this one as it's going to be a fun one to see in play.

[NoCo7]

Possible to make it pull random comments from a multiple selection list? Mix it up a bit with random posts...

May I also suggest you add an advanded text editing menu for creating these post replacements to use line breaks, underlines, italics, and colors etc...?

[amcd]

advanced text editing menu in adminCP? I don't think I have seen that in any of the mods available here.

It would be easier to open a new thread page in another window and compose the message there and copy+paste it into the adminCP.

[Coders Shack]

well visual authentication for users that post a link that contains such a TLD would be useful too. Like a over lay saying your post contains a link for spam protection we require you to prove that you are human before proceeding.

[SkyCatcher]

I'm really glad that so many people like the hack but unfortunately I've been gone for well over a month. I had an issue with my dedicated servers and apparently the hosting company fried my main server and the backup server so I'm in still in the process of rebuilding everything I have worked on in the past 5 years which leaves me no time to work on any kind of vbulletin projects until I get back to where I was

If anyone would like to modify this hack, please feel free to do so and continue to improve it as you see fit.

Again, I'm sorry I cannot be of any more help at this time.

[almightyone]

it makes all my members in custom groups links use my spam catch phrase :\